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Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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| Munich 1972 | |||||||||
| Tournament details | |||||||||
| Olympics | 1972 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host nation | West Germany | ||||||||
| City | Munich | ||||||||
| Duration | August 27 – September 9 | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||||||
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| Tournaments | |||||||||
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Basketball contests at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place at Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, Germany from August 27 to September 9. The Soviet Union controversially won the gold medal against the United States. This was the first time the USA did not win a gold medal since the sport's introduction into the Olympics in 1936. The bronze was won by Cuba, the only Olympic medal they have won in basketball.
Contents
1 Medal summary
2 Qualification
3 Format
4 Preliminary round
4.1 Group A
4.2 Group B
5 Knockout stage
5.1 Medal bracket
5.2 Classification brackets
6 Final
7 Final standings
8 Awards
9 References
9.1 Citations
10 External links
Medal summary
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's basketball |  Soviet UnionAnatoli Polivoda Modestas Paulauskas Zurab Sakandelidze Alzhan Zharmukhamedov Aleksandr Boloshev Ivan Edeshko Sergei Belov Mikheil Korkia Ivan Dvorny Gennadi Volnov Aleksandr Belov Sergei Kovalenko |  United StatesKenneth Davis Doug Collins Tom Henderson Mike Bantom Robert Jones Dwight Jones James Forbes Jim Brewer Tommy Burleson Tom McMillen Kevin Joyce Ed Ratleff |  CubaJuan Carlos Domecq Fortuondo Ruperto Herrera Tabio Juan Roca Brunet Pedro Chappe Garcia Miguel Alvarez Pozo Rafael Cañizares Poey Conrado Perez Armenteros Miguel Calderon Gomez Tomas Herrera Martinez Oscar Varona Varona Alejandro Urgelles Guibot Franklin Standard Johnson |
Qualification
Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first four places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental tournaments held by FIBA plus an additional pre-Olympic tournament that granted two extra berths.
| Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Egypt[a] Senegal |  Cuba Puerto Rico |  Japan Philippines |  Italy Czechoslovakia Poland Spain |  Australia |  United States – Gold medal in 1968 Yugoslavia – Silver medal in 1968 Soviet Union – Bronze medal in 1968 Brazil – 4th place in 1968 West Germany – Olympic hosts |
a Egypt withdrew from the tournament following the events of the Munich massacre.
Format
- Two groups of eight teams are formed, where the top two from each group compete for the medals in a knockout round.
- The remaining places are defined as follows:
- Fifth through eighth places are decided in a separate bracket between the third and fourth places from each group in a separate bracket.
- Ninth through sixteenth places are decided between the fifth through eighth places from each group in separate brackets.
Tie-breaking criteria:
- Head to head results
Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
Preliminary round
Group A
The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets.
| Qualified for the semifinals |
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | 1st Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 0 | 542 | 312 | +230 | 14 | |
| Cuba | 6 | 1 | 560 | 445 | +115 | 13 | |
| Brazil | 4 | 3 | 561 | 490 | +71 | 11 | 1W–0L |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 493 | 489 | +4 | 11 | 0W–1L |
| Spain | 3 | 4 | 486 | 500 | −14 | 10 | 1W–0L |
| Australia | 3 | 4 | 523 | 524 | −1 | 10 | 0W–1L |
| Japan | 1 | 6 | 442 | 643 | −201 | 8 | |
| Egypt | 0 | 7 | 440 | 644 | −204 | 7 |
August 27 10:30 |
| Cuba | 105–64 | Egypt |
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August 27 12:00 |
| United States | 66–35 | Czechoslovakia |
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August 27 14:30 |
Japan | 55–110 | Brazil |
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August 27 20:00 |
| Spain | 79–74 | Australia |
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August 28 9:00 |
| Brazil | 110–84 | Egypt |
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August 28 14:30 |
| United States | 81–55 | Australia |
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August 28 16:00 |
| Cuba | 74–53 | Spain |
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August 28 20:00 |
Japan | 61–74 | Czechoslovakia |
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August 29 9:00 |
| Brazil | 72–69 | Spain |
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August 29 14:30 |
| Japan | 78–73 | Egypt |
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August 29 20:00 |
| Czechoslovakia | 69–68 | Australia |
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August 29 21:30 |
| United States | 67–48 | Cuba |
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August 30 10:30 |
Egypt | 58–72 | Spain |
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August 30 14:30 |
Japan | 76–92 | Australia |
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August 30 16:00 |
Czechoslovakia | 65–77 | Cuba |
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August 30 21:30 |
Brazil | 54–61 | United States |
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September 1 21:30 |
Japan | 76–87 | Spain |
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September 1 21:30 |
Australia | 70–84 | Cuba |
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September 1 21:30 |
Egypt | 31–96 | United States |
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September 1 21:30 |
Czechoslovakia | 82–83 | Brazil |
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September 2 9:00 |
| Australia | 75–69 | Brazil |
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September 2 12:00 |
Egypt | 64–94 | Czechoslovakia |
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September 2 14:30 |
Japan | 63–108 | Cuba |
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September 2 18:30 |
Spain | 56–72 | United States |
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September 3 9:00 |
Japan | 33–99 | United States |
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September 3 10:30 |
Spain | 70–74 | Czechoslovakia |
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September 3 18:30 |
| Australia | 89–66 | Egypt |
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September 3 21:30 |
| Cuba | 64–63 | Brazil |
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Group B
| Qualified for the semifinals |
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | 1st Tie | 2nd Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 7 | 0 | 639 | 479 | +160 | 14 | ||
| Italy | 5 | 2 | 547 | 471 | +76 | 12 | 1W–1L | 1.072 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 582 | 484 | +98 | 12 | 1W–1L | 1.013 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 2 | 570 | 531 | +39 | 12 | 1W–1L | 0.917 |
| West Germany | 3 | 4 | 482 | 518 | −36 | 10 | ||
| Poland | 2 | 5 | 520 | 536 | −16 | 9 | ||
| Philippines | 1 | 6 | 526 | 666 | −140 | 8 | ||
| Senegal | 0 | 7 | 405 | 586 | −181 | 7 |
August 27 9:00 |
| Poland | 90–75 | Philippines |
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August 27 16:00 |
| SFR Yugoslavia | 85–78 | Italy |
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August 27 18:30 |
Senegal | 52–94 | Soviet Union |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 27 21:30 |
West Germany | 74–81 | Puerto Rico |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 28 12:00 |
West Germany | 63–87 | Soviet Union |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 28 16:30 |
Senegal | 56–92 | Italy |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 28 18:30 |
| Puerto Rico | 92–72 | Philippines |
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August 28 21:30 |
Poland | 64–85 | Yugoslavia |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 29 10:30 |
Senegal | 59–95 | Poland |
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August 29 12:00 |
| Soviet Union | 79–66 | Italy |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 29 16:00 |
| Puerto Rico | 79–74 | Yugoslavia |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 29 18:30 |
| West Germany | 93–74 | Philippines |
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August 30 9:00 |
| Soviet Union | 94–64 | Poland |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 30 12:00 |
West Germany | 57–68 | Italy |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 30 18:30 |
Philippines | 76–117 | Yugoslavia |
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August 30 20:00 |
| Puerto Rico | 92–57 | Senegal |
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September 1 9:00 |
Senegal | 62–68 | Philippines |
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September 1 12:00 |
West Germany | 56–81 | Yugoslavia |
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September 1 20:00 |
| Italy | 71–59 | Poland |
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September 1 21:30 |
| Soviet Union | 100–87 | Puerto Rico |
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September 2 12:00 |
| SFR Yugoslavia | 73–57 | Senegal |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
September 2 14:30 |
| West Germany | 67–65 | Poland |
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September 2 16:00 |
Philippines | 80–111 | Soviet Union |
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September 2 20:00 |
| Italy | 71–54 | Puerto Rico |
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September 3 12:00 |
| Italy | 101–81 | Philippines |
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September 3 14:30 |
Poland | 83–85 | Puerto Rico |
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September 3 16:00 |
SFR Yugoslavia | 67–74 | Soviet Union |
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September 3 20:00 |
| West Germany | 72–62 | Senegal |
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Knockout stage
Medal bracket
| | Semifinals (September 7)[1] | | | Gold medal (September 9) | ||||
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| | A1 | United States | 68 | | ||||
| | B2 | Italy | 38 | | | |||
| | | | A1 | United States | 50 | |||
| | | | B1 | Soviet Union | 51 | |||
| | B1 | Soviet Union | 67 | | | |||
| | A2 | Cuba | 61 | | Bronze medal (September 8) | |||
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| B2 | Italy | 65 | ||||||
| | A2 | Cuba | 66 | |||||
Classification brackets
5th–8th place
| | Semifinals (September 7[1]) | | | 5th place (September 9) | ||||
| | | | | | | | | |
| | A3 | Brazil | 83 | | ||||
| | B4 | Puerto Rico | 87 | | | |||
| | | | B4 | Puerto Rico | 70 | |||
| | | | B3 | Yugoslavia | 86 | |||
| | B3 | Yugoslavia | 66 | | | |||
| | A4 | Czechoslovakia | 63 | | 7th place (September 8) | |||
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| B3 | Brazil | 87 | ||||||
| | A4 | Czechoslovakia | 69 | |||||
9th–12th place
| | Semifinals (September 5) | | | 9th place (September 9) | ||||
| | | | | | | | | |
| | A5 | Spain | 76 | | ||||
| | B6 | Poland | 87 | | | |||
| | | | B6 | Poland | 83 | |||
| | | | A6 | Australia | 91 | |||
| | B5 | West Germany | 69 | | | |||
| | A6 | Australia | 70 | | 11th place (September 8) | |||
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| A5 | Spain | 84 | ||||||
| | B5 | West Germany | 83 | |||||
13th–16th place
| | Semifinals (September 5) | | | 13th place (September 7) | ||||
| | | | | | | | | |
| | A7 | Japan | 70 | | ||||
| | B8 | Senegal | 67 | | | |||
| | | | A7 | Japan | 73 | |||
| | | | B7 | Philippines | 82 | |||
| | B7 | Philippines | 2 | | | |||
| | A8 | Egypt | 0[a] | | 15th place | |||
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| B8 | Egypt | 0[a] | ||||||
| | A8 | Senegal | 2 | |||||
a Forfeited match.
Final
September 9 23:30 |
| Soviet Union | 51–50 | United States |
Scoring by half: 26–21, 25–29 | ||
Pts: Sergey Belov 20 Rebs: Alexander Belov 8 | Pts: Tom Henderson, Jim Brewer 9 each Rebs: Mike Bantom 9 | |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich Referees: Renato Righetto (Brazil), Artenik Arabadjian (Bulgaria) |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Soviet Union | 9 | 9 | 0 |
 | United States | 9 | 8 | 1 |
 | Cuba | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 4th | Italy | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 5th | Yugoslavia | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 6th | Puerto Rico | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 7th | Brazil | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 8th | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 9th | Australia | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 10th | Poland | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 11th | Spain | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 12th | West Germany | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 13th | Philippines | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 14th | Japan | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 15th | Senegal | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 16th | Egypt | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Awards
| 1972 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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| Soviet Union First title |
References
Official Report (PDF). 3: the competitions. Munich: Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad. 1973. pp. 418–437. OCLC 829366034. Retrieved 12 June 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
FIBA Results Archive:
"1972 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men". Results Archive. FIBA. 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
"1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament". Results Archive. FIBA. 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
"1972 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament". Results Archive. FIBA. 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
Citations
^ ab "Forbes Leads U.S. Romp". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. September 8, 1972. p. B4. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
External links
ESPN Classic account of the gold medal game
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