Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Volleyballhalle
Date	27 August – 9 September
Competitors	from 12 nations
Medalists
Japan (1st title)   East Germany   Soviet Union
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The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the 3rd edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Munich, West Germany from 27 August to 9 September 1972. ^[1]

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	26 April 1966	Rome	1	West Germany
1968 Olympic Games	13–26 October 1968	Mexico City	1	Soviet Union
1970 World Championship	20 September – 2 October 1970	Bulgaria	3	East Germany
				Bulgaria
				Japan
1971 African Championship	1971	Cairo	1	Tunisia
Asian Qualifier	29–31 July 1972	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	1	South Korea
1971 European Championship	23 September – 1 October 1971	Italy	1	Czechoslovakia
1971 NORCECA Championship	17–22 August 1971	Havana	1	Cuba
1971 South American Championship	16–25 April 1971	Montevideo	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	4–10 August 1972	France	2	Poland
				Romania
Total			12

Pools composition

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

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venue

All matches
Munich, West Germany
Volleyballhalle
Capacity: 3,680
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Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	257	196	1.311	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	9	13	8	1.625	294	235	1.251
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	230	205	1.122	5th–8th semifinals
4	South Korea	5	2	3	7	7	10	0.700	209	197	1.061
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	8	12	0.667	237	259	0.915	9th place match
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	90	225	0.400	11th place match

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	225	95	2.368	Semifinals
2	East Germany	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	200	162	1.235
3	Romania	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	201	213	0.944	5th–8th semifinals
4	Brazil	5	2	3	7	9	13	0.692	273	280	0.975
5	Cuba	5	2	3	7	6	13	0.462	212	254	0.835	9th place match
6	West Germany	5	0	5	5	4	15	0.267	163	270	0.604	11th place match

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Final round

11th–12th places

11th place match

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

9th–10th places

9th place match

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

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	8 September
	Czechoslovakia	3
					9 September
	Brazil	0
					Czechoslovakia	1
	8 September
					Romania	3
	South Korea	0
	Romania	3
					7th place match
					9 September
					Brazil	0
					South Korea	3

5th–8th semifinals

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

7th place match

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

5th place match

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

Final four

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	8 September
	Soviet Union	1
					9 September
	East Germany	3
					East Germany	1
	8 September
					Japan	3
	Bulgaria	2
	Japan	3
					Bronze medal match
					9 September
					Soviet Union	3
					Bulgaria	0

Semifinals

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

Bronze medal match

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

Final standing

Rank Team   Japan   East Germany   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 12–man Roster Masayuki Minami, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Kenji Kimura, Jungo Morita, Tadayoshi Yokota, Seiji Oko, Tetsuo Satō, Kenji Shimaoka, Yoshihide Fukao, Yūzo Nakamura, Yasuhiro Noguchi, Tetsuo Nishimoto Head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Japan  (JPN) Masayuki Minami Katsutoshi Nekoda Kenji Kimura Jungo Morita Tadayoshi Yokota Seiji Oko Tetsuo Satō Kenji Shimaoka Yoshihide Fukao Yūzo Nakamura Yasuhiro Noguchi Tetsuo Nishimoto Head coach: Sasutaka Matsudaira	East Germany  (GDR) Arnold Schulz Wolfgang Webner Siegfried Schneider Wolfgang Weise Rudi Schumann Eckehard Pietzsch Wolfgang Löwe Wolfgang Maibohm Rainer Tscharke Jürgen Maune Horst Peter Horst Hagen Head coach: Herbert Jenter	Soviet Union  (URS) Valeri Kravchenko Yuriy Poyarkov Yevhen Lapinsky Yefim Chulak Vladimir Putyatov Vladimir Patkin Leonid Zayko Yuri Starunsky Vladimir Kondra Vyacheslav Domani Viktor Borshch Aleksandr Saprykin Head coach: Yuri Chesnokov

References

1. "Volleyball at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com