Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The 1972 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 3rd edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Munich, West Germany from August 27 to September 9, 1972.

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	–	–	1	West Germany
1968 Olympic Games	Oct 13–26, 1968	Mexico City	1	Soviet Union
1970 World Championship	Sep 20 – Oct 2, 1970	Sofia	3	East Germany Bulgaria Japan
1971 African Championship	1971	Cairo	1	Tunisia
Asian Qualification Tournament	1972	Unknown	1	South Korea
1971 NORCECA Championship	Aug 17–22, 1971	Havana	1	Cuba
1971 South American Championship	1971	Montevideo	1	Brazil
1971 European Championship	Sep 23 – Oct 1, 1971	Milan	1	Czechoslovakia
World Qualification Tournament	Aug 4–10, 1972	Montpellier	2	Poland Romania
Total			12

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Poland South Korea Soviet Union Tunisia	West Germany Brazil Cuba East Germany Japan Romania

Squads

Venue

Volleyball Hall, Munich, West Germany

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	257	196	1.311
2	Bulgaria	9	4	1	13	8	1.625	294	235	1.251
3	Czechoslovakia	8	3	2	11	6	1.833	230	205	1.122
4	South Korea	7	2	3	7	10	0.700	209	197	1.061
5	Poland	6	1	4	8	12	0.667	237	259	0.915
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	90	225	0.400

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Aug 27	Soviet Union	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–6	15–4			45–20
Aug 27	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Poland	15–13	16–14	15–8			46–35
Aug 27	Bulgaria	3–1	South Korea	16–18	15–6	15–9	15–13		61–46
Aug 29	Poland	3–0	Tunisia	15–6	15–11	15–1			45–18
Aug 29	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	17–15	15–12	15–4			47–31
Aug 29	Bulgaria	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–11	12–15	14–16	15–9	71–62
Aug 31	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Tunisia	15–11	15–4	15–10			45–25
Aug 31	South Korea	3–1	Poland	15–7	13–15	15–11	15–6		58–39
Aug 31	Soviet Union	3–1	Bulgaria	9–15	15–10	15–11	15–10		54–46
Sep 02	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–1	15–3	15–1			45–5
Sep 02	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–10	15–10	15–12			45–32
Sep 02	Bulgaria	3–2	Poland	14–16	12–15	15–7	15–3	15–10	71–51
Sep 05	Bulgaria	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–5	15–7			45–22
Sep 05	Czechoslovakia	3–0	South Korea	15–11	15–5	15–13			45–29
Sep 05	Soviet Union	3–2	Poland	11–15	15–12	15–12	10–15	15–13	66–67

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	95	2.368
2	East Germany	9	4	1	12	4	3.000	200	162	1.235
3	Romania	7	2	3	8	9	0.889	201	213	0.944
4	Brazil	7	2	3	9	13	0.692	273	280	0.975
5	Cuba	7	2	3	6	13	0.462	212	254	0.835
6	West Germany	5	0	5	4	15	0.267	163	270	0.604

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Aug 28	East Germany	3–0	Cuba	15–7	15–13	15–7			45–27
Aug 28	Japan	3–0	Romania	15–4	15–5	15–6			45–15
Aug 28	Brazil	3–2	West Germany	15–7	15–8	17–19	6–15	15–9	68–58
Aug 30	East Germany	3–1	Brazil	15–5	7–15	16–14	15–10		53–44
Aug 30	Japan	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–9	15–5			45–24
Aug 30	Romania	3–0	West Germany	15–9	15–1	15–8			45–18
Sep 01	Brazil	3–2	Romania	18–16	11–15	15–7	11–15	15–12	70–65
Sep 01	Japan	3–0	East Germany	15–4	15–2	15–6			45–12
Sep 01	Cuba	3–2	West Germany	15–8	15–11	10–15	12–15	15–8	67–57
Sep 03	East Germany	3–0	West Germany	15–7	15–6	15–4			45–17
Sep 03	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–13	15–11			45–31
Sep 03	Romania	3–0	Cuba	15–7	17–15	15–13			47–35
Sep 05	Japan	3–0	West Germany	15–3	15–6	15–4			45–13
Sep 06	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	16–14	6–15	15–7	7–15	15–9	59–60
Sep 06	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15–10	15–12	15–7			45–29

Final round

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match

	September 8 – Munich
	Soviet Union	1
	East Germany	3

					September 9 – Munich
					East Germany	1
					Japan	3


					Bronze medal match
	September 8 – Munich			September 9 – Munich
	Bulgaria	2		Soviet Union	3
	Japan	3			Bulgaria	0

5th–8th places bracket

	5th–8th places				5th place

	September 8 – Munich
	Czechoslovakia	3
	Brazil	0

					September 9 – Munich
					Czechoslovakia	1
					Romania	3


					7th place
	September 8 – Munich			September 9 – Munich
	South Korea	0		Brazil	0
	Romania	3			South Korea	3

5th–8th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 08	South Korea	0–3	Romania	12–15	7–15	8–15			27–45
Sep 08	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–6	15–1			45–15

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 08	Bulgaria	2–3	Japan	15–13	15–9	9–15	9–15	12–15	60–67
Sep 08	Soviet Union	1–3	East Germany	6–15	8–15	15–13	9–15		38–58

11th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 08	Tunisia	1–3	West Germany	5–15	16–14	4–15	9–15		34–59

9th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 09	Poland	3–0	Cuba	15–2	15–7	15–13			45–22

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 09	Brazil	0–3	South Korea	16–18	7–15	5–15			28–48

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 09	Czechoslovakia	1–3	Romania	15–8	7–15	10–15	14–16		46–54

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 09	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–8	15–13			45–32

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 09	East Germany	1–3	Japan	15–11	2–15	10–15	10–15		37–56

Final standing

Rank	Team
1 !	Japan
2 !	East Germany
3 !	Soviet Union
4	Bulgaria
5	Romania
6	Czechoslovakia
7	South Korea
8	Brazil
9	Poland
10	Cuba
11	West Germany
12	Tunisia

1972 Men's Olympic Champions
Japan 1st title

Medalists

External links

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Africa	CAVB – African Championship

Asia and Oceania	AVC – Asian Championship

North America	NORCECA – NORCECA Championship

South America	CSV – South American Championship

Europe	CEV – European Championship

Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

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