| Date | 27 August 1972 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
| Referee | Abe Fuchs |  BEL | 
| Attendance | 6,050 | 
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period 1 Score | Period 2 Score | Period 3 Score | Period 4 Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Spain |  ESP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| – | Japan |  JPN | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 
Spain| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Attempts | Shot % | Penalty Shot Goals | Exclusions | Penalty Fouls | Exclusion (w/wo Sub) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador Franch | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Juan Rubio | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Juan Sans | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 4 | Juan Jané | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 5 | Alfonso Cánovas | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Gabriel Soler | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Poncio Puigdevall | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 8 | Enrique Guardia | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 9 | José Padrós | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Gaspar Ventura | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | Luis Bestit | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | 18 | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Coach | Bandy Zolyomy | |||||||||||
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Attempts | Shot % | Penalty Shot Goals | Exclusions | Penalty Fouls | Exclusion (w/wo Sub) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yukiharu Oshita | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Hirokatsu Kuwayama | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Toshio Takahashi | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 4 | Shuzo Yajima | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 5 | Hiroshi Hashimoto | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Koji Nakano | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Naoto Minegishi | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 8 | Tatsuo Jihira | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 9 | Takashi Kimura | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Yoshihiro Yasumi | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | Toru Arase | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | 11 | 36.4% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Coach | Toru Arase | |||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:42 (1) | Juan Jané | ![]()  | 1-0 | |
| 03:04 (1) | Koji Nakano | ![]()  | 1-1 | |
| 02:11 (1) | Juan Rubio | ![]()  | 2-1 | |
| 01:47 (2) | Juan Jané | ![]()  | 3-1 | |
| 01:18 (2) | Hirokatsu Kuwayama | ![]()  | 3-2 | |
| 00:06 (2) | Koji Nakano | ![]()  | 3-3 | |
| 03:42 (3) | Hiroshi Hashimoto | ![]()  | 3-4 | |
| 01:08 (3) | Poncio Puigdevall | ![]()  | 4-4 | |
| 02:54 (4) | Juan Jané | ![]()  | 5-4 | |
| 01:34 (4) | Juan Jané | ![]()  | 6-4 | 
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:42 (1) | Shuzo Yajima | ![]()  | ||
| 02:48 (3) | Tatsuo Jihira | ![]()  | 
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:26 (1) | Juan Rubio | ![]()  | ||
| 01:38 (1) | Hiroshi Hashimoto | ![]()  | ||
| 02:20 (2) | Juan Rubio | ![]()  | ||
| 01:49 (3) | Hiroshi Hashimoto | ![]()  | ||
| 04:17 (4) | Alfonso Cánovas | ![]()  | ||
| 01:34 (4) | Poncio Puigdevall | ![]()  |