In the 1972 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.

Group stage

The teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nitra	6	6	0	0	19	5	+14	12
2	Wacker Innsbruck	6	2	0	4	12	13	−1	4
3	KB	6	2	0	4	10	13	−3	4
4	Örgryte	6	2	0	4	11	21	−10	4

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norrköping	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	8
2	Austria Salzburg	6	4	0	2	11	9	+2	8
3	Winterthur	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6
4	Górnik Wałbrzych	6	0	2	4	3	9	−6	2

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saint-Étienne	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	10
2	Wisła Kraków	6	2	3	1	12	3	+9	7
3	Young Boys	6	1	2	3	4	17	−13	4
4	Åtvidaberg	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	3

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Slavia Prague	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	7
2	Malmö FF	6	3	1	2	15	12	+3	7
3	Nice	6	2	1	3	11	14	−3	5
4	Aachen	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	5

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Slovan Bratislava	6	5	0	1	16	7	+9	10
2	First Vienna	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	6
3	Zürich	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	5
4	Djurgården	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	3

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Eintracht Braunschweig	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	9
2	Žilina	6	3	2	1	11	11	0	8
3	Landskrona	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	6
4	Vejle	6	0	1	5	5	16	−11	1

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hannover	6	4	1	1	15	10	+5	9
2	Grasshopper	6	2	3	1	12	7	+5	7
3	Stal Mielec	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	7
4	Hvidovre	6	0	1	5	5	16	−11	1

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	VÖEST Linz	6	2	3	1	10	8	+2	7
2	Odra Opole	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	6
3	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	6
4	Frem	6	2	1	3	9	14	−5	5