| Date | 5 September 1972 — 15:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Volleyballhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
| Referee #1 | Yoshihara Kazuo |  JPN |
| Referee #2 | Hans-Jürgen Geismar |  FRG |
| Attendance | 3,500 | |
| Details | Match Time: 2-06 Set #1 Time: 0-31 Set #2 Time: 0-23 Set #3 Time: 0-28 Set #4 Time: 0-17 Set #5 Time: 0-27 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set #1 | Set #2 | Set #3 | Set #4 | Set #5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 3 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | |
| – | Poland |  POL | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 |
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Poyarkov | – | ||||
| 2 | Valery Kravchenko | – | ||||
| 3 | Yefim Chulak | – | ||||
| 4 | Yevgeny Lapinsky | – | ||||
| 6 | Viktor Borshch | – | ||||
| 9 | Aleksandr Saprykin | – | ||||
| 10 | Yury Starunsky | – | ||||
| 11 | Vyacheslav Domani | – | ||||
| 12 | Vladimir Kondra | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 66 | |||||
| Coach | Yury Chesnokov | |||||
Poland| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Such | – | ||||
| 2 | Alojzy Świderek | – | ||||
| 3 | Bronisław Bebel | – | ||||
| 4 | Edward Skorek | – | ||||
| 6 | Wiesław Gawłowski | – | ||||
| 7 | Zdzisław Ambroziak | – | ||||
| 8 | Stanisław Gościniak | – | ||||
| 9 | Ryszard Bosek | – | ||||
| 11 | Zbigniew Zarzycki | – | ||||
| 12 | Marek Karbarz | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 67 | |||||
| Coach | Tadeusz Szlagor | |||||
