Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country West Germany
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates30 August – 10 September 1972
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up Czechoslovakia
Third place Romania
Fourth place East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored1,428 (32.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romania Gheorghe Gruia
(37 goals)

Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36-year absence. The competition was for men only and it was contested by sixteen teams.[1]

The teams were split into four groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in its group.

The lowest team in group A played the lowest in group B while the lowest in groups C and D played each other. The winners of those games played each other for 13th and 14th places, while the losers played each other for 15th and 16th.

The third-ranked teams in groups A and B also played each, as did those in groups C and D. Again, the winners of those games played each other, this time for 9th and 10th places. The losers played for 11th and 12th places.

The top two teams in each group advanced to the main round. Those from groups A and B became group I while those from groups C and D became group II. Another round-robin was played within those groups, with the results from the preliminary round carrying over.

The fourth-ranked teams in each of the two main round groups played each other for 7th and 8th place. The third-ranked teams played against each other for 5th and 6th place. The second-ranked teams played for the bronze medal and 4th place. The top teams in group I and group II played each other for the gold and silver medals.

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Yugoslavia (YUG)
Abaz Arslanagić
Petar Fajfrić
Hrvoje Horvat
Milorad Karalić
Đorđe Lavrnić
Milan Lazarević
Zdravko Miljak
Slobodan Mišković
Branislav Pokrajac
Nebojša Popović
Miroslav Pribanić
Albin Vidović
Zoran Živković
Zdenko Zorko
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Ladislav Beneš
František Brůna
Vladimír Haber
Vladimír Jarý
Jiří Kavan
Arnošt Klimčík
Jaroslav Konečný
František Králík
Jindřich Krepindl
Vincent Lafko
Andrej Lukošík
Pavel Mikeš
Petr Pospíšil
Ivan Satrapa
Zdeněk Škára
Jaroslav Škarvan
 Romania (ROU)
Ştefan Birtalan
Adrian Cosma
Marin Dan
Alexandru Dincă
Cristian Gaţu
Gheorghe Gruia
Roland Gunesch
Gabriel Kicsid
Ghiţă Licu
Cornel Penu
Valentin Samungi
Simion Schöbel
Werner Stöckl
Constantin Tudosie
Radu Voina

Qualification

QualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation26 April 1966Italy Rome1 West Germany
1970 World Championship26 February – 8 March 1970 France7 Romania
 East Germany
 Yugoslavia
 Denmark
 Sweden
 Czechoslovakia
 Hungary
Asian qualification tournament13–29 November 1971 Japan1 Japan
American qualification tournament2–6 February 1972United States Elkhart1 United States
European qualification tournament15–25 March 1972 Spain5 Soviet Union
 Norway
 Iceland
 Poland
 Spain
African qualification tournament25–31 March 1972Tunisia Tunis1 Tunisia
Total16

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 1 2 0 40 34 +6 4 Main round
2  Soviet Union 3 1 2 0 40 34 +6 4
3  Poland 3 1 1 1 35 38 3 3 9–12th place semifinals
4  Denmark 3 0 1 2 30 39 9 1 13–16th place semifinals
Source:
30 August 1972 Denmark  12–12  Soviet Union Donauhalle, Ulm
Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG)
Vodsgaard 4 (7–6) Gassy 6
30 August 1972 Sweden  13–13  Poland Donauhalle, Ulm
Referees: Simanović, Valčić (YUG)
L. Eriksson 7 (5–7) Dybol 7

1 September 1972 Denmark  8–11  Poland Hohenstaufenhalle, Göppingen
Referees: Keszthelyi, Márki (HUN)
Hansen 4 (4–6) Melcer 5
1 September 1972 Sweden  11–11  Soviet Union Hohenstaufenhalle, Göppingen
Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG)
L. Eriksson 4 (4–3) Usaty 4

3 September 1972 Denmark  10–16  Sweden Sporthalle, Böblingen
Referees: Cârligeanu, Sidea (ROU)
K. Andersen, Hansen 4 (4–8) Bj. Andersson, L. Eriksson 4
3 September 1972 Soviet Union  17–11  Poland Sporthalle, Böblingen
Referees: Huseby, Nilson (NOR)
Ilyin 5 (9–4) Melcer 4

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  East Germany 3 3 0 0 51 32 +19 6 Main round
2  Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 56 40 +16 3
3  Iceland 3 1 1 1 57 51 +6 3 9–12th place semifinals
4  Tunisia 3 0 0 3 32 73 41 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source:
30 August 1972 East Germany  16–11  Iceland Sporthalle, Augsburg
Referees: Cârligeanu, Sidea (ROU)
Randt 5 (7–6) four players 2
30 August 1972 Czechoslovakia  25–7  Tunisia Sporthalle, Augsburg
Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG)
Beneš 8 (10–3) Khalladi 2

1 September 1972 East Germany  21–9  Tunisia Donauhalle, Ulm
Referees: Huseby, Nilson (NOR)
Ganschow, Lakenmacher 5 (11–2) Hamrouni, Sebabti 3
1 September 1972 Czechoslovakia  19–19  Iceland Donauhalle, Ulm
Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG)
Konečný 6 (8–10) Björgvinsson 5

3 September 1972 East Germany  14–12  Czechoslovakia Hohenstaufenhalle, Göppingen
Referees: Simanović, Valčić (YUG)
Ganschow 4 (5–4) Konečný 7
3 September 1972 Iceland  27–16  Tunisia Hohenstaufenhalle, Göppingen
Referees: Keszthelyi, Márki (HUN)
Magnússon 7 (14–7) Klai, Sebabti 3

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 3 3 0 0 46 37 +9 6 Main round
2  West Germany (H) 3 1 1 1 39 38 +1 3
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 48 50 2 3 9–12th place semifinals
4  Spain 3 0 0 3 39 47 8 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source:
(H) Hosts
30 August 1972 Romania  18–14  Norway Sporthalle, Böblingen
Referees: Siebert, Singer (GDR)
Gruia, Gunnesch 6 (11–10) T. Hansen 4
30 August 1972 West Germany  13–10  Spain Sporthalle, Böblingen
Referees: Ovdal, Rodil (DEN)
Lange, Lübking 3 (7–5) De Andrés 4

1 September 1972 Romania  15–12  Spain Sporthalle, Augsburg
Referees: Janerstam, Larsson (SWE)
Gruia, Tudosie 3 (6–4) De Andrés 5
1 September 1972 West Germany  15–15  Norway Sporthalle, Augsburg
Referees: Bertschinger, Gabriel (SUI)
Bucher 7 (7–8) Reinertsen 4

3 September 1972 Romania  13–11  West Germany Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Carlsson, Olsson (SWE)
Gruia 7 (5–5) Bucher, Westebbe 3
3 September 1972 Norway  19–17  Spain Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Siebert, Singer (GDR)
Reinertsen 5 (10–4) Taure 6

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 63 45 +18 6 Main round
2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 64 45 +19 4
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 46 56 10 2 9–12th place semifinals
4  United States 3 0 0 3 46 73 27 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source:
30 August 1972 Yugoslavia  20–14  Japan Hohenstaufenhalle, Göppingen
Referees: Janerstam, Larsson (SWE)
Lavrnić 5 (11–7) Noda 4
30 August 1972 Hungary  28–15  United States Hohenstaufenhalle, Göppingen
Referees: Repo, Tuominen (FIN)
Varga 13 (16–8) Rogers, Schlesinger 4

1 September 1972 Yugoslavia  25–15  United States Sporthalle, Böblingen
Referees: Siebert, Singer (GDR)
Horvat, Pribanić 7 (11–9) Abrahamson 6
1 September 1972 Hungary  20–12  Japan Sporthalle, Böblingen
Referees: Carlsson, Olsson (SWE)
Varga 6 (10–7) Chikamori, Kino 3

3 September 1972 Yugoslavia  18–16  Hungary Sporthalle, Augsburg
Referees: Ovdal, Rodil (DEN)
Lavrnić 8 (9–8) Varga 5
3 September 1972 Japan  20–16  United States Sporthalle, Augsburg
Referees: Bertschinger, Gabriel (SUI)
Iida 7 (9–9) Abrahamson, Rogers 4

Classification round

Bracket

9th place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinals9th place
 
      
 
7 September
 
 
 Poland20
 
9 September
 
 Iceland17
 
 Poland20
 
7 September
 
 Norway (ET)23
 
 Norway19
 
 
 Japan17
 
11th place
 
 
9 September
 
 
 Iceland18
 
 
 Japan19
13th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
7 September
 
 
 Denmark29
 
9 September
 
 Tunisia21
 
 Denmark19
 
7 September
 
 United States18
 
 Spain20
 
 
 United States22
 
15th place
 
 
9 September
 
 
 Tunisia20
 
 
 Spain23

13–16th place semifinals

7 September 1972 Denmark  29–21  Tunisia Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Huseby, Nilson (NOR)
Hansen 8 (11–9) Sebabti 8

7 September 1972 Spain  20–22  United States Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Bertschinger, Gabriel (SUI)
Morera 7 (11–8) Abrahamson 7

9–12th place semifinals

7 September 1972 Poland  20–17  Iceland Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG)
Antczak 5 (10–7) Magnússon 6

7 September 1972 Norway  19–17  Japan Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG)
T. Hansen 5 (8–9) Arinaga 5

15th place game

9 September 1972 Tunisia  20–23  Spain Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG)
Sebabti 9 (10–11) Rochel 9

13th place game

9 September 1972 Denmark  19–18  United States Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Keszthelyi, Márki (HUN)
Hansen 8 (12–6) Abrahamson, Rogers 5

Eleventh place game

9 September 1972 Iceland  18–19  Japan Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Sidea, Cârligeanu (ROU)
Hallsteinsson 7 (12–11) three players 4

Ninth place game

9 September 1972 Poland  20–23 (ET)  Norway Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG)
Melcer 6 (10–10) T. Hansen 10

FT: 19–19 ET: 1–4

Main round

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 42 38 +4 4 Gold medal game
2  East Germany 3 2 0 1 36 34 +2 4 Bronze medal game
3  Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 34 34 0 3 Fifth place game
4  Sweden 3 0 1 2 34 40 6 1 Seventh place game
Source:
5 September 1972 Sweden  12–15  Czechoslovakia Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG)
L. Eriksson 5 (6–7) three players 3

6 September 1972 Soviet Union  11–8  East Germany Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Simanović, Valčić (YUG)
Klimov, Panov 3 (4–4) four players 2

8 September 1972 Sweden  11–14  East Germany Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Cârligeanu, Sidea (ROU)
L. Eriksson 4 (6–8) Ganschow 6
8 September 1972 Soviet Union  12–15  Czechoslovakia Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Keszthelyi, Márki (HUN)
Kulev 7 (7–7) Konečný 4

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 56 44 +12 6 Gold medal game
2  Romania 3 2 0 1 46 39 +7 4 Bronze medal game
3  West Germany (H) 3 1 0 2 43 51 8 2 Fifth place game
4  Hungary 3 0 0 3 44 55 11 0 Seventh place game
Source:
(H) Hosts
6 September 1972 Romania  20–14  Hungary Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Singer, Siebert (GDR)
Gruia 8 (11–6) Kaló, Varga 3
6 September 1972 West Germany  15–24  Yugoslavia Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Ovdal, Rodil (DEN)
Bucher, Karrer 4 (7–14) Lavrnić, Lazarević 6

8 September 1972 Romania  13–14  Yugoslavia Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Carlsson, Olsson (SWE)
Gruia 8 (4–5) Lazarević 6
8 September 1972 West Germany  17–14  Hungary Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Janerstam, Larsson (SWE)
Möller 6 (8–6) Stiller, K. Vass 3

Final round

Seventh place game

10 September 1972 Sweden  19–18  Hungary Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Singer, Siebert (GDR)
Persson 5 (11–8) K. Vass 6

Fifth place game

10 September 1972 Soviet Union  17–16  West Germany Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Simanović, Valčić (YUG)
Panov, Usaty 4 (10–9) Möller, Wehnert 5

Bronze medal game

10 September 1972 East Germany  16–19  Romania Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Carlsson, Olsson (SWE)
Böhme 4 (8–11) Gruia, Gunesch 5

Gold medal game

10 September 1972 Yugoslavia  21–16  Czechoslovakia Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Ovdal, Rodil (DEN)
Lazarević 6 (12–5) Jarý 6

Rankings and statistics

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 16 players and they all were eligible for participation. Japan entered only a squad of twelve.

A total of 242(*) handball players from 16 nations competed at the Munich Games:

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.

Not all reserve players are known.

Team rosters

 Czechoslovakia  Denmark  East Germany  Hungary
Ladislav Beneš
František Brůna
Vladimír Haber
Vladimír Jarý
Jiří Kavan
Arnošt Klimčík
Jaroslav Konečný
František Králík
Jindřich Krepindl
Vincent Lafko
Andrej Lukošík
Pavel Mikeš
Petr Pospíšil
Ivan Satrapa
Zdeněk Škára
Jaroslav Škarvan
Arne Andersen
Keld Andersen
Jørgen Frandsen
Claus From
Flemming Hansen
Jørgen Heidemann
Søren Jensen
Bent Jørgensen
Kay Jørgensen
Flemming Lauritzen
Svend Lund
Tom Lund
Thor Munkager
Vagn Nielsen
Karsten Sørensen
Jørgen Vodsgaard
Wolfgang Böhme
Reiner Frieske
Reiner Ganschow
Jürgen Hildebrand
Horst Jankhöfer
Wolfgang Lakenmacher
Klaus Langhoff
Peter Larisch
Peter Randt
Udo Röhrig
Josef Rose
Siegfried Voigt
Klaus Weiß
Rainer Würdig
Rainer Zimmermann
Harry Zörnack
János Adorján
Béla Bartalos
János Csík
László Harka
József Horváth
Sándor Kaló
István Marosi
Lajos Simó
János Stiller
István Szabó
László Szabó
Sándor Takács
István Varga (BHSE)
Károly Vass (Elektromos SE)
Sándor Vass (Elektromos SE)
Gyula Hurth
 Iceland  Japan  Norway  Poland
Axel Axelsson
Ólafur Benediktsson
Björgvin Björgvinsson
Hjalti Einarsson
Sigurður Einarsson
Birgir Finnbogason
Stefán Gunnarsson
Geir Hallsteinsson
Ólafur Jónsson
Stefán Jónsson
Jón Magnússon
Ágúst Ögmundsson
Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson
Viðar Símonarson
Gunnsteinn Skúlason
Gísli Blöndal
Shuji Arinaga
Katsuhiko Chikamori
Kiyotaka Hayakawa
Hiroshi Honda
Masayuki Hyokai
Nobuyuki Iida
Minoru Kino
Takezo Nakai
Toshio Niimi
Kiyoshi Noda
Kenichi Sasaki
Toshihiko Shimosato
Per Ankre
Arnulf Bæk
Pål Bye
Pål Cappelen
Carl Graff-Wang
Inge Hansen
Torstein Hansen
Roger Hverven
Ulf Magnussen
Jan Økseter
Sten Osther
Jon Reinertsen
Geir Røse
Per Søderstrøm
Harald Tyrdal
Finn Urdal
Coach: Thor Nohr
Zdzisław Antczak
Zbigniew Dybol
Franciszek Gąsior
Jan Gmyrek
Bogdan Kowalczyk
Zygfryd Kuchta
Andrzej Lech
Jerzy Melcer
Helmut Pniociński
Henryk Rozmiarek
Andrzej Sokołowski
Engelbert Szolc
Andrzej Szymczak
Włodzimierz Wachowicz
Robert Zawada
 Romania  Soviet Union  Spain  Sweden
Ştefan Birtalan
Adrian Cosma
Marin Dan
Alexandru Dincă
Cristian Gaţu
Gheorghe Gruia
Roland Gunesch
Gabriel Kicsid
Ghiţă Licu
Cornel Penu
Valentin Samungi
Simion Schöbel
Werner Stöckl
Constantin Tudosie
Radu Voina
Valeri Gassy(University Krasnodar)
Vasily Ilyin(MAI Moscow)
Mykhaylo Ishchenko(ZMetI Zaporozhzhie)
Yury Klimov(MAI Moscow)
Valentin Kulev(Kuntsevo Moscow)
Yuriy Lahutyn(ZMetI Zaporozhzhie)
Mikhail Lutsenko(Kuntsevo Moscow)
Vladimir Maksimov(MAI Moscow)
Albert Oganezov(MAI Moscow)
Aleksandr Panov(University Krasnodar)
Oleksandr Rezanov(ZMetI Zaporozhzhie)
Nikolay Semyonov(Kuntsevo Moscow)
Anatoly Shevchenko(Kuntsevo Moscow)
Ivan Usaty(CSKA Moscow)
Jānis Vilsons(MAI Moscow)
Antonio Andreu
Miguel Ángel Cascallana
Fernando de Andrés
Javier García
Jesús Guerrero
Juan Miguel Igartua
Santos Labaca
Francisco López
Juan Antonio Medina
Juan Morera
Vicente Ortega
José Perramón
José Rochel
José Manuel Taure
José Villamarín
Björn Andersson
Bo Andersson
Dan Eriksson
Lennart Eriksson
Johan Fischerström
Göran Hård af Segerstad
Bengt Johansson
Benny Johansson
Jan Jonsson
Lars Karlsson
Michael Koch
Olle Olsson
Sten Olsson
Thomas Persson
Bertil Söderberg
Frank Ström
 Tunisia  United States  West Germany  Yugoslavia
Ahmed Bechir Bel Hadj
Abderraouf Ben Samir
Moncef Besbes
Rached Boudhina
Taoufik Djemail
Aleya Hamrouni
Mohamed Naceur Jelili
Mounir Jelili
Mohamed Klai
Mohamed Khalladi
Faouzi Ksouri
Moncef Loueslati
Mohamed Sebabti
Amor Sghaier
Abdel Aziz Zaibi
Ridha Zitoun
Richard Abrahamson
Fletcher Abram
Roger Baker
Dennis Berkholtz
Larry Caton
Vincent DiCalogero
Elmer Edes
Thomas Hardiman
Rudolph Matthews
Sandor Rivnyak
James Rogers
Richard Schlesinger
Kevin Serrapede
Robert Sparks
Joel Voelkert
Coach: Peter Buehning Sr.
Assistant coach: Laszlo Jurak[2]
Harry Winkler
Herwig Ahrendsen
Hans-Jürgen Bode
Wolfgang Braun
Peter Bucher
Jochen Feldhoff
Diethard Finkelmann
Josef Karrer
Klaus Kater
Klaus Lange
Herbert Lübking
Heiner Möller
Hans-Peter Neuhaus
Uwe Rathjen
Herbert Rogge
Herbert Wehnert
Klaus Westebbe
Abas Arslanagić (Borac Banja Luka)
Petar Fajfrić (Crvenka)
Hrvoje Horvat (Partizan Bjelovar)
Milorad Karalić (Borac Banja Luka)
Đorđe Lavrnić (Krivaja Zavidovići)
Milan Lazarević (Crvena zvezda Beograd)
Zdravko Miljak (Medveščak Zagreb)
Slobodan Mišković (Crvenka)
Branislav Pokrajac (Dinamo Pančevo)
Nebojša Popović (Borac Banja Luka)
Miroslav Pribanić (Partizan Bjelovar)
Albin Vidović (BHSE)
Zoran Živković (FAP Priboj na Limu)
Zdenko Zorko (Zagreb)
Coach: Vlado Štencl
Čedomir Bugarski
Dobrivoje Selec

References

  1. "Handball at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. Singer, Harold (13 September 1972). "Panther Highlights". The Delphian. Garden City, New York. 13 (1): 16. OCLC 10569103. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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