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1975 Hockey World Cup
Hoki Piala Dunia 1975 (Malay)
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	West 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)
← 1973 (previous)	(next) 1978 →

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]

Qualified teams

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

Group stage

Pool A

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^[a]
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	5	6	−1	5^[a]
5	Poland	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	3^[b]
6	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	9	9	0	3^[b]

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spain wins head-to-head against New Zealand
^ ^a ^b Poland wins head-to-head against Netherlands

Fixtures

1 March 1975

Malaysia	0–0	New Zealand

2 March 1975

Pakistan	2–2	Poland
Hassan 40' Khan 52'	Report	Otulakowski 4', 60'

City Stadium, Penang

3 March 1975

Malaysia	0–0	Spain
	Report

Stadium Mindef
Umpires:
K. Jamaspian (IRA)

4 March 1975

Netherlands	1–2	New Zealand
T. Kruize 49'	Report	Ineson 39' Patel 64'

Jalan Raja Muda Stadium

5 March 1975

Spain	4–1	Poland
Amat 16', 26' Cabot 25' Borrel 41'	Report	Otulakowski 12'

5 March 1975

Netherlands	3–3	Pakistan
T. Kruize 17', 42' Boerma 55'	Report	Hassan 20' Saeed 32' Rasool 57'

Umpires:
P. H. Jackson
A. Renaud

6 March 1975

Pakistan	2–0	New Zealand
Khan 39' Saeed 54'

6 March 1975

Malaysia	3–1	Poland
Francis 8' Shanmuganathan 60' Mahendran 63'	Report	Otulakowski 26'

Jalan Pantai Ground

7 March 1975

Spain	1–0	New Zealand
Salles 44'

9 March 1975

Netherlands	3–0	Spain
Boerma 45', 69' Boelaars 64'	Report

9 March 1975

New Zealand	3–2	Poland
Patel 32', 60' Ineson 66'		Sitek 6' Mielniczak 20'

9 March 1975

Pakistan	2–1	Malaysia
Saeed 14' Hassan 68'	Report	Loke 64'

Jalan Raja Muda Stadium

10 March 1975

Pakistan	5–0	Spain
Hassan 21', 55' Zahid 25' Azam 36' Khan 57'	Report

Kilat Club Ground
Umpires:
P. H. Jackson

10 March 1975

Poland	2–1	Netherlands
Otulakowski 52', 62'		T. Kruize 48'

11 March 1975

Malaysia	2–1	Netherlands
Loke 21' Shanmuganathan 70'	Report	T. Kruize 63'

Kilat Club Ground
Attendance: 12,000

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	5	3	1	1	14	5	+9	7^[a]	Semifinal
2	West Germany	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	7^[a]	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

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b India wins head-to-head against West Germany

The match played between India and West Germany on 7 March 1975 was abandoned due to bad light and was rescheduled for 10 March. The match was played at the Jalan Raja Muda Stadium and was stopped 25 minutes from time after West Germany goalkeeper complained of poor light, and the officials decided to call off the match.^[2]

Fixtures

2 March 1975

Australia	9–0	Ghana
Smith 16' Walter 18', 34', 38' Walsh 26' Marshall 52' Cooke 57' Browning 67'

2 March 1975

India	2–1	England
Philips 16', 28'	Report	Herbert 22'

Stadium Merdeka
Umpires:
P. S. Lathouwers (NED)
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

3 March 1975

West Germany	4–2	Argentina
Strodter 17' Peter 40' Kässmann 43' Trump 57'		J. Sabbione 12' A. Sabbione 65'

5 March 1975

Australia	1–3	England
Cooke 33'	Report	Whitaker 22', 24' Svehlik 65'

5 March 1975

West Germany	3–2	Ghana
Vos 18', 51' W. Krause 68'	Report	Sam 35', 58'

Attendance: 8,000
Umpires:
K. Jamaspian (IRA)

7 March 1975

India	1–1	Australia
Govinda 4'	Report	Irvine 12'

Jalan Raja Muda Stadium
Umpires:
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

7 March 1975

Argentina	2–1	Ghana
Paolucci 27', 46'	Report	Sam 52'

Kilat Club Ground

8 March 1975

Argentina	3–3	England
Paolucci 19' Quaquarini 32' Sibbione 38'		Neale 36', 64' Long 52'

8 March 1975

India	7–0	Ghana
Surjit 3' Govinda 9' Khan 11' Mohinder 44', 56', 59' Kumar 47'

8 March 1975

Australia	2–2	West Germany
Haigh 66' Poole 68'	Report	Lissek 37' Peter 65'

9 March 1975

West Germany	3–0	England
Strodter 22' Vos 59' Seifert 68'	Report

9 March 1975

Argentina	2–1	India
de Giocami 25' Barreiros 28'	Report	Harc. Singh 22'

Hockey Stadium, Seremban
Attendance: 12,000

10 March 1975
14:00

Australia	3–0	Argentina
Walter 34' Hammond 40' Browning 66'

10 March 1975
14:00

India	3–1	West Germany
Philips 19' M. Singh 37' Pawar 57'	Report	Schmidt 23'

Stadium Merdeka
Attendance: 10,000

11 March 1975
14:00

England	6–1	Ghana
Long 5', 53' Disbury 11', 27', 51' Svehlik 67'		Sam 52'

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

9th–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game

12 March

Netherlands	5
		14 March
Argentina	0
		Netherlands	3
12 March
		Poland	1
Poland (a.e.t.)	3

Ghana	2
		Eleventh place game

		14 March

		Argentina	6

		Ghana	0

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

12 March 1975

Netherlands	5–0	Argentina
Mundt 10' T. Kruize 16' Steens 27', 60' Boerma 32'	Report

12 March 1975

Poland	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Grotowski 34', 56' Otulakowski 104'	Report	Sam 43' Aboagye 57'

Eleventh and twelfth place

14 March 1975

Argentina	6–0	Ghana
Marinoni ?' Paolucci ?', ?', ?' Disera ?' de Giacomi ?'

Ninth and tenth place

14 March 1975

Netherlands	3–1	Poland
H. Kruize 23', 69' T. Kruize 53'		Stefanski

Fifth to eighth place classification

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

12 March

England (a.e.t.)	5
		14 March
Spain	4
		Australia	3
12 March
		England	1
Australia	5

New Zealand	0
		Seventh place game

		14 March

		New Zealand	2

		Spain	1

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

12 March 1975

Australia	5–0	New Zealand
Marshall 6' Charlesworth 20', 60' Irvine 29', 44'	Report

12 March 1975

England	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Svehlik 5', 28', 86' McGinn 17' Long 68'		Gegura 12' Fabregas 31' Salles 35' Borrell 58'

Seventh and eighth place

14 March 1975

New Zealand	2–1	Spain
Patel 27' Parkin 46'		Fabregas 28'

Fifth and sixth place

14 March 1975

Australia	3–1	England
Irvine 17', 43' Haigh 69'		Neale 65'

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

13 March

Pakistan	5
		15 March
West Germany	1
		India	2
13 March
		Pakistan	1
India (a.e.t.)	3

Malaysia	2
		Third place

		15 March

		West Germany	4

		Malaysia	0

Semi-finals

The semi-final match between India and Malaysia was played on 13 March and was called off due to rain nine minutes into the game. It was rescheduled for the following day.^[3]

13 March 1975

Pakistan	5–1	West Germany
Khan 6' Hassan 38', 41', 55' Mansoor Jr. 54'	Report	Drose 58'

Attendance: 15,000

14 March 1975

India	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia
Pawar 40' Khan 66' Harcharan 79'	Report	Loke 33' Shanmuganathan 42'

Stadium Merdeka
Attendance: 50,000
Umpires:
H. Servetto (ARG)
P. S. Lathouwers (NED)

Third and fourth place

15 March 1975

West Germany	4–0	Malaysia
Lauruschkat 4' Strodter 15' Trump 45', 60'	Report

Stadium Merdeka

Final

In the final match, Indian team faced its traditional archrival Pakistani team. Match was scheduled on 15 March 1975. Ashok Kumar scored the all-important winning goal to achieve India's lone triumph in the World cup.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]