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.
Format 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 Abaz ArslanagićPetar FajfrićHrvoje HorvatMilorad KaralićĐorđe LavrnićMilan LazarevićZdravko MiljakSlobodan MiškovićBranislav PokrajacNebojša PopovićMiroslav PribanićAlbin VidovićZoran ŽivkovićZdenko Zorko Ladislav BenešFrantišek BrůnaVladimír HaberVladimír JarýJiří KavanArnošt KlimčíkJaroslav KonečnýFrantišek KrálíkJindřich KrepindlVincent LafkoAndrej LukošíkPavel MikešPetr PospíšilIvan SatrapaZdeněk ŠkáraJaroslav Škarvan Ştefan BirtalanAdrian CosmaMarin DanAlexandru DincăCristian GaţuGheorghe GruiaRoland GuneschGabriel KicsidGhiţă LicuCornel PenuValentin SamungiSimion SchöbelWerner StöcklConstantin TudosieRadu Voina
Qualification
Results Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Classification round Bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
13–16th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Main round Group I
Group II
Final round Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Rankings and statistics
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals 1 Gheorghe Gruia 37 2 István Varga 32 3 Đorđe Lavrnić 284 Flemming Hansen 27 Milan Lazarević 6 Lennart Eriksson 257 Richard Abrahamson 24 Mohamed Sebabti9 Torstein Hansen 22 Jaroslav Konečný
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 Ladislav BenešFrantišek BrůnaVladimír HaberVladimír JarýJiří KavanArnošt KlimčíkJaroslav KonečnýFrantišek KrálíkJindřich KrepindlVincent LafkoAndrej LukošíkPavel MikešPetr PospíšilIvan SatrapaZdeněk ŠkáraJaroslav ŠkarvanArne AndersenKeld AndersenJørgen FrandsenClaus FromFlemming HansenJørgen HeidemannSøren JensenBent JørgensenKay JørgensenFlemming LauritzenSvend LundTom LundThor MunkagerVagn NielsenKarsten SørensenJørgen VodsgaardWolfgang BöhmeReiner FrieskeReiner GanschowJürgen HildebrandHorst JankhöferWolfgang LakenmacherKlaus LanghoffPeter LarischPeter RandtUdo RöhrigJosef RoseSiegfried VoigtKlaus WeißRainer WürdigRainer ZimmermannHarry ZörnackJános AdorjánBéla BartalosJános CsíkLászló HarkaJózsef HorváthSándor KalóIstván MarosiLajos SimóJános StillerIstván SzabóLászló SzabóSándor TakácsIstván Varga (BHSE)Károly Vass (Elektromos SE)Sándor Vass (Elektromos SE)Gyula HurthAxel AxelssonÓlafur BenediktssonBjörgvin BjörgvinssonHjalti EinarssonSigurður EinarssonBirgir FinnbogasonStefán GunnarssonGeir HallsteinssonÓlafur JónssonStefán JónssonJón MagnússonÁgúst ÖgmundssonSigurbergur SigsteinssonViðar SímonarsonGunnsteinn SkúlasonGísli BlöndalShuji ArinagaKatsuhiko ChikamoriKiyotaka HayakawaHiroshi HondaMasayuki HyokaiNobuyuki IidaMinoru KinoTakezo NakaiToshio NiimiKiyoshi NodaKenichi SasakiToshihiko ShimosatoPer AnkreArnulf BækPål ByePål CappelenCarl Graff-WangInge HansenTorstein HansenRoger HvervenUlf MagnussenJan ØkseterSten OstherJon ReinertsenGeir RøsePer SøderstrømHarald TyrdalFinn UrdalCoach: Thor NohrZdzisław AntczakZbigniew DybolFranciszek GąsiorJan GmyrekBogdan KowalczykZygfryd KuchtaAndrzej LechJerzy MelcerHelmut PniocińskiHenryk RozmiarekAndrzej SokołowskiEngelbert SzolcAndrzej SzymczakWłodzimierz WachowiczRobert ZawadaŞtefan BirtalanAdrian CosmaMarin DanAlexandru DincăCristian GaţuGheorghe GruiaRoland GuneschGabriel KicsidGhiţă LicuCornel PenuValentin SamungiSimion SchöbelWerner StöcklConstantin TudosieRadu VoinaValeri 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 AndreuMiguel Ángel CascallanaFernando de AndrésJavier GarcíaJesús GuerreroJuan Miguel IgartuaSantos LabacaFrancisco LópezJuan Antonio MedinaJuan MoreraVicente OrtegaJosé PerramónJosé RochelJosé Manuel TaureJosé VillamarínBjörn AnderssonBo AnderssonDan ErikssonLennart ErikssonJohan FischerströmGöran Hård af SegerstadBengt JohanssonBenny JohanssonJan JonssonLars KarlssonMichael KochOlle OlssonSten OlssonThomas PerssonBertil SöderbergFrank StrömAhmed Bechir Bel HadjAbderraouf Ben SamirMoncef BesbesRached BoudhinaTaoufik DjemailAleya HamrouniMohamed Naceur JeliliMounir JeliliMohamed KlaiMohamed KhalladiFaouzi KsouriMoncef LoueslatiMohamed SebabtiAmor SghaierAbdel Aziz ZaibiRidha ZitounRichard AbrahamsonFletcher AbramRoger BakerDennis BerkholtzLarry CatonVincent DiCalogeroElmer EdesThomas HardimanRudolph MatthewsSandor RivnyakJames RogersRichard SchlesingerKevin SerrapedeRobert SparksJoel VoelkertCoach: Peter Buehning Sr.Assistant coach: Laszlo JurakHarry WinklerHerwig AhrendsenHans-Jürgen BodeWolfgang BraunPeter BucherJochen FeldhoffDiethard FinkelmannJosef KarrerKlaus KaterKlaus LangeHerbert LübkingHeiner MöllerHans-Peter NeuhausUwe RathjenHerbert RoggeHerbert WehnertKlaus WestebbeAbas 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 ŠtenclČedomir BugarskiDobrivoje Selec
References
External links International Olympic Committee results database Olympedia results database