| Date | 9 September 1972 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Fechthalle 2, Messegelände (Halle 20), München (Piste 1) | |
| Format | Most bouts won, ties broken by touches delivered. | |
| Jury President | Edoardo Mangiarotti |  ITA |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Bouts Won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Hungary |  HUN | 8 | |
| Csaba Fenyvesi • Győző Kulcsár • Pál Schmitt • István Osztrics • Sándor Erdős | ||||
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 5 | |
| Grigory Kriss • Georgi Zažitski • Sergey Paramonov • Igor Valetov | ||||
Hungary| Pos | Number | Competitor | Bouts | Touches | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231 | Csaba Fenyvesi | 4-0 | 20-6 | ||||
| 237 | Győző Kulcsár | 2-2 | 18-16 | ||||
| 244 | Pál Schmitt | 1-2 | 12-12 | ||||
| 241 | István Osztrics | 0-2 | 4-10 | ||||
| 233 | Sándor Erdős | 1-1 | 7-6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8-7 | 61-50 | |||||
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Bouts | Touches | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374 | Grigory Kriss | 1-3 | 12-18 | ||||
| 387 | Georgi Zažitski | 1-3 | 12-17 | ||||
| 377 | Sergey Paramonov | 1-2 | 13-12 | ||||
| 384 | Igor Valetov | 2-2 | 13-14 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5-10 | 50-61 | |||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout #1 | 09 Sep | Csaba Fenyvesi | HUN | 5 – 1 | Grigory Kriss | URS | |
| Bout #2 | 09 Sep | Csaba Fenyvesi | HUN | 5 – 2 | Georgi Zažitski | URS | |
| Bout #3 | 09 Sep | Csaba Fenyvesi | HUN | 5 – 3 | Sergey Paramonov | URS | |
| Bout #4 | 09 Sep | Csaba Fenyvesi | HUN | 5 – 0 | Igor Valetov | URS | |
| Bout #5 | 09 Sep | Győző Kulcsár | HUN | 3 – 5 | Grigory Kriss | URS | |
| Bout #6 | 09 Sep | Győző Kulcsár | HUN | 5 – 3 | Georgi Zažitski | URS | |
| Bout #7 | 09 Sep | Győző Kulcsár | HUN | 5 – 5 | Sergey Paramonov | URS | Double loss. |
| Bout #8 | 09 Sep | Győző Kulcsár | HUN | 5 – 3 | Igor Valetov | URS | |
| Bout #9 | 09 Sep | Pál Schmitt | HUN | 5 – 5 | Grigory Kriss | URS | Double loss. |
| Bout #10 | 09 Sep | Pál Schmitt | HUN | 5 – 2 | Georgi Zažitski | URS | |
| Bout #11 | 09 Sep | Pál Schmitt | HUN | — | Sergey Paramonov | URS | Not contested |
| Bout #12 | 09 Sep | Pál Schmitt | HUN | 2 – 5 | Igor Valetov | URS | |
| Bout #13 | 09 Sep | Sándor Erdős 1 | HUN | 5 – 1 | Grigory Kriss | URS | |
| Bout #14 | 09 Sep | István Osztrics | HUN | 2 – 5 | Georgi Zažitski | URS | |
| Bout #15 | 09 Sep | István Osztrics | HUN | 2 – 5 | Sergey Paramonov | URS | |
| Bout #16 | 09 Sep | Sándor Erdős | HUN | 2 – 5 | Igor Valetov 2 | URS |
