Basketball at the 1972 Olympic Games: Preliminary Round Group B
National teams, games, results and standings of Group B from the Preliminary Round of the basketball tournament played in the 1972 Olympics, including details of points, games won and lost, points scored and received and other stats.
Preliminary Round Group B, National Teams
Preliminary Round Group B, Standings
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Games |
Points | |||||||||||||
| Standing | National Team | PTS |
GP | W | L | W.Perc | scored | against | diff. | Qualified for | ||||
| 1. |  Soviet Union |
14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 639 | 479 | 160 | Semifinals | ||||
| 2. |  Italy |
12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 547 | 471 | 76 | Semifinals | ||||
| 3. |  Yugoslavia |
12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 582 | 484 | 98 | Classification 5-8 | ||||
| 4. |  Puerto Rico |
12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 570 | 531 | 39 | Classification 5-8 | ||||
| 5. |  West Germany |
10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 482 | 518 | -36 | Classification 9-12 | ||||
| 6. |  Poland |
9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 520 | 536 | -16 | Classification 9-12 | ||||
| 7. |  Philippines |
8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 526 | 666 | -140 | Classification 13-16 | ||||
| 8. |  Senegal |
7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000 | 405 | 586 | -181 | Classification 13-16 | ||||
Abbreviations:
GP = Games played / W = Wins / L = Losses / W.Perc = Winning Percentage
Preliminary Round Group B, Games Played
Game
Date
Results
1.
Aug 27, 1972
Poland
90
-
75
Philippines
2.
Aug 27, 1972
Yugoslavia
85
-
78
Italy
3.
Aug 27, 1972
Senegal
52
-
94
Soviet Union
4.
Aug 27, 1972
West Germany
74
-
81
Puerto Rico
5.
Aug 28, 1972
West Germany
63
-
87
Soviet Union
6.
Aug 28, 1972
Senegal
56
-
92
Italy
7.
Aug 28, 1972
Puerto Rico
92
-
72
Philippines
8.
Aug 28, 1972
Poland
64
-
85
Yugoslavia
9.
Aug 29, 1972
Senegal
59
-
95
Poland
10.
Aug 29, 1972
Soviet Union
79
-
66
Italy
11.
Aug 29, 1972
Puerto Rico
79
-
74
Yugoslavia
12.
Aug 29, 1972
West Germany
93
-
74
Philippines
13.
Aug 30, 1972
Soviet Union
94
-
64
Poland
14.
Aug 30, 1972
West Germany
57
-
68
Italy
15.
Aug 30, 1972
Philippines
76
-
117
Yugoslavia
16.
Aug 30, 1972
Puerto Rico
92
-
57
Senegal
17.
Sep 01, 1972
Senegal
62
-
68
Philippines
18.
Sep 01, 1972
West Germany
56
-
81
Yugoslavia
19.
Sep 01, 1972
Italy
71
-
59
Poland
20.
Sep 01, 1972
Soviet Union
100
-
87
Puerto Rico
21.
Sep 02, 1972
Yugoslavia
73
-
57
Senegal
22.
Sep 02, 1972
West Germany
67
-
65
Poland
23.
Sep 02, 1972
Philippines
80
-
111
Soviet Union
24.
Sep 02, 1972
Italy
71
-
54
Puerto Rico
25.
Sep 03, 1972
Italy
101
-
81
Philippines
26.
Sep 03, 1972
Poland
83
-
85
Puerto Rico
27.
Sep 03, 1972
Yugoslavia
67
-
74
Soviet Union
28.
Sep 03, 1972
West Germany
72
-
62
Senegal