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]
Qualified teams
Group stage
Pool A
Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
^ a b Spain wins head-to-head against New Zealand
^ a b Poland wins head-to-head against Netherlands
Fixtures
Stadium MindefIRA )
Umpires:
Pool B
Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
Notes:
^ 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
Attendance: 8,000
Jalan Raja Muda StadiumMAS )
Hockey Stadium, Seremban
Classification round
Ninth to twelfth place classification
Ninth to twelfth qualifiers
Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place
Fifth to eighth place classification
Fifth to eighth qualifiers
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
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.[ 3]
Stadium Merdeka
Third and fourth place
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.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Attendance: 35,000—50,000[ 8] [ 9]
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 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)
1975 Hockey World Cup winner
India
Final ranking
See also
References
External links
Tournament Squads Finals Qualifier(s)
