1971 Men's Hockey World Cup

Field hockey competition held in Barcelona, Spain

The 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup was the inaugural edition of the Hockey World Cup. It took place from 15 to 24 October in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] Pakistan were the inaugural World Cup winners, beating Spain in the final, 1–0.^[2]

Participants

The first World Cup was the only one without qualification. It was an invitational tournament where the top ten teams from five continents were invited by the International Hockey Federation by merit of their performances in the Summer Olympics. The teams were divided into two groups for five each, with the top two proceeding to the semi-finals after the round-robin stage. Gold medalists at the 1968 Olympics, Pakistan, were grouped in 'B' alongside runners-up Australia, and Spain, the Netherlands and Japan. Group 'A' included Argentina, France, India, Kenya and West Germany.^[3]

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) play-off match.^[4]

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• The following match was contested to determine second and third place in the pool.

Pool B

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) play-off match.^[4]
(H) Hosts

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Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

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Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place

Final

Final squads

Pakistan
Muhammad Aslam, Akhtar ul Islam, Munawwar uz Zaman, Jahangir Butt, Riaz Ahmed, Fazal ur Rehman, Khalid Mahmood, Ashfaq Ahmed, Abdul Rashid, Islahuddin Siddiquee, Shahnaz Sheikh, Muhammad Asad Malik ^{[citation needed]}

Spain
Luis Twose, Antonio Nogués (sub Jamie Amat), Francisco Segura, Juan Amat, Francisco Fábregas Bosch, Jorge Fábregas, Vicente Llorach, Juan Quintana, Francisco Amat, José Sallés, Agustín Masaña^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.23 goals per match.

8 goals

• Tanvir Dar

4 goals

• Avtar Singh Sohal
• Juan Amat

3 goals

• Abdul Rashid
• Wolfgang Baumgart
• Winifred Maier
• Uli Vos
• Rajwinder Singh

2 goals

• Richard Parry
• Donald Smart
• Georges Grain
• Kulwant Singh
• Toshiaki Ichinose
• Paul Litjens
• Nico Spits

1 goal

• Jorge Ivorra
• Francis Coutou
• Yves Langlois
• Ganesh
• Vinod Kumar
• Harmik Singh
• Susumu Chiba
• Akihito Wada
• Tarlochan Singh Chana
• Davinder Singh Deegan
• Jagjeet Singh Kular
• Ravinder Pal Singh
• Irving van Nes
• Frans Spits
• Akhtarul Islam
• Muhammad Asad Malik
• Munawwaruz Zaman
• Jorge Fábregas
• José Salles Salva
• Werner Kaessmann
• Dirk Michel
• Michael Peter

World Eleven

The journalists covering the competition selected a 'world eleven' on 25 October 1971. Japan goalkeeper Satokazu Otsuka was named as player of the tournament.^[7]

• Satokazu Otsuka
• Nico Spits
• Michael Kindo
• Francisco Segura
• Ajit Pal Singh
• Jorge Fábregas
• Fazalur Rehman
• Wolfgang Baumgart
• Ashok Kumar
• Muhammad Asad Malik
• Shahnaz Sheikh

References

1. "HOCKEY WORLD CUP BARCELONA 1971". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
2. "Men Field Hockey 1st World Cup 1971 Barcelona (ESP)". todor66.com. Todor66. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
3. "Top 10 hockey teams to clash". New Nation. 15 October 1971. p. 15. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. Regulations
5. "Pakistan, Spain in final". New Nation. 23 October 1971. p. 17. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
6. "Pak beat Spain in final". The Straits Times. 25 October 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
7. "World hockey team". New Nation. 26 October 1971. p. 15. Retrieved 16 May 2022.