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1998 Men's Hockey World Cup

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Field	Value
tournament	1998 Hockey World Cup
other_titles	Wereldkampioenschap hockey mannen 1998
country	Netherlands
city	Utrecht
dates	20 June – 1 July
venues	Stadion Galgenwaard
teams	12
confederations	4
champions
count	3
second
third
matches	42
goals	209
top_scorer	Jay Stacy
top_scorer_goals	11
best_player	Oliver Domke
previous_year	1994
previous_tournament	1994 Men's Hockey World Cup
next_year	2002
next_tournament	2002 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Utrecht, Netherlands from 20 June to 1 July 1998.

The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to win a tournament at its home ground not only once, but twice. It was the second time The Netherlands had hosted the competition.

Location

The 9th Hockey World Cup was held in Galgenwaard Stadium at Utrecht, Netherlands. The stadium was opened in 1982, and was mainly used for football, and was the home of the football club FC Utrecht. The stadium has a capacity of around 24,500 spectators, and at the time it was one of the most modern stadiums in the world. The stadium was the host of two World Cup finals: the first, was the Hockey World Cup final; and the second was in 2005, for the final of the Football World Youth Championships.

Qualification

Date	Event	Location	Quotas
Host	1
23 November – 4 December 1994	[1994 World Cup](1994-men-s-hockey-world-cup)	Sydney, Australia	5
4–15 March 1997	[1997 Intercontinental Cup](1997-men-s-intercontinental-cup-field-hockey)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6

Squads

Group stage

Pool A

Bechmann Michel (0-1)

(0-2) (0-3) de Nooijer van Wijk (0-0)

Seung-tae Seok-kyo Keon-wook Varkey Dad

Pool B

Arnau

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

|30 May||3||2 |30 May||6||2 |1 June||1||0 |31 May||5||4

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

(2-1)

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

|30 May||1||3 |30 May||1||2 |1 June||4||2 |1 June||4||2

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

|30 May||0||3 |30 May||2||6 |1 June||2| (a.e.t.)|3 |1 June||1||0

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Pujol Lomans De Nooijer

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Most Sportive Player	Fair Play Trophy
Oliver Domke	Jay Stacy	Ramón Jufresa	Shahbaz Ahmad

Final standings

group stage

References

"Sydney Friskin. "Show-stopping triumph for Holland." Times [London, England] 2 June 1998". the Times.

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