1973 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1973 Men's Hockey World Cup was the second installment of the Hockey World Cup.^[1] It was held from 24 August to 2 September at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The tournament was won by host nation the Netherlands, who defeated India 4–2 on penalty strokes after the final had finished 2–2.^[2] It was the first World Cup to introduce the 12 teams format which became the standard format of the FIH Hockey World Cup until the 1998 edition.

1973 Hockey World Cup

Wereldkampioenschap hockey mannen 1973 (Dutch)
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Amstelveen
Dates	24 August – 2 September 1973
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Wagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	124 (2.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ties Kruize (11 goals)
Best player	Surjit Singh
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Teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
27 August – 10 September 1972	1972 Summer Olympics	Munich, West Germany	7	West Germany  Netherlands  England  Pakistan  India  Australia[a]  Kenya  Argentina
18 March 1973	Appointed by the FIH	Brussels, Belgium	5	Spain  Malaysia  Belgium  Japan  New Zealand
Total			12

The top eight teams from last year's Summer Olympics in Munich qualified automatically: England qualified in place of Great Britain from the Olympics spot as most of the players from that squad were from England, and England had a better record among the Home Nations.

Australia, despite qualifying through the Olympics, withdrew because of lack of funds. Originally, four teams were to be invited for the World Cup, but after the withdrawal of Australia this was increased to five. Spain, Malaysia, Belgium and Japan were all invited by the FIH for the event, while New Zealand was invited to replace Australia.

Other nations who showed interest in competing were Canada, France, Gibraltar, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Rhodesia, South Africa, and the Soviet Union.

Group stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	5	4	1	0	6	2	+4	13	Semifinals
2	India	5	3	2	0	12	1	+11	11
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	9	5	+4	9
4	New Zealand	5	1	2	2	13	8	+5	5
5	Kenya	5	0	2	3	6	14	−8	2
6	Japan	5	0	1	4	3	19	−16	1

Source: FIH

Matchday 1

24 August 1973  West Germany 2–1  New Zealand Krause Vos Report Dayman Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

24 August 1973  Spain 4–1  Kenya Amat   3 goals' Masana Report Brajinder Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

24 August 1973  India 5–0  Japan Surjit   2 goals' Harcharan Singh Govinda Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Matchday 2

25 August 1973  West Germany 0–0  India Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

25 August 1973  Japan 2–2  Kenya Konakayama Hirano Report Channa   2 goals' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

25 August 1973  Spain 2–1  New Zealand Borrell Amat Report Dayman Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Matchday 3

26 August 1973  New Zealand 8–1  Japan Archibald   2 goals' McIntyre Patel Christensen Slewyn Maister Dayman Report Ichinose Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

26 August 1973  West Germany 1–0  Spain Strodter Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

26 August 1973  India 4–0  Kenya Singh Baldev Ajitpal Govinda Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Matchday 4

28 August 1973  India 1–1  New Zealand B. Singh  ?' Report Maister  55' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

28 August 1973  West Germany 2–1  Kenya Krause   2 goals' Report Jagmail Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

28 August 1973  Spain 3–0  Japan Masana Amat Segura Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Matchday 5

29 August 1973  Kenya 2–2  New Zealand Jagjit   2 goals' Report Parkin Archibald Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

29 August 1973  India 2–0  Spain Surjit   2 goals' Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

29 August 1973  West Germany 1–0  Japan Seifert Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

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Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	4	1	0	16	5	+11	13	Semifinals
2	Netherlands (H)	5	3	1	1	11	4	+7	10
3	Belgium	5	2	0	3	8	12	−4	6
4	England	5	1	2	2	9	8	+1	5
5	Malaysia	5	1	1	3	5	13	−8	4
6	Argentina	5	0	3	2	2	9	−7	3

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Matchday 1

24 August 1973  England 5 - 2  Belgium Neale   2 goals' Long   2 goals' Svehlik Report Dupont Gilles Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

24 August 1973  Pakistan 4 - 2  Malaysia Ahmed Azam Samiullah Dar Report Maria Shamuganathan Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

24 August 1973  Netherlands 0 - 0  Argentina Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Matchday 2

25 August 1973  Belgium 2 - 1  Argentina Saedeleer Marroye Report Sabbione Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

25 August 1973  Netherlands 1 - 2  Pakistan Kruize Report Azam   2 goals' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

25 August 1973  England 1 - 2  Malaysia Svehlik Report Shamuganathan Mahendran Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Matchday 3

26 August 1973  Malaysia 1 - 1  Argentina Shanmuganathan Report Sabbione Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

26 August 1973  Netherlands 4 - 1  Belgium Kruize   2 goals' Steens Litjens Report Verhulst Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

26 August 1973  Pakistan 2 - 2  England Dar Ahmed Report Whalley Naele Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Matchday 4

28 August 1973  Netherlands 4 - 0  Malaysia Kruize   3 goals' Litjens Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

28 August 1973  Pakistan 2 - 0  Belgium Dar   2 goals' Report Wageneer Stadium, Amstelveen

28 August 1973  England 0 - 0  Argentina Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Matchday 5

29 August 1973  Pakistan 6 - 0  Argentina Dar   3 goals' Abbas Ahmed Samiullah Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

29 August 1973  Netherlands 2 - 1  England Kruize Zweerts Report Long Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

29 August 1973  Belgium 3 - 0  Malaysia Marroye Gilles Miserque Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

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Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	9th-12th-place semifinals				Ninth-place game
	31 August
	Kenya	0
					1 September
	Argentina	2
					Argentina	1
	31 August
					Japan	0
	Malaysia	0
	Japan	1
					Eleventh-place game
					1 September
					Malaysia	1
					Kenya	0

Ninth to twelfth bracket

31 August 1973  Kenya 0 - 2  Argentina Report Paolucci Lavagano Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

31 August 1973  Malaysia 0 - 1  Japan Report Yamamoto Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Eleventh and twelfth place - 11th/12th

1 September 1973  Malaysia 1 - 0  Kenya Pathmarajah Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Ninth and tenth place - 9th/10th

1 September 1973  Argentina 2 - 1  Japan Lavagano Sabbione Report Ichinose Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5th–8th-place semifinals				Fifth-place game
	31 August
	England (a.e.t.)	1
					1 September
	New Zealand	0
					Spain	3
	31 August
					England	0
	Spain	5
	Belgium	0
					Seventh-place game
					2 September
					New Zealand	3
					Belgium	1

Fifth to eighth bracket

31 August 1973  England 1 - 0  New Zealand Whalley Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

31 August 1973  Spain 5 - 0  Belgium Segura Francisco Fabregas Amat Monegal Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Seventh and eighth place - 7th/8th

1 September 1973  New Zealand 3 - 1  Belgium Patel Masiter McIntyre Report Dupont Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Fifth and sixth place - 5th/6th

2 September 1973  Spain 3 - 0  England Masana   2 goals' Segura Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 August
	Netherlands (p.s.o.)	0 (4)
					2 September
	West Germany	0 (2)
					Netherlands (p.s.o.)	2 (4)
	31 August
					India	2 (2)
	India	1
	Pakistan	0
					Third place
					2 September
					West Germany	1
					Pakistan	0

31 August 1973  Netherlands 0–0  West Germany Report Penalties 4–2 Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

31 August 1973  India 1–0  Pakistan Govinda  62' Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Third and fourth place - 3rd/4th

2 September 1973  West Germany 1–0  Pakistan Krause   68' Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Final

Nico Spits and Ties Kruize (right) with the World Cup

The final was held on 2 September 1973 at the Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen. The hosts Netherlands defeated India on penalty strokes after the match ended 2–2 after extra time. The win gave Netherlands their first FIH Hockey World Cup title, becoming the second team to win it and the first from Europe and the first host nation to win it.

Surjit Singh of India scored two early goals in the first eight minutes giving India a 2–0 lead. He scored another goal in the first half for his hat-trick but it was disallowed by the umpire. India went into half time with two goals lead. In the second half Netherlands played more players forward and in result Ties Kruize scored two goals to equalize the match at 2–2. In extra time, India got a penalty stroke but B. P. Govinda missed the chance in sudden death. The match was decided by penalty strokes where the Indian goalkeeper Charles Cornelius failed to stop a single penalty stroke as Netherlands won the shoot out 4–2.^[3]

2 September 1973  Netherlands 2–2 (a.e.t.)  India Kruize   2 goals' Report Surjit   2 goals' Penalties 4–2 Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

1973 Hockey World Cup winner
Netherlands First title

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	India
	West Germany
4	Pakistan
5	Spain
6	England
7	New Zealand
8	Belgium
9	Argentina
10	Japan
11	Malaysia
12	Kenya

Notes

1. Australia withdrew because of a lack of funds, they were replaced by New Zealand.

References

1. "Home | FIH". www.fih.ch. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
2. "Brian Lewis. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 3 Sept. 1973". the Times.
3. Ganesh, M. P. "1973: We had the best ever combination". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Rediff summary
• todor66/1973