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| 2002 Hockey World Cup |
February 18, 2002 
Arun Arnaw
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An enlarged field of 16 nations will vie for top honours in the 10th Men’s Hockey World Cup. These nations are divided into two pools of eight teams each as follows:-
Pool A: Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain
Pool B: Australia, Cuba, England, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Poland
The World Cup starts on February 24 when debutant Cuba takes on Olympic runners up South Korea in a curtain raiser. The final will be held on March 9. There will be a total of 72 matches including 56 pool matches, 2 semi finals, one final, 6 cross over play offs and 7 classification matches.
Hereunder are some interesting statistical facts of the Hockey World Cup -
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First World Cup: Barcelona, Spain 1971
Duration : October 15 - October 24, 1971
Venue : Real Polo grounds
Participating Teams: Pool A : India, West Germany, France, Kenya, Argentina
Pool B : Pakistan, Australia, Netherlands, Japan, Spain
First Match of the World Cup: Pakistan beat Australia 5-2 on October 15, 1971
First Goal of the World Cup: by Tanvir Dar (Pakistan)
Total Matches Played: 30
Biggest Margin of Victory: 5-1 by Germany over Argentina and
4-0 by Germany over France
Total Goals Scored: 67
Most Goals Scored by a Team:14 by Pakistan (in 6 matches)
Final: Pakistan defeated Spain 1-0
Winning Captain: Khalid Mahmood
India’s Position: Third
Indian Captain: Ajitpal Singh
India’s Performance: Pool: beat France 1-0, beat Argentina 1-0, beat Kenya 2-0, beat Germany 1-0; (India topped the Pool and
qualified for the Semi Final)
SF: lost to Pakistan 1-2;
3rd Place: beat Kenya 2-1
Final Standings: 1 Pakistan 2 Spain 3 India 4 Kenya 5 Germany 6 Netherlands 7 France 8 Australia 9 Japan 10 Argentina
Most Goals in a Match: 3 by Tanvir Dar (Pakistan) Vs Netherlands
Hat tricks: Tanvir Dar (Pakistan) Vs Netherlands
Leading Goal Scorer: 8 by Tanvir Dar (Pakistan)
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Second World Cup: Amsterdam, Netherlands 1973
Duration : August 24 – September 2, 1973
Venue : Wapener Stadium
Participating Teams: Pool A : West Germany, India, Spain, New Zealand, Kenya, Japan
Pool B : Pakistan, Netherlands, England, Belgium, Malaysia, Argentina
Total Matches Played: 42
Biggest Margin of Victory: 8-1 by New Zealand over Japan and
6-0 by Pakistan over Argentina
Total Goals Scored: 126
Most Goals Scored by a Team: 17 by Spain (in 7 matches)
Final: Netherlands defeated India 6-4 in tie breaker after being locked 2-2 in scheduled and extra time.
Winning Captain: Nico Spitz
India’s Position: Second
Indian Captain: MP Ganesh
India’s Performance: Pool: beat Japan 5-0, drew Germany 0-0, beat Kenya 4-0, drew New Zealand 1-1, beat Spain 2-0 (India finished second behind
Germany in the Pool and qualified for the Semi Final)
SF: beat Pakistan 1-0
Final: lost to Netherlands 4-6 in tie breaker after being locked 2-2 in scheduled and extra time.
Final Standings: 1 Netherlands 2 India 3 Germany 4 Pakistan 5 Spain 6 England 7 New Zealand 8 Belgium 9 Argentina 10 Japan 11 Malaysia 12 Kenya
Most Goals in a Match: 3 by Thies Kruize (Netherlands) Vs Malaysia
Hat tricks: by Thies Kruize (Netherlands) Vs Malaysia
Leading Goal Scorer: 11 by Thies Kruize (Netherlands)
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Third World Cup: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1975
Duration : March 1 – 19, 1975
Venue : Merdeka Stadium
Participating Teams: Pool A : Pakistan, Netherlands, Spain, Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland
Pool B : India, West Germany, Australia, England, Argentina, Ghana
Total Matches Played: 42
Biggest Margin of Victory: 9 - 0 by Australia over Ghana
7 - 0 by India over Ghana
Total Goals Scored: 175
Most Goals Scored by a Team: 24 by Australia (in 7 matches)
Final: India defeated Pakistan 2 - 1
Winning Captain: Ajitpal Singh
India’s Position: First
Indian Captain: Ajitpal Singh
India’s Performance: Pool: beat England 2-1, drew Australia 1-1, beat Ghana 7-0, lost to Argentina 1-2, beat Germany 3-1 (India topped the Pool and
qualified for the Semi Final)
SF: beat Malaysia 3-2
Final: beat Pakistan 2-1
Final Standings: 1 India 2 Pakistan 3 Germany 4 Malaysia 5 Australia 6 England 7 New Zealand 8 Spain 9 Netherlands 10 Poland 11 Argentina 12 Ghana
Most Goals in a Match: 4 by Graham Walter (Australia) Vs Ghana
Hat tricks: by Graham Walter (Australia) Vs Ghana
Leading Goal Scorer: 7 each by Thies Kruize (Netherlands), Manzoor Sr (Pakistan) and S Otulkowaski (Poland)
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Fourth World Cup: Buenos Aires, Argentina 1978
Duration : March 18 – April 1, 1978
Venue : Campo del Polo grounds
Participating Teams: Pool A : Australia, West Germany, India, England, Poland, Canada, Belgium
Pool B : Pakistan, Netherlands, Spain, Argentina, Malaysia, Ireland, Italy
Total Matches Played: 55
Biggest Margin of Victory: 9 - 0 by Pakistan over Ireland
8 - 0 by Netherlands over Italy
7 - 0 by Pakistan over Argentina
7 - 0 by Germany over India
7 - 0 by Pakistan over Italy
Most Goals in a Match: 13 Germany (9) Vs Poland (4)
11 Poland (7) Vs Belgium (4)
Total Goals Scored: 225
Most Goals Scored by a Team: 35 by Pakistan (in 8 matches)
Final: Pakistan defeated Netherlands 3 - 2
Winning Captain: Islahuddin
India’s Position: Sixth
Indian Captain: VJ Phillips
India’s Performance: Pool: beat Belgium 1-0, lost to Canada 1-3, beat Australia 2-0, lost to Germany 0-7, beat Poland 3-1, drew England 1-1 (India
finished third in the Table behind Australia and Germany)
Classification Matches (5th to 8th): beat Argentina 3-2;
For 5th Place: lost to Spain 0-2
Final Standings: 1 Pakistan 2 Netherlands 3 Australia 4 Germany 5 Spain 6 India 7 England 8 Argentina 9 Poland 10 Malaysia 11Canada 12 Ireland 13 Italy 14 Belgium
Most Individual Goals in a Match: 4 by Paul Litjens (Netherlands) Vs Italy
Hat tricks: Munawwar Zaman (Pakistan) Vs Italy
W Stroedter (Germany) Vs Belgium
Steve Long (England) Vs Canada
Leading Goal Scorer: 15 by Paul Litjens (Netherlands),
14 by Wulfgong Stroedter (Germany)
12 by Ian Cook (Australia)
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Fifth World Cup: Mumbai, India 1981-82
Duration : December 29, 1981 – January 12, 1982
Venue : Wankhede Stadium
Participating Teams: Pool A : Pakistan, West Germany, Spain, Argentina, Poland, New Zealand
Pool B : Netherlands, Australia, India, England, USSR, Malaysia
Total Matches Played: 42
Biggest Margin of Victory: 12 - 3 by Pakistan over New Zealand
Most Goals in a Match: 15 Pakistan (12) Vs New Zealand (3)
Total Goals Scored: 217
Most Goals Scored by a Team: 38 by Pakistan (in 7 matches)
Final: Pakistan defeated Germany 3 - 1
Winning Captain: Akhtar Rasool
India’s Position: Fifth
Indian Captain: Surjit Singh
India’s Performance: Pool: beat Malaysia 6-2, lost to Netherlands 3-4, beat USSR 7-2, beat England 4-2, lost to Australia 1-2 (India
finished third in the Table behind Australia and Netherlands)
Classification Matches (5th to 8th): beat New Zealand 3-2
For 5th Place: beat USSR 5-1
Final Standings: 1 Pakistan 2 Germany 3 Australia 4 Netherlands 5 India 6 Soviet Union 7 New Zealand 8 Poland 9 England 10 Malaysia 11 Spain 12 Argentina
Most Individual Goals in a Match: 4 by Hasan Sardar (Pakistan) Vs New Zealand
Hat tricks: Hasan Sardar (Pakistan) Vs New Zealand
M Peter (Germany) Vs Pakistan
Rajinder Singh (India) Vs New Zealand
Leading Goal Scorer: 12 by Rajinder Singh (India)
10 by Hasan Sardar (Pakistan)
Player of the Tournament: Hasan Sardar (Pakistan)
Fair Play Trophy: New Zealand
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Sixth World Cup: London, England 1986
Duration : October 4 – 19, 1986
Venue : Willesden
Participating Teams: Pool A : Netherlands, Pakistan, England, USSR, Argentina, New Zealand
Pool B : Australia, West Germany, Spain, India, Canada, Poland
Total Matches Played: 42
Biggest Margin of Victory: 6 - 0 by Australia over Spain
6 - 0 by Australia over India
Most Goals in a Match: 9 Netherlands (7) Vs Poland (2)
Total Goals Scored: 146
Most Goals Scored by a Team: 31 by Australia (in 7 matches)
Final: Australia defeated England 2 - 1
Winning Captain: David Bell
India’s Position: Twelth
Indian Captain: Mohammad Shahid
India’s Performance: Pool: lost to Poland 1-0, lost to Spain 1-2, beat Canada 2-0, lost to Australia 0-6, drew Germany 2-2 (India
finished fifth in the Table behind Australia, Germany, Poland and Spain)
Classification Matches (9th to 12th): lost to New Zealand 1-2
For 11th Place: lost to Pakistan 2-3
Final Standings: 1 Australia 2 England 3 Germany 4 Soviet Union 5 Spain 6 Argentina 7 Netherlands 8 Poland 9 New Zealand 10 Canada 11 Pakistan 12 India
Most Individual Goals in a Match: 4 by Karel Podzorski (Poland) Vs Spain
Hat tricks: Qasim Zia (Pakistan) Vs New Zealand
Karel Podzorski (Poland) Vs Spain
Ignacio Eskcude (Spain) Vs Argentina
Leading Goal Scorer: 7 by Ric Charlesworth (Australia)
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Seventh World Cup: Lahore, Pakistan, 1990
Duration : February 12-23, 1990
Venue : Gaddafi Stadium
Participating Teams: Pool A : Australia, Netherlands, USSR, India, Argentina, France
Pool B : West Germany, Pakistan, England, Spain, Canada, Ireland
Total Matches Played: 42
Biggest Margin of Victory: 4 - 0 by Germany over Ireland
4 - 0 by England over France
Most Goals in a Match: 9 Pakistan (6) Vs Spain (3)
Total Goals Scored: 147
Most Goals Scored by a Team: 21 by Netherlands (in 7 matches)
Final: Netherlands defeated Pakistan 3 - 1
Winning Captain: Marc Delissen
India’s Position: Tenth
Indian Captain: Pargat Singh
India’s Performance: Pool: drew USSR 1-1, lost to Argentina 3-5, lost to France 1-2, lost to Netherlands 3-5, lost to Australia 2-3 (India
finished sixth and last in the Pool )
Classification Matches (9th to 12th): beat Canada 2-1
For 9th Place: lost to Argentina 0-1
Final Standings: 1 Netherlands 2 Pakistan 3 Australia 4 Germany 5 England 6 USSR 7 France 8 Spain 9 Argentina 10 India 11Canada 12 Ireland
Most Individual Goals in a Match: 3 by Shahbaz Ahmed (Pakistan) Vs Spain
3 by Floris Bovelander (Netherlands) Vs USSR
3 by Ignacio Eskude (Spain) Vs England
3 by Carlos Genyro (Argentina) Vs Ireland
Hat tricks: Shahbaz Ahmed (Pakistan) Vs Spain
Floris Bovelander (Netherlands) Vs USSR
Ignacio Eskude (Spain) Vs England
Carlos Genyro (Argentina) Vs Ireland
Leading Goal Scorer: 10 by Ignacio Eskude (Spain)
9 by Floris Bovelander (Netherlands)
Player of the Tournament: Shahbaz Ahmed (Pakistan)
Fair Play Trophy: India
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Eighth World Cup: Sydney, Australia, 1994
Duration : November 23 – December 4, 1994
Venue : State Hockey Centre
Participating Teams: Pool A : Pakistan, Australia, Spain, Argentina, England, Belarus
Pool B : Netherlands, West Germany, Belgium, South Korea, India, South Africa
Total Matches Played: 42
Biggest Margin of Victory: 8 - 1 by Netherlands over Belgium
6 - 0 by Germany over Belgium
Most Goals in a Match: 9 Netherlands (8) Vs Belgium (1)
9 S Korea (7) Vs Belgium (2)
Total Goals Scored: 144
Most Goals Scored by a Team: 25 by Netherlands (in 7 matches)
Final: Pakistan defeated Netherlands 5 - 4 in tie breaker after being locked 1-1 in scheduled and extra time.
Winning Captain: Shahbaz Ahmed
India’s Position: Fifth
Indian Captain: Jude Felix
India’s Performance: Pool: beat S Korea 2-0, lost to Netherlands 2-4, drew S Africa 2-2, lost to Germany 1-2, beat Belgium 4-2 (India
finished third in the Table behind Australia and Netherlands)
Classification Matches (5th to 8th): beat Argentina 6-3 in tie breaker after being leveled at 2-2 at scheduled and extra time.
For 5th Place: beat England 1-0
Final Standings: 1 Pakistan 2 Netherlands 3 Australia 4 Germany 5 India 6 England 7 Argentina 8 S Korea 9 Spain 10 S Africa 11 Belgium 12 Belarus
Most Individual Goals in a Match: 5 by Taco Van den Honert (Netherlands) Vs Belgium
4 by Sven Meinhardt (Germany) Vs Belgium
Hat tricks: Taco Van den Honert (Netherlands) Vs Belgium
Javier Arnau (Spain) Vs Belarus
Leading Goal Scorer: 11 by Taco Van den Honert (Netherlands) Vs Belgium
8 by Kamran Ashraf (Pakistan), Sven Meinhardt (Germany) and Fernando Ferreira (Argentina)
Player of the Tournament: Shahbaz Ahmed (Pakistan)
Fair Play Trophy: Belgium
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Ninth World Cup: Utrecht, Netherlands, 1998
Duration : May 21 – June 1, 1998
Venue : Galgenwaard Stadium
Participating Teams: Pool A : Canada, Germany, India, South Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand
Pool B: Australia, England, Malaysia, Pakistan, Spain, Poland
Total Matches Played: 42
Biggest Margin of Victory: 8 - 0 by Australia over Poland
8 - 0 by Australia over Malaysia
Most Goals in a Match: 12 Pakistan (7) Vs England (5)
Total Goals Scored: 209
Most Goals Scored by a Team: 26 by Neterlands (in 7 matches)
26 by Australia (in 7 matches)
26 by Pakistan (in 7 matches)
Final: Netherlands defeated Spain 3 - 2
Winning Captain: Stefan Veen
India’s Position: Ninth
Indian Captain: Dhanraj Pillay
India’s Performance: Pool: lost to Germany 1-4, lost to Netherlands 0-5, lost to S Korea 3-4, beat New Zealand 1-0, lost to Canada 1-4 (India
finished sixth and last in the Pool)
Classification Matches (9th to 12th): beat Poland 6-2
For 9th Place: beat New Zealand 1-0
Final Standings: 1 Netherlands 2 Spain 3 Germany 4 Australia 5 Pakistan 6 England 7 S Korea 8 Canada 9 India 10 New Zealand 11 Malaysia 12 Poland
Most Individual Goals in a Match: 4 by Jay Stacey (Aus) Vs Malaysia in 1998
4 by Seong Tae Song (S Kor) Vs Canada in 1998
Hat tricks: by Seong Tae Song (S Korea) Vs Canada
Leading Goal Scorer: 12 by Jay Stacey (Aus)
9 by Bram Lomans (Neth)
Player of the Tournament: Oliver Domke (Germany)
Fair Play Trophy: Germany
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