Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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International football competition
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]
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[edit]
First round[edit]
Group A[edit]
Group B[edit]
| 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 |
Group C[edit]
| 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 |
Group D[edit]
| 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 |
Second round[edit]
Group 1[edit]
| 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 |
Group 2[edit]
| 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 |
Knockout stage[edit]
Bronze Medal match[edit]
Bronze medals shared.
Gold Medal match[edit]
Goalscorers[edit]
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
Final ranking[edit]
Medalists[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “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.
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