1975_Men's_Hockey_World_Cup

1975 Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Dates	1–15 March 1975
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Stadium Merdeka
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	175 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ties Kruize; Manzoor-ul Hassan; Stefan Otulakowski (7 goals)
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1975 Men's Hockey World Cup

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The 1975 Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the final, India defeated Pakistan from a goal difference of 2–1. Surjit Singh scored the first crucial goal followed with the winner from Ashok Kumar. It was the second World Cup Final appearance for both the nations; Pakistan was the winner of the inaugural World Cup in 1971, and India, the runner-up of 1973 edition. Germany defeated hosts, Malaysia, with a goal difference of 4–0 for third place.^[1]

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Date	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Malaysia
24 August – 2 September 1973	1973 World Cup	Amstelveen, Netherlands	7	Netherlands India West Germany Pakistan Spain England New Zealand
2 – 11 May 1974	1974 EuroHockey Championship	Madrid, Spain	1	Poland
31 August – 5 September 1974	Pan American qualification tournament	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1	Argentina
October 1974	1974 Africa Cup	Cairo, Egypt	1	Ghana
	Oceania		1	Australia
Total			12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	3	2	0	14	6	+8	8	Semifinal
2	Malaysia (H)	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Semifinal
3	Spain	5	2	1	2	5	9	−4	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	5	6	−1	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Poland	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	9	9	0	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	5	3	1	1	14	5	+9	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinal
2	West Germany	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinal
3	Australia	5	2	2	1	16	6	+10	6
4	England	5	2	1	2	13	10	+3	5
5	Argentina	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	5
6	Ghana	5	0	0	5	4	27	−23	0