1975 Men's Hockey World Cup

1975 Hockey World Cup
Hoki Piala Dunia 1975 (Malay)
Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1975
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Dates1–15 March 1975
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Stadium Merdeka
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runner-up Pakistan
Third place West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored175 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ties Kruize
Manzoor-ul Hassan
Stefan Otulakowski (7 goals)
← 1973 (previous) (next) 1978 →

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]

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. ^ a b Spain wins head-to-head against New Zealand
  2. ^ a b Poland wins head-to-head against Netherlands

Fixtures

1 March 1975
Malaysia  0–0  New Zealand
2 March 1975
Pakistan  2–2  Poland
Hassan  40'
Khan  52' 		Report Otulakowski  4', 60'
City Stadium, Penang
3 March 1975
Malaysia  0–0  Spain
Report
Stadium Mindef
Umpires:
K. Jamaspian (IRA)
4 March 1975
Netherlands  1–2  New Zealand
T. Kruize  49' Report Ineson  39'
Patel  64'
Jalan Raja Muda Stadium
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
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
7 March 1975
Spain  1–0  New Zealand
Salles  44'
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
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'
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. ^ a b 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)
3 March 1975
West Germany  4–2  Argentina
Strodter  17'
Peter  40'
Kässmann  43'
Trump  57' 		J. Sabbione  12'
A. Sabbione  65'
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)
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
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'
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
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
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 semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
12 March
 
 
 Netherlands5
 
14 March
 
 Argentina0
 
 Netherlands3
 
12 March
 
 Poland1
 
 Poland (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Ghana2
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
14 March
 
 
 Argentina6
 
 
 Ghana0

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 semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
12 March
 
 
 England (a.e.t.)5
 
14 March
 
 Spain4
 
 Australia3
 
12 March
 
 England1
 
 Australia5
 
 
 New Zealand0
 
Seventh place game
 
 
14 March
 
 
 New Zealand2
 
 
 Spain1

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

12 March 1975
Australia  5–0  New Zealand
Marshall  6'
Charlesworth  20', 60'
Irvine  29', 44' 		Report
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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 March
 
 
 Pakistan5
 
15 March
 
 West Germany1
 
 India2
 
13 March
 
 Pakistan1
 
 India (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Malaysia2
 
Third place
 
 
15 March
 
 
 West Germany4
 
 
 Malaysia0

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
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

References

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  2. ^ Frida, Ernest (7 March 1975). "India v Germany tie ends in a big uproar". The Straits Times. p. 28. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Rained off". The Straits Times. 14 March 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ^ "India celebrates 30th anniversary of World Cup triumph". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 16 March 2005. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  5. ^ Lokapally, Vijay (26 February 2010). "The 1975 triumph and after". The Hindu. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  6. ^ "1975 Mens World Cup: World Cup - Competitions - International Hockey Federation". Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 17 Mar. 1975". the Times.
  8. ^ "India fight back to rule hockey world". New Nation. 16 March 1975. p. 20. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Frida, Ernest (16 March 1975). "INDIA ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS". The Straits Times. p. 26. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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