Women's World Field Hockey Championship 1978

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3rd World Championship 1978
Logo IHF 2000.png
Ladies
Number of nations 10
World Champion NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Association FIH
venue Madrid
Stadion  
opening September 16, 1978
Endgame September 24, 1978
Number of games 29
Number of goals 96  (Ø 3.31 per game)
Top scorer  
← 2nd World Cup 1976 4th World Cup 1981 →

The 1978 Women's Field Hockey World Championship was the third edition of the FIH event. It took place from September 16 to 24, 1978 in Madrid . The preliminary round was played in two groups, followed by the placement games and the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

Group A

rank country Games S. U N Gates Points
1 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 4th 4th 0 0 22: 1 8th
2 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 4th 2 0 2 4: 4 4th
3 JapanJapan Japan 4th 2 0 2 6: 9 4th
4th Spain 1977Spain Spain 4th 2 0 2 7:10 4th
5 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 4th 0 0 4th 3:18 0
Team 1 Team 2 Result
BelgiumBelgium Belgium Germany BRBR Germany Germany 0: 1
BelgiumBelgium Belgium Spain 1977Spain Spain 1-0
BelgiumBelgium Belgium NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1-0
BelgiumBelgium Belgium JapanJapan Japan 2: 3
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria JapanJapan Japan 1: 2
Spain 1977Spain Spain JapanJapan Japan 2: 1
Germany BRBR Germany Germany JapanJapan Japan 4-0
Germany BRBR Germany Germany Spain 1977Spain Spain 7-0
Germany BRBR Germany Germany NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 10: 1
Spain 1977Spain Spain NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 5: 1

Group B

rank country Games S. U N Gates Points
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4th 4th 0 0 15: 3 8th
2 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 4th 3 0 1 6: 4 6th
3 IndiaIndia India 4th 1 1 2 4: 7 3
4th CanadaCanada Canada 4th 1 1 2 4: 8 3
5 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4th 0 0 4th 2: 9 0
Team 1 Team 2 Result
IndiaIndia India CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1-0
IndiaIndia India CanadaCanada Canada 1: 1
IndiaIndia India NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 4
IndiaIndia India ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 2
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2: 1
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina CanadaCanada Canada 1-0
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 2
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3: 1
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands CanadaCanada Canada 6-0
CanadaCanada Canada CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3-0

Placement games

Play for 9th place
ČSSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia - NigeriaNigeriaNigeria 4-0
Play for places 5-8
Spain Spain 1977Spain - CanadaCanadaCanada 0: 3
Japan JapanJapan - IndiaIndiaIndia 3-0
Game for 7th place
India IndiaIndia - SpainSpain 1977Spain 1-0
Play for 5th place
Canada CanadaCanada - JapanJapanJapan 4-0

Finals

Semifinals
Argentina ArgentinaArgentina - Federal Republic of GermanyGermany BRBR Germany 0: 1
Belgium BelgiumBelgium - NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands 0: 6
3rd place match
Argentina ArgentinaArgentina - BelgiumBelgiumBelgium 0-0
final
BR Germany Germany BRBR Germany - NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands 0: 1

Final ranking

space country
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
2 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
3 BelgiumBelgium Belgium
3 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
5 CanadaCanada Canada
6th JapanJapan Japan
7th IndiaIndia India
8th Spain 1977Spain Spain
9 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
10 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria

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