The 1972 World Cup took place 9–12 November at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 20th World Cup event. The tournament was a stroke play team event, shortened from 72 holes, after the second round, scheduled on Friday, was cancelled due to bad weather, to 54 holes with 43 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Republic of China team of Hsieh Min-Nan and Lu Liang-Huan won by two strokes over the Japan team of Takaaki Kono and Takashi Murakami. The individual competition was won by Hsieh two strokes ahead of Kono. This was the first team victory for the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan, in the history of the World Cup, founded in 1953 and until 1967 named the Canada Cup.

Teams CountryPlayersRoberto De Vicenzo and Vicente FernándezBruce Crampton and Bill DunkOswald Gartenmaier and Rudolf HauserDonald Swaelens and Flory Van DonckJose Maria Gonzalez Jr and Luis Carlos PintoPhil Giroux and Bob PanasikFrancisco Cerda and Rafael JerezAlfonso Bohórquez and Juan PinzonHerluf Hansen and Henning KristensenFarouk Badr and Mohamed Said MoussaGuy Hunt and Tony JacklinJean Garaïalde and Bernard PascassioJohn Sotiropoulos and George Vafiadis (a)Joe Hardwick and Peter TangSalim Denim and SoeparnoJimmy Kinsella and John O'LearyRoberto Bernardini and Alberto CrocePeter Millhouse and Seymore RoseTakaaki Kono and Takashi MurakamiMohammed Salah Ziaani and Muftah SalemZainal Abidin Yusof and Bobby Lim Yat FoongRamón Cruz and Victor RegaladoOmar Ben El-Harcha and Benrokia MassaoudJan Dorrestein and Bertus Van MookBob Charles and Walter GodfreyPatrick Okpomu and Paul OsanebiBernabé Fajardo and Raul TraviesoBen Arda and Ireneo LegaspiHenrique Paulino and Joaquin RodriguesDavid Jimenez and Dan MurphyLu Liang-Huan and Hsieh Min-NanDumitru Muneanu (a) and Paul TomitaHarry Bannerman and Ronnie ShadeDavid Milne and Phua Thin Kiay Tienie Britz and Gary PlayerHahn Sang-chan and Kim Seung-hackValentín Barrios and Ángel GallardoEric Ericsson and Jonas PeilBernard Cordonier and Ronald TingleySukree Onsham and Long ToyaiJim Jamieson and Tom WeiskopfKim Dabson and David VaughanRoman Krause and Gerhard König (a) denotes amateur

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Scores Team PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)(per team)1 144-141-153=438 +12 2,0002 141-145-154=440 +14 1,0003 149-144-151=444 +18 800T4 148-148-149=445 +19 100 150-142-153=4456 151-153-145=449 +23 T7 144-150-158=452 +26 146-148-158=4529 151-145-157=453 +27T10 148-156-152=456 +30 148-153-155=456T12 164-146-152=462 +36 153-156-153=462T14 153-149-151=463 +37 151-154-158=46316 152-152-160=464 +38T17 148-150-168=466 +40 154-153-159=466 158-154-154=466 156-153-157=46621 157-152-159=468 +42T22 154-154-161=469 +43 159-154-156=46924 158-152-160=470 +44T25 155-155-166=476 +50 155-158-163=47627 160-161-156=477 +5128 155-156-167=478 +5229 162-158-161=481 +5530 159-162-161=482 +56T31 159-162-166=487 +61 156-165-166=48733 159-170-162=491 +65T34 160-165-167=492 +66 165-159-168=492T36 167-166-164=497 +71 168-166-163=49738 170-167-165=502 +7639 167-168-174=509 +8340 168-167-175=510 +8441 167-164-182=513 +8742 181-174-179=534 +10843 185-188-182=555 +129

International Trophy PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Hsieh Min-Nan 70-69-78=217 +4 1,0002 Takaaki Kono 71-72-76=219 +6 5003 Tienie Britz 73-72-75=220 +7 400T4 Bruce Crampton 73-70-78=221 +8 67Lu Liang-Huan 74-72-75=221Takashi Murakami 70-73-78=221T7 Jim Jamieson 73-73-76=222 +9 Sukree Onsham 71-77-74=222Donald Swaelens 70-74-78=222T10 Roberto De Vicenzo 75-69-79=223 +10Guy Hunt 74-76-73=223Tom Weiskopf 77-69-77=223

Sources:Taiwan's Cup by 2 strokes The Straits Times, 13 November 1972, Page 29Taiwan, Japan well clear in World Cup The Straits Times, 12 November 1972, Page 27

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