Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Date	27 August–9 September
Medalists
Japan East Germany Soviet Union

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 27 August to 9 September 1972.

Qualification

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

Pools composition

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

Rosters

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

Venue

• Volleyballhalle, Munich, West Germany

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th place match
	Qualified for the 11th place match

Pool A

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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
02 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–1	15–3	15–1			45–5
02 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–10	15–10	15–12			45–32
02 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Poland	14–16	12–15	15–7	15–3	15–10	71–51
05 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–5	15–7			45–22
05 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	South Korea	15–11	15–5	15–13			45–29
05 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Poland	11–15	15–12	15–12	10–15	15–13	66–67

Pool B

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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
01 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Romania	18–16	11–15	15–7	11–15	15–12	70–65
01 Sep	Japan	3–0	East Germany	15–4	15–2	15–6			45–12
01 Sep	Cuba	3–2	West Germany	15–8	15–11	10–15	12–15	15–8	67–57
03 Sep	East Germany	3–0	West Germany	15–7	15–6	15–4			45–17
03 Sep	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–13	15–11			45–31
03 Sep	Romania	3–0	Cuba	15–7	17–15	15–13			47–35
06 Sep	Japan	3–0	West Germany	15–3	15–6	15–4			45–13
06 Sep	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	16–14	6–15	15–7	7–15	15–9	59–60
06 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
08 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
09 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
08 Sep	South Korea	0–3	Romania	12–15	7–15	8–15			27–45
08 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
09 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
09 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
08 Sep	Bulgaria	2–3	Japan	15–13	15–9	9–15	9–15	12–15	60–67
08 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
09 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
09 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

Minami, Nekoda, Kimura, Morita, Yokota, Oko, Satō, Shimaoka, Fukao, Nakamura, Noguchi, Nishimoto

Head Coach

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	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	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

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com
• Medalists at Olympic.org