Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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8th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Munich 1972
File:Olympic games 1972 basketball 0501.JPG
Tournament details
Olympics1972 Summer Olympics
Host nationWest Germany
CityMunich
DurationAugust 27 – September 9
Men's tournament
Teams16
Medals
1 Gold medalists File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2 Silver medalistsFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
3 Bronze medalists File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Tournaments
← Mexico City 1968  Montreal 1976 →
Basketball at the
1972 Summer Olympics
File:Basketball pictogram.svg
Tournament
men
Squads
men
Qualification
men

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-Halle in Munich, 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.

Medal summary

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men's basketball File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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 		File:Flag of the United States.svg 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 		File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg 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
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt[a]
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico		 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines		 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain		 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of the United States.svg United States – Gold medal in 1968
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia – Silver medal in 1968
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union – Bronze medal in 1968
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil – 4th place in 1968
File:Flag of Germany.svg 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:

  1. Head to head results
  2. 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 7 0 542 312 +230 14 Semifinals
2 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 7 6 1 560 445 +115 13
3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 7 4 3 561 490 +71 11[lower-alpha 1] 5th–8th classification round
4 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 7 4 3 493 489 +4 11[lower-alpha 1]
5 File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain 7 3 4 486 500 −14 10[lower-alpha 2] 9th–12th classification round
6 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 7 3 4 523 524 −1 10[lower-alpha 2]
7 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7 1 6 442 643 −201 8 13th–16th classification round
8 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 7 0 7 440 644 −204 7
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:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Czechoslovakia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Head-to-head record: Spain 1–0 Australia

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 7 7 0 639 479 +160 14 Semifinals
2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 7 5 2 547 471 +76 12[lower-alpha 1]
3 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 7 5 2 582 484 +98 12[lower-alpha 1] 5th–8th classification round
4 File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 7 5 2 570 531 +39 12[lower-alpha 1]
5 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (H) 7 3 4 482 518 −36 10 9th–12th classification round
6 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 7 2 5 520 536 −16 9
7 File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines 7 1 6 526 666 −140 8 13th–16th classification round
8 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 7 0 7 405 586 −181 7
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:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Head-to-head record: Italy 1–1 (1.072 GAvg), Yugoslavia 1–1 (1.013), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.917)

Knockout stage

Medal bracket

Semifinals (September 7)[4] Gold medal (September 9)
      
A1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 68
B2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 38
A1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 50
B1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 51
B1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 67
A2 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 61 Bronze medal (September 8)
B2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 65
A2 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 66

Classification brackets

5th–8th place

Semifinals (September 7[4]) 5th place (September 9)
      
A3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 83
B4 File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 87
B4 File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 70
B3 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 86
B3 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 66
A4 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 63 7th place (September 8)
A3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 87
A4 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 69

9th–12th place

Semifinals (September 5) 9th place (September 9)
      
A5 File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain 76
B6 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 87
B6 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 83
A6 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 91
B5 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 69
A6 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 70 11th place (September 8)
A5 File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain 84
B5 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 83

13th–16th place

Semifinals (September 5) 13th place (September 7)
      
A7 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 70
B8 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 67
A7 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 73
B7 File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines 82
B7 File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines 2
A8 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 0[a] 15th place
B8 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 0[a]
A8 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 2
  • a Forfeited match.

Final

Main article: 1972 Olympic Men's Basketball Final
September 9
23:30
Soviet Union File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 51–50 File:Flag of the United States.svg 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)

Awards

1972 Olympic Basketball Champions
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
First title

Final standings

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 9 9 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 9 8 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 9 7 2
4th File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 9 5 4
5th File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 9 7 2
6th File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 9 6 3
7th File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 9 5 4
8th File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 9 4 5
9th File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 9 5 4
10th File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 9 3 6
11th File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain 9 4 5
12th File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 9 3 6
13th File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines 9 3 6
14th File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 9 2 7
15th File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 9 1 8
16th File:Flag of Egypt.svg 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:

Citations

  1. ↑ "Biggest Olympic scandals: The most controversial basketball game of all-time".
  2. ↑ "10 Things You May Not Know About U.S. Basketball's Shocking 1972 Olympics Loss".
  3. ↑ "3 Seconds from Gold: 'Stolen Glory' Recalls Epic 1972 Olympic Basketball Final". August 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Forbes Leads U.S. Romp". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. September 8, 1972. p. B4. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

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