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Basketball contests at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the eighth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at Rudi-Sedlmayer-HalleinMunich, Germany from August 27 to September 9. The Soviet Union controversially won the gold medal game against the United States.^[1]^[2] This was the first time that the USA did not win a gold medal since the sport's introduction into the Olympics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games. The bronze was won by Cuba, the only Olympic medal they have won in basketball.^[3] Another controversy was suspension of Mickey Coll after a positive drug test.

8th Olympic Basketball Tournament

Munich 1972

Tournament details

Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

Host nation

City

Duration

August 27 – September 9

Men's tournament

Teams

16

Medals
Gold medalists	Soviet Union
Silver medalists	United States
Bronze medalists	Cuba

Tournaments

← Mexico City 1968

Montreal 1976 →

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's basketball	Soviet Union Anatoli Polivoda Modestas Paulauskas Zurab Sakandelidze Alzhan Zharmukhamedov Aleksandr Boloshev Ivan Edeshko Sergei Belov Mikheil Korkia Ivan Dvorny Gennadi Volnov Aleksandr Belov Sergei Kovalenko	United States Kenneth Davis Doug Collins Tom Henderson Mike Bantom Robert Jones Dwight Jones James Forbes Jim Brewer Tommy Burleson Tom McMillen Kevin Joyce Ed Ratleff	Cuba Juan Carlos Domecq Fortuondo Ruperto Herrera Tabio Juan Roca Brunet Pedro Chappe Garcia Miguel Álvarez 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 medalin1968 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

Squads

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	7	7	0	542	312	+230	14	Semifinals
2	Cuba	7	6	1	560	445	+115	13	Semifinals
3	Brazil	7	4	3	561	490	+71	11^[a]	5th–8th classification round
4	Czechoslovakia	7	4	3	493	489	+4	11^[a]	5th–8th classification round
5	Spain	7	3	4	486	500	−14	10^[b]	9th–12th classification round
6	Australia	7	3	4	523	524	−1	10^[b]	9th–12th classification round
7	Japan	7	1	6	442	643	−201	8	13th–16th classification round
8	Egypt	7	0	7	440	644	−204	7	13th–16th classification round

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Czechoslovakia

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Spain 1–0 Australia

August 27
10:30

Cuba

105–64

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 27
12:00

United States

66–35

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 27
14:30

55–110

Brazil

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 27
20:00

Spain

79–74

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
9:00

Brazil

110–84

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
14:30

United States

81–55

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
16:00

Cuba

74–53

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
20:00

61–74

Czechoslovakia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
9:00

Brazil

72–69

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
14:30

Japan

78–73

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
20:00

Czechoslovakia

69–68

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
21:30

United States

67–48

Cuba

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
10:30

58–72

Spain

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
14:30

76–92

Australia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
16:00

65–77

Cuba

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
21:30

54–61

United States

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
21:30

76–87

Spain

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
21:30

70–84

Cuba

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
21:30

31–96

United States

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
21:30

82–83

Brazil

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
9:00

Australia

75–69

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
12:00

64–94

Czechoslovakia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
14:30

63–108

Cuba

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
18:30

56–72

United States

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
9:00

33–99

United States

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
10:30

70–74

Czechoslovakia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
18:30

Australia

89–66

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
21:30

Cuba

64–63

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	639	479	+160	14	Semifinals
2	Italy	7	5	2	547	471	+76	12^[a]	Semifinals
3	Yugoslavia	7	5	2	582	484	+98	12^[a]	5th–8th classification round
4	Puerto Rico	7	5	2	570	531	+39	12^[a]	5th–8th classification round
5	West Germany (H)	7	3	4	482	518	−36	10	9th–12th classification round
6	Poland	7	2	5	520	536	−16	9	9th–12th classification round
7	Philippines	7	1	6	526	666	−140	8	13th–16th classification round
8	Senegal	7	0	7	405	586	−181	7	13th–16th classification round

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: Italy 1–1 (1.072 GAvg), Yugoslavia 1–1 (1.013), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.917)

August 27
9:00

Poland

90–75

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 27
16:00

Yugoslavia

85–78

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 27
18:30

52–94

Soviet Union

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 27
21:30

74–81

Puerto Rico

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
12:00

63–87

Soviet Union

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
16:30

56–92

Italy

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
18:30

Puerto Rico

92–72

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
21:30

64–85

Yugoslavia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
10:30

59–95

Poland

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
12:00

Soviet Union

79–66

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
16:00

Puerto Rico

79–74

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
18:30

West Germany

93–74

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
9:00

Soviet Union

94–64

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
12:00

57–68

Italy

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
18:30

76–117

Yugoslavia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
20:00

Puerto Rico

92–57

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
9:00

62–68

Philippines

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
12:00

56–81

Yugoslavia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
20:00

Italy

71–59

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
21:30

Soviet Union

100–87

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
12:00

SFR Yugoslavia

73–57

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
14:30

West Germany

67–65

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
16:00

80–111

Soviet Union

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
20:00

Italy

71–54

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
12:00

Italy

101–81

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
14:30

83–85

Puerto Rico

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
16:00

67–74

Soviet Union

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
20:00

West Germany

72–62

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

Knockout stage

Medal bracket

	Semifinals (September 7)^[4]					Gold medal (September 9)

	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)


						B2	Italy	65

						A2	Cuba	66

Classification brackets

5th–8th place

	Semifinals (September 7^[4])					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)


						A3	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)


						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


						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 Belov20 Rebs: Alexander Belov8		Pts: Tom Henderson, Jim Brewer 9 each Rebs: Mike Bantom9

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
Referees: Renato Righetto (Brazil), Artenik Arabadjian (Bulgaria)

Awards

1972 Olympic Basketball Champions
Soviet Union First title

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	9	3	6
14th	Japan	9	2	7
15th	Senegal	9	1	8
16th	Egypt	9	0	9

References

Official Report (PDF). Vol. 3: the competitions. Munich: Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad. 1973. pp. 418–437. OCLC 829366034. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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

^ "Biggest Olympic scandals: The most controversial basketball game of all-time".

^ "10 Things You May Not Know About U.S. Basketball's Shocking 1972 Olympics Loss".

^ "3 Seconds from Gold: 'Stolen Glory' Recalls Epic 1972 Olympic Basketball Final". August 2012.

^ ^a ^b "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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