Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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]

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueVolleyballhalle
Date27 August – 9 September
Competitors from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan (1st title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union
← 1968
1976 →

Qualification

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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

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

Rosters

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Venue

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

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Pool A

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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

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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

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11th–12th places

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11th place match

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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

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9th place match

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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

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5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
  Czechoslovakia3
 
9 September
 
  Brazil0
 
  Czechoslovakia1
 
8 September
 
  Romania3
 
  South Korea0
 
 
  Romania3
 
7th place match
 
 
9 September
 
 
  Brazil0
 
 
  South Korea3

5th–8th semifinals

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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

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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

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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

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SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
  Soviet Union1
 
9 September
 
  East Germany3
 
  East Germany1
 
8 September
 
  Japan3
 
  Bulgaria2
 
 
  Japan3
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
9 September
 
 
  Soviet Union3
 
 
  Bulgaria0

Semifinals

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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

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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

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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

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Medalists

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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

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