International Tournaments
- African Cup of Nations in Cameroon (February 23 – March 5, 1972)
- Congo
- Mali
- Cameroon
- 1972 British Home Championship (May 20 – May 27, 1972)
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- Shared by England and Scotland
- UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium (June 14 – 18 1972)
- West Germany
- Soviet Union
- Belgium
- Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany (August 26 – September 10, 1972)
- Poland
- Hungary
- Soviet Union and East Germany
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