| Date | 31 August 1972 — 19:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Volleyballhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
| Referee #1 | Alexander Mühle |  FRG |
| Referee #2 | Peter Lange |  GDR |
| Attendance | 3,900 | |
| Details | Match Time: 1-36 Set #1 Time: 0-24 Set #2 Time: 0-25 Set #3 Time: 0-28 Set #4 Time: 0-19 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set #1 | Set #2 | Set #3 | Set #4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 3 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| – | Bulgaria |  BUL | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Poyarkov | – | ||||
| 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 | 54 | |||||
| Coach | Yury Chesnokov | |||||
Bulgaria| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandar Trenev | – | ||||
| 2 | Tsano Tsanov | – | ||||
| 3 | Dimitar Zlatanov | – | ||||
| 4 | Ivan Ivanov | – | ||||
| 5 | Kiril Slavov | – | ||||
| 6 | Zdravko Simeonov | – | ||||
| 7 | Lachezar Stoyanov | – | ||||
| 8 | Dimitar Karov | – | ||||
| 9 | Ivan Dimitrov | – | ||||
| 10 | Emil Valchev | – | ||||
| 11 | Brunko Iliev | – | ||||
| 12 | Emil Trenev | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 46 | |||||
| Coach | Todor Simov | |||||
