Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Tournament details | |
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Host country | West Germany |
Dates | 27 August – 10 September |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 38 |
Goals scored | 135 (3.55 per match) |
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.
Qualifications
Squads
Venues
Munich | Nuremberg | ||
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Olympiastadion | Frankenstadion | ||
Regensburg | Passau | ||
Jahnstadion | Dreiflüssestadion | ||
Ingolstadt | Augsburg | ||
ESV-Stadion | Rosenaustadion | ||
First round
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 6 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 |
Morocco | 0 – 0 | |
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West Germany | 3 – 0 | |
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Worm Kalb Seliger |
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Malaysia | 3 – 0 | |
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Shaharuddin Salleh Zawawi Yusoff |
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West Germany | 7 – 0 | |
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Nickel Hitzfeld Seliger Bitz |
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Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Soviet Union | 1 – 0 | |
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Kolotov |
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Soviet Union | 2 – 1 | |
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Yevriuzhikin Zanazanyan |
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Soviet Union | 4 – 1 | |
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Blokhin Semyonov |
Report | Razo |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
East Germany | 4 – 0 | |
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Kreische Streich Sparwasser |
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East Germany | 6 – 1 | |
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Streich Sparwasser Ducke Vogel Kreische |
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Poland | 2 – 1 | |
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Gorgoń |
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Second round
Group 1
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 4 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |
Hungary | 2 – 0 | |
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A. Dunai Tóth |
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West Germany | 1 – 1 | |
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Hitzfeld |
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East Germany | 7 – 0 | |
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Ganzera Sparwasser Streich Kreische Häfner |
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East Germany | 3 – 2 | |
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Pommerenke Streich Vogel |
Report | Hoeneß Hitzfeld |
Group 2
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Denmark | 1 – 1 | |
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Heino Hansen |
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Knockout stage
Bronze Medal match
Soviet Union | 2 – 2 | |
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Blokhin Khurtsilava |
Report | Kreische Vogel |
Bronze medals shared.
Gold Medal match
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
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- 1 goal
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Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 13 | |
2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 11 | |
3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 | |
3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 9 | |
5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +11 | 7 | |
6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 7 | |
7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 5 | |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | |
9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | |
11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | |
12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | |
13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |
14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 | |
15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |