| Date | 8 September 1972 — 19:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Volleyballhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
| Referee #1 | Dušan Prieložný |  TCH |
| Referee #2 | Zygmunt Zwierzański |  POL |
| Attendance | 3,800 | |
| Details | Match Time: 1-43 Set #1 Time: 0-26 Set #2 Time: 0-21 Set #3 Time: 0-30 Set #4 Time: 0-26 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set #1 | Set #2 | Set #3 | Set #4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | East Germany |  GDR | 3 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | |
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
East Germany| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Siegfried Schneider | – | ||||
| 5 | Rainer Tscharke | – | ||||
| 6 | Eckehard Pietzsch | – | ||||
| 7 | Arnold Schulz | – | ||||
| 8 | Wolfgang Maibohm | – | ||||
| 9 | Wolfgang Weise | – | ||||
| 11 | Rudi Schumann | – | ||||
| 12 | Wolfgang Webner | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 58 | |||||
| Coach | Herbert Jenter | |||||
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Valery Kravchenko | – | ||||
| 3 | Yefim Chulak | – | ||||
| 4 | Yevgeny Lapinsky | – | ||||
| 5 | Vladimir Putyatov | – | ||||
| 6 | Viktor Borshch | – | ||||
| 7 | Vladimir Patkin | – | ||||
| 8 | Leonid Zayko | – | ||||
| 9 | Aleksandr Saprykin | – | ||||
| 10 | Yury Starunsky | – | ||||
| 11 | Vyacheslav Domani | – | ||||
| 12 | Vladimir Kondra | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 38 | |||||
| Coach | Yury Chesnokov | |||||
