The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nürnberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from five continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the second group stage, where the second-placed teams in each group advanced to the bronze medal match while the first-placed teams advanced to the gold medal match held at Olympic Stadium on 10 September 1972.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | West Germany |
| Dates | 27 August – 10 September 1972 |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Poland (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Hungary |
| Third place |  East Germany (shared) Soviet Union (shared) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 38 |
| Goals scored | 135 (3.55 per match) |
| Attendance | 795,433 (20,932 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Kazimierz Deyna (9 goals) |
| Fair play award |  Burma |
In 2017, the physician of the Soviet team revealed that the match for the bronze medal between the Soviet Union and East Germany was fixed.[2]
Qualifications
Squads
Venues
| Munich | Nuremberg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympiastadion | Frankenstadion | ||
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| Regensburg | Passau | ||
| Jahnstadion | Dreiflüssestadion | ||
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| Ingolstadt | Augsburg | ||
| ESV-Stadion | Rosenaustadion | ||
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First round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 6 | Advanced to second round |
 Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | |
 Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | |
 United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 |
Source: FIFA
Malaysia  | 3–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
Shaharuddin  14' Salleh 67' Zawawi 77' | Report |
West Germany  | 7–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Nickel 17', 43', 70', 86' Hitzfeld 47' Seliger 62' Bitz 79' | Report |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advanced to second round |
 Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
 Burma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
 Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
| Soviet Union | 1–0 | Burma |
|---|---|---|
| Kolotov 51' | Report |
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| Yevriuzhikin 42' (pen.) Zanazanyan 44' | Report | Jaksa 59' |
| Burma | 2–0 | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| Soe Than 7' Aung Moe Thin 61' | Report |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | Advanced to second round |
 Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
 Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | |
 Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
Source: FIFA
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | Advanced to second round |
| East Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 4 | |
 Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | |
 Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
| East Germany | 4–0 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| Kreische 19', 89' Streich 45' Sparwasser 66' | Report |
| East Germany | 6–1 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Streich 1', 10' Sparwasser 9' Ducke 31' Vogel 85' Kreische 88' (pen.) | Report | Espinosa 38' |
| Poland | 2–1 | East Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Gorgoń 6', 63' | Report | Streich 45' |
Second round
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Gold Medal match |
| East Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 4 | Bronze Medal match |
| West Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |
Source: FIFA
| West Germany | 1–1 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Hitzfeld 5' | Report | Cuéllar 69' |
| Hungary | 2–0 | East Germany |
|---|---|---|
| A. Dunai 60' Tóth 66' | Report |
| East Germany | 7–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Ganzera 34' Sparwasser 39', 51', 89' Streich 48' Kreische 72' Häfner 79' | Report |
| East Germany | 3–2 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Pommerenke 10' Streich 53' Vogel 82' | Report | Hoeneß 31' Hitzfeld 68' |
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | Gold Medal match |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | Bronze Medal match |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
 Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
| Denmark | 1–1 | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| Heino Hansen 27' | Report | Deyna 36' |
Knockout stage
Bronze Medal match
| Soviet Union | 2–2 | East Germany |
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| Blokhin 10' Khurtsilava 30' | Report | Kreische 33' (pen.) Vogel 78' |
Bronze medals shared.
Gold Medal match
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Goalscorers
With nine goals, Kazimierz Deyna of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 135 goals were scored by 66 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 9 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Pedrinho- Zé Carlos
Aung Moe Thin- Soe Than
Ángel Torres- Fabio Espinosa
- Luis Montaño
Kristen Nygaard- Leif Printzlau
- Per Røntved
Frank Ganzera- Jürgen Pommerenke
- Peter Ducke
- Reinhard Häfner
Ibrahim Sunday
Kálmán Tóth- Lajos Kocsis
- Mihály Kozma
- Péter Juhász
Majid Halvai
Salleh Ibrahim- Shaharuddin Abdullah
- Zawawi Yusoff
Boujemaa Benkhrif- Mohamed Merzaq
- Mohammed El Filali
- Mohammed Tati
Daniel Razo- Manuel Manzo
Kazimierz Kmiecik- Zygfryd Szołtysik
Gennady Yevriuzhikin- Murtaz Khurtsilava
- Oganes Zanazanyan
- Yozhef Sabo
- Yuriy Yeliseyev
Jaksa
Hermann Bitz- Jürgen Kalb
- Ronald Worm
- Uli Hoeneß
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Poland (POL) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 13 |
| 2 |  Hungary (HUN) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 11 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 |
| 3 |  East Germany (GDR) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 9 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 7 |
| 6 |  Denmark (DEN) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 7 |
| 7 |  Mexico (MEX) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 5 |
| 8 | Morocco (MAR) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 |
| 9 | Burma (BIR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Malaysia (MAS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
| 11 |  Colombia (COL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 |
| 12 |  Iran (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 |
| 13 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| 14 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 |
| 15 |  Sudan (SUD) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| 16 |  Ghana (GHA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Source: rsssf.com
Medalists
References
External links
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