Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Introduction The '''men's tournament in volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics''' was the 3rd edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Munich, West Germany from 27 August to 9 September 1972.
Qualification Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost Country26 April 1966 Rome11968 Olympic Games13–26 October 1968 Mexico City11970 World Championship20 September – 2 October 197031971 African Championship1971 Cairo1Asian Qualifier29–31 July 1972 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges11971 European Championship11971 NORCECA Championship17–22 August 1971 Havana11971 South American Championship16–25 April 1971 Montevideo1World Qualifier4–10 August 19722Total12
Pools composition Pool APool B (Hosts)
Rosters
Venue All matches '''Munich, West Germany'''VolleyballhalleCapacity: '''3,680'''No Image
Preliminary round ===Pool A======Pool B===
Final round ===11th–12th places=======11th place match=======9th–10th places=======9th place match=======5th–8th places=======5th–8th semifinals========7th place match========5th place match=======Final four=======Semifinals========Bronze medal match========Gold medal match====
Final standing RankTeam456789101112'''12–man Roster'''Masayuki Minami, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Kenji Kimura, Jungo Morita, Tadayoshi Yokota, Seiji Oko, Tetsuo Satō, Kenji Shimaoka, Yoshihide Fukao, Yūzo Nakamura, Yasuhiro Noguchi, Tetsuo Nishimoto'''Head coach'''Yasutaka Matsudaira
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMasayuki MinamiKatsutoshi NekodaKenji KimuraJungo MoritaTadayoshi YokotaSeiji OkoTetsuo SatōKenji ShimaokaYoshihide FukaoYūzo NakamuraYasuhiro NoguchiTetsuo NishimotoHead coach:Sasutaka MatsudairaArnold SchulzWolfgang WebnerSiegfried SchneiderWolfgang WeiseRudi SchumannEckehard PietzschWolfgang LöweWolfgang MaibohmRainer TscharkeJürgen MauneHorst PeterHorst HagenHead coach:Herbert JenterValeri KravchenkoYuriy PoyarkovYevhen LapinskyYefim ChulakVladimir PutyatovVladimir PatkinLeonid ZaykoYuri StarunskyVladimir KondraVyacheslav DomaniViktor BorshchAleksandr SaprykinHead coach:Yuri Chesnokov
References
External links * Final Standing (1964–2000)* Results at Todor66.com* Results at Sports123.com