1972 Japan national ice hockey team

===First Round===
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
Team #1	Score	Team #2
Japan 	2–8 	Czechoslovakia
===Consolation Round===
Rank	Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7 	 	4 	3	1	0	22	10	6
8 	 	4 	3	1	0	16	14	6
9 	 	4 	2	1	1	17	16	5
10 	 	4 	0	2	2	9 	16	2
11 	Yugoslavia	4 	0	3	1	9 	17	1
*Japan 3-3 Switzerland
*Japan 3-2 Yugoslavia
*Japan 4-5 Norway
*Japan 7-6 West Germany
	Contestants Toshimitsu Otsubo Tsutomu Hanzawa Minoru Misawa Hiroshi Hori Iwao Nakayama Takeshi Akiba Fumio Yamazaki Takashi Tsuburai Minoru Ito Teruyasu Honma Yasushio Tanaka Hideaki Kurokawa Takao Hikigi Koji Iwamoto Isao Kakihara Toru Okajima Yoshio Hoshino Osamu Wakabayashi Hideo Suzuki
Category:1972 in hockey
Category:National team seasons