1972 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 1972
Men's
Number of nations	16
Olympic champion	BR Germany
venue	Munich
Stadion	Hockey facility in the Olympic Park
opening	August 27, 1972
Endgame	September 10, 1972
← 1968 1976 →

At the XX. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , a men's hockey competition took place. The hockey tournament had been an integral part of the Summer Olympics since 1928 and since then India and later Pakistan had won the gold medal. In Munich, host Germany, another nation became Olympic champions for the first time.

Tournament mode

As in the previous games in Mexico City in 1968 , the 16 participants played in 2 groups A and B, each against each other. The first and second of the groups contested the semi-finals and then played for the medals. The third and fourth of the groups also played places 5 to 8. Places 9 to 16 were determined without cross games in a direct comparison between the two fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth of the groups.

The 10 participants in the first World Cup , which took place in Barcelona in 1971, were qualified , including the host of the Olympic Games in Germany. The other six participants were determined through qualifying tournaments, in Europe: Belgium, Great Britain, Poland, in Asia / Oceania: Malaysia, New Zealand, and in America: Mexico.

Results

Group A

Day	time	encounter	Result
August 27	10:30	Federal Republic of Germany - Belgium	5: 1 (3: 1)
	13:30	Pakistan - France	3: 0 (1: 0)
	13:30	Malaysia - Uganda	3: 1 (1: 0)
	13:30	Spain - Argentina	1: 1 (0: 1)
August 28th	15:00	Federal Republic of Germany - Malaysia	1: 0 (1: 0)
	15:00	Belgium - Argentina	1: 1 (1: 1)
	16:30	Pakistan - Spain	1: 1 (1: 1)
	16:30	France - Uganda	3: 1 (1: 0)
29th August	13:30	Pakistan - Uganda	3: 1 (2: 0)
	15:00	Spain - Malaysia	0-00000
	16:30	Federal Republic of Germany - Argentina	2: 1 (2: 0)
	16:30	Belgium - France	1: 0 (1: 0)
August 31	14:00	Federal Republic of Germany - Pakistan	2: 1 (0: 0)
	14:00	Argentina - Uganda	0-00000
	3:30 p.m.	Spain - Belgium	1: 0 (0: 0)
	3:30 p.m.	France - Malaysia	0: 1 (0: 1)
September 1	10:00	Spain - France	3: 2 (3: 1)
	10:00	Pakistan - Argentina	3: 1 (1: 0)
	11:30	Federal Republic of Germany - Uganda	1: 1 (1: 1)
	11:30	Belgium - Malaysia	2: 4 (1: 3)
September 3	10:30	Federal Republic of Germany - Spain	2: 1 (0: 1)
	10:30	Pakistan - Malaysia	3: 0 (1: 0)
	13:00	France - Argentina	1: 0 (1: 0)
	13:00	Belgium - Uganda	2: 0 (0: 0)
September 4th	10:00	Spain - Uganda	2: 2 (2: 2)
	10:00	Pakistan - Belgium	3: 1 (1: 1)
	11:30	Federal Republic of Germany - France	4: 0 (3: 0)
	11:30	Malaysia - Argentina	1: 0 (0: 0)

	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
1.	BR Germany	7th	6th	1	0	17: 5	+12	13: 1
2.	Pakistan	7th	5	1	1	17: 6	+11	11: 3
3.	Malaysia	7th	4th	1	2	09: 7	+ 02	09: 5
4th	Spain	7th	2	4th	1	09: 8	+ 01	08: 6
5.	Belgium	7th	2	1	4th	008:14	- 06	05: 9
6th	France	7th	2	0	5	006:13	- 07th	004:10
7th	Argentina	7th	0	3	4th	04: 9	- 05th	003:11
8th.	Uganda	7th	0	3	4th	006:14	- 08	003:11

Semi-finals for place 1-4 Cross-over games for place 5-8

Group B

Day	time	encounter	Result
August 27	15:00	India - Netherlands	1: 1 (1: 1)
	15:00	Kenya - Poland	0: 1 (0: 1)
	16:30	Australia - New Zealand	0-00000
	16:30	Great Britain - Mexico	6: 0 (1: 0)
August 28th	10:00	Australia - Kenya	3: 1 (1: 0)
	10:00	New Zealand - Mexico	7: 0 (3: 0)
	11:30	India - Great Britain	5: 0 (4: 0)
	11:30	Netherlands - Poland	4: 2 (3: 0)
August 30th	13:30	Poland - Mexico	3: 0 (1: 0)
	15:00	Kenya - Netherlands	1: 5 (0: 2)
	15:00	New Zealand - Great Britain	2: 1 (2: 0)
	16:30	Australia - India	1: 3 (1: 2)
August 31	10:00	Kenya - Great Britain	0: 2 (0: 1)
	10:00	India - Poland	2: 2 (1: 0)
	11:30	Netherlands - New Zealand	2: 0 (1: 0)
	11:30	Australia - Mexico	10: 0 (6: 0)0
September 2nd	10:00	New Zealand - Poland	3: 3 (1: 2)
	10:00	India - Kenya	3: 2 (0: 1)
	11:30	Australia - Great Britain	1: 1 (1: 1)
	11:30	Netherlands - Mexico	4: 0 (3: 0)
September 3	14:30	Netherlands - Great Britain	1: 3 (1: 1)
	14:30	Australia - Poland	1: 0 (1: 0)
	16:00	Kenya - New Zealand	2: 2 (2: 2)
	16:00	India - Mexico	8: 0 (4: 0)
September 4th	14:00	Australia - Netherlands	2: 3 (1: 3)
	14:00	Kenya - Mexico	2: 1 (1: 0)
	3:30 p.m.	India - New Zealand	3: 2 (1: 1)
	3:30 p.m.	Great Britain - Poland	2: 1 (1: 1)

	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
1.	India	7th	6th	1	0	25: 8	+17	13: 1
2.	Netherlands	7th	5	1	1	20: 9	+11	11: 3
3.	Great Britain	7th	4th	1	2	015:10	+ 05	09: 5
4th	Australia	7th	3	2	2	18: 8	+10	08: 6
5.	New Zealand	7th	2	3	2	016:11	+ 05	07: 7
6th	Poland	7th	2	2	3	012:12	± 00	06: 8
7th	Kenya	7th	1	1	5	008:17	- 09	003:11
8th.	Mexico	7th	0	0	7th	001:40	−39	000:14

Semi-finals for place 1-4 Cross-over games for place 5-8

Cross games

Day	time	encounter	Result
3rd A - 4th B September 7th	14:00	Malaysia - Australia	1: 2 (1: 0)
4th A - 3rd B September 7th	16:00	Spain - Great Britain	0: 2 (0: 1)
Semifinals September 8th	10:00	Federal Republic of Germany - Netherlands	3: 0 (1: 0)
Semifinals September 8th	11:30	Pakistan - India	2: 0 (2: 0)

Placement games

Day	time	encounter	Result
Play for 15th place September 7th	10:00	Uganda - Mexico	4: 1 (1: 1)
Play for 13th place September 7th	11:30	Argentina - Kenya	0: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0)
Play for 11th place September 8th	16:00	France - Poland	4: 4 a.d. (4: 4, 2: 1) 0: 3 in the 7-meter shooting
Play for 9th place September 8th	14:00	Belgium - New Zealand	1: 2 (0: 0)
Play for 7th place September 9th	10:00	Malaysia - Spain	1: 2 (0: 2)
Play for 5th place September 9th	11:30	Australia - Great Britain	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
Game for 3rd place September 10th	10:00	Netherlands - India	1: 2 (1: 1)
Final September 10th	12:00	Federal Republic of Germany - Pakistan	1: 0 (0: 0)

Ranking list
1.	BR Germany
2.	Pakistan
3.	India
4th	Netherlands
5.	Australia
6th	Great Britain
7th	Spain
8th.	Malaysia
9.	New Zealand
10.	Belgium
11.	Poland
12.	France
13.	Kenya
14th	Argentina
15th	Uganda
16.	Mexico

After a goal by Michael Krause in the 60th minute through a converted penalty corner , the hosts won the final in front of 15,000 spectators 1-0 against defending champions Pakistan.

In the final, the German team played with Peter Kraus ( Rüsselsheimer RK ) - Michael Peter ( HC Heidelberg ) - Dieter Freise (HC Heidelberg), Michael Krause ( Schwarz-Weiß Köln ), Eduard Thelen ( Rot-Weiss Köln ) - Horst Dröse ( SC Frankfurt 1880 ), Carsten Keller ( Berliner HC ) - Ulrich Klaes (Rot-Weiss Köln), Wolfgang Baumgart (SC Frankfurt 1880), Uli Vos ( Gladbacher HTC ) and Peter Trump ( TG Frankenthal ).

There was a scandal at the award ceremony when the Pakistani players and their supporters abused the German players and spectators and refused to pay homage to the German flag on the winners' podium. As a consequence, the IOC banned the Pakistani players from the Olympic Games and international games outside of Pakistan. After President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had apologized to the German government, the team was pardoned in 1976.

Since the IOC only awarded gold medals to the 13 players who played in the final, Federal Foreign Minister Walter Scheel ordered five replicas for the reserve players on his account.

Medalist

			4th
Germany	Pakistan	India	Netherlands
Wolfgang Baumgart Horst Dröse Dieter Freise Michael Krause Carsten Keller Ulrich Klaes Peter Kraus Detlev Kittstein Michael Peter Uli Vos Peter Trump Eckart Suhl Fritz Schmidt Eduard Thelen Wolfgang Rott Rainer Seifert Werner Kaessmann Wolfgang Strödter	Saleem Sherwani Akhtarul Islam Munawaruz Zaman Saeed Anwar Riaz Ahmed Fazalur Rehman Islahud Din Muhammed Shahnaz Mudassar Asghar Abdur Rashid Muhammad Asad Malik Rasool Akhtar Jahangir Butt Iftikhar Ahmed	Frederick Manuel Singh Mukhbain Kindo Michael Krishna Murtay Perumal Singh Ajitpal Singh Harmik Ganesh Mollerappovayya Singh Harbinder Kumar Ashok Singh Harcharn Singh Kulwant Govin Billimogaputtaswamy Singh Virinder Cornelius Charles	André Bolhuis Jan Willem Buij Marinus Dijkerman Thijs Kaanders Coen Kranenberg Ties Kruize Wouter Leefers Flip van Lidth de Jeude Paul Litjens Irving van Nes Maarten Sikking Frans Spits Nico Spits Bart Taminiau Kik Thole Piet Weemers Jeroen Zweerts Paul Brauckmann

List of goalscorers

	player	Gates
1	Ties Kruize	17th
2	Michael Krause	10
3	Ronald Riley	8th
4th	Singh Mukhbain	7th
	Greg Dayman	7th
6th	Abdur Rashid	6th
	Barry Maister	6th
	Henryk Grotowski	6th
9	Paul Svehlik	5

Honors of the Olympic champions

In the election for Team of the Year , the national hockey team was able to place itself ahead of the German national soccer team , which had won the European soccer championship in 1972.

Web links

• Peter Stolterfoht: The miracle of Munich; Irritable mood in the final; “Germany shit,” yells the Pakistani reporter. In: The team. stuttgarter-zeitung.de, April 13, 2016, accessed on December 6, 2016 . 
• no name: I was angry . In: DER SPIEGEL . No. 15 , April 9, 1973, pp. 150 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 7, 2016]).

Remarks

1. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , p. 431, note 646.
2. ↑ Erich Kamper: Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games , Römer Verlag Stuttgart 1972.
3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , p. 431, note 647.

literature

• Official IOC Report, Volume 3 "The Competitions", Hockey (PDF, 28 MB)
• Kicker-Sportmagazin : Born 1972: Issue No. 69–74, Olympia-Verlag GmbH.
• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , p. 355 ff.