At the XX. A water polo tournament took place at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . The venues were the Olympic swimming pool and the Dante pool .
competition
The first six teams from the 1970 European Championship (Soviet Union, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, Netherlands, Romania), the first four teams from the 1971 Pan-American Games (USA, Cuba, Mexico, Canada) and the 1970 Asian Games were qualified for the Olympic tournament (Japan) and Australia. Since the last Olympic champion, Yugoslavia, and the European Championship Seventh Federal Republic of Germany were automatically eligible to participate, Greece, Spain and Bulgaria moved up.
There were three preliminary groups; the three medal winners from 1968 (Yugoslavia, Soviet Union, Hungary) were seeded and their opponents were drawn by lot. The two best teams in each group advanced into the final round for places 1 to 6, the third and fourth teams played for places 7 to 12 (direct encounters in the preliminary round were included).
Medalist
space
country
player
1
Soviet Union 1955 URS
Anatoly Akimow , Alexei Barkalow , Alexander Dolguschin , Alexander Drewal , Vadim Guljajew , Alexander Kabanow , Nikolai Melnikow , Leonid Osipow , Alexander Schidlowski , Vladimir Schmudski , Vyacheslav Sobchenko
2
Hungary 1957 HUN
András Bodnár , Tibor Cservenyák , Tamás Faragó , István Görgényi , Zoltán Kásás , Ferenc Konrád , István Magas , Endre Molnár , Dénes Pócsik , László Sárosi , István Szívós
3
United States United States
Peter Asch , Steven Barnett , Bruce Bradley , Stanley Cole , James Ferguson , Eric Lindroth , John Parker , Gary Sheerer , James Sletton , Russell Webb , Barry Weitzenberg
Preliminary round
Group A
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
United States United States
5
0
0
31:18
+ 13
10
2.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
4th
0
1
35:24
+ 11
8th
3.
Cuba Cuba
3
0
2
28:23
+ 5
6th
4th
Romania 1965 Romania
2
0
3
38:26
+ 12
4th
5.
Mexico Mexico
1
0
4th
25:30
- 5th
2
6th
Canada Canada
0
0
5
14:50
- 36
0
August 27
10:00
Yugoslavia
Canada
12: 4 (3: 1, 4: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1)
16:00
Mexico
Cuba
4: 6 (1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2)
18:00
Romania
United States
3: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1)
August 28th
12:00
United States
Cuba
7: 6 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 4)
15:00
Mexico
Canada
7: 3 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 4: 1)
20:00
Romania
Yugoslavia
7: 8 (3: 2, 2: 1, 2: 2, 0: 3)
29th August
11:00
United States
Canada
8: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)
13:00
Mexico
Yugoslavia
3: 5 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 3, 1: 0)
16:00
Romania
Cuba
3: 4 (0: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)
August 30th
10:00
Yugoslavia
Cuba
7: 5 (0: 2, 3: 1, 2: 1, 2: 1)
12:00
Romania
Canada
16: 4 (1: 1, 6: 1, 5: 1, 4: 1)
15:00
Mexico
United States
5: 7 (1: 1, 1: 4, 1: 1, 2: 1)
August 31
11:00
Cuba
Canada
7: 2 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0)
13:00
Yugoslavia
United States
3: 5 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1)
20:00
Romania
Mexico
9: 6 (2: 2, 3: 1, 2: 0, 2: 3)
Group B
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Hungary 1957 Hungary
3
1
0
22: 0 6
+ 16
7th
2.
Germany BR BR Germany
2
2
0
21:13
+ 8
6th
3.
Netherlands Netherlands
2
1
1
14:11
+ 3
5
4th
Australia Australia
0
1
3
14:27
- 13
1
5.
Greece 1970 Greece
0
0
3
13:27
- 14
1
August 27
10:00
Hungary
Netherlands
3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
16:00
Greece
Australia
7: 7 (3: 3, 2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1)
August 28th
10:00
Australia
Netherlands
2: 4 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 3)
17:00
BR Germany
Hungary
3: 3 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 0)
29th August
10:00
BR Germany
Netherlands
4: 4 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2)
14:00
Greece
Hungary
1: 6 (0: 3, 0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 1)
August 30th
14:00
Australia
Hungary
2:10 (0: 3, 1: 2, 0: 3, 1: 2)
18:00
BR Germany
Greece
8: 3 (3: 1, 3: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)
August 31
14:00
BR Germany
Australia
6: 3 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 2)
14:00
Greece
Netherlands
2: 6 (1: 0, 0: 2, 1: 3, 0: 1)
Group C
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
4th
0
0
30: 0 9
+ 21
8th
2.
Italy Italy
3
0
1
27:16
+ 11
6th
3.
Spain 1945 Spain
2
0
2
19:22
- 3
4th
4th
Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
1
0
3
18:25
- 7th
2
5.
Japan Japan
0
0
4th
14:36
- 22
0
August 27
10:00
Spain
Japan
6: 4 (2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 0)
17:00
Italy
Soviet Union
1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 0)
August 28th
11:00
Soviet Union
Japan
11: 1 (1: 0, 4: 1, 3: 0, 3: 0)
14:00
Italy
Bulgaria
8: 5 (3: 1, 3: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1)
29th August
12:00
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
7: 2 (2: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)
19:00
Italy
Spain
6: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1, 3: 0)
August 30th
11:00
Netherlands
Japan
7: 4 (3: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1, 2: 1)
14:00
Spain
Soviet Union
5: 8 (0: 1, 1: 2, 2: 2, 2: 3)
August 31
10:00
Italy
Spain
12: 5 (4: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1, 4: 3)
19:00
Spain
Bulgaria
6: 4 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2)
Final round
Group I.
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
3
2
0
22:16
+ 6
8th
2.
Hungary 1957 Hungary
3
2
0
23:18
+ 5
8th
3.
United States United States
2
2
1
24:23
+ 1
6th
4th
Germany BR BR Germany
0
3
2
15:18
- 3
3
5.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
1
1
3
20:24
- 4th
3
6th
Italy Italy
0
2
3
21:26
- 5th
2
September 1
14:00
Hungary
Italy
8: 7 (1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 4, 2: 2)
3:30 p.m.
United States
BR Germany
4: 4 (3: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2)
7:30 p.m.
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
4: 5 (1: 2, 0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1)
September 2nd
14:00
Yugoslavia
Italy
6: 6 (2: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2)
3:30 p.m.
BR Germany
Soviet Union
2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 3, 0: 0, 0: 0)
7:30 p.m.
United States
Hungary
3: 5 (0: 0, 1: 2, 2: 2, 0: 1)
September 3
14:00
BR Germany
Italy
2: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
3:30 p.m.
Yugoslavia
Hungary
2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)
7:30 p.m.
United States
Soviet Union
6: 6 (0: 1, 3: 1, 2: 2, 1: 2)
September 4th
14:00
Yugoslavia
BR Germany
5: 4 (3: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2)
3:30 p.m.
United States
Italy
6: 5 (2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 2)
7:30 p.m.
Hungary
Soviet Union
3: 3 (2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0)
Group II
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
0 7th
Netherlands Netherlands
4th
1
0
29:20
+ 9
9
0 8th.
Romania 1965 Romania
3
1
1
24:19
+ 5
7th
0 9.
Cuba Cuba
3
1
1
24:23
+ 1
7th
10.
Spain 1945 Spain
2
0
3
26:26
0
4th
11.
Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
0
2
3
17:23
- 6
2
12.
Australia Australia
0
1
4th
18:27
- 9
1
September 1
14:00
Romania
Spain
7: 4 (1: 2, 2: 0, 0: 0, 4: 2)
3:30 p.m.
Netherlands
Bulgaria
5: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0)
7:30 p.m.
Cuba
Australia
6: 5 (1: 1, 3: 2, 1: 1, 1: 1)
September 2nd
14:00
Romania
Bulgaria
4: 3 (2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)
3:30 p.m.
Australia
Spain
4: 8 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 3, 1: 3)
7:30 p.m.
Cuba
Netherlands
6: 8 (2: 1, 2: 5, 0: 2, 2: 0)
September 3
14:00
Australia
Bulgaria
4: 4 (2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)
3:30 p.m.
Romania
Netherlands
5: 5 (2: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1, 2-0)
7:30 p.m.
Cuba
Spain
4: 3 (2: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0)
September 4th
14:00
Cuba
Bulgaria
4: 4 (0: 0, 2: 3, 1: 0, 1: 1)
3:30 p.m.
Romania
Australia
5: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)
7:30 p.m.
Netherlands
Spain
7: 5 (0: 1, 3: 0, 2: 2, 2: 2)
source
Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , pp. 335–337.
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