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MEN'S TOURNAMENT


Group A



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)



Group B



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)



Men's Semi Final Round

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)



Men's Classification Matches

September 7 , 1972
  • 15th/16th place: Uganda – Mexico 4-1 (1-1)

  • 13th/14th place: Argentina – Kenya 0-1 (0-0) after extra time

  • September 8 , 1972

  • 11th/12th place: France – Poland 4-7 (2-1) after extra time

  • 9th/10th place: Belgium – New Zealand 1-2 (0-0)

  • September 9 , 1972

  • 7th/8th place: Malaysia – Spain 1-2 (0-2)

  • 5th/6th place: Australia – Great Britain 2-1 (0-0) after extra time



Men's Bronze Medal Match

September 10 , 1972


Men's Final

September 10 , 1972


FINAL RANKING



: 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


Remarks:
  • 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.




MEN'S MEDAL WINNERS





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 .
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 .
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 .