| Date | 8 September 1972 — 15:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Volleyballhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
| Referee #1 | Franjo Vidačović |  YUG |
| Referee #2 | Andrés Hevia |  CUB |
| Attendance | 3,700 | |
| Details | Match Time: 2-57 Set #1 Time: 0-40 Set #2 Time: 0-31 Set #3 Time: 0-41 Set #4 Time: 0-33 Set #5 Time: 0-32 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set #1 | Set #2 | Set #3 | Set #4 | Set #5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Japan |  JPN | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| – | Bulgaria |  BUL | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masayuki Minami | – | ||||
| 2 | Katsutoshi Nekoda | – | ||||
| 3 | Yuzo Nakamura | – | ||||
| 4 | Tetsuo Nishimoto | – | ||||
| 5 | Kenji Kimura | – | ||||
| 6 | Yoshihide Fukao | – | ||||
| 7 | Yasuhiro Noguchi | – | ||||
| 8 | Jungo Morita | – | ||||
| 9 | Tadayoshi Yokota | – | ||||
| 10 | Seiji Oko | – | ||||
| 12 | Kenji Shimaoka | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 67 | |||||
| Coach | Yasutaka Matsudaira | |||||
Bulgaria| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandar Trenev | – | ||||
| 2 | Tsano Tsanov | – | ||||
| 3 | Dimitar Zlatanov | – | ||||
| 4 | Ivan Ivanov | – | ||||
| 5 | Kiril Slavov | – | ||||
| 6 | Zdravko Simeonov | – | ||||
| 8 | Dimitar Karov | – | ||||
| 10 | Emil Valchev | – | ||||
| 11 | Brunko Iliev | – | ||||
| 12 | Emil Trenev | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 60 | |||||
| Coach | Todor Simov | |||||
