Water Polo, Men

Competition 1972 Olympic Qualification Tournaments for Water Polo
Venue München GER
Held 14 – 20 May 1972
Status Consolation
Competitors 85
Countries 8

ROU, ESP, BUL, and GRE qualified for the 1972 München Olympics.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
1 Romania ROU 7 0 0
Serban Huber / Bogdan Mihăilescu / Gheorghe Zamfirescu / Gruia Novac / Dinu Popescu / Claudiu Rusu / Iosif Culineac / Cornel Rusu / Viorel Rus / Radu Lazăr
2 Spain ESP 6 0 1
Salvador Franch / Juan Rubio / Juan Sans / Juan Jané / Gabriel Soler / Vicente Monsonís / Poncio Puigdevall / José Padrós / Lolo Ibern / Luis Bestit / Gaspar Ventura
3 Bulgaria BUL 4 1 2
Biser Naumov / Ivan Kovachev / Aleksandar Shpitser / Toma Tomov / Plamen Brankov / Mladen Hristov / Gerginov / Vasil Tomov / Andrey Konstantinov / Matey Popov / Lyubomir Runtov
4 Greece GRE 3 2 2
Dimitrios Konstas / Ikakim Marselos / Evangelos Voultsos / Kyriakos Iosifidis / Periklis Damaskos / Thomas Karalogos / Sotirios Stathakis / Ioannis Karologos / Georgios Theodorakopoulos / Efstathios Sarantos
5 Sweden SWE 3 1 3
Rune Stafbom-Johansson / Edgar Ingelsson / Lars Engström / Tommy Danielson / Lars Fjärrstad / Thomas Fjärrstad / Bert Svensson / Per-Arne Carlsson / Sören Carlsson / Laszlo Finyak / Robert Hernadi
6 France FRA 1 1 5
Armand Mikaelian / Deusy / Alain Flouret / Michel Steyer / René Bretonnes / Jean-Pierre Matteoni / Daniel Busin / Victor Nataf / Marcel Demulder / Gérard Sampietro / Jacques Mareel
7 Great Britain GBR 1 0 6
Martin Thomas / Terry Benstead / Roddy Jones / Andrew Lench / Chris Ayling / George Mears / Neil Muir / Mark Mitchell / Heale / Tony Meek / Davis
8 Austria AUT 0 1 6
Castellani / Richard Tandl / Manfred Luschan / Gert Kölli / Truttmann / Schuler / Horst Kölli / Helmut Posch / Michael Smrcka / Walcher

Final

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Romania ROU 7 0 0 14
2 Spain ESP 6 0 1 12
3 Bulgaria BUL 4 1 2 9
4 Greece GRE 3 2 2 8
5 Sweden SWE 3 1 3 7
6 France FRA 1 1 5 3
7 Great Britain GBR 1 0 6 2
8 Austria AUT 0 1 6 1

Matches

Romania ROU 12-1 Austria AUT
Spain ESP 6-4 Sweden SWE
Bulgaria BUL 6-6 Greece GRE
France FRA 4-3 Great Britain GBR
Romania ROU 6-2 Great Britain GBR
Spain ESP 8-2 France FRA
Bulgaria BUL 9-3 Austria AUT
Greece GRE 2-2 Sweden SWE
Romania ROU 10-2 France FRA
Spain ESP 7-5 Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRE 7-4 Austria AUT
Sweden SWE 7-4 Great Britain GBR
Romania ROU 6-2 Bulgaria BUL
Spain ESP 6-3 Great Britain GBR
Greece GRE 12-1 France FRA
Sweden SWE 7-6 Austria AUT
Romania ROU 3-1 Sweden SWE
Spain ESP 7-1 Greece GRE
Bulgaria BUL 9-3 France FRA
Great Britain GBR 4-3 Austria AUT
Romania ROU 7-2 Spain ESP
Bulgaria BUL 5-1 Sweden SWE
Greece GRE 6-2 Great Britain GBR
France FRA 4-4 Austria AUT
Romania ROU 6-2 Greece GRE
Spain ESP 13-3 Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL 3-2 Great Britain GBR
Sweden SWE 9-4 France FRA