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1975 Men's Hockey World Cup
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament | 1975 Hockey World Cup |
| other_titles | ms |
| image | Merdeka Stadium 1975.jpg |
| caption | Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1975 |
| country | Malaysia |
| city | Kuala Lumpur |
| venues | Stadium Merdeka |
| dates | 1–15 March 1975 |
| teams | 12 |
| confederations | 5 |
| champions | |
| count | 1 |
| second | |
| third | |
| matches | 42 |
| goals | 175 |
| top_scorer | Ties Kruize |
| Manzoor-ul Hassan | |
| Stefan Otulakowski | |
| top_scorer_goals | 7 |
| previous_year | 1973 |
| previous_tournament | 1973 Men's Hockey World Cup |
| next_year | 1978 |
| next_tournament | 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup |
Manzoor-ul Hassan Stefan Otulakowski 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.
Qualified teams
| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) | Total | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 1 | |||||
| 24 August – 2 September 1973 | [1973 World Cup](1973-men-s-hockey-world-cup) | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 7 | |||
| 2 – 11 May 1974 | [1974 EuroHockey Championship](1974-men-s-eurohockey-nations-championship) | Madrid, Spain | 1 | |||
| 31 August – 5 September 1974 | Pan American qualification tournament | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1 | |||
| October 1974 | [1974 Africa Cup](1974-hockey-africa-cup-of-nations) | Cairo, Egypt | 1 | |||
| Oceania | 1 |
Group stage
Pool A
Fixtures
Khan
Patel
Cabot Borrel
Boerma Saeed Rasool A. Renaud
Saeed Shanmuganathan Mahendran
Boelaars Ineson Mielniczak
Hassan
Zahid Azam Khan
Shanmuganathan
Pool B
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.
Fixtures
Walter Walsh Marshall Cooke Browning
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
Peter Kässmann Trump A. Sabbione
Svehlik
W. Krause
Quaquarini Sibbione Long
Govinda Khan Mohinder Kumar
Poole Peter
Vos Seifert
Barreiros
Hammond Browning
M. Singh Pawar
Disbury Svehlik
Classification round
Ninth to twelfth place classification
|12 March||5||0 |12 March| (a.e.t.)|3||2 |14 March||3||1 |14 March||6||0
Ninth to twelfth qualifiers
T. Kruize Steens Boerma Otulakowski Aboagye
Eleventh and twelfth place
Paolucci Disera de Giacomi
Ninth and tenth place
T. Kruize
Fifth to eighth place classification
|12 March| (a.e.t.)|5||4 |12 March||5||0 |14 March||3||1 |14 March||2||1
Fifth to eighth qualifiers
Charlesworth Irvine
McGinn Long Fabregas Salles Borrell
Seventh and eighth place
Parkin
Fifth and sixth place
Haigh
First to fourth place classification
|13 March||5||1 |13 March| (a.e.t.)|3||2 |15 March||2||1 |15 March||4||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.
Hassan Mansoor Jr.
Khan Harcharan Shanmuganathan P. S. Lathouwers (NED)
Third and fourth place
Strodter Trump
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.
India Squad
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
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)
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]] | ||
| [[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]] | ||
| [[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]] | ||
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 10 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 12 |
References
References
- Shah, J. J.. (28 September 2011). "Targeting New Heights". malaysiahockey.com.my. [[Malaysian Hockey Federation]].
- (7 March 1975). "India v Germany tie ends in a big uproar". The Straits Times.
- (14 March 1975). "Rained off". The Straits Times.
- (16 March 2005). "India celebrates 30th anniversary of World Cup triumph". fih.ch. [[International Hockey Federation]].
- Lokapally, Vijay. (26 February 2010). "The 1975 triumph and after". [[The Hindu]].
- "1975 Mens World Cup: World Cup - Competitions - International Hockey Federation".
- "Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 17 Mar. 1975". the Times.
- (16 March 1975). "India fight back to rule hockey world". New Nation.
- (16 March 1975). "INDIA ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS". The Straits Times.
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