| Date | 9 September 1972 — 21:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Volleyballhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
| Referee #1 | Lucien Van Welden |  BEL |
| Referee #2 | Costin Mușat |  ROU |
| Attendance | 4,200 | |
| Details | Match Time: 1-55 Set #1 Time: 0-36 Set #2 Time: 0-22 Set #3 Time: 0-30 Set #4 Time: 0-27 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set #1 | Set #2 | Set #3 | Set #4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Japan |  JPN | 3 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 15 | |
| – | East Germany |  GDR | 1 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masayuki Minami | – | ||||
| 2 | Katsutoshi Nekoda | – | ||||
| 3 | Yuzo Nakamura | – | ||||
| 5 | Kenji Kimura | – | ||||
| 6 | Yoshihide Fukao | – | ||||
| 7 | Yasuhiro Noguchi | – | ||||
| 8 | Jungo Morita | – | ||||
| 9 | Tadayoshi Yokota | – | ||||
| 10 | Seiji Oko | – | ||||
| 11 | Tetsuo Sato | – | ||||
| 12 | Kenji Shimaoka | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 47 | |||||
| Coach | Yasutaka Matsudaira | |||||
East Germany| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horst Peter | – | ||||
| 2 | Horst Hagen | – | ||||
| 3 | Siegfried Schneider | – | ||||
| 4 | Wolfgang Löwe | – | ||||
| 5 | Rainer Tscharke | – | ||||
| 6 | Eckehard Pietzsch | – | ||||
| 7 | Arnold Schulz | – | ||||
| 8 | Wolfgang Maibohm | – | ||||
| 9 | Wolfgang Weise | – | ||||
| 10 | Jürgen Maune | – | ||||
| 11 | Rudi Schumann | – | ||||
| 12 | Wolfgang Webner | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 46 | |||||
| Coach | Herbert Jenter | |||||
