Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36 year absence. It was contested by sixteen teams.

The teams were split into four groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in its group.

The lowest team in group A played the lowest in group B while the lowest in groups C and D played each other. The winners of those games played each other for 13th and 14th places, while the losers played each other for 15th and 16th.

The third-ranked teams in groups A and B also played each, as did those in groups C and D. Again, the winners of those games played each other, this time for 9th and 10th places. The losers played for 11th and 12th places.

The top two teams in each group advanced to the main round. Those from groups A and B became group I while those from groups C and D became group II. Another round-robin was played within those groups, with the results from the preliminary round carrying over.

The fourth-ranked teams in each of the two main round groups played each other for 7th and 8th place. The third-ranked teams played against each other for 5th and 6th place. The second-ranked teams played for the bronze medal and 4th place. The top teams in group I and group II played each other for the gold and silver medals.

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[edit] Medallists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (YUG)
Zoran Živković
Abaz Arslanagić
Miroslav Pribanić
Petar Fajfrić
Milorad Karalić
Đoko Lavrnić
Slobodan Mišković
Hrvoje Horvat
Branislav Pokrajac
Zdravko Miljak
Milan Lazarević
Nebojša Popović
Zdenko Zorko
Albin Vidović		 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Frantisek Kralik
Petr Pospisil
Ivan Satrapa
Vladimir Jary
Jiri Kavan
Andrej Lukosik
Vladimir Habr
Jindrich Krepindl
Ladislav Benes
Vincent Lafko
Jaroslav Konecny
Pavel Mikes
Frantisek Bruna
Jaroslav Skavran
Arnost Klimcick
Zdenek Skara		 Romania Romania (ROM)
Cornel Penu
Alexandru Dinca
Gabriel Kicsid
Ghita Licu
Cristian Gatu
Roland Gunes
Radu Voinea
Simion Sobel
Gheorghe Gruia
Werner Stockl
Daniel Marin
Adrian Cosma
Valentin Samungi
Constantin Tudosie
Stefan Birtalan

[edit] Final ranking

  1. Yugoslavia
  2. Czechoslovakia
  3. Romania
  4. East Germany
  5. Soviet Union
  6. West Germany
  7. Sweden
  8. Hungary
  9. Norway
  10. Poland
  11. Japan
  12. Iceland
  13. Denmark
  14. United States
  15. Spain
  16. Tunisia

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

Team Played Won Lost Tied Points
Sweden 3 1 0 2 4
Soviet Union 3 1 0 2 4
Poland 3 1 1 1 3
Denmark 3 0 2 1 1


  • Denmark tied Soviet Union, 12-12
  • Sweden tied Poland, 13-13
  • Poland def. Denmark, 11-8
  • Sweden tied Soviet Union, 11-11
  • Sweden def. Denmark, 16-10
  • Soviet Union def. Poland, 17-11

[edit] Group B

Team Played Won Lost Tied Points
East Germany 3 3 0 0 6
Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 3
Iceland 3 1 1 1 3
Tunisia 3 0 3 0 0


  • East Germany def. Iceland, 16-11
  • Czechoslovakia def. Tunisia, 25-7
  • East Germany def. Tunisia, 21-9
  • Czechoslovakia tied Iceland, 19-19
  • East Germany def. Czechoslovakia, 14-12
  • Iceland def. Tunisia, 27-16

[edit] Group C

Team Played Won Lost Tied Points
Romania 3 3 0 0 6
West Germany 3 1 1 1 3
Norway 3 1 1 1 3
Spain 3 0 3 0 0


  • Romania def. Norway, 18-14
  • West Germany def. Spain, 13-10
  • Romania def. Spain, 15-12
  • West Germany tied Norway, 15-15
  • Romania def. West Germany, 13-11
  • Norway def. Spain, 19-17

[edit] Group D

Team Played Won Lost Tied Points
Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 6
Hungary 3 2 1 0 4
Japan 3 1 2 0 2
United States 3 0 3 0 0


  • Yugoslavia def. Japan, 20-14
  • Hungary def. United States, 28-15
  • Yugoslavia def. United States, 25-15
  • Hungary def. Japan, 20-12
  • Yugoslavia def. Hungary, 18-16
  • Japan def. United States, 20-16

[edit] Classification 13-16

  • Denmark def. Tunisia, 29-21
  • United States def. Spain, 22-20

[edit] Classification 15/16

  • Spain def. Tunisia, 23-20

[edit] Classification 13/14

  • Denmark def. United States, 19-18

[edit] Classification 9-12

  • Poland def. Iceland, 20-17
  • Norway def. Japan, 19-17

[edit] Classification 11/12

  • Japan def. Iceland, 19-18

[edit] Classification 9/10

  • Norway def. Poland, 23-20

[edit] Main round

[edit] Group I

East Germany's win over Czechoslovakia carried over to this round, as did the tie between Sweden and the Soviet Union

Team Played Won Lost Tied Points
Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 0 4
East Germany 3 2 1 0 4
Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 3
Sweden 3 0 2 1 1


  • Czechoslovakia def. Sweden, 15-12
  • Soviet Union def. East Germany, 11-8
  • East Germany def. Sweden, 14-11
  • Czechoslovakia def. Soviet Union, 15-12

[edit] Group II

Romania's victory over West Germany and Yugoslavia's over Hungary were part of the results of this round.

Team Played Won Lost Tied Points
Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 6
Romania 3 2 1 0 4
West Germany 3 1 2 0 2
Hungary 3 0 3 0 0


  • Romania def. Hungary, 20-14
  • Yugoslavia def. West Germany, 24-15
  • Yugoslavia def. Romania, 14-13
  • West Germany def. Hungary, 17-14

[edit] Final round

[edit] Classification 7/8

  • Sweden def. Hungary, 19-18

[edit] Classification 5/6

  • Soviet Union def. West Germany, 17-16

[edit] Bronze medal match

  • Romania def. East Germany, 19-16

[edit] Final

  • Yugoslavia def. Czechoslovakia, 21-16



Events at the 1972 Summer Olympics (Munich)
Archery • Athletics • Basketball • Badminton (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Volleyball • Water polo • Water skiing (demonstration) • Weightlifting • Wrestling
Handball at the Summer Olympics
1936 • 1948-68 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
See also: List of Olympic medalists in handball
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