1978 Women's Hockey World Cup

1978 Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Madrid
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Argentina & Belgium
← 1976 (previous) (next) 1981 →

The 1978 Women's Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It took place from 16–24 September in Madrid, Spain. The Netherlands won the title defeating West Germany in the final on 24 September.

Tournament

Pool A

Group Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	8
Belgium	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	4
Spain	4	2	0	2	7	10	−3	4
Japan	4	2	0	2	6	9	-3	4
Nigeria	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0

  Qualified for semifinals

Results

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
16.09	Spain	Nigeria	5-1
16.09	West Germany	Belgium	1-0
17.09	Spain	Japan	2-1
17.09	West Germany	Nigeria	10-1
19.09	Belgium	Nigeria	1-0
19.09	West Germany	Japan	4-0
20.09	Japan	Nigeria	2-1
20.09	Belgium	Spain	1-0
21.09	Japan	Belgium	3-2
21.09	West Germany	Spain	7-0
22.09	Belgium	Spain	2-0+

+ Play off match to determine semi final place

Pool B

Group Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	4	4	0	0	15	3	+12	8
Argentina	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	6
India	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1	3
Canada	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
Czechoslovakia	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0

  Qualified for semifinals

Results

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
16.09	Argentina	Canada	1-0
16.09	Netherlands	India	4-1
17.09	Argentina	India	2-1
17.09	Netherlands	Czechoslovakia	3-1
19.09	Argentina	Czechoslovakia	2-1
19.09	India	Canada	1-1
20.09	Netherlands	Canada	6-0
20.09	India	Czechoslovakia	1-0
21.09	Netherlands	Argentina	2-1
21.09	Canada	Czechoslovakia	1-0

Semi-finals

23 September Netherlands 6-0 Belgium

23 September West Germany 1-0 Argentina

Third and fourth place

24 September Argentina 0-0 aet Belgium

Final

24 September Netherlands 1-0 West Germany

1978 Women's Hockey World Cup Winner
Netherlands Second title

Winning Squad

Netherlands

• Toos Bax
• Suzan Bekker
• Madelon Belien
• Margriet Bleyerveld
• Fieke Boekhorst
• Bernadette de Beus
• Irene Hendriks
• Elsemiek Hillen
• Sandra Le Poole
• Julien Mahler
• Maria Mattheussen-Fikkers
• Lisette Sevens
• Anneke van Puffelen
• Nel van Kollenburg
• Sophie van Weiler
• Cathy Woudenberg-Schroder