1973 men's field hockey world championship

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2nd World Championship 1973
Logo IHF 2000.png
Men's
Number of nations 12
World Champion NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Association FIH
venue Amstelveen
opening August 24, 1973
Endgame 2nd September 1973
Number of games 42
Number of goals 134  (Ø 3.19 per game)
1st World Cup 1971 3rd World Cup 1975

The 2nd men's hockey world championship was held from August 24, 1973 to September 2, 1973 in Amstelveen on natural grass. Twelve teams took part in the tournament, which were initially divided into two groups. There were two points for a win. The Netherlands became world champions for the first time after a 4-2 final win in the seven-meter shoot-out against India. Germany came third.

Preliminary round

Group A
rank country Games S. U N Gates Diff. Points
1 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 5 4th 1 0 06: 02 + 4 9
2 IndiaIndia India 5 3 2 0 12: 01 +11 8th
3 Spain 1945Spain Spain 5 3 0 2 09: 05 + 4 6th
4th New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 5 1 2 2 13: 08 + 5 4th
5 KenyaKenya Kenya 5 0 2 3 06:14 - 8th 2
6th JapanJapan Japan 5 0 1 4th 03:19 -16 1
Match number - date - time Team 1 Team 2 Result
01-24 August 1973 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2: 1
02 - 24 August 1973 JapanJapan Japan IndiaIndia India 0: 5
August 03-24, 1973 Spain 1945Spain Spain KenyaKenya Kenya 4: 1
07 - 25. August 1973 KenyaKenya Kenya JapanJapan Japan 2: 2
August 08-25, 1973 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Spain 1945Spain Spain 1: 2
August 09-25, 1973 IndiaIndia India Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 0-0
13 - 26. August 1973 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany Spain 1945Spain Spain 1-0
August 14-26, 1973 IndiaIndia India KenyaKenya Kenya 4-0
August 15-26, 1973 JapanJapan Japan New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1: 8
19 - 28. August 1973 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany KenyaKenya Kenya 2: 1
August 20-28, 1973 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand IndiaIndia India 1: 1
August 21-28, 1973 Spain 1945Spain Spain JapanJapan Japan 3-0
25 - 29. August 1973 KenyaKenya Kenya New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2: 2
August 26-29, 1973 IndiaIndia India Spain 1945Spain Spain 2-0
August 27-29, 1973 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany JapanJapan Japan 1-0
Group B
rank country Games S. U N Gates Diff. Points
1 PakistanPakistan Pakistan 5 4th 1 0 16: 05 +11 9
2 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5 3 1 1 11: 04 + 7 7th
3 EnglandEngland England 5 1 2 2 09: 08 + 1 4th
4th BelgiumBelgium Belgium 5 2 0 3 08:12 - 4th 4th
5 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 5 1 1 3 05:13 - 8th 3
6th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 5 0 3 2 02: 09 - 7th 3
Match number - date - time Team 1 Team 2 Result
04 - 24. August 1973 BelgiumBelgium Belgium EnglandEngland England 2: 5
August 05-24, 1973 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia PakistanPakistan Pakistan 2: 4
August 06-24, 1973 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 0-0
10 - 25. August 1973 EnglandEngland England MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 1: 2
August 11-25, 1973 PakistanPakistan Pakistan NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2: 1
August 12-25, 1973 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1: 2
16 - 26. August 1973 BelgiumBelgium Belgium NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 4
August 17-26, 1973 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 1
August 18-26, 1973 EnglandEngland England PakistanPakistan Pakistan 2: 2
22 - 28. August 1973 PakistanPakistan Pakistan BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2-0
23-28 August 1973 EnglandEngland England ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 0-0
August 24-28, 1973 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0: 4
28 - 29. August 1973 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands EnglandEngland England 2: 1
August 29-29, 1973 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina PakistanPakistan Pakistan 0: 6
August 30-29, 1973 BelgiumBelgium Belgium MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 3-0

Placement games

Places nine to twelve
  Semi-finals nine to twelve Game for ninth place
August 31, 1973      
 KenyaKenya Kenya 0
 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2  
   
September 1, 1973
 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2
   JapanJapan Japan 1
 
Game for eleventh place
August 31, 1973 September 1, 1973
 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 0  KenyaKenya Kenya 0
 JapanJapan Japan 1    MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 1
Places five to eight
  Semifinals five to eight Game for fifth place
August 31, 1973      
 Spain 1945Spain Spain 5
 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 0  
   
2nd September 1973
 Spain 1945Spain Spain 3
   EnglandEngland England 0
 
Game for seventh place
August 31, 1973 nV September 1, 1973
 EnglandEngland England 1  BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1
 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 0    New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 3

Finals

Players of the Indian national team celebrate the 1-0 victory over Pakistan, the ambassador of India on their shoulders.
  Semifinals final
August 31, 1973 iS      
 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 2 (0)
 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4 (0)  
   
September 2, 1973 iS
 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4 (2)
   IndiaIndia India 2 (2)
 
Game for third place
August 31, 1973 2nd September 1973
 PakistanPakistan Pakistan 0  Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 1
 IndiaIndia India 1    PakistanPakistan Pakistan 0

Final ranking

space country
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
2 IndiaIndia India
3 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
4th PakistanPakistan Pakistan
5 Spain 1945Spain Spain
6th EnglandEngland England
7th New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
8th BelgiumBelgium Belgium
9 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
10 JapanJapan Japan
11 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia
12 KenyaKenya Kenya

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