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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 from a goal difference of 2–1. Surjit Singh scored the first crucial goal followed with the winner from Ashok Kumar. 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 of 1973 edition. Germany defeated hosts, Malaysia, with a goal difference of 4–0 for third place.[1]

1975 Hockey World Cup
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 Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored175 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Ties Kruize
Pakistan Manzoor-ul Hassan
Poland Stefan Otulakowski (7 goals)
← 1973 (previous) (next) 1978 →

Qualified teams edit

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 edit

Pool A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Ninth to twelfth place classification edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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

Ninth and tenth place edit

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

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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

Fifth and sixth place edit

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

First to fourth place classification edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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

Final edit

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 Hasan Sr (2), Munawar uz Zaman (3), Salim Nazim (14), Akhtar Rasool (5), Iftikhar Ahmed (6), Islahuddin (7 Captain), Mohammad Azam (15), Manzoor ul Hasan Jr (9), Mohammad Zahid (10), Samiullah Khan (11), Safdar Abbas (16)


 1975 Hockey World Cup winner 
 
India
First title

Final ranking edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shah, J. J. (28 September 2011). "Targeting New Heights". malaysiahockey.com.my. Malaysian Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  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.

External links edit

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