The field hockey tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Venue | Hockeyanlage | |||||||||
| Dates | 27 August – 10 September 1972 | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 | |||||||||
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The West German victory was the first title by a European nation since 1920, but this was marred by the behavior of Pakistani players, fans, and officials: during the last ten minutes of the gold-medal match, the umpires had to stop play twice so that Pakistani fans who had invaded the pitch could be removed, while Pakistani players and officials repeatedly remonstrated with the umpires throughout that time.
At the final whistle, Pakistani fans and officials invaded the pitch and assaulted West German police and stadium security before storming the tournament officials' table and pouring a bucket of water over International Hockey Federation president Rene Frank, while the players stormed their locker room before proceeding to destroy it.
At the medal ceremony, the Pakistani players refused to wear their silver medals or face the West German flag as it was raised, and turned their backs as the West German national anthem was played.
The eleven Pakistani players were banned for life from their national team, but after a high-level apology, the ban was reduced to two years, and eight of them played at the 1976 Olympics.[2]
MedalistsEdit
UmpiresEdit
On 25 October 1971, 13 umpires were appointed by the FIH. It was reported that 12 more umpires would be selected in February 1972.[3]
- Charan Singh (KEN)
- Peter Lake (GBR)
- A. F. Lathouwers (NED)
- Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)
- Naqi (PAK)
- Andre Schittecalte (BEL)
- Fritz Seegers (FRG)
- Horacio Servetto (ARG)
- Vijayanathan (MAS)
- J. Richard Jewell (AUT)
- Luigi Tinti (ITA)
- Aziz Iskanbar (EGY)
- John Martens (SIN)
SquadsEdit
ResultsEdit
Preliminary roundEdit
Pool AEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  West Germany (H)
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 13 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 |  Pakistan
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 | |
| 3 |  Malaysia
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 |  Spain
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7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
| 5 |  Belgium
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | |
| 6 |  France
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Argentina
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7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Uganda
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7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.
(H) Host
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Pool BEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  India
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7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 12 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 |  Netherlands
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 11 | |
| 3 |  Great Britain
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | |
| 4 |  Australia
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7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 8 | |
| 5 |  New Zealand
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7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 7 | |
| 6 |  Poland
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 |  Kenya
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7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Mexico
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7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | −39 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.
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Classification roundEdit
Ninth to sixteenth place classificationEdit
Fifteenth and sixteenth placeEdit
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Thirteenth and fourteenth placeEdit
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Eleventh and twelfth placeEdit
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Ninth and tenth placeEdit
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Fifth to eighth place classificationEdit
| Crossover | Fifth Place | |||||
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| Malaysia | 1 | |||||
| 9 September 1972 | ||||||
| Australia (a.e.t) | 2 | |||||
| Australia (a.e.t) | 2 | |||||
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| Great Britain | 1 | |||||
| Great Britain | 2 | |||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||
| Seventh Place | ||||||
| 9 September 1972 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 1 | |||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||
CrossoverEdit
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Seventh and eighth placeEdit
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Fifth and sixth placeEdit
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Medal roundEdit
| Semi-finals | Gold-medal match | |||||
| 8 September 1972 | ||||||
| West Germany | 3 | |||||
| 10 September 1972 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | |||||
| West Germany | 1 | |||||
| 8 September 1972 | ||||||
| Pakistan | 0 | |||||
| India | 0 | |||||
| Pakistan | 2 | |||||
| Bronze-medal match | ||||||
| 10 September 1972 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| India | 2 | |||||
Semi-finalsEdit
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Bronze-medal matchEdit
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Gold-medal matchEdit
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Final rankingsEdit
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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West Germany (H)
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9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 17 | Gold Medal |
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Pakistan
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9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 13 | Silver Medal |
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India
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9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 14 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Netherlands
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9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 11 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Australia
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9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 12 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Great Britain
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9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 11 | |
| 7 | Spain
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9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | |
| 8 | Malaysia
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9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | |
| 9 | New Zealand
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 9 | |
| 10 | Belgium
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 | |
| 11 | Poland
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 7 | |
| 12 | France
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 5 | |
| 13 | Kenya
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 5 | |
| 14 | Argentina
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8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
| 15 | Uganda
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8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 5 | |
| 16 | Mexico
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 44 | −42 | 0 |
GoalscorersEdit
17 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Patrick Nilan
Patrick Gillard- Jean-François Gilles
- Guy Miserque
- Carl-Eric Vanderborght
Patrick Burtschell- Francis Coutou
Terry Gregg- Peter Marsh
- Rui Saldanha
Davinder Singh Deegan- Surjeet Singh Panesar
- Surjeet Singh Rihal
Ramalingam Pathmarajah- Sri Shanmuganathan
Frans Spits
Shahnaz Sheikh
Włodzimierz Matuszyński
Francisco Amat- José Sallés
Horst Dröse- Werner Kaessmann
- Rainer Seifert
1 goal
Jorge Sabbione- Greg Browning
- Donald Smart
- Philippe Collin
- Jean-Luc Darfeuille
- Georges Grain
- Eric Pitau
- Joe Ahmad
- Michael Crowe
- John French
- Christopher Langhorne
M. P. Ganesh- Tarlochan Singh Chana
- Brajinder Singh Daved
- Avtar Singh Sohal
- Francis Belavantheran
- Franco De Cruz
- Harnahal Singh Sewa
José Miguel Huacuja- José María Mascaro
- Nico Spits
- Jeroen Zweerts
Jeff Archibald- Mudassar Asghar
- Akhtarul Islam
- Muhammad Asad Malik
- Fazalur Rehman
Stanisław Kaźmierczak- Aleksander Wrona
- Józef Wybieralski
- José Alustiza
- Jaime Amat
- Juan Amat
Paul Adiga- Willie Lobo
- Ajit Singh Bhogal
- Jagdish Singh Kapoor
- Amarjit Singh Sandhu
- Rajinder Singh Sandhu
- Wolfgang Baumgart
- Carsten Keller
- Detlev Kittstein
- Ulrich Klaes
- Uli Vos
Source: Olympedia
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Hockey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Misbehaving Pakistani hockey players
- ^ "IHF select S'pore umpire for Olympic Games". The Straits Times. 26 October 1971. p. 22.