1972 Summer Olympics / Handball

Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Munich , Ulm , Göppingen , Böblingen , Augsburg
Competition venue	Olympiahalle , Donauhalle , Hohenstaufenhalle , sports hall Böblingen , sports hall Augsburg
Teams	16
Nations	16
Athletes	243 (243 )
date	August 30 - September 10, 1972
decisions	1
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At the XX. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , a men's handball competition was held. The Yugoslav team was Olympic champion ahead of Czechoslovakia and Romania . It was the Olympic premiere for indoor handball . In the 1936 Olympic Games has been field handball played. After that, there had been no handball tournaments at the Olympic Games for 36 years.

16 teams took part in the competition. They were divided into four groups (A – D) in which all four teams competed against each other once. The fourth-placed group A and B as well as C and D then played against each other, the winners of these two games played for 13th and 14th place, the losers for 15th and 16th place. The third-placed group A played against the third from group B, the third placed in group C played against the third in group D, and the winners from the two games for places 9 and 10, the losers for places 11 and 12.

The two best teams in each group entered the main round, the first and second placed in groups A and B in group I, the first and second placed in groups C and D in group II. Within the two groups, each team played again against everyone else. The fourth placed in Groups I and II then played for places 7 and 8, the third placed for places 5 and 6. The second placed played for the bronze medal (3rd place) and 4th place, the two group winners for Olympic gold and Olympic silver.

The first game of the competition took place on August 30, 1972, the final on September 10, 1972.

Results

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
Yugoslavia Abas Arslanagić Čedomir Bugarski Petar Fajfrić Hrvoje Horvat Milorad Karalić Djordje Lavrnić Milan Lazarević Zdravko Miljak Slobodan Mišković Branislav Pokrajac Nebojša Popović Miroslav Pribanić Dobrivoje Selec Albin Vidović Zdenko Zorko Zoran Zivkovic Trainer: Vlado Stenzel	Czechoslovakia Peter Pospíšil Ivan Satrapa Vladimír Jarý Jiří Kavan Andrej Lukošík Vladimír Habr Jindřich Krepindl Ladislav Beneš Vincent Lafko Jaroslav Konečný Pavol Mikeš František Brůna Jaroslav Škarvan Zdeněk Škára František Kralik Arnošt Klimčík Coach: Jiří Vícha	Romania Cornel Penu Alexandru Dincă Gabriel Kicsid Gheorghe Licu Cristian Gațu Roland Gunesch Radu Voina Simon Schobel Gheorghe Gruia Werner Stöckl Marin Dan Adrian Cosma Valentin Samungi Constantin Tudosie Ștefan Birtalan Coach: Nicolae Nedef

Final placement

space	nation
gold	Yugoslavia
silver	Czechoslovakia
bronze	Romania
4th	GDR
5	Soviet Union
6th	BR Germany
7th	Sweden
8th	Hungary
9	Norway
10	Poland
11	Japan
12	Iceland
13	Denmark
14th	United States
15th	Spain
16	Tunisia

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	40:34	4th
2	Soviet Union	3	1	2	0	40:34	4th
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	35:38	3
4th	Denmark	3	0	1	2	30:39	1

date	Local time	encounter			Result
August 30th	7:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	USSR	12:12 (6: 7)
August 30th	8:15 pm	Sweden	-	Poland	13:13 (5: 7)
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	Poland	8:11 (4: 6)
September 1	8:15 pm	Sweden	-	USSR	11:11 (4: 3)
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	Sweden	10:16 (4: 8)
September 3	8:15 pm	USSR	-	Poland	17:11 (9: 4)

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	German Democratic Republic	3	3	0	0	51:32	6th
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	56:40	3
3	Iceland	3	1	1	1	57:51	3
4th	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	32:73	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
August 30th	7:00 p.m.	GDR	-	Iceland	16:11 (7: 6)
August 30th	8:15 pm	Czechoslovakia	-	Tunisia	25: 7 (10: 3)
September 1	7:00 p.m.	GDR	-	Tunisia	21: 9 (11: 2)
September 1	8:15 pm	Czechoslovakia	-	Iceland	19:19 (8:10)
September 3	7:00 p.m.	GDR	-	Czechoslovakia	14:12 (5: 4)
September 3	8:15 pm	Iceland	-	Tunisia	27:16 (14: 7)

Group C

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	46:37	6th
2	BR Germany	3	1	1	1	39:38	3
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	48:49	3
4th	Spain	3	0	0	3	39:47	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
August 30th	7:00 p.m.	Romania	-	Norway	18:14 (11:10)
August 30th	8:15 pm	BR Germany	-	Spain	13:10 (7: 5)
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Romania	-	Spain	15:12 (6: 4)
September 1	8:15 pm	BR Germany	-	Norway	15:15 (7: 8)
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Romania	-	BR Germany	13:11 (5: 5)
September 3	8:15 pm	Norway	-	Spain	19:17 (10: 4)

Group D

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	63:45	6th
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	64:45	4th
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	46:56	2
4th	United States	3	0	0	3	46:73	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
August 30th	7:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Japan	20:14 (11: 7)
August 30th	8:15 pm	Hungary	-	United States	28:15 (16: 8)
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	United States	25:15 (11: 9)
September 1	8:15 pm	Hungary	-	Japan	20:12 (10: 7)
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Hungary	18:16 (9: 8)
September 3	8:15 pm	Japan	-	United States	20:16 (9: 9)

Main round

The points scored in the preliminary round against other main round teams were counted on.

Group I.

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	42:38	4th
2	German Democratic Republic	3	2	0	1	36:34	4th
3	USSR	3	1	1	1	34:34	3
4th	Sweden	3	0	1	2	34:40	1

date	Local time	encounter			Result
5th September	3:30 p.m.	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	12:15 (6: 7)
September 6th	8:00 p.m.	USSR	-	GDR	11: 8 (4: 4)
September 8th	3:30 p.m.	Sweden	-	GDR	11:14 (6: 8)
September 8th	8:00 p.m.	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	12:15 (7: 7)

Group II

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	56:44	6th
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	46:39	4th
3	BR Germany	3	1	0	2	43:51	2
4th	Hungary	3	0	0	3	44:55	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
September 6th	3:30 p.m.	Romania	-	Hungary	20:14 (11: 6)
September 6th	8:00 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Yugoslavia	15:24 (7:14)
September 8th	3:30 p.m.	Romania	-	Yugoslavia	13:14 (4: 5)
September 8th	8:00 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Hungary	17:14 (8: 6)

Games for 13-16th place

Date / time	Team A4	Team B4	Result
0Sep 7 1972, 8:00 p.m.	Denmark	Tunisia	29:21 (11: 9)
Date / time	Team C4	Team D4	Result
0Sep 7 1972, 8:00 p.m.	Spain	United States	20:22 (11: 8)

Play for 9-12 place

Date / time	Team A3	Team B3	Result
0Sep 7 1972, 3:30 p.m.	Poland	Iceland	20:17 (10: 7)
Date / time	Team C3	Team D3	Result
0Sep 7 1972, 3:30 p.m.	Norway	Japan	19:17 (8: 9)

Play for places 9 to 16

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Play for 15th place
0Sep 9 1972, 8:00 p.m.	Tunisia	Spain	20:23 (10:11)
Game for 13th place
0Sep 9 1972, 3:30 p.m.	Denmark	United States	19:18 (12: 6)
Game for 11th place
0Sep 9 1972, 3:30 p.m.	Iceland	Japan	18:19 (12:11)
Play for 9th place
0Sep 9 1972, 8:00 p.m.	Poland	Norway	20:23 (10:10)

Finals

Play for places 5 to 8

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Game for 7th place
Sep 10 1972, 10:00 a.m.	Sweden	Hungary	19:18 (11: 8)
Play for 5th place
Sep 10 1972, 9:00 p.m.	USSR	BR Germany	17:16 (10: 9)

3rd place match

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Sep 10 1972, 10:00 a.m.	German Democratic Republic	Romania	16:19 (8:11)

final

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Sep 10 1972, 9:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	21:16 (12: 5)

The half-time results are in brackets.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Games	Gates
1	Gheorghe Gruia	Romania	-	37
2	Istvan Varga	Hungary	-	32
3	Đorđe Lavrnić	Yugoslavia	-	28
4th	Milan Lazarevic	Yugoslavia	-	27
	Flemming Hansen	Denmark	-	27
6th	Lennart Eriksson	Sweden	-	25th
7th	Richard Abrahamson	United States	-	24
	Faouzi Sebabti	Tunisia	-	24
9	Jaroslav Konečný	Czechoslovakia	-	22nd
	Torstein Hansen	Norway	-	22nd
11	Jón Magnússon	Iceland	-	21st
	Juan Morera	Spain	-	21st

Team squad 4th to 16th place

4th to 8th place

•  German Democratic Republic : Wolfgang Böhme , Reiner Frieske , Reiner Ganschow , Jürgen Hildebrandt , Horst Jankhöfer , Wolfgang Lakenmacher , Klaus Langhoff , Peter Larisch , Peter Randt , Udo Röhrig , Josef Rose , Siegfried Voigt , Klaus Weiß , Rainer Würdig , Rainer Zimmermann , Harry Zörnack ; Trainer: Heinz Seiler
•  Soviet Union : Valery Gassi , Vasily Ilyin , Mychajlo Ishchenko , Yury Klimov , Valentin Kulev , Yuriy Lahutyn , Mikhail Lutsenko , Vladimir Maximow , Albert Oganesow , Alexander Panow , Oleksandr Rezanov , Nikolai Semenov , Anatoli Shevchenko , Ivan Usatons , Jānis Vils ; Coach: Anatoly Yevtushenko
•  FRG : 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 ; Trainer: Werner Vick
•  Sweden : 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 Stream ; Coach: Roland Mattsson
•  Hungary : 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 , Károly Vass , Sándor Vass , Gyula Huth ; Coach: Miklós Albrecht

9th to 12th place

•  Norway : 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 , Trainer: Thor Nohr
•  Poland : Zdzislaw Antczak , Zbigniew Dybol , Franciszek Gąsior , Jan Gmyrek , Bogdan Kowalczyk , Zygfryd Kuchta , Andrzej Lech , Jerzy Melcer , Helmut Pniociński , Henryk Rozmiarek , Andrzej Sokolowski , Engelbert Szolc , Andrzej Szymczak , Włodzimierz Wachowicz , Robert Zawada ; Coach: Janusz Czerwiński
•  Japan : Shuji Arinaga , Katsuhiko Chikamori , Kiyotaka Hayakawa , Hiroshi Honda , Masayuki Hyokai , Nobuyuki Iida , Minoru Kino , Takezo Nakai , Toshio Niimi , Kiyoshi Noda , Kenichi Sasaki , Toshihiko Shimosato
•  Iceland : Axel Axelsson , Ólafur Benediktsson , Björgvin Björgvinsson , Hjalti Einarsson , Sigurdur Einarsson , Birgir Finnbogason , Stefán Gunnarsson , Geir Hall Steinsson , Ólafur H. Jónsson , Stefán Jónsson , Jón Magnússon , Ágúst Ögmundsson , Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson , Viðar Símonarson , Gunnsteinn Skúlason , Gisli Blöndal ; Coach: Hilmar Björnsson

13th to 16th place

•  Denmark : 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 Vods ; Coach: Jørgen Gaarskjær
•  United States : 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 , Harry Winkler , Trainer: Peter Buehning
•  Spain : 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 , coach: Domingo Bárcenas
•  Tunisia : Ahmed Bel Hadj , Raouf Ben Samir , Moncef Besbes , Taoufik Djemail , Aleya Hamrouni , Mouir Jelili , Mohamed Jeljeli , Mohamed Khalladi , Mohamed Klai , Faouzi Ksouri , Moncef Oueslati , Faouzi Sebabti , Amor Sghaier , Abdelaziz Zaibi , Ridha Zitoun

Web links

• All game results on www.sports-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sports-reference.com