Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Water polo
Games:1972 Summer
Venues:Dantebad
Olympia Schwimmhalle (final)
Date:27 August – 4 September 1972
Competitors:176
Nations:16
Prev:1968
Next:1976

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

Qualification[3]

EventDatesHostsQuotasQualified Teams
Host Nation26 April 1966 Rome1
1968 Summer Olympics14-26 October 1968 Mexico City5
1971 Pan American Games26 July - 1 August 1971 Cali3
European Qualifier14-20 May 1972 Munich4
Oceania Qualifier1
Asian Qualifier1
Reallocation1
Total16

Squads

See main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Nation PldWDLGFGA
55003118
54013524
53022823
52033826
51042530
50051450
width=20%width=12%27 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
12-43-14-13-12-1
4-61-20-11-12-2
3-40-11-21-01-1
width=20%width=12%28 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
7-61-11-02-13-4
7-32-10-11-04-1
7-83-22-12-20-3
width=20%width=12%29 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
8-12-03-01-02-1
3-50-11-11-31-0
3-40-22-10-11-0
width=20%width=12%30 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
7-50-23-12-12-1
16-41-16-15-14-1
5-71-11-41-12-1
width=20%width=12%31 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
7-22-02-01-22-0
3-50-11-11-21-1
9-62-23-12-02-3

Pool B

Nation PldWDLGFGA
4310226
42202113
42111411
40131427
40131327
width=20%width=12%27 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
3-00-02-00-01-0
7-73-32-11-21-1
width=20%width=12%28 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
2-41-00-00-11-3
3-31-00-10-22-0
width=20%width=12%29 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
4-42-11-00-11-2
1-60-30-00-21-1
width=20%width=12%30 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
2-100-31-20-31-2
8-33-13-11-11-0
width=20%width=12%31 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
6-31-12-01-02-2
2-61-00-21-30-1

Pool C

Nation PldWDLGFGA
4400309
43012716
42021922
41031825
40041436
width=20%width=12%28 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
6-42-11-21-12-0
1-41-00-20-20-0
width=20%width=12%28 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
11-11-04-13-03-0
8-53-13-22-10-1
width=20%width=12%29 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
7-22-02-12-01-1
6-21-00-12-13-0
width=20%width=12%30 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
7-43-10-12-12-1
5-80-11-22-22-3
width=20%width=12%31 Augustwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
12-54-13-01-14-3
6-40-02-12-12-2

Final round

Group II (Classification 7th – 12th)

Pos.NationPldWDLGFGA
754102920
853112419
953112423
1052032626
1150231723
1250141827
width=20%width=16%1 Septemberwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
7-41-22-00-04-2
5-21-00-12-12-0
6-51-13-21-1 1-1
width=20%width=16%2 Septemberwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
4-32-21-01-00-1
4-80-12-11-31-3
6-82-12-50-2 2-0
width=20%width=16%3 Septemberwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
4-42-21-01-10-1
5-52-21-20-12-0
4-32-11-20-0 1-0
width=20%width=16%4 Septemberwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
4-40-02-31-01-1
5-31-12-11-01-1
7-50-13-02-22-2
Results taken from Preliminary Round
width=20%width=16%width=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
4-3?-??-??-??-?
4-2?-??-??-??-?
6-4?-??-??-??-?

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)

Pos.NationPldWDLGFGA
153202216
253202318
352212423
450321518
551132024
650232126
width=20%width=16%1 Septemberwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
8-71-02-13-42-2
4-43-11-10-00-2
4-51-20-22-01-1
width=20%width=16%2 Septemberwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
6-62-22-11-11-2
2-41:11:30:00:0
3-50-01-22-20-1
width=20%width=16%3 Septemberwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
2-21-20-00-01-0
2-40-11-10-11-1
6-60-13-12-21-2
width=20%width=16%4 Septemberwidth=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
5-43-00-11-11-2
6-52-11-12-11-2
3-32-11-10-10-0
Results taken from Preliminary Round
width=20%width=16%width=20%width=8%1stwidth=8%2ndwidth=8%3rdwidth=8%4th
5-3?-??-??-??-?
4-1?-??-??-??-?
3-30-11-00-22-0

Final ranking

  1. [1]

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoals
1 Carlos Sanchez18
2 Bruce Bradley17
3 Mart Bras16
Juan Janac
5 Eraldo Pizzo12
Gheorghe Zamfirescu
Les Nunn
8 Aleksandr Dreval11
Ingulf Nossek
Gianni De Magistris
Toma Tomov
Armando Fernandez
13 Anatoly Akimov10
Oleksiy Barkalov
Viorel Rus

See also

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. mog . dmy .
  2. Web site: Water Polo at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 2 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Men_1972. Todor66.