August 27 , 1972
- West Germany – Belgium 5-1 (3-1)
- Pakistan – France 3-0 (1-0)
- Malaysia – Uganda 3-1 (1-0)
- Spain – Argentina 1-1 (0-1)
August 28 , 1972
- West Germany – Malaysia 1-0 (1-0)
- Belgium – Argentina 1-1 (1-1)
- Pakistan – Spain 1-1 (1-1)
- France – Uganda 3-1 (1-0)
August 29 , 1972
- Pakistan – Uganda 3-1 (2-0)
- Spain – Malaysia 0-0 (0-0)
- Belgium – France 1-0 (1-0)
- West Germany – Argentina 2-1 (2-0)
August 31 , 1972
- Pakistan – West Germany 1-2 (0-0)
- Argentina – Uganda 0-0 (0-0)
- Spain – Belgium 1-0 (0-0)
- France – Malaysia 0-1 (0-1)
September 1 , 1972
- Spain – France 3-2 (3-1)
- Pakistan – Argentina 3-1 (1-0)
- West Germany – Uganda 1-1 (1-1)
- Belgium – Malaysia 2-4 (1-3)
September 3 , 1972
- West Germany – Spain 2-1 (0-1)
- Pakistan – Malaysia 3-0 (1-0)
- France – Argentina 1-0 (1-0)
- Belgium – Uganda 2-0 (0-0)
September 4 , 1972
- Spain – Uganda 2-2 (2-2)
- Pakistan – Belgium 3-1 (1-1)
- West Germany – France 4-0 (3-0)
- Malaysia – Argentina 1-0 (0-0)
August 27 , 1972
- India – Netherlands 1-1 (1-1)
- Kenya – Poland 0-1 (0-1)
- Australia – New Zealand 0-0 (0-0)
- Great Britain – Mexico 6-0 (1-0)
August 28 , 1972
- Australia – Kenya 3-1 (1-0)
- New Zealand – Mexico 7-0 (3-0)
- India – Great Britain 5-0 (4-0)
- Netherlands – Poland 4-2 (3-0)
August 30 , 1972
- Poland – Mexico 3-0 (1-0)
- Netherlands – Kenya 5-1 (2-0)
- New Zealand – Great Britain 2-1 (2-0)
- Australia – India 1-3 (1-2)
August 31 , 1972
- Kenya – Great Britain 0-2 (0-1)
- India – Poland 2-2 (1-0)
- Netherlands – New Zealand 2-0 (1-0)
- Australia – Mexico 10-0 (6-0)
September 2 , 1972
- India – Kenya 3-2 (0-1)
- New Zealand – Poland 3-3 (1-2)
- Australia – Great Britain 1-1 (1-1)
- Netherlands – Mexico 4-0 (3-0)
September 3 , 1972
- Netherlands – Great Britain 1-3 (1-1)
- Australia – Poland 1-0 (1-0)
- India – Mexico 8-0 (4-0)
- Kenya – New Zealand 2-2 (2-2)
September 4 , 1972
- Australia – Netherlands 2-3 (1-3)
- Kenya – Mexico 2-1 (1-0)
- India – New Zealand 3-2 (1-1)
- Poland – Great Britain 1-2 (1-1)
September 7 , 1972
- Australia – Malaysia 2-1 (0-1)
- Great Britain – Spain 2-0 (1-0)
September 8 , 1972
- West Germany – Netherlands 3-0 (1-0)
- Pakistan – India 2-0 (2-0)
September 7 , 1972
- Uganda – Mexico 4-1 (1-1)
- Argentina – Kenya 0-1 (0-0) after extra time
September 8 , 1972
- France – Poland 4-7 (2-1) after extra time
- Belgium – New Zealand 1-2 (0-0)
September 9 , 1972
- Malaysia – Spain 1-2 (0-2)
- Australia – Great Britain 2-1 (0-0) after extra time
September 10 , 1972
September 10 , 1972
: 1. West Germany
: 2. Pakistan
: 3. India
: 4. The Netherlands
: 5. Australia
: 6. Great Britain
: 7. Spain
: 8. Malaysia
: 9. New Zealand
: 10. Belgium
: 11. Poland
: 12. France
: 13. Kenya
: 14. Argentina
: 15. Uganda
: 16. Mexico
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- Only a men's competition occurred in 1972
- It was the first ever gold medal lost by either Pakistan or India , former rulers in this sport)
- At the medal ceremony Pakistani players threw their silver medals at the floor and turned their backs as the German anthem played.
GOLD | West Germany
Eduard Thelen , Peter Trump , Uli Vos , Rainer Seifert , Wolfgang Strödter , Eckart Suhl , Michael Peter , Wolfgang Rott , Fritz Schmidt , Ulrich Klaes , Michael Krause , Peter Kraus , Werner Kaessmann , Carsten Keller , Detlef Kittstein , Wolfgang Baumgart , Horst Dröse , and Dieter Freise .
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| SILVER | Pakistan
Munawarux Zaman , Saleem Sherwani , Mohammad Zahid , Fezalur Rehman , Muhammad Shahnaz , Abdul Rashid , Mohammed Asad Malik , Akhtarul Islam , Islahud Din , Saeed Anwar , Mudassar Asghar , Jahangir Ahmad Butt , Iftikhar Ahmed , Riaz Ahmed , and Rasool Akhtar .
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| BRONZE | India
Mukhbain Singh , Virinder Singh , Harcharan Singh , Harmik Singh , Kulwant Singh , Krishnamurty Perumal , Ajitpal Singh , Harbinder Singh , Ashok Kumar , Kindo Michael , Galesh Mollerapoovayya , Govin Billimogaputtaswamy , Charles Cornelius , and Manuel Frederick .
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