| Tourney Name: | Merdeka Tournament |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Dates: | 12 July - 29 July |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second: | Malaysia |
| Third: | Japan |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1947 |
| Fourth Other: | Malaysia B |
| Matches: | 38 |
| Goals: | 142 |
| Prevseason: | 1971 |
| Nextseason: | 1973 |
The 1972 Merdeka Tournament was held from 12 July to 29 July 1972 in Malaysia. Twelve teams from 11 nations participated.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
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| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +-2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Burma B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 0 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
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| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia B | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 1 |
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