Men's field hockey world championship 1975

Men's Hockey World Championship 1975
Hockey World Cup Men 1975
Number of nations	12
World Champion	India
Association	FIH
venue	Kuala Lumpur
opening	March 1, 1975
Endgame	March 15, 1975
Number of games	42
Number of goals	175  (Ø 4.17 per game)
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The 3rd men's field hockey world championship was held from March 1, 1975 to March 15, 1975 in Kuala Lumpur on natural grass. Twelve teams took part in the tournament, which were initially divided into two groups. There were two points for a win. India became world champions for the only time so far after beating Pakistan 2-1 in the final. Germany came third.

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	Pakistan	5	3	2	0	14: 06	+ 8	8th
2	Malaysia	5	2	2	1	06: 04	+ 2	6th
3	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	05: 06	- 1	5
4th	Spain	5	2	1	2	05: 09	- 4th	5
5	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	09: 09	± 0	3
6th	Poland	5	1	1	3	08:13	- 5th	3

Match number - date - time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
March 01 - March 1, 1975	New Zealand	Malaysia	0-0
02 - 2. March 1975	Poland	Pakistan	2: 2
March 05 - March 3, 1975	Malaysia	Spain	0-0
07 - 4. March 1975	Netherlands	New Zealand	1: 2
08 - 5. March 1975	Spain	Poland	4: 1
March 09-5, 1975	Pakistan	Netherlands	3: 3
12 - 6. March 1975	Poland	Malaysia	1: 3
March 13-6, 1975	New Zealand	Pakistan	0: 2
14 - 7. March 1975	Spain	New Zealand	1-0
20 - 9. March 1975	Netherlands	Spain	3-0
March 21-9, 1975	New Zealand	Poland	3: 2
March 22-9, 1975	Malaysia	Pakistan	1: 2
25 - 10. March 1975	Poland	Netherlands	2: 1
March 26-10, 1975	Pakistan	Spain	5-0
30 - 11. March 1975	Netherlands	Malaysia	1: 2

Group B

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	India	5	3	1	1	14: 05	+ 9	7th
2	BR Germany	5	3	1	1	13: 09	+ 4	7th
3	Australia	5	2	2	1	16: 06	+10	6th
4th	England	5	2	1	2	13:10	+ 3	5
5	Argentina	5	2	1	2	09:12	- 3	5
6th	Ghana	5	0	0	5	04:27	−23	0

Match number - date - time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
03 - 2. March 1975	India	England	2: 1
March 04-22, 1975	Australia	Ghana	9-0
06 - 3. March 1975	BR Germany	Argentina	4: 2
10 - 5. March 1975	England	Australia	3: 1
March 11-5, 1975	Ghana	BR Germany	2: 3
15 - 7. March 1975	Argentina	Ghana	2: 1
March 16-7, 1975	India	Australia	1: 1
17 - 8. March 1975	Ghana	India	0: 7
March 18-8, 1975	England	Argentina	3: 3
March 19-8, 1975	BR Germany	Australia	2: 2
23 - 9. March 1975	England	BR Germany	0: 3
24 - 9. March 1975	Argentina	India	2: 1
March 27-10 , 1975	Ghana	England	1: 6
March 28-10, 1975	Australia	Argentina	3-0
March 29-10, 1975	India	BR Germany	3: 1

Placement games

Places nine to twelve

	Semi-finals nine to twelve				Game for ninth place
	March 12, 1975 a.d.
	Poland	3
	Ghana	2
					March 14, 1975
					Poland	1
					Netherlands	3
					Game for eleventh place
	March 12, 1975				March 14, 1975
	Argentina	0			Ghana	0
	Netherlands	5			Argentina	6th

Places five to eight

	Semifinals five to eight				Game for fifth place
	March 12, 1975 a.d.
	Spain	4th
	England	5
					March 15, 1975
					England	1
					Australia	3
					Game for seventh place
	March 12, 1975				March 14, 1975
	Australia	5			Spain	1
	New Zealand	0			New Zealand	2

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	March 13, 1975
	Pakistan	5
	BR Germany	1
					March 15, 1975
					Pakistan	1
					India	2
					Game for third place
	March 13, 1975 a.d.				March 15, 1975
	India	3			BR Germany	4th
	Malaysia	2			Malaysia	0

Final ranking

space	country
1	India
2	Pakistan
3	BR Germany
4th	Malaysia
5	Australia
6th	England
7th	New Zealand
8th	Spain
9	Netherlands
10	Poland
11	Argentina
12	Ghana

Web links

• International Hockey Federation