Men's Field Hockey World Championship 1971

1st World Championship 1971
Men's
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Pakistan
Association	FIH
venue	Barcelona
Stadion	Real Club de Polo
opening	15th October 1971
Endgame	October 24, 1971
Number of games	30th
Number of goals	66  (Ø 2.2 per game)
Top scorer	Tanvir Dar (8 goals)
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The 1st Men's Hockey World Championship took place in Barcelona from October 15 to 24, 1971 . The tournament was organized by the World Hockey Federation FIH . Originally the World Cup was supposed to take place in the Pakistani city of Lahore . However, safety issues were the decisive factor in choosing the Catalan capital as the venue for the title fights.

All 30 games were played in the sports complex of the Real Club de Polo .

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	India	4th	4th	0	0	5-0	+5	8th
2	Kenya	4th	2	0	2	5: 3	+2	4th
3	BR Germany	4th	2	0	2	9: 5	+4	4th
4th	France	4th	2	0	2	2: 5	−3	4th
5	Argentina	4th	0	0	4th	1: 9	−8	0

Team 1	Team 2	Result
BR Germany	Argentina	5: 1
India	France	1-0
France	Kenya	1-0
India	Argentina	1-0
BR Germany	France	4-0
India	Kenya	2-0
France	Argentina	1-0
Kenya	BR Germany	3-0
Argentina	Kenya	0: 2
India	BR Germany	1-0

Decision game for 2nd place

Kenya

- Federal Republic of Germany

2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Spain	4th	2	1	1	5: 3	+2	5
2	Pakistan	4th	2	1	1	11: 8	+3	5
3	Netherlands	4th	1	2	1	4: 4	± 0	4th
4th	Australia	4th	1	1	2	4: 7	−3	3
5	Japan	4th	1	1	2	2: 4	−2	3

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Spain	Japan	2-0
Pakistan	Australia	5: 2
Netherlands	Spain	0-0
Pakistan	Japan	1-0
Netherlands	Pakistan	3: 3
Australia	Japan	1: 1
Spain	Pakistan	3: 2
Netherlands	Australia	1-0
Japan	Netherlands	1-0
Australia	Spain	1-0

Placement games

Play for 9th place

Japan

- Argentina

2-0

Places five to eight

	Semifinals five to eight				Game for fifth place
	Netherlands	2
	France	1
					after Verl.
					Netherlands	0
					BR Germany	1
					Game for seventh place
	BR Germany	1			France	1
	Australia	0			Australia	0

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	Pakistan	2
	India	1
					Pakistan	1
					Spain	0
					Game for third place
	n / a				n / a
	Spain	1			India	2
	Kenya	0			Kenya	1

List of goalscorers

space	player	Gates
1	Tanvir Dar	8th
2	Juan Amat	4th
	Avtar Singh	4th
4th	Wolfgang Baumgart	3
	Winfried Maier	3
	Abdul Rashid	3
	Rajwinder Singh	3
	Uli Vos	3

Final ranking

space	country
1	Pakistan
2	Spain
3	India
4th	Kenya
5	BR Germany
6th	Netherlands
7th	France
8th	Australia
9	Japan
10	Argentina