1971 Men's Hockey World Cup

1971 Hockey World Cup

Hockey Copa del Mundo 1971
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Barcelona, Catalonia
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Real Polo Grounds
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	66 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tanvir Dar (8 goals)
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The 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup was the inaugural tournament of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 15–24 October 1971. Pakistan defeated the host team with a 1–0 victory to lift the trophy.

Results

Pools

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	4	4	0	0	5	0	+5	8
West Germany#	4	2	0	2	9	5	+4	4
Kenya#	4	2	0	2	5	3	+2	4
France	4	2	0	2	2	5	−3	4
Argentina	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0

# West Germany and Kenya have to go for second place play-off

15 October 1971
West Germany	5–1	Argentina
India	1–0	France
16 October 1971
France	1–0	Kenya
India	1–0	Argentina
17 October 1971
West Germany	4–0	France
India	2–0	Kenya
18 October 1971
France	1–0	Argentina
Kenya	3–0	West Germany
19 October 1971
Kenya	2–0	Argentina
India	1–0	West Germany

Play-off

20 October 1971
Kenya	2–1	West Germany

Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain#	5	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2
Pakistan	5	4	2	1	1	11	8	+3
Netherlands	4	4	2	0	2	4	4	0
Australia	3	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3
Japan	3	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2

# Better in head to head record

15 October 1971
Spain	2–0	Japan
Pakistan	5–2	Australia
16 October 1971
Spain	0–0	Netherlands
Pakistan	1–0	Japan
17 October 1971
Pakistan	3–3	Netherlands
Australia	1–1	Japan
18 October 1971
Netherlands	1–0	Australia
Pakistan	2–3	Spain
19 October 1971
Netherlands	0–1	Japan
Spain	0–1	Australia

Ninth and tenth place classification

	Ninth and tenth
	23 October
	Japan	2
	Argentina	0

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth and sixth
	21 October
	Netherlands	2
					23 October
	France	1
					Netherlands	0
	21 October
					West Germany (a.e.t)	1
	West Germany	1
	Australia	0
					Seventh and eighth
					23 October
					France	1
					Australia	0

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 October
	India	1
					24 October
	Pakistan	2
					Spain	0
	22 October
					Pakistan	1
	Spain (a.e.t)	1
	Kenya	0
					Third place
					24 October
					India (a.e.t)	2
					Kenya	1

Final

24 October 1971 Pakistan 1–0 Spain Akhtar-ul Islam  26' Report Attendance: 10 000

Pakistan
Mohammed Aslam, Akhtar-ul Islam, Munawwaruz Zaman, Jahangir Butt, Riaz Ahmed, Ur Fazal, Khalid Mahmood, Ashfaque Rashid, Abdul Rashid, Islahuddin Siddique, Mohammed Shanaz

Spain
Luis Twose, Antonio Nogués (sub Jamie Amat), Francisco Segura, Juan Amat, Francisco Fábregas Bosch, Jorge Fábregas, Vicente Llorach, Juan Quintana, Francisco Amat, José Sallés, Agustín Masaña

Scorers

8 goals

• Tanvir Dar

4 goals

• Avtar Singh
• Juan Amat

3 goals

• Abdul Rashid
• Wolfgang Baumgart
• Winifred Maier
• Uli Vos

2 goals

• Richard Parry
• Don Smart
• George Grain
• Kulwant Singh
• Rajwinder Singh
• Toshiaki Ichinose
• Paul Litjens
• Nico Spits

1 goal

• Jorge Ivorra
• Francis Coutou
• Yves Langlois
• Ganesh
• Harmik Singh
• Rajinder Singh
• Vinod Kumar
• Susumu Chiba
• Akihito Wada
• Tarlochan Chana
• Jagjit Singh
• Ravinder Singh
• Irving Van Nes
• Frans Spits
• Mohammad Asad Malik
• Akhtar Rasool
• Munawar-ur-Zaman
• Jorge Fábregas
• José Sallés
• Werner Kaessmann
• Dirk Michel
• Michael Peter