Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The field hockey tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.[1]
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Venue | Hockeyanlage | |||||||||
Dates | 27 August – 10 September 1972 | |||||||||
Teams | 16 | |||||||||
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The West German victory was the first title by a European nation since 1920 but was marred by the behavior of Pakistani players, fans, and officials after losing the final.
At the final whistle, Pakistani fans and officials invaded the pitch before assaulting West German police and stadium security, storming the tournament officials table and pouring a bucket of water over International Hockey Federation president Rene Frank, while the players destroyed their locker room and refused to wear their silver medals or face the West German flag as it was raised at the medal ceremony.
The eleven Pakistani players were banned for life from their national team, but after a high-level apology, the ban was reduced to two years, and eight of them played at the 1976 Olympics.[2]
Medalists
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 13 | Semi-finals |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 | |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | |
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7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | |
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | |
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7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
8 | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 12 | Semi-finals |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 11 | |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 8 | |
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7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 7 | |
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |
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7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | |
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7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | −39 | 0 |
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Classification round
Fifth to eighth place classification
5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
7 September | ||||||
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9 September | ||||||
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7 September | ||||||
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Seventh place | ||||||
9 September | ||||||
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5–8th place semi-finals
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Medal round
Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
8 September | ||||||
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10 September | ||||||
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8 September | ||||||
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Bronze medal match | ||||||
10 September | ||||||
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
17 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Patrick Nilan
Patrick Gillard
Jean-François Gilles
Guy Miserque
Carl-Eric Vanderborght
Patrick Burtschell
Francis Coutou
Terry Gregg
Peter Marsh
Rui Saldanha
Davinder Singh Deegan
Surjeet Singh Panesar
Surjeet Singh Rihal
Ramalingam Pathmarajah
Sri Shanmuganathan
Frans Spits
Shahnaz Sheikh
Włodzimierz Matuszyński
Francisco Amat
José Sallés
Horst Dröse
Werner Kaessmann
Rainer Seifert
1 goal
Jorge Sabbione
Greg Browning
Donald Smart
Philippe Collin
Jean-Luc Darfeuille
Georges Grain
Eric Pitau
Joe Ahmad
Michael Crowe
John French
Christopher Langhorne
M. P. Ganesh
Tarlochan Singh Chana
Brajinder Singh Daved
Avtar Singh Sohal
Francis Belavantheran
Franco De Cruz
Harnahal Singh Sewa
José Miguel Huacuja
José María Mascaro
Nico Spits
Jeroen Zweerts
Jeff Archibald
Mudassar Asghar
Akhtarul Islam
Muhammad Asad Malik
Fazalur Rehman
Stanisław Kaźmierczak
Aleksander Wrona
Józef Wybieralski
José Alustiza
Jaime Amat
Juan Amat
Paul Adiga
Willie Lobo
Ajit Singh Bhogal
Jagdish Singh Kapoor
Amarjit Singh Sandhu
Rajinder Singh Sandhu
Wolfgang Baumgart
Carsten Keller
Detlev Kittstein
Ulrich Klaes
Uli Vos
Source: Olympedia
References
- "Hockey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- Misbehaving Pakistani hockey players