| Date | 3 September 1972 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Volleyballhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
| Referee #1 | Boris Leonov |  URS | 
| Referee #2 | Park Ji-Kuk |  KOR | 
| Attendance | 3,300 | |
| Details | Match Time: 0-52 Set #1 Time: 0-20 Set #2 Time: 0-13 Set #3 Time: 0-19 | 
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | East Germany |  GDR | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| – | West Germany |  FRG | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 
 East Germany
East Germany| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Siegfried Schneider | – | ||||
| 6 | Eckehard Pietzsch | – | ||||
| 7 | Arnold Schulz | – | ||||
| 9 | Wolfgang Weise | – | ||||
| 10 | Jürgen Maune | – | ||||
| 11 | Rudi Schumann | – | ||||
| 12 | Wolfgang Webner | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 45 | |||||
| Coach | Herbert Jenter | |||||
 West Germany
West Germany| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Uwe Zitranski | – | ||||
| 3 | Volker Paulus | – | ||||
| 4 | Klaus-Dieter Buschle | – | ||||
| 5 | Bernard Endrich | – | ||||
| 6 | Hans-Georg von der Ohe | – | ||||
| 7 | Hatto Nolte | – | ||||
| 8 | Toni Rimrod | – | ||||
| 9 | Ulf Tütken | – | ||||
| 11 | Hans-Ulrich Graßhoff | – | ||||
| 12 | Rüdiger Hild | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | |||||
| Coach | Manfred Kindermann | |||||