Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich.[1][2]

Water polo
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenuesDantebad
Olympia Schwimmhalle (final)
Date27 August – 4 September 1972
Competitors176 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
← 1968
1976 →

Qualification[3]

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Event Dates Hosts Quotas Qualified Teams
Host Nation 26 April 1966   Rome 1   West Germany
1968 Summer Olympics 14-26 October 1968   Mexico City 5   Yugoslavia
  Soviet Union
  Hungary
  Italy
  United States
1971 Pan American Games 26 July - 1 August 1971   Cali 3   Cuba
  Mexico
  Brazil

  Canada

European Qualifier 14-20 May 1972   Munich 4   Romania
  Spain
  Bulgaria
  Greece
Oceania Qualifier 1   Australia
Asian Qualifier 1   Japan
Reallocation 1   Netherlands
Total 16

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze

Squads

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Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Nation  Pld W D L GF GA
  United States 5 5 0 0 31 18
  Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 35 24
  Cuba 5 3 0 2 28 23
  Romania 5 2 0 3 38 26
  Mexico 5 1 0 4 25 30
  Canada 5 0 0 5 14 50
27 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia   12-4   Canada 3-1 4-1 3-1 2-1
Mexico   4-6   Cuba 1-2 0-1 1-1 2-2
Romania   3-4   United States 0-1 1-2 1-0 1-1
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States   7-6   Cuba 1-1 1-0 2-1 3-4
Mexico   7-3   Canada 2-1 0-1 1-0 4-1
Romania   7-8   Yugoslavia 3-2 2-1 2-2 0-3
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States   8-1   Canada 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-1
Mexico   3-5   Yugoslavia 0-1 1-1 1-3 1-0
Romania   3-4   Cuba 0-2 2-1 0-1 1-0
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia   7-5   Cuba 0-2 3-1 2-1 2-1
Romania   16-4   Canada 1-1 6-1 5-1 4-1
Mexico   5-7   United States 1-1 1-4 1-1 2-1
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba   7-2   Canada 2-0 2-0 1-2 2-0
Yugoslavia   3-5   United States 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-1
Romania   9-6   Mexico 2-2 3-1 2-0 2-3

Pool B

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Nation  Pld W D L GF GA
  Hungary 4 3 1 0 22 6
  West Germany 4 2 2 0 21 13
  Netherlands 4 2 1 1 14 11
  Australia 4 0 1 3 14 27
  Greece 4 0 1 3 13 27
27 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Hungary   3-0   Netherlands 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0
Greece   7-7   Australia 3-3 2-1 1-2 1-1
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia   2-4   Netherlands 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-3
West Germany   3-3   Hungary 1-0 0-1 0-2 2-0
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany   4-4   Netherlands 2-1 1-0 0-1 1-2
Greece   1-6   Hungary 0-3 0-0 0-2 1-1
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia   2-10   Hungary 0-3 1-2 0-3 1-2
West Germany   8-3   Greece 3-1 3-1 1-1 1-0
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany   6-3   Australia 1-1 2-0 1-0 2-2
Greece   2-6   Netherlands 1-0 0-2 1-3 0-1

Pool C

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Nation  Pld W D L GF GA
  Soviet Union 4 4 0 0 30 9
  Italy 4 3 0 1 27 16
  Spain 4 2 0 2 19 22
  Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 18 25
  Japan 4 0 0 4 14 36
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Spain   6-4   Japan 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-0
Italy   1-4   Soviet Union 1-0 0-2 0-2 0-0
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Soviet Union   11-1   Japan 1-0 4-1 3-0 3-0
Italy   8-5   Bulgaria 3-1 3-2 2-1 0-1
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Soviet Union   7-2   Bulgaria 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-1
Italy   6-2   Spain 1-0 0-1 2-1 3-0
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Bulgaria   7-4   Japan 3-1 0-1 2-1 2-1
Spain   5-8   Soviet Union 0-1 1-2 2-2 2-3
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Italy   12-5   Japan 4-1 3-0 1-1 4-3
Spain   6-4   Bulgaria 0-0 2-1 2-1 2-2

Final round

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Group II (Classification 7th – 12th)

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Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
7   Netherlands 5 4 1 0 29 20
8   Romania 5 3 1 1 24 19
9   Cuba 5 3 1 1 24 23
10   Spain 5 2 0 3 26 26
11   Bulgaria 5 0 2 3 17 23
12   Australia 5 0 1 4 18 27
1 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Romania   7-4   Spain 1-2 2-0 0-0 4-2
Netherlands   5-2   Bulgaria 1-0 0-1 2-1 2-0
Cuba   6-5   Australia 1-1 3-2 1-1 1-1
2 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Romania   4-3   Bulgaria 2-2 1-0 1-0 0-1
Australia   4-8   Spain 0-1 2-1 1-3 1-3
Cuba   6-8   Netherlands 2-1 2-5 0-2 2-0
3 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia   4-4   Bulgaria 2-2 1-0 1-1 0-1
Romania   5-5   Netherlands 2-2 1-2 0-1 2-0
Cuba   4-3   Spain 2-1 1-2 0-0 1-0
4 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba   4-4   Bulgaria 0-0 2-3 1-0 1-1
Romania   5-3   Australia 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1
Netherlands   7-5   Spain 0-1 3-0 2-2 2-2
Results taken from Preliminary Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba   4-3   Romania ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Netherlands   4-2   Australia ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Spain   6-4   Bulgaria ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)

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Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
1   Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 22 16
2   Hungary 5 3 2 0 23 18
3   United States 5 2 2 1 24 23
4   West Germany 5 0 3 2 15 18
5   Yugoslavia 5 1 1 3 20 24
6   Italy 5 0 2 3 21 26
1 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Hungary   8-7   Italy 1-0 2-1 3-4 2-2
United States   4-4   West Germany 3-1 1-1 0-0 0-2
Yugoslavia   4-5   Soviet Union 1-2 0-2 2-0 1-1
2 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia   6-6   Italy 2-2 2-1 1-1 1-2
West Germany   2-4   Soviet Union 1:1 1:3 0:0 0:0
United States   3-5   Hungary 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-1
3 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany   2-2   Italy 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0
Yugoslavia   2-4   Hungary 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-1
United States   6-6   Soviet Union 0-1 3-1 2-2 1-2
4 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia   5-4   West Germany 3-0 0-1 1-1 1-2
United States   6-5   Italy 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-2
Hungary   3-3   Soviet Union 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-0
Results taken from Preliminary Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States   5-3   Yugoslavia ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Soviet Union   4-1   Italy ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
West Germany   3-3   Hungary 0-1 1-0 0-2 2-0

Final ranking

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals
1   Carlos Sanchez 18
2   Bruce Bradley 17
3   Mart Bras 16
  Juan Janac
5   Eraldo Pizzo 12
  Gheorghe Zamfirescu
  Les Nunn
8   Aleksandr Dreval 11
  Ingulf Nossek
  Gianni De Magistris
  Toma Tomov
  Armando Fernandez
13   Anatoly Akimov 10
  Oleksiy Barkalov
  Viorel Rus

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Water Polo at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Men_1972". Todor66.

Sources

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