| 1972 World Cup | |
| Dates: | 9–12 November |
| Location: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Course: | Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite of East and West Courses) |
| Format: | 54 holes stroke play combined score |
| Par: | 71 |
| Yardage: | 6944yd |
| Field: | 43 two-man teams |
| Cut: | None |
| Purse: | US$6,300 |
| Winners Share: | $2,000 team $1,000 individual |
| Champion: | Hsieh Min-Nan & Lu Liang-Huan |
| Score: | 438 (+12) |
| Map: | Australia#Australia Victoria |
| Map Label: | Royal Melbourne Golf Club |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 220 |
| Previous: | 1971 |
| Next: | 1973 |
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.
| Country | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto De Vicenzo and Vicente Fernández | ||
| Bruce Crampton and Bill Dunk | ||
| Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolf Hauser | ||
| Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck | ||
 | Jose Maria Gonzalez Jr and Luis Carlos Pinto | |
| Phil Giroux and Bob Panasik | ||
| Francisco Cerda and Rafael Jerez | ||
| Alfonso Bohórquez and Juan Pinzon | ||
| Herluf Hansen and Henning Kristensen | ||
 | Farouk Badr and Mohamed Said Moussa | |
| Guy Hunt and Tony Jacklin | ||
| Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio | ||
 | John Sotiropoulos and George Vafiadis (a) | |
 | Joe Hardwick and Peter Tang | |
| Salim Denim and Soeparno | ||
| Jimmy Kinsella and John O'Leary | ||
| Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce | ||
| Peter Millhouse and Seymore Rose | ||
 | Takaaki Kono and Takashi Murakami | |
 | Mohammed Salah Ziaani and Muftah Salem | |
| Zainal Abidin Yusof and Bobby Lim Yat Foong | ||
 | Ramón Cruz and Victor Regalado | |
| Omar Ben El-Harcha and Benrokia Massaoud | ||
| Jan Dorrestein and Bertus Van Mook | ||
| Bob Charles and Walter Godfrey | ||
| Patrick Okpomu and Paul Osanebi | ||
| Bernabé Fajardo and Raul Travieso | ||
 | Ben Arda and Ireneo Legaspi | |
| Henrique Paulino and Joaquin Rodrigues | ||
 | David Jimenez and Dan Murphy | |
| Lu Liang-Huan and Hsieh Min-Nan | ||
 | Dumitru Muneanu (a) and Paul Tomita | |
| Harry Bannerman and Ronnie Shade | ||
 | Tienie Britz and Gary Player | |
 | Hahn Sang-chan and Kim Seung-hack | |
 | Valentín Barrios and Ángel Gallardo | |
| Eric Ericsson and Jonas Peil | ||
| Bernard Cordonier and Ronald Tingley | ||
| Sukree Onsham and Long Toyai | ||
| Jim Jamieson and Tom Weiskopf | ||
| Kim Dabson and David Vaughan | ||
| Roman Krause and Gerhard König |
Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) (per team) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 144-141-153=438 | +12 | 2,000 | |
| 2 | | 141-145-154=440 | +14 | 1,000 |
| 3 | | 149-144-151=444 | +18 | 800 |
| T4 | 148-148-149=445 | +19 | 100 | |
| 150-142-153=445 | ||||
| 6 | 151-153-145=449 | +23 | ||
| T7 | 144-150-158=452 | +26 | ||
| | 146-148-158=452 | |||
| 9 | 151-145-157=453 | +27 | ||
| T10 | 148-156-152=456 | +30 | ||
| 148-153-155=456 | ||||
| T12 | 164-146-152=462 | +36 | ||
| | 153-156-153=462 | |||
| T14 | 153-149-151=463 | +37 | ||
| 151-154-158=463 | ||||
| 16 | 152-152-160=464 | +38 | ||
| T17 | 148-150-168=466 | +40 | ||
| | 154-153-159=466 | |||
| 158-154-154=466 | ||||
| 156-153-157=466 | ||||
| 21 | | 157-152-159=468 | +42 | |
| T22 | 154-154-161=469 | +43 | ||
| | 159-154-156=469 | |||
| 24 | | 158-152-160=470 | +44 | |
| T25 | 155-155-166=476 | +50 | ||
| 155-158-163=476 | ||||
| 27 | 160-161-156=477 | +51 | ||
| 28 | | 155-156-167=478 | +52 | |
| 29 | 162-158-161=481 | +55 | ||
| 30 | | 159-162-161=482 | +56 | |
| T31 | 159-162-166=487 | +61 | ||
| 156-165-166=487 | ||||
| 33 | 159-170-162=491 | +65 | ||
| T34 | | 160-165-167=492 | +66 | |
| 165-159-168=492 | ||||
| T36 | 167-166-164=497 | +71 | ||
| 168-166-163=497 | ||||
| 38 | 170-167-165=502 | +76 | ||
| 39 | 167-168-174=509 | +83 | ||
| 40 | 168-167-175=510 | +84 | ||
| 41 | 167-164-182=513 | +87 | ||
| 42 | | 181-174-179=534 | +108 | |
| 43 | | 185-188-182=555 | +129 |
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70-69-78=217 | +4 | 1,000 | ||
| 2 | | 71-72-76=219 | +6 | 500 | |
| 3 | | 73-72-75=220 | +7 | 400 | |
| T4 | 73-70-78=221 | +8 | 67 | ||
| 74-72-75=221 | |||||
| | 70-73-78=221 | ||||
| T7 | 73-73-76=222 | +9 | |||
| 71-77-74=222 | |||||
| 70-74-78=222 | |||||
| T10 | 75-69-79=223 | +10 | |||
| 74-76-73=223 | |||||
| 77-69-77=223 |
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