Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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]
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 | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 38 |
Goals scored | 135 (3.55 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
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 | ||
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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 |
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 |
Report | Jaxa |
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 |
Report | Espinosa |
Poland | 2–1 | |
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Gorgoń |
Report | Streich |
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 |
Report | Cuéllar |
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 |
Soviet Union | 3–0 | |
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Semyonov Kolotov Elissev |
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Denmark | 1–1 | |
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Heino Hansen |
Report | Deyna |
Knockout stage
Bronze Medal match
Soviet Union | 2–2 | |
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Blokhin Khurtsilava |
Report | Kreische Vogel |
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
Joachim Streich Robert Gadocha Oleh Blokhin Bernd Nickel
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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 |
Medalists
References
- "Football at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- Денис Романцов (2 June 2017). "«Высоцкий дал установку: «Макаронщиков надо обыграть». Он знает о нашем футболе все".
– Мы не вышли в финал, а игру за третье место против ГДР назначили на десять утра. Тренер Пономарев сказал: «Что-то не хочется с ними бодаться. Как бы нам вничью сыграть». Ничья означала бронзовые медали для обеих команд. Используя свой немецкий, выученный в институте, я подошел перед игрой к доктору сборной ГДР. «Как ты смотришь на то, чтобы медали получили и вы, и мы?» – «Положительно», – и пошел к тренеру. Тот повернулся ко мне и показал большой палец: вопрос решен. Мы забили друг другу по два мяча, но на второй тайм вышел динамовец Андрей Якубик, который, ни о чем не подозревая, ворвался в штрафную и чуть не сделал счет 3:2. Слава богу, не попал, а то немцы бы нас уничтожили.