1975 Men's Hockey World Cup
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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 first and only World Cup final between India and Pakistan. It was also the second World Cup final appearance for each team; Pakistan was the winner of the inaugural edition in 1971, and India the runner-up to Netherlands in the 1973 edition. Germany defeated the hosts, Malaysia, 4–0 for third place.[1]
| Hoki Piala Dunia 1975 (Malay) | |||
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 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1975 | |||
| Tournament details | |||
| Host country | Malaysia | ||
| City | Kuala Lumpur | ||
| Dates | 1–15 March 1975 | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue | Stadium Merdeka | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  India (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Pakistan | ||
| Third place |  West Germany | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 42 | ||
| Goals scored | 175 (4.17 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  Ties Kruize Manzoor-ul Hassan Stefan Otulakowski (7 goals) | ||
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Qualified teams
| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| Host | 1 |  Malaysia | ||
| 24 August – 2 September 1973 | 1973 World Cup | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 7 | Netherlands India West Germany Pakistan Spain England New Zealand |
| 2 – 11 May 1974 | 1974 EuroHockey Championship | Madrid, Spain | 1 | Poland |
| 31 August – 5 September 1974 | Pan American qualification tournament | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1 |  Argentina |
| October 1974 | 1974 Africa Cup | Cairo, Egypt | 1 |  Ghana |
| Oceania | 1 |  Australia | ||
| Total | 12 | |||
Group stage
Pool A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
(H) Hosts
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Fixtures
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Pool B
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
Notes:
- 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
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Classification round
Ninth to twelfth place classification
| 9th–12th place semifinals | Ninth place game | |||||
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| Netherlands | 5 | |||||
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| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| 12 March | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||
| Poland (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| Ghana | 2 | |||||
| Eleventh place game | ||||||
| 14 March | ||||||
| Argentina | 6 | |||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||
Ninth to twelfth qualifiers
Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place
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Fifth to eighth place classification
| 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
| 12 March | ||||||
| England (a.e.t.) | 5 | |||||
| 14 March | ||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
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| England | 1 | |||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||
| Seventh place game | ||||||
| 14 March | ||||||
| New Zealand | 2 | |||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||
Fifth to eighth qualifiers
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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
Medal round
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 March | ||||||
| Pakistan | 5 | |||||
| 15 March | ||||||
| West Germany | 1 | |||||
| India | 2 | |||||
| 13 March | ||||||
| Pakistan | 1 | |||||
| India (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| Malaysia | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 15 March | ||||||
| West Germany | 4 | |||||
| Malaysia | 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.[3]
Third and fourth place
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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]
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 |
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 India First title |
Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
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Pakistan |
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West Germany |
| 4 | Malaysia |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | England |
| 7 | New Zealand |
| 8 | Spain |
| 9 | Netherlands |
| 10 | Poland |
| 11 | Argentina |
| 12 | Ghana |