Basketball Final Stage Brackets in the 1972 Olympic Games

Information about knockout stage results from the basketball tournament played in the 1972 Olympics with champion, medals, national teams, dates, scores, boxscores and more.

Basketball Final Stage Brackets in the 1972 Olympic Games
There Was No Round of 16		There Were No Quarter Finals		Semi-Finals			Final Game
			USA			68
			Italy			38
						Final
						USA				50
						Soviet Union				51
					Third Place
					Italy			65
					Cuba			66
			Soviet Union			67
			Cuba			61

All the Games from the Playoffs

Date	Stage	Results
Sep 05, 1972	Classification 13-16		Egypt	0 - 2	Philippines
			* forfeit
Sep 05, 1972	Classification 9-12		West Germany	69 - 70	Australia
Sep 05, 1972	Classification 13-16		Japan	70 - 67	Senegal
Sep 05, 1972	Classification 9-12		Spain	76 - 87	Poland
Sep 06, 1972	Classification 5-8		Czechoslovakia	63 - 66	Yugoslavia
Sep 06, 1972	Classification 5-8		Puerto Rico	87 - 83	Brazil
Sep 06, 1972	Semifinals		Soviet Union	67 - 61	Cuba
Sep 06, 1972	Semifinals		USA	68 - 38	Italy
Sep 07, 1972	Classification 13-16, Place 13		Philippines	82 - 73	Japan
Sep 08, 1972	Classification 9-12, Place 11		West Germany	83 - 84	Spain
Sep 08, 1972	Classification 5-8, Place 7		Czechoslovakia	69 - 87	Brazil
Sep 08, 1972	3rd Place Game		Cuba	66 - 65	Italy
			Bronze
Sep 09, 1972	Classification 9-12, Place 9		Australia	91 - 83	Poland
Sep 09, 1972	Classification 5-8, Place 5		Yugoslavia	86 - 70	Puerto Rico
Sep 09, 1972	Final Game		Soviet Union	51 - 50	USA
			Gold		Silver