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id="toc-Group_D-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Classification_round" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Classification_round"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Classification round</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Classification_round-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bracket" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bracket"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Bracket</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bracket-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-13–16th_place_semifinals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#13–16th_place_semifinals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>13–16th place semifinals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-13–16th_place_semifinals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-9–12th_place_semifinals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#9–12th_place_semifinals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>9–12th place semifinals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-9–12th_place_semifinals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-15th_place_game" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#15th_place_game"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.4</span> <span>15th place game</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-15th_place_game-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-13th_place_game" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#13th_place_game"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.5</span> <span>13th place game</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-13th_place_game-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eleventh_place_game" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eleventh_place_game"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.6</span> <span>Eleventh place game</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eleventh_place_game-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ninth_place_game" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ninth_place_game"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.7</span> <span>Ninth place game</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ninth_place_game-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Main_round" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Main_round"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Main round</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Main_round-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Group_I" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_I"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Group I</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_I-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Group_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>Group II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_round" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_round"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Final round</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_round-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Seventh_place_game" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seventh_place_game"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Seventh place game</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seventh_place_game-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fifth_place_game" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fifth_place_game"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.2</span> <span>Fifth place game</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fifth_place_game-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bronze_medal_game" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bronze_medal_game"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.3</span> <span>Bronze medal game</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bronze_medal_game-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gold_medal_game" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gold_medal_game"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.4</span> <span>Gold medal game</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gold_medal_game-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rankings_and_statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rankings_and_statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Rankings and statistics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rankings_and_statistics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Rankings and statistics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Rankings_and_statistics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Final_ranking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_ranking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Final ranking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_ranking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_goalscorers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_goalscorers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Top goalscorers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_goalscorers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Participating_nations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Participating_nations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Participating nations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Participating_nations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Team_rosters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_rosters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Team rosters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Team_rosters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbol_als_Jocs_Ol%C3%ADmpics_d%27estiu_de_1972" title="Handbol als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1972 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Handbol als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1972" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1zen%C3%A1_na_Letn%C3%ADch_olympijsk%C3%BDch_hr%C3%A1ch_1972" title="Házená na Letních olympijských hrách 1972 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Házená na Letních olympijských hrách 1972" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5ndbold_under_sommer-OL_1972" title="Håndbold under sommer-OL 1972 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Håndbold under sommer-OL 1972" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Sommerspiele_1972/Handball" title="Olympische Sommerspiele 1972/Handball – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Olympische Sommerspiele 1972/Handball" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4sipall_1972._aasta_suveol%C3%BCmpiam%C3%A4ngudel" title="Käsipall 1972. aasta suveolümpiamängudel – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Käsipall 1972. aasta suveolümpiamängudel" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Balonmano_en_los_Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_M%C3%BAnich_1972" title="Anexo:Balonmano en los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich 1972 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Balonmano en los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich 1972" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B7%DB%B2" title="هندبال در بازی‌های المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۷۲ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هندبال در بازی‌های المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۷۲" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handball_aux_Jeux_olympiques_d%27%C3%A9t%C3%A9_de_1972" title="Handball aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1972 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Handball aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1972" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A2nbal_op_de_Olympyske_Simmerspullen_1972" title="Hânbal op de Olympyske Simmerspullen 1972 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Hânbal op de Olympyske Simmerspullen 1972" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%EB%85%84_%ED%95%98%EA%B3%84_%EC%98%AC%EB%A6%BC%ED%94%BD_%ED%95%B8%EB%93%9C%EB%B3%BC" title="1972년 하계 올림픽 핸드볼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1972년 하계 올림픽 핸드볼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rukomet_na_OI_1972." title="Rukomet na OI 1972. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Rukomet na OI 1972." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallamano_ai_Giochi_della_XX_Olimpiade" title="Pallamano ai Giochi della XX Olimpiade – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pallamano ai Giochi della XX Olimpiade" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%90%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9B%D7%9F_(1972)" title="כדוריד באולימפיאדת מינכן (1972) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כדוריד באולימפיאדת מינכן (1972)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A9zilabda_az_1972._%C3%A9vi_ny%C3%A1ri_olimpiai_j%C3%A1t%C3%A9kokon" title="Kézilabda az 1972. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kézilabda az 1972. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_1972" title="Ракомет на Летните олимписки игри 1972 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ракомет на Летните олимписки игри 1972" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbal_op_de_Olympische_Zomerspelen_1972" title="Handbal op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1972 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Handbal op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1972" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%E5%B9%B4%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E7%AB%B6%E6%8A%80" title="1972年ミュンヘンオリンピックのハンドボール競技 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1972年ミュンヘンオリンピックのハンドボール競技" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5ndball_under_Sommer-OL_1972" title="Håndball under Sommer-OL 1972 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Håndball under Sommer-OL 1972" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li 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Germany">West Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venue(s)</th><td class="infobox-data location">5 (in 5 host cities)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">30 August – 10 September 1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Teams</th><td class="infobox-data">16</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Final positions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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The competition was for men only and it was contested by sixteen teams.<sup id="cite_ref-SR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The teams were split into four groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in its group. </p><p>The lowest team in group A played the lowest in group B while the lowest in groups C and D played each other. The winners of those games played each other for 13th and 14th places, while the losers played each other for 15th and 16th. </p><p>The third-ranked teams in groups A and B also played each, as did those in groups C and D. Again, the winners of those games played each other, this time for 9th and 10th places. The losers played for 11th and 12th places. </p><p>The top two teams in each group advanced to the main round. Those from groups A and B became group I while those from groups C and D became group II. Another round-robin was played within those groups, with the results from the preliminary round carrying over. </p><p>The fourth-ranked teams in each of the two main round groups played each other for 7th and 8th place. The third-ranked teams played against each other for 5th and 6th place. The second-ranked teams played for the bronze medal and 4th place. The top teams in group I and group II played each other for the gold and silver medals. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medallists">Medallists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Medallists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:gold;">Gold </th> <th style="background-color:silver;">Silver </th> <th style="background-color:#cc9966;">Bronze </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="180"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Milan_Lazarevi%C4%87_(handballer)" title="Milan Lazarević (handballer)">Milan Lazarević</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zdravko_Miljak" title="Zdravko Miljak">Zdravko Miljak</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Mi%C5%A1kovi%C4%87" title="Slobodan Mišković">Slobodan Mišković</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Branislav_Pokrajac" title="Branislav Pokrajac">Branislav Pokrajac</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Neboj%C5%A1a_Popovi%C4%87_(handballer)" title="Nebojša Popović (handballer)">Nebojša Popović</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Miroslav_Pribani%C4%87" title="Miroslav Pribanić">Miroslav Pribanić</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Albin_Vidovi%C4%87" title="Albin Vidović">Albin Vidović</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zoran_%C5%BDivkovi%C4%87_(handballer)" title="Zoran Živković (handballer)">Zoran Živković</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zdenko_Zorko" title="Zdenko Zorko">Zdenko Zorko</a> </td> <td width="180"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Czechoslovakia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(TCH)</span> <hr /><a href="/wiki/Ladislav_Bene%C5%A1" title="Ladislav Beneš">Ladislav Beneš</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Br%C5%AFna" title="František Brůna">František Brůna</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Haber" title="Vladimír Haber">Vladimír Haber</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Jar%C3%BD" title="Vladimír Jarý">Vladimír Jarý</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Kavan" title="Jiří Kavan">Jiří Kavan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arno%C5%A1t_Klim%C4%8D%C3%ADk" title="Arnošt Klimčík">Arnošt Klimčík</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Kone%C4%8Dn%C3%BD" title="Jaroslav Konečný">Jaroslav Konečný</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Kr%C3%A1l%C3%ADk" title="František Králík">František Králík</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jind%C5%99ich_Krepindl" title="Jindřich Krepindl">Jindřich Krepindl</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Lafko" title="Vincent Lafko">Vincent Lafko</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Andrej_Luko%C5%A1%C3%ADk" title="Andrej Lukošík">Andrej Lukošík</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Mike%C5%A1" title="Pavel Mikeš">Pavel Mikeš</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Petr_Posp%C3%AD%C5%A1il" class="mw-redirect" title="Petr Pospíšil">Petr Pospíšil</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Satrapa" title="Ivan Satrapa">Ivan Satrapa</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_%C5%A0k%C3%A1ra" title="Zdeněk Škára">Zdeněk Škára</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_%C5%A0karvan" title="Jaroslav Škarvan">Jaroslav Škarvan</a> </td> <td width="180"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Romania</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(ROU)</span> <hr /><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Etefan_Birtalan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ştefan Birtalan">Ştefan Birtalan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Cosma" title="Adrian Cosma">Adrian Cosma</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marin_Dan" title="Marin Dan">Marin Dan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Dinc%C4%83_(handball_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandru Dincă (handball player)">Alexandru Dincă</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cristian_Ga%C5%A3u" class="mw-redirect" title="Cristian Gaţu">Cristian Gaţu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gheorghe Gruia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roland_Gunesch" class="mw-redirect" title="Roland Gunesch">Roland Gunesch</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Kicsid" title="Gabriel Kicsid">Gabriel Kicsid</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ghi%C5%A3%C4%83_Licu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghiţă Licu">Ghiţă Licu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cornel_Penu" title="Cornel Penu">Cornel Penu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Valentin_Samungi" title="Valentin Samungi">Valentin Samungi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simion_Sch%C3%B6bel" class="mw-redirect" title="Simion Schöbel">Simion Schöbel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Werner_St%C3%B6ckl" title="Werner Stöckl">Werner Stöckl</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Constantin_Tudosie" title="Constantin Tudosie">Constantin Tudosie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Radu_Voina" title="Radu Voina">Radu Voina</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualification">Qualification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Qualification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification" title="Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Qualification">Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Qualification</a></div> <table class="wikitable" width="80%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="30%">Qualification</th> <th width="23%">Date</th> <th width="22%">Host</th> <th width="10%">Vacancies</th> <th width="15%">Qualified </th></tr> <tr> <td>Host nation</td> <td>26 April 1966</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="1970 World Men's Handball Championship">1970 World Championship</a></td> <td>26 February – 8 March 1970</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td align="center">7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1971_IHF_Olympic_Asian_qualification_tournament" title="1971 IHF Olympic Asian qualification tournament">Asian qualification tournament</a></td> <td>13–29 November 1971</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_IHF_Olympic_American_qualification_tournament" title="1972 IHF Olympic American qualification tournament">American qualification tournament</a></td> <td>2–6 February 1972</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elkhart,_Indiana" title="Elkhart, Indiana">Elkhart</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_IHF_Olympic_European_qualification_tournament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 IHF Olympic European qualification tournament (page does not exist)">European qualification tournament</a></td> <td>15–25 March 1972</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Spain"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></span></td> <td align="center">5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_IHF_Olympic_African_qualification_tournament" title="1972 IHF Olympic African qualification tournament">African qualification tournament</a></td> <td>25–31 March 1972</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia"><img alt="Tunisia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tunis" title="Tunis">Tunis</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th colspan="2"></th> <th>16</th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preliminary_round">Preliminary round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Preliminary round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Group_A">Group A</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Group A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2"><a href="#Main_round">Main round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">35 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="1"><a href="#9–12th_place_semifinals">9–12th place semifinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">30 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="1"><a href="#13–16th_place_semifinals">13–16th place semifinals</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">30 August 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>12–12</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Donauhalle_Ulm" title="Donauhalle Ulm">Donauhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulm" title="Ulm">Ulm</a><br /> Referees: Falk, Rosmanith <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Vodsgaard" title="Jørgen Vodsgaard">Vodsgaard</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(7–6) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Valeri_Gassy" title="Valeri Gassy">Gassy</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">30 August 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>13–13</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Donauhalle_Ulm" title="Donauhalle Ulm">Donauhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulm" title="Ulm">Ulm</a><br /> Referees: Simanović, Valčić <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">YUG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Lennart_Eriksson_(handballer)" title="Lennart Eriksson (handballer)">L. Eriksson</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(5–7) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Zbigniew_Dybol" title="Zbigniew Dybol">Dybol</a> 7 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">1 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>8–11</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/EWS_Arena" title="EWS Arena">Hohenstaufenhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ppingen" title="Göppingen">Göppingen</a><br /> Referees: Keszthelyi, Márki <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">HUN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Flemming_Hansen_(handballer)" title="Flemming Hansen (handballer)">Hansen</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(4–6) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Melcer" title="Jerzy Melcer">Melcer</a> 5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">1 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>11–11</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/EWS_Arena" title="EWS Arena">Hohenstaufenhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ppingen" title="Göppingen">Göppingen</a><br /> Referees: Reichel, Tetens <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Lennart_Eriksson_(handballer)" title="Lennart Eriksson (handballer)">L. Eriksson</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(4–3) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Usaty" title="Ivan Usaty">Usaty</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">3 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>10–16</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_(B%C3%B6blingen)" title="Sporthalle (Böblingen)">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6blingen" title="Böblingen">Böblingen</a><br /> Referees: Cârligeanu, Sidea <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">ROU</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Keld_Andersen" title="Keld Andersen">K. Andersen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flemming_Hansen_(handballer)" title="Flemming Hansen (handballer)">Hansen</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(4–8) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Andersson_(handballer)" title="Björn Andersson (handballer)">Bj. Andersson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lennart_Eriksson_(handballer)" title="Lennart Eriksson (handballer)">L. Eriksson</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">3 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>17–11</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_(B%C3%B6blingen)" title="Sporthalle (Böblingen)">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6blingen" title="Böblingen">Böblingen</a><br /> Referees: Huseby, Nilson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">NOR</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Ilyin" title="Vasily Ilyin">Ilyin</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(9–4) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Melcer" title="Jerzy Melcer">Melcer</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Group_B">Group B</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Group B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">32 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2"><a href="#Main_round">Main round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+16 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="1"><a href="#9–12th_place_semifinals">9–12th place semifinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">32 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">73 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−41 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="1"><a href="#13–16th_place_semifinals">13–16th place semifinals</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">30 August 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>16–11</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_Augsburg" title="Sporthalle Augsburg">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a><br /> Referees: Cârligeanu, Sidea <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">ROU</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Randt" title="Peter Randt">Randt</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(7–6) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><i>four players</i> 2 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">30 August 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>25–7</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_Augsburg" title="Sporthalle Augsburg">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a><br /> Referees: Reichel, Tetens <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Ladislav_Bene%C5%A1" title="Ladislav Beneš">Beneš</a> 8 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(10–3) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Khalladi" title="Mohamed Khalladi">Khalladi</a> 2 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">1 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>21–9</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Donauhalle_Ulm" title="Donauhalle Ulm">Donauhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulm" title="Ulm">Ulm</a><br /> Referees: Huseby, Nilson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">NOR</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Reiner_Ganschow" title="Reiner Ganschow">Ganschow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Lakenmacher" title="Wolfgang Lakenmacher">Lakenmacher</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(11–2) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Aleya_Hamrouni" title="Aleya Hamrouni">Hamrouni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Sebabti" title="Mohamed Sebabti">Sebabti</a> 3 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">1 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>19–19</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Donauhalle_Ulm" title="Donauhalle Ulm">Donauhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulm" title="Ulm">Ulm</a><br /> Referees: Falk, Rosmanith <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Kone%C4%8Dn%C3%BD" title="Jaroslav Konečný">Konečný</a> 6 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(8–10) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_Bj%C3%B6rgvinsson_(handballer)" title="Björgvin Björgvinsson (handballer)">Björgvinsson</a> 5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">3 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>14–12</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/EWS_Arena" title="EWS Arena">Hohenstaufenhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ppingen" title="Göppingen">Göppingen</a><br /> Referees: Simanović, Valčić <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">YUG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Reiner_Ganschow" title="Reiner Ganschow">Ganschow</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(5–4) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Kone%C4%8Dn%C3%BD" title="Jaroslav Konečný">Konečný</a> 7 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">3 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>27–16</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/EWS_Arena" title="EWS Arena">Hohenstaufenhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ppingen" title="Göppingen">Göppingen</a><br /> Referees: Keszthelyi, Márki <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">HUN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Magn%C3%BAsson_(handballer)" title="Jón Magnússon (handballer)">Magnússon</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(14–7) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Klai" title="Mohamed Klai">Klai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Sebabti" title="Mohamed Sebabti">Sebabti</a> 3 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Group_C">Group C</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Group C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">37 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2"><a href="#Main_round">Main round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">−2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="1"><a href="#9–12th_place_semifinals">9–12th place semifinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="1"><a href="#13–16th_place_semifinals">13–16th place semifinals</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> Hosts</div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">30 August 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>18–14</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_(B%C3%B6blingen)" title="Sporthalle (Böblingen)">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6blingen" title="Böblingen">Böblingen</a><br /> Referees: Siebert, Singer <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">GDR</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gruia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roland_Gunnesch" title="Roland Gunnesch">Gunnesch</a> 6 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(11–10) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Torstein_Hansen" title="Torstein Hansen">T. Hansen</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">30 August 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>13–10</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_(B%C3%B6blingen)" title="Sporthalle (Böblingen)">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6blingen" title="Böblingen">Böblingen</a><br /> Referees: Ovdal, Rodil <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">DEN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Lange_(handballer)" title="Klaus Lange (handballer)">Lange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_L%C3%BCbking" title="Herbert Lübking">Lübking</a> 3 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(7–5) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Fernando_de_Andr%C3%A9s" title="Fernando de Andrés">De Andrés</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">1 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>15–12</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_Augsburg" title="Sporthalle Augsburg">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a><br /> Referees: Janerstam, Larsson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">SWE</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gruia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constantin_Tudosie" title="Constantin Tudosie">Tudosie</a> 3 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(6–4) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Fernando_de_Andr%C3%A9s" title="Fernando de Andrés">De Andrés</a> 5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">1 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>15–15</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_Augsburg" title="Sporthalle Augsburg">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a><br /> Referees: Bertschinger, Gabriel <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">SUI</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bucher" title="Peter Bucher">Bucher</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(7–8) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Reinertsen" title="Jon Reinertsen">Reinertsen</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">3 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>13–11</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Carlsson, Olsson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">SWE</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gruia</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(5–5) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bucher" title="Peter Bucher">Bucher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klaus_Westebbe" title="Klaus Westebbe">Westebbe</a> 3 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">3 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>19–17</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Siebert, Singer <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">GDR</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Reinertsen" title="Jon Reinertsen">Reinertsen</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(10–4) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Taure" title="José Manuel Taure">Taure</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Group_D">Group D</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Group D"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+18 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2"><a href="#Main_round">Main round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">−10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="1"><a href="#9–12th_place_semifinals">9–12th place semifinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">73 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−27 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="1"><a href="#13–16th_place_semifinals">13–16th place semifinals</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">30 August 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>20–14</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/EWS_Arena" title="EWS Arena">Hohenstaufenhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ppingen" title="Göppingen">Göppingen</a><br /> Referees: Janerstam, Larsson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">SWE</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Lavrni%C4%87" title="Đorđe Lavrnić">Lavrnić</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(11–7) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Kiyoshi_Noda" title="Kiyoshi Noda">Noda</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">30 August 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>28–15</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/EWS_Arena" title="EWS Arena">Hohenstaufenhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ppingen" title="Göppingen">Göppingen</a><br /> Referees: Repo, Tuominen <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">FIN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Varga_(handballer)" title="István Varga (handballer)">Varga</a> 13 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(16–8) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/James_Rogers_(handballer)" title="James Rogers (handballer)">Rogers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Schlesinger_(handballer)" title="Richard Schlesinger (handballer)">Schlesinger</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">1 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>25–15</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_(B%C3%B6blingen)" title="Sporthalle (Böblingen)">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6blingen" title="Böblingen">Böblingen</a><br /> Referees: Siebert, Singer <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">GDR</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Hrvoje_Horvat" title="Hrvoje Horvat">Horvat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miroslav_Pribani%C4%87" title="Miroslav Pribanić">Pribanić</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(11–9) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Abrahamson" title="Richard Abrahamson">Abrahamson</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">1 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>20–12</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_(B%C3%B6blingen)" title="Sporthalle (Böblingen)">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6blingen" title="Böblingen">Böblingen</a><br /> Referees: Carlsson, Olsson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">SWE</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Varga_(handballer)" title="István Varga (handballer)">Varga</a> 6 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(10–7) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Katsuhiko_Chikamori" title="Katsuhiko Chikamori">Chikamori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Kino" title="Minoru Kino">Kino</a> 3 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">3 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>18–16</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_Augsburg" title="Sporthalle Augsburg">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a><br /> Referees: Ovdal, Rodil <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">DEN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Lavrni%C4%87" title="Đorđe Lavrnić">Lavrnić</a> 8 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(9–8) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Varga_(handballer)" title="István Varga (handballer)">Varga</a> 5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">3 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>20–16</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sporthalle_Augsburg" title="Sporthalle Augsburg">Sporthalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a><br /> Referees: Bertschinger, Gabriel <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">SUI</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Nobuyuki_Iida" title="Nobuyuki Iida">Iida</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(9–9) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Abrahamson" title="Richard Abrahamson">Abrahamson</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Rogers_(handballer)" title="James Rogers (handballer)">Rogers</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classification_round">Classification round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Classification round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bracket">Bracket</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1215345927">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .multicol-float{width:auto!important}}.mw-parser-output .multicol-float{clear:none;float:left}.mw-parser-output .multicol-float-clear{clear:both}</style><div class="multicol-float" style="min-width: 35em;"> <dl><dt>9th place bracket</dt></dl> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.9em 2em 1em 1em;border:0;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;"><tbody><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">9–12th place semifinals</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">9th place</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">7 September</td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="7"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>20</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">9 September</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">17 </td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">20</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">7 September</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-width:3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a> <span style="font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Handball" title="Overtime (sports)">ET</a>)</span></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>23 </b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>19</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">17 </td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">11th place</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="7" colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">9 September</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">18</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>19 </b></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927"><div class="multicol-float" style="min-width: 35em;"> <dl><dt>13th place bracket</dt></dl> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.9em 2em 1em 1em;border:0;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;"><tbody><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">13–16th place semifinals</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">13th place</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">7 September</td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="7"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>29</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">9 September</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">21 </td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>19</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">7 September</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-width:3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">18 </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">20</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>22 </b></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">15th place</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="7" colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">9 September</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">20</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>23 </b></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div class="multicol-float-clear" style=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="13–16th_place_semifinals"><span id="13.E2.80.9316th_place_semifinals"></span>13–16th place semifinals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 13–16th place semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">7 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>29–21</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Huseby, Nilson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">NOR</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Flemming_Hansen_(handballer)" title="Flemming Hansen (handballer)">Hansen</a> 8 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(11–9) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Sebabti" title="Mohamed Sebabti">Sebabti</a> 8 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">7 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>20–22</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Bertschinger, Gabriel <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">SUI</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Juan_Morera" title="Juan Morera">Morera</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(11–8) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Abrahamson" title="Richard Abrahamson">Abrahamson</a> 7 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="9–12th_place_semifinals"><span id="9.E2.80.9312th_place_semifinals"></span>9–12th place semifinals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 9–12th place semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">7 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>20–17</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Reichel, Tetens <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Antczak" title="Zdzisław Antczak">Antczak</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(10–7) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Magn%C3%BAsson_(handballer)" title="Jón Magnússon (handballer)">Magnússon</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">7 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>19–17</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Falk, Rosmanith <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Torstein_Hansen" title="Torstein Hansen">T. Hansen</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(8–9) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Shuji_Arinaga" title="Shuji Arinaga">Arinaga</a> 5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="15th_place_game">15th place game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 15th place game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">9 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>20–23</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Falk, Rosmanith <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Sebabti" title="Mohamed Sebabti">Sebabti</a> 9 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(10–11) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rochel" title="José Rochel">Rochel</a> 9 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="13th_place_game">13th place game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 13th place game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">9 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>19–18</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Keszthelyi, Márki <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">HUN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Flemming_Hansen_(handballer)" title="Flemming Hansen (handballer)">Hansen</a> 8 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(12–6) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Abrahamson" title="Richard Abrahamson">Abrahamson</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Rogers_(handballer)" title="James Rogers (handballer)">Rogers</a> 5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eleventh_place_game">Eleventh place game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Eleventh place game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">9 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>18–19</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Sidea, Cârligeanu <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">ROU</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Geir_Hallsteinsson" title="Geir Hallsteinsson">Hallsteinsson</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(12–11) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><i>three players</i> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ninth_place_game">Ninth place game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ninth place game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">9 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>20–23</b> <b>(<a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Handball" title="Overtime (sports)">ET</a>)</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Reichel, Tetens <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Melcer" title="Jerzy Melcer">Melcer</a> 6 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(10–10) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Torstein_Hansen" title="Torstein Hansen">T. Hansen</a> 10 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%"> <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> <p><b>FT:</b> 19–19 <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Handball" title="Overtime (sports)">ET</a>:</b> 1–4 </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_round">Main round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Main round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Group_I">Group I</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Group I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="1"><a href="#Gold_medal_game">Gold medal game</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">36 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="1"><a href="#Bronze_medal_game">Bronze medal game</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="1"><a href="#Fifth_place_game">Fifth place game</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="1"><a href="#Seventh_place_game">Seventh place game</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">5 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>12–15</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Falk, Rosmanith <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">FRG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Lennart_Eriksson_(handballer)" title="Lennart Eriksson (handballer)">L. Eriksson</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(6–7) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><i>three players</i> 3 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">6 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>11–8</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Simanović, Valčić <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">YUG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Yury_Klimov" title="Yury Klimov">Klimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Panov_(handballer)" title="Aleksandr Panov (handballer)">Panov</a> 3 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(4–4) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><i>four players</i> 2 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">8 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>11–14</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Cârligeanu, Sidea <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">ROU</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Lennart_Eriksson_(handballer)" title="Lennart Eriksson (handballer)">L. Eriksson</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(6–8) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Reiner_Ganschow" title="Reiner Ganschow">Ganschow</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">8 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>12–15</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Keszthelyi, Márki <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">HUN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Valentin_Kulev" title="Valentin Kulev">Kulev</a> 7 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(7–7) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Kone%C4%8Dn%C3%BD" title="Jaroslav Konečný">Konečný</a> 4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Group_II">Group II</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Group II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="1"><a href="#Gold_medal_game">Gold medal game</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="1"><a href="#Bronze_medal_game">Bronze medal game</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">43 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="1"><a href="#Fifth_place_game">Fifth place game</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="1"><a href="#Seventh_place_game">Seventh place game</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> Hosts</div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">6 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>20–14</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Singer, Siebert <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">GDR</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gruia</a> 8 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(11–6) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Kal%C3%B3" title="Sándor Kaló">Kaló</a>, <a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Varga_(handballer)" title="István Varga (handballer)">Varga</a> 3 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">6 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>15–24</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Ovdal, Rodil <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">DEN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bucher" title="Peter Bucher">Bucher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josef_Karrer" title="Josef Karrer">Karrer</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(7–14) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Lavrni%C4%87" title="Đorđe Lavrnić">Lavrnić</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milan_Lazarevi%C4%87_(handballer)" title="Milan Lazarević (handballer)">Lazarević</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">8 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>13–14</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Carlsson, Olsson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">SWE</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gruia</a> 8 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(4–5) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Milan_Lazarevi%C4%87_(handballer)" title="Milan Lazarević (handballer)">Lazarević</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">8 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>17–14</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Janerstam, Larsson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">SWE</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Heiner_M%C3%B6ller" title="Heiner Möller">Möller</a> 6 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(8–6) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Stiller" title="János Stiller">Stiller</a>, <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Vass" title="Károly Vass">K. Vass</a> 3 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_round">Final round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Final round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seventh_place_game">Seventh place game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Seventh place game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">10 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>19–18</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Singer, Siebert <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">GDR</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Persson" title="Thomas Persson">Persson</a> 5 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(11–8) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Vass" title="Károly Vass">K. Vass</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fifth_place_game">Fifth place game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Fifth place game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">10 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>17–16</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Simanović, Valčić <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">YUG</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Panov_(handballer)" title="Aleksandr Panov (handballer)">Panov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Usaty" title="Ivan Usaty">Usaty</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(10–9) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Heiner_M%C3%B6ller" title="Heiner Möller">Möller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wehnert" title="Herbert Wehnert">Wehnert</a> 5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bronze_medal_game">Bronze medal game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Bronze medal game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">10 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>16–19</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Carlsson, Olsson <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">SWE</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6hme" title="Wolfgang Böhme">Böhme</a> 4 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(8–11) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gruia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roland_Gunesch" class="mw-redirect" title="Roland Gunesch">Gunesch</a> 5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gold_medal_game">Gold medal game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Gold medal game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="15%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan="4">10 September 1972 </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> </td> <td width="13%" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>21–16</b> </td> <td width="24%" style="vertical-align:top; font-weight: bold;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Olympiahalle" title="Olympiahalle">Olympiahalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a><br /> Referees: Ovdal, Rodil <span style="font-size:90%">(<a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">DEN</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Milan_Lazarevi%C4%87_(handballer)" title="Milan Lazarević (handballer)">Lazarević</a> 6 </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;">(12–5) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Jar%C3%BD" title="Vladimír Jarý">Jarý</a> 6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rankings_and_statistics">Rankings and statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Rankings and statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_ranking">Final ranking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Final ranking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th width="150">Team </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national handball team">Czechoslovakia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Romania men's national handball team">Romania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">West Germany</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Sweden men's national handball team">Sweden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Norway men's national handball team">Norway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Poland men's national handball team">Poland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men's national handball team">Japan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Iceland men's national handball team">Iceland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="United States men's national handball team">United States</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Tunisia men's national handball team">Tunisia</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_goalscorers">Top goalscorers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Top goalscorers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gheorghe Gruia</a></td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Varga_(handballer)" title="István Varga (handballer)">István Varga</a></td> <td>32 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia"><img alt="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Lavrni%C4%87" title="Đorđe Lavrnić">Đorđe Lavrnić</a></td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Flemming_Hansen_(handballer)" title="Flemming Hansen (handballer)">Flemming Hansen</a></td> <td rowspan="2">27 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia"><img alt="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Milan_Lazarevi%C4%87_(handballer)" title="Milan Lazarević (handballer)">Milan Lazarević</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lennart_Eriksson_(handballer)" title="Lennart Eriksson (handballer)">Lennart Eriksson</a></td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">7</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Abrahamson" title="Richard Abrahamson">Richard Abrahamson</a></td> <td rowspan="2">24 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia"><img alt="Tunisia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Sebabti" title="Mohamed Sebabti">Mohamed Sebabti</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">9</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Torstein_Hansen" title="Torstein Hansen">Torstein Hansen</a></td> <td rowspan="2">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia"><img alt="Czechoslovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Kone%C4%8Dn%C3%BD" title="Jaroslav Konečný">Jaroslav Konečný</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participating_nations">Participating nations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Participating nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each country was allowed to enter a team of 16 players and they all were eligible for participation. Japan entered only a squad of twelve. </p><p>A total of 242<i>(*)</i> handball players from 16 nations competed at the Munich Games: </p> <ul><li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Czechoslovakia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(16)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/33px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/44px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Denmark</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(16)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics">East Germany</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(16)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics">West Germany</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(16)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Hungary</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Iceland at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Iceland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Japan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(12)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Norway</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(16)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Poland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Romania</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Soviet Union</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Spain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Sweden</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(16)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tunisia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Tunisia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Tunisia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Yugoslavia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(14)</span></li></ul> <p><small><i>(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.</i></small> </p><p>Not all reserve players are known. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_rosters">Team rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Team rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Czechoslovakia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/33px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/44px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Denmark</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics">East Germany</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Hungary</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:95%"> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Ladislav_Bene%C5%A1" title="Ladislav Beneš">Ladislav Beneš</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Br%C5%AFna" title="František Brůna">František Brůna</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Haber" title="Vladimír Haber">Vladimír Haber</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Jar%C3%BD" title="Vladimír Jarý">Vladimír Jarý</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Kavan" title="Jiří Kavan">Jiří Kavan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arno%C5%A1t_Klim%C4%8D%C3%ADk" title="Arnošt Klimčík">Arnošt Klimčík</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Kone%C4%8Dn%C3%BD" title="Jaroslav Konečný">Jaroslav Konečný</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Kr%C3%A1l%C3%ADk" title="František Králík">František Králík</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jind%C5%99ich_Krepindl" title="Jindřich Krepindl">Jindřich Krepindl</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Lafko" title="Vincent Lafko">Vincent Lafko</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Andrej_Luko%C5%A1%C3%ADk" title="Andrej Lukošík">Andrej Lukošík</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Mike%C5%A1" title="Pavel Mikeš">Pavel Mikeš</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Petr_Posp%C3%AD%C5%A1il" class="mw-redirect" title="Petr Pospíšil">Petr Pospíšil</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Satrapa" title="Ivan Satrapa">Ivan Satrapa</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_%C5%A0k%C3%A1ra" title="Zdeněk Škára">Zdeněk Škára</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_%C5%A0karvan" title="Jaroslav Škarvan">Jaroslav Škarvan</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Arne_Andersen_(handballer)" title="Arne Andersen (handballer)">Arne Andersen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Keld_Andersen" title="Keld Andersen">Keld Andersen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Frandsen" title="Jørgen Frandsen">Jørgen Frandsen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Claus_From" title="Claus From">Claus From</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Flemming_Hansen_(handballer)" title="Flemming Hansen (handballer)">Flemming Hansen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Heidemann" title="Jørgen Heidemann">Jørgen Heidemann</a><br /><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Jensen_(handballer)" title="Søren Jensen (handballer)">Søren Jensen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bent_J%C3%B8rgensen_(handballer)" title="Bent Jørgensen (handballer)">Bent Jørgensen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kay_J%C3%B8rgensen" title="Kay Jørgensen">Kay Jørgensen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Flemming_Lauritzen" title="Flemming Lauritzen">Flemming Lauritzen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Svend_Lund" title="Svend Lund">Svend Lund</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lund_(handballer)" title="Tom Lund (handballer)">Tom Lund</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thor_Munkager" title="Thor Munkager">Thor Munkager</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vagn_Nielsen" title="Vagn Nielsen">Vagn Nielsen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Karsten_S%C3%B8rensen" title="Karsten Sørensen">Karsten Sørensen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Vodsgaard" title="Jørgen Vodsgaard">Jørgen Vodsgaard</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6hme" title="Wolfgang Böhme">Wolfgang Böhme</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Reiner_Frieske" title="Reiner Frieske">Reiner Frieske</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Reiner_Ganschow" title="Reiner Ganschow">Reiner Ganschow</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Hildebrand" title="Jürgen Hildebrand">Jürgen Hildebrand</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Horst_Jankh%C3%B6fer" title="Horst Jankhöfer">Horst Jankhöfer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Lakenmacher" title="Wolfgang Lakenmacher">Wolfgang Lakenmacher</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Langhoff" title="Klaus Langhoff">Klaus Langhoff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Larisch" title="Peter Larisch">Peter Larisch</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Randt" title="Peter Randt">Peter Randt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Udo_R%C3%B6hrig" title="Udo Röhrig">Udo Röhrig</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Josef_Rose" title="Josef Rose">Josef Rose</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Voigt" title="Siegfried Voigt">Siegfried Voigt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Wei%C3%9F" title="Klaus Weiß">Klaus Weiß</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rainer_W%C3%BCrdig" title="Rainer Würdig">Rainer Würdig</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Zimmermann" title="Rainer Zimmermann">Rainer Zimmermann</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harry_Z%C3%B6rnack" title="Harry Zörnack">Harry Zörnack</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Adorj%C3%A1n" title="János Adorján">János Adorján</a><br /><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bartalos" title="Béla Bartalos">Béla Bartalos</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Cs%C3%ADk" title="János Csík">János Csík</a><br /><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Harka" title="László Harka">László Harka</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Horv%C3%A1th_(handballer)" title="József Horváth (handballer)">József Horváth</a><br /><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Kal%C3%B3" title="Sándor Kaló">Sándor Kaló</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Marosi" title="István Marosi">István Marosi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lajos_Sim%C3%B3" title="Lajos Simó">Lajos Simó</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Stiller" title="János Stiller">János Stiller</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Szab%C3%B3_(handballer)" title="István Szabó (handballer)">István Szabó</a><br /><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Szab%C3%B3_(handballer_born_1946)" class="mw-redirect" title="László Szabó (handballer born 1946)">László Szabó</a><br /><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Tak%C3%A1cs_(handballer)" title="Sándor Takács (handballer)">Sándor Takács</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Varga_(handballer)" title="István Varga (handballer)">István Varga</a> <small><i>(BHSE)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Vass" title="Károly Vass">Károly Vass</a> <small><i>(Elektromos SE)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Vass" title="Sándor Vass">Sándor Vass</a> <small><i>(Elektromos SE)</i></small><hr /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gyula_Hurth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gyula Hurth (page does not exist)">Gyula Hurth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Iceland at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Iceland</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Japan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Norway</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Poland</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:95%"> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Axel_Axelsson_(handballer)" title="Axel Axelsson (handballer)">Axel Axelsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/%C3%93lafur_Benediktsson" title="Ólafur Benediktsson">Ólafur Benediktsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_Bj%C3%B6rgvinsson_(handballer)" title="Björgvin Björgvinsson (handballer)">Björgvin Björgvinsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hjalti_Einarsson" title="Hjalti Einarsson">Hjalti Einarsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_Einarsson_(handballer)" title="Sigurður Einarsson (handballer)">Sigurður Einarsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Birgir_Finnbogason" title="Birgir Finnbogason">Birgir Finnbogason</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stef%C3%A1n_Gunnarsson" title="Stefán Gunnarsson">Stefán Gunnarsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Geir_Hallsteinsson" title="Geir Hallsteinsson">Geir Hallsteinsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/%C3%93lafur_J%C3%B3nsson" title="Ólafur Jónsson">Ólafur Jónsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stef%C3%A1n_J%C3%B3nsson_(handball)" title="Stefán Jónsson (handball)">Stefán Jónsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Magn%C3%BAsson_(handballer)" title="Jón Magnússon (handballer)">Jón Magnússon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/%C3%81g%C3%BAst_%C3%96gmundsson" title="Ágúst Ögmundsson">Ágúst Ögmundsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sigurbergur_Sigsteinsson" title="Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson">Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vi%C3%B0ar_S%C3%ADmonarson" title="Viðar Símonarson">Viðar Símonarson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gunnsteinn_Sk%C3%BAlason" title="Gunnsteinn Skúlason">Gunnsteinn Skúlason</a><hr /><a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C3%ADsli_Bl%C3%B6ndal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gísli Blöndal (page does not exist)">Gísli Blöndal</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Shuji_Arinaga" title="Shuji Arinaga">Shuji Arinaga</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Katsuhiko_Chikamori" title="Katsuhiko Chikamori">Katsuhiko Chikamori</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kiyotaka_Hayakawa" title="Kiyotaka Hayakawa">Kiyotaka Hayakawa</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Honda_(handballer)" title="Hiroshi Honda (handballer)">Hiroshi Honda</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Masayuki_Hyokai" title="Masayuki Hyokai">Masayuki Hyokai</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nobuyuki_Iida" title="Nobuyuki Iida">Nobuyuki Iida</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Minoru_Kino" title="Minoru Kino">Minoru Kino</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Takezo_Nakai" title="Takezo Nakai">Takezo Nakai</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Toshio_Niimi" title="Toshio Niimi">Toshio Niimi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kiyoshi_Noda" title="Kiyoshi Noda">Kiyoshi Noda</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kenichi_Sasaki" title="Kenichi Sasaki">Kenichi Sasaki</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Toshihiko_Shimosato" title="Toshihiko Shimosato">Toshihiko Shimosato</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Per_Ankre" title="Per Ankre">Per Ankre</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arnulf_B%C3%A6k" title="Arnulf Bæk">Arnulf Bæk</a><br /><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A5l_Bye" title="Pål Bye">Pål Bye</a><br /><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A5l_Cappelen" title="Pål Cappelen">Pål Cappelen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Carl_Graff-Wang" title="Carl Graff-Wang">Carl Graff-Wang</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Inge_Hansen" title="Inge Hansen">Inge Hansen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Torstein_Hansen" title="Torstein Hansen">Torstein Hansen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roger_Hverven" title="Roger Hverven">Roger Hverven</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ulf_Magnussen" title="Ulf Magnussen">Ulf Magnussen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jan_%C3%98kseter" title="Jan Økseter">Jan Økseter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sten_Osther" title="Sten Osther">Sten Osther</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jon_Reinertsen" title="Jon Reinertsen">Jon Reinertsen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Geir_R%C3%B8se" title="Geir Røse">Geir Røse</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Per_S%C3%B8derstr%C3%B8m" title="Per Søderstrøm">Per Søderstrøm</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harald_Tyrdal" title="Harald Tyrdal">Harald Tyrdal</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Finn_Urdal" title="Finn Urdal">Finn Urdal</a><br /><i>Coach:</i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thor_Nohr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thor Nohr (page does not exist)">Thor Nohr</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Antczak" title="Zdzisław Antczak">Zdzisław Antczak</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zbigniew_Dybol" title="Zbigniew Dybol">Zbigniew Dybol</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Franciszek_G%C4%85sior" title="Franciszek Gąsior">Franciszek Gąsior</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jan_Gmyrek" title="Jan Gmyrek">Jan Gmyrek</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bogdan_Kowalczyk" title="Bogdan Kowalczyk">Bogdan Kowalczyk</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zygfryd_Kuchta" title="Zygfryd Kuchta">Zygfryd Kuchta</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Lech" title="Andrzej Lech">Andrzej Lech</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Melcer" title="Jerzy Melcer">Jerzy Melcer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Pnioci%C5%84ski" title="Helmut Pniociński">Helmut Pniociński</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Henryk_Rozmiarek" title="Henryk Rozmiarek">Henryk Rozmiarek</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Soko%C5%82owski" title="Andrzej Sokołowski">Andrzej Sokołowski</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Engelbert_Szolc" title="Engelbert Szolc">Engelbert Szolc</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Szymczak" title="Andrzej Szymczak">Andrzej Szymczak</a><br /><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82odzimierz_Wachowicz" title="Włodzimierz Wachowicz">Włodzimierz Wachowicz</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Zawada" title="Robert Zawada">Robert Zawada</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Romania_%281965%E2%80%931989%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Romania</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Soviet Union</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Spain</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Sweden</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:95%"> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Etefan_Birtalan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ştefan Birtalan">Ştefan Birtalan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Cosma" title="Adrian Cosma">Adrian Cosma</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marin_Dan" title="Marin Dan">Marin Dan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Dinc%C4%83_(handball_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandru Dincă (handball player)">Alexandru Dincă</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cristian_Ga%C5%A3u" class="mw-redirect" title="Cristian Gaţu">Cristian Gaţu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gheorghe Gruia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roland_Gunesch" class="mw-redirect" title="Roland Gunesch">Roland Gunesch</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Kicsid" title="Gabriel Kicsid">Gabriel Kicsid</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ghi%C5%A3%C4%83_Licu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghiţă Licu">Ghiţă Licu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cornel_Penu" title="Cornel Penu">Cornel Penu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Valentin_Samungi" title="Valentin Samungi">Valentin Samungi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simion_Sch%C3%B6bel" class="mw-redirect" title="Simion Schöbel">Simion Schöbel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Werner_St%C3%B6ckl" title="Werner Stöckl">Werner Stöckl</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Constantin_Tudosie" title="Constantin Tudosie">Constantin Tudosie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Radu_Voina" title="Radu Voina">Radu Voina</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Valeri_Gassy" title="Valeri Gassy">Valeri Gassy</a><small><i>(University Krasnodar)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Ilyin" title="Vasily Ilyin">Vasily Ilyin</a><small><i>(MAI Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Mykhaylo_Ishchenko" title="Mykhaylo Ishchenko">Mykhaylo Ishchenko</a><small><i>(ZMetI Zaporozhzhie)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Yury_Klimov" title="Yury Klimov">Yury Klimov</a><small><i>(MAI Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Valentin_Kulev" title="Valentin Kulev">Valentin Kulev</a><small><i>(Kuntsevo Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Yuriy_Lahutyn" title="Yuriy Lahutyn">Yuriy Lahutyn</a><small><i>(ZMetI Zaporozhzhie)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Lutsenko" title="Mikhail Lutsenko">Mikhail Lutsenko</a><small><i>(Kuntsevo Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Maksimov_(handballer)" title="Vladimir Maksimov (handballer)">Vladimir Maksimov</a><small><i>(MAI Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Albert_Oganezov" title="Albert Oganezov">Albert Oganezov</a><small><i>(MAI Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Panov_(handballer)" title="Aleksandr Panov (handballer)">Aleksandr Panov</a><small><i>(University Krasnodar)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Oleksandr_Rezanov" title="Oleksandr Rezanov">Oleksandr Rezanov</a><small><i>(ZMetI Zaporozhzhie)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Semyonov_(handballer)" title="Nikolay Semyonov (handballer)">Nikolay Semyonov</a><small><i>(Kuntsevo Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Shevchenko" title="Anatoly Shevchenko">Anatoly Shevchenko</a><small><i>(Kuntsevo Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Usaty" title="Ivan Usaty">Ivan Usaty</a><small><i>(CSKA Moscow)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Vilsons" title="Jānis Vilsons">Jānis Vilsons</a><small><i>(MAI Moscow)</i></small><br /> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Andreu" title="Antonio Andreu">Antonio Andreu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Cascallana" title="Miguel Ángel Cascallana">Miguel Ángel Cascallana</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fernando_de_Andr%C3%A9s" title="Fernando de Andrés">Fernando de Andrés</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Javier_Garc%C3%ADa_(handballer)" title="Javier García (handballer)">Javier García</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Guerrero" title="Jesús Guerrero">Jesús Guerrero</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Juan_Miguel_Igartua" title="Juan Miguel Igartua">Juan Miguel Igartua</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Santos_Labaca" title="Santos Labaca">Santos Labaca</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Francisco_L%C3%B3pez_(handballer)" title="Francisco López (handballer)">Francisco López</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Juan_Antonio_Medina" title="Juan Antonio Medina">Juan Antonio Medina</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Juan_Morera" title="Juan Morera">Juan Morera</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Ortega" title="Vicente Ortega">Vicente Ortega</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Perram%C3%B3n" title="José Perramón">José Perramón</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rochel" title="José Rochel">José Rochel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Taure" title="José Manuel Taure">José Manuel Taure</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Villamar%C3%ADn" title="José Villamarín">José Villamarín</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Andersson_(handballer)" title="Björn Andersson (handballer)">Björn Andersson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bo_Andersson_(handballer)" title="Bo Andersson (handballer)">Bo Andersson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dan_Eriksson" title="Dan Eriksson">Dan Eriksson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lennart_Eriksson_(handballer)" title="Lennart Eriksson (handballer)">Lennart Eriksson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Johan_Fischerstr%C3%B6m" title="Johan Fischerström">Johan Fischerström</a><br /><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ran_H%C3%A5rd_af_Segerstad" title="Göran Hård af Segerstad">Göran Hård af Segerstad</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bengt_Johansson_(handball)" title="Bengt Johansson (handball)">Bengt Johansson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Benny_Johansson" title="Benny Johansson">Benny Johansson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jan_Jonsson_(handballer)" title="Jan Jonsson (handballer)">Jan Jonsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lars_Karlsson_(handballer)" title="Lars Karlsson (handballer)">Lars Karlsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Michael_Koch_(handballer)" title="Michael Koch (handballer)">Michael Koch</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Olle_Olsson" title="Olle Olsson">Olle Olsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sten_Olsson" title="Sten Olsson">Sten Olsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Persson" title="Thomas Persson">Thomas Persson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bertil_S%C3%B6derberg" title="Bertil Söderberg">Bertil Söderberg</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_Str%C3%B6m" title="Frank Ström">Frank Ström</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tunisia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Tunisia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Tunisia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics">United States</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Germany_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics">West Germany</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center; width:230px"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Yugoslavia</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:95%"> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Bechir_Bel_Hadj" title="Ahmed Bechir Bel Hadj">Ahmed Bechir Bel Hadj</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Abderraouf_Ben_Samir" title="Abderraouf Ben Samir">Abderraouf Ben Samir</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Moncef_Besbes" title="Moncef Besbes">Moncef Besbes</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rached_Boudhina" title="Rached Boudhina">Rached Boudhina</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Taoufik_Djemail" title="Taoufik Djemail">Taoufik Djemail</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aleya_Hamrouni" title="Aleya Hamrouni">Aleya Hamrouni</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Naceur_Jelili" title="Mohamed Naceur Jelili">Mohamed Naceur Jelili</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mounir_Jelili" title="Mounir Jelili">Mounir Jelili</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Klai" title="Mohamed Klai">Mohamed Klai</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Khalladi" title="Mohamed Khalladi">Mohamed Khalladi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Faouzi_Ksouri" title="Faouzi Ksouri">Faouzi Ksouri</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Moncef_Loueslati" title="Moncef Loueslati">Moncef Loueslati</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Sebabti" title="Mohamed Sebabti">Mohamed Sebabti</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Amor_Sghaier" title="Amor Sghaier">Amor Sghaier</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Abdel_Aziz_Zaibi" title="Abdel Aziz Zaibi">Abdel Aziz Zaibi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ridha_Zitoun" title="Ridha Zitoun">Ridha Zitoun</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Abrahamson" title="Richard Abrahamson">Richard Abrahamson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Abram" title="Fletcher Abram">Fletcher Abram</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roger_Baker_(handballer)" title="Roger Baker (handballer)">Roger Baker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Berkholtz" title="Dennis Berkholtz">Dennis Berkholtz</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Larry_Caton" title="Larry Caton">Larry Caton</a><br />Vincent DiCalogero<br /><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Edes" title="Elmer Edes">Elmer Edes</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hardiman_(handballer)" title="Thomas Hardiman (handballer)">Thomas Hardiman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Matthews" title="Rudolph Matthews">Rudolph Matthews</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sandor_Rivnyak" title="Sandor Rivnyak">Sandor Rivnyak</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_Rogers_(handballer)" title="James Rogers (handballer)">James Rogers</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Schlesinger_(handball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Schlesinger (handball)">Richard Schlesinger</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Serrapede" title="Kevin Serrapede">Kevin Serrapede</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sparks_(handballer)" title="Robert Sparks (handballer)">Robert Sparks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joel_Voelkert" title="Joel Voelkert">Joel Voelkert</a><br /><i>Coach:</i> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Buehning_Sr." title="Peter Buehning Sr.">Peter Buehning Sr.</a><br /><i>Assistant coach:</i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Laszlo_Jurak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laszlo Jurak (page does not exist)">Laszlo Jurak</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><hr /><a href="/wiki/Harry_Winkler_(handballer)" title="Harry Winkler (handballer)">Harry Winkler</a> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Herwig_Ahrendsen" title="Herwig Ahrendsen">Herwig Ahrendsen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hans-J%C3%BCrgen_Bode" title="Hans-Jürgen Bode">Hans-Jürgen Bode</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Braun" title="Wolfgang Braun">Wolfgang Braun</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bucher" title="Peter Bucher">Peter Bucher</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jochen_Feldhoff" title="Jochen Feldhoff">Jochen Feldhoff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Diethard_Finkelmann" title="Diethard Finkelmann">Diethard Finkelmann</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Josef_Karrer" title="Josef Karrer">Josef Karrer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Kater" title="Klaus Kater">Klaus Kater</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Lange_(handballer)" title="Klaus Lange (handballer)">Klaus Lange</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Herbert_L%C3%BCbking" title="Herbert Lübking">Herbert Lübking</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Heiner_M%C3%B6ller" title="Heiner Möller">Heiner Möller</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hans-Peter_Neuhaus" title="Hans-Peter Neuhaus">Hans-Peter Neuhaus</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Uwe_Rathjen" title="Uwe 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title="Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">Germany</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1972</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1976</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="East Germany men's national handball team">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1984</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national handball team">Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1988</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national handball team">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1992</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/22px-Olympic_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/33px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/44px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Unified_Team_at_the_Olympics" title="Unified Team at the Olympics">Unified Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1996</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2000</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Russia men's national handball team">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2004</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2008</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="France men's national handball team">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2012</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="France men's national handball team">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2016</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2020</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="France men's national handball team">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2024</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a 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Olympics">1936</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1948</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a> (demonstration)</i></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1956–1968</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics">2008</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">women</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Handball_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Handball_pictogram.svg/50px-Handball_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Handball_pictogram.svg/75px-Handball_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Handball_pictogram.svg/100px-Handball_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;;width:1%">Qualifications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;;width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1936</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1952</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification" title="Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Qualification">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1936</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1952</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1972</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;;width:1%">Squads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;;width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1936</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics#Players" title="Handball at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a></i></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Team_rosters">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1936</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1952</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1972</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_squads" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_squads" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_squads" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_squads" title="Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_squads" title="Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_squads" title="Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_squads" class="mw-redirect" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#BFD7FF;"><div> <ul><li>List of medalists <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_handball_(men)" title="List of Olympic medalists in handball (men)">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_handball_(women)" title="List of Olympic medalists in handball (women)">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_venues_in_handball" title="List of Olympic venues in handball">List of venues</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div 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