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1978 Men's Hockey World Cup

Men's field hockey tournament

Field	Value
tournament	1978 Hockey World Cup
other_titles	es
size	200px
country	Argentina
city	Buenos Aires
venues	Campo de Polo
dates	19 March – 2 April
teams	14
champions
count	2
second
third
matches	51
goals	225
top_scorer	Paul Litjens
top_scorer_goals	15
previous_year	1975
previous_tournament	1975 Men's Hockey World Cup
next_year	1982
next_tournament	1982 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup was the fourth Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was won by Pakistan, who defeated the Netherlands 3–2 in the final. The host nation, Argentina, finished eighth. India were the defending champions but they did not qualify for the semi-finals, eventually placing sixth.

Results

Pool A

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	5	0	1	18	7	11	10
6	3	2	1	25	13	12	8
6	3	1	2	8	12	−4	7
6	1	3	2	7	7	0	5
6	2	0	4	15	24	−9	4
6	1	2	3	12	16	−4	4
6	1	2	3	12	18	−6	4

: Qualified for semifinals

Defending champions India were to play Belgium on 18 March 1978 as the opening fixture of the tournament but was postponed due to heavy rains the previous day.

Fixtures

Pool B

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	6	0	0	31	2	29	12
6	5	0	1	21	9	12	10
6	3	1	2	7	4	3	7
6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	6
6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	4
6	1	1	4	8	19	−11	3
6	0	0	6	1	28	−27	0

: Qualified for semifinals

Fifth to fourteenth place classification

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

Ninth to twelfth place qualifiers

4–2 (PSO)

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place qualifiers

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

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Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Islahuddin Ehsanullah Litjens L Gillet (France)

Pakistan

Saleem Sherwani, Munawwaruz Zaman, Saeed Ahmed, Muhammad Shafiq, Rana Ehsanullah, Akhtar Rasool, Islahuddin Siddiquee, Hanif Khan, Manzoor Hussain, Shahnaz Sheikh, Samiullah Khan

Netherlands

Maarten Sikking, André Bolhuis, Imbert Jebbink, Geert van Eijk, Hans Jorritsma, Ties Kruize, Theo Doyer, Ron Steens, Paul Litjens, Tim Steens, Wouter Leefers

References

"Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 3 Apr. 1978". the Times.
(18 March 1978). "W-Cup start washed out". New Nation.

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