1975 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1975 Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the final, India defeated Pakistan 2–1. It was the second World Cup final appearance for both the nations; Pakistan was the winner of the inaugural World Cup in 1971, and India, the runner-up (to Netherlands) at the 1973 edition. Germany defeated the hosts, Malaysia, 4–0 for third place.^[1]

India vs. Pakistan, Hockey World Cup Final, Kuala Lumpur.

1975 Hockey World Cup

Hoki Piala Dunia 1975 (Malay)
Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1975
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Dates	1–15 March 1975
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Stadium Merdeka
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	175 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ties Kruize Manzoor-ul Hassan Stefan Otulakowski (7 goals)
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Qualified teams

Date	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Malaysia
24 August – 2 September 1973	1973 World Cup	Amstelveen, Netherlands	7	Netherlands  India  West Germany  Pakistan  Spain  England  New Zealand
2 – 11 May 1974	1974 EuroHockey Championship	Madrid, Spain	1	Poland
31 August – 5 September 1974	Pan American qualification tournament	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1	Argentina
October 1974	1974 Africa Cup	Cairo, Egypt	1	Ghana
	Oceania		1	Australia
Total			12

Group stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	3	2	0	14	6	+8	8	Semifinal
2	Malaysia (H)	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Spain	5	2	1	2	5	9	−4	5[a]
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	5	6	−1	5[a]
5	Poland	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	3[b]
6	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	9	9	0	3[b]

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Spain wins head-to-head against New Zealand
2. Poland wins head-to-head against Netherlands

Fixtures

1 March 1975 Malaysia  0–0  New Zealand

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2 March 1975 Pakistan  2–2  Poland Hassan  40' Khan  52' Report Otulakowski  4', 60' City Stadium, Penang

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3 March 1975 Malaysia  0–0  Spain Report Stadium Mindef Umpires: K. Jamaspian (IRA)

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4 March 1975 Netherlands  1–2  New Zealand T. Kruize  49' Report Ineson  39' Patel  64' Jalan Raja Muda Stadium

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5 March 1975 Spain  4–1  Poland Amat  16', 26' Cabot  25' Borrel  41' Report Otulakowski  12'

5 March 1975 Netherlands  3–3  Pakistan T. Kruize  17', 42' Boerma  55' Report Hassan  20' Saeed  32' Rasool  57' Umpires: P. H. Jackson A. Renaud

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6 March 1975 Pakistan  2–0  New Zealand Khan  39' Saeed  54'

6 March 1975 Malaysia  3–1  Poland Francis  8' Shanmuganathan  60' Mahendran  63' Report Otulakowski  26' Jalan Pantai Ground

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7 March 1975 Spain  1–0  New Zealand Salles  44'

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9 March 1975 Netherlands  3–0  Spain Boerma  45', 69' Boelaars  64' Report

9 March 1975 New Zealand  3–2  Poland Patel  32', 60' Ineson  66' Sitek  6' Mielniczak  20'

9 March 1975 Pakistan  2–1  Malaysia Saeed  14' Hassan  68' Report Loke  64' Jalan Raja Muda Stadium

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10 March 1975 Pakistan  5–0  Spain Hassan  21', 55' Zahid  25' Azam  36' Khan  57' Report Kilat Club Ground Umpires: P. H. Jackson

10 March 1975 Poland  2–1  Netherlands Otulakowski  52', 62' T. Kruize  48'

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11 March 1975 Malaysia  2–1  Netherlands Loke  21' Shanmuganathan  70' Report T. Kruize  63' Kilat Club Ground Attendance: 12,000

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	5	3	1	1	14	5	+9	7[a]	Semifinal
2	West Germany	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	7[a]
3	Australia	5	2	2	1	16	6	+10	6
4	England	5	2	1	2	13	10	+3	5
5	Argentina	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	5
6	Ghana	5	0	0	5	4	27	−23	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
Notes:

1. India wins head-to-head against West Germany

The match played between India and West Germany on 7 March 1975 was abandoned due to bad light and was rescheduled for 10 March. The match was played at the Jalan Raja Muda Stadium and was stopped 25 minutes from time after West Germany goalkeeper complained of poor light, and the officials decided to call off the match.^[2]

Fixtures

2 March 1975 Australia  9–0  Ghana Smith  16' Walter  18', 34', 38' Walsh  26' Marshall  52' Cooke  57' Browning  67'

2 March 1975 India  2–1  England Philips  16', 28' Report Herbert  22' Stadium Merdeka Umpires: P. S. Lathouwers (NED) G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

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3 March 1975 West Germany  4–2  Argentina Strodter  17' Peter  40' Kässmann  43' Trump  57' J. Sabbione  12' A. Sabbione  65'

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5 March 1975 Australia  1–3  England Cooke  33' Report Whitaker  22', 24' Svehlik  65'

5 March 1975 West Germany  3–2  Ghana Vos  18', 51' W. Krause  68' Report Sam  35', 58' Attendance: 8,000 Umpires: K. Jamaspian (IRA)

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7 March 1975 India  1–1  Australia Govinda  4' Report Irvine  12' Jalan Raja Muda Stadium Umpires: G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

7 March 1975 Argentina  2–1  Ghana Paolucci  27', 46' Report Sam  52' Kilat Club Ground

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8 March 1975 Argentina  3–3  England Paolucci  19' Quaquarini  32' Sibbione  38' Neale  36', 64' Long  52'

8 March 1975 India  7–0  Ghana Surjit  3' Govinda  9' Khan  11' Mohinder  44', 56', 59' Kumar  47'

8 March 1975 Australia  2–2  West Germany Haigh  66' Poole  68' Report Lissek  37' Peter  65'

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9 March 1975 West Germany  3–0  England Strodter  22' Vos  59' Seifert  68' Report

9 March 1975 Argentina  2–1  India de Giocami  25' Barreiros  28' Report Harc. Singh  22' Hockey Stadium, Seremban Attendance: 12,000

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10 March 1975 14:00 Australia  3–0  Argentina Walter  34' Hammond  40' Browning  66'

10 March 1975 14:00 India  3–1  West Germany Philips  19' M. Singh  37' Pawar  57' Report Schmidt  23' Stadium Merdeka Attendance: 10,000

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11 March 1975 14:00 England  6–1  Ghana Long  5', 53' Disbury  11', 27', 51' Svehlik  67' Sam  52'

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	12 March
	Netherlands	5
					14 March
	Argentina	0
					Netherlands	3
	12 March
					Poland	1
	Poland (a.e.t.)	3
	Ghana	2
					Eleventh place game
					14 March
					Argentina	6
					Ghana	0

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

12 March 1975 Netherlands  5–0  Argentina Mundt  10' T. Kruize  16' Steens  27', 60' Boerma  32' Report

12 March 1975 Poland  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Ghana Grotowski  34', 56' Otulakowski  104' Report Sam  43' Aboagye  57'

Eleventh and twelfth place

14 March 1975 Argentina  6–0  Ghana Marinoni  ?' Paolucci  ?', ?', ?' Disera  ?' de Giacomi  ?'

Ninth and tenth place

14 March 1975 Netherlands  3–1  Poland H. Kruize  23', 69' T. Kruize  53' Stefanski

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	12 March
	England (a.e.t.)	5
					14 March
	Spain	4
					Australia	3
	12 March
					England	1
	Australia	5
	New Zealand	0
					Seventh place game
					14 March
					New Zealand	2
					Spain	1

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

12 March 1975 Australia  5–0  New Zealand Marshall  6' Charlesworth  20', 60' Irvine  29', 44' Report

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12 March 1975 England  5–4 (a.e.t.)  Spain Svehlik  5', 28', 86' McGinn  17' Long  68' Gegura  12' Fabregas  31' Salles  35' Borrell  58'

Seventh and eighth place

14 March 1975 New Zealand  2–1  Spain Patel  27' Parkin  46' Fabregas  28'

Fifth and sixth place

14 March 1975 Australia  3–1  England Irvine  17', 43' Haigh  69' Neale  65'

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 March
	Pakistan	5
					15 March
	West Germany	1
					India	2
	13 March
					Pakistan	1
	India (a.e.t.)	3
	Malaysia	2
					Third place
					15 March
					West Germany	4
					Malaysia	0

Semi-finals

The semi-final match between India and Malaysia was played on 13 March and was called off due to rain nine minutes into the game. It was rescheduled for the following day.^[3]

13 March 1975 Pakistan  5–1  West Germany Khan  6' Hassan  38', 41', 55' Mansoor Jr.  54' Report Drose  58' Attendance: 15,000

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14 March 1975 India  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Malaysia Pawar  40' Khan  66' Harcharan  79' Report Loke  33' Shanmuganathan  42' Stadium Merdeka Attendance: 50,000 Umpires: H. Servetto (ARG) P. S. Lathouwers (NED)

Third and fourth place

15 March 1975 West Germany  4–0  Malaysia Lauruschkat  4' Strodter  15' Trump  45', 60' Report Stadium Merdeka

Final

In the final match, Indian team faced its traditional archrival Pakistani team. Match was scheduled on 15 March 1975. Ashok Kumar scored the all-important winning goal to achieve India's lone triumph in the World cup.^[4][5][6][7]

15 March 1975 15:00 India  2–1  Pakistan S. Singh  44' Kumar  51' Zahid  17' Attendance: 35,000—50,000[8][9] Umpires: G. Vijayanathan (MAS) A. Renaud (FRA)

India Squad^[9]
Leslie Fernandez, Ashok Diwan (shirt no. 2), Surjit Singh (4), Michael Kindo, Aslam Sher Khan (5), Varinder Singh (6), Onkar Singh, Mohinder Singh (8), Ajit Pal Singh (7 Captain), Ashok Kumar (17), B. P. Govinda (11), Harcharan Singh (15), Harjinder Singh, Victor Philips (10), Shivaji Pawar (16), P. E. Kalaiah

Pakistan Squad^[9]
Saleem Sherwani (shirt no. 1), Manzoor-ul Hassan (2), Munawar-uz-Zaman (3), Saleem Nazim (14), Akhtar Rasool (5), Iftikhar Ahmed Syed (6), Islahuddin (7 Captain), Mohammad Azam (15), Manzoor Hussain (9), Zahid Sheikh (10), Samiullah Khan (11), Safdar Abbas (16)

1975 Hockey World Cup winner
India First title

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	India
	Pakistan
	West Germany
4	Malaysia
5	Australia
6	England
7	New Zealand
8	Spain
9	Netherlands
10	Poland
11	Argentina
12	Ghana

See also

• 1974 Women's Hockey World Cup