1975 Men's Hockey World Cup

In 1975 was Asia, the birthplace of hockey , for the first time hosted the world championship hockey. Malaysia fell the honor of organizing the third edition of Saturday March 1 through Saturday, March 15 1975was held. Was held in the Merdeka Stadium in the capital Kuala Lumpur . Defending champion was Netherlands, two years earlier at the World Cup in their own country ( Amstelveen ), the trophy won at the cost ofIndia . The tournament, hosted by the world hockey federation FIH, was plagued by heavy rain, causing some matches had to be postponed and moved to elsewhere in Malaysia, including in Ipoh . In desperation, the agency called on in time of the aid in local 'rain doctors', called Bommahs, to propitiate the rain gods.

Content

 * 1 Poule format
 * 2 Results
 * 2.1 Group A
 * 2.2 Final Standings Group A
 * 2.3 Group B
 * 2.4 Final Standings Group B
 * 3 Playoffs
 * 3.1 Place 9-12
 * 3.2 Place 5-8
 * 3.3 Semifinals
 * 3.4 Place 11
 * 3.5 Place 9
 * 3.6 Place 7
 * 3.7 Place 5
 * 3.8 Place 3 (consolation final)
 * 3.9 Final
 * 4 Final Ranking
 * 5 Top Scorers

Group format [ edit ]
Group A: Malaysia , Netherlands , New Zealand , Pakistan , Poland and Spain

Group B: Argentina , Australia , England , Ghana , India and West Germany

Group A [ edit ]
March 1, 1975: March 2, 1975: March 3, 1975: March 4, 1975: March 5, 1975: March 6, 1975: March 7, 1975 (Ipoh): March 9, 1975: March 10, 1975: March 11, 1975:
 * Malaysia New Zealand 0-0
 * Pakistan Poland 2-2
 * 'Malaysia-Spain 0-0
 * Netherlands New Zealand 1-2
 * Spain-Poland 4-1
 * Pakistan-Netherlands 3-3
 * Malaysia-Poland 3-1
 * Pakistan-New Zealand 2-0
 * Spain-New Zealand 1-0
 * Malaysia-Netherlands aborted after 45 minutes
 * Spain-Netherlands 0-3
 * New Zealand Poland 3-2
 * Malaysia-Pakistan 1-2
 * Netherlands Poland 1-2
 * Pakistan-Spain 5-0
 * Malaysia-Netherlands 2-1

Group B [ edit ]
March 2, 1975: March 3, 1975: March 5, 1975: March 6, 1975: March 7, 1975: March 8, 1975: March 9, 1975 (in Seremban): March 10, 1975:
 * India-England 2-1
 * Australia-Ghana 9-0
 * West Germany 4-2 Argentina
 * Australia-England 1-3
 * West Germany Ghana 3-2
 * India-West Germany degraded after 10 minutes at setting 1-0
 * England-Argentina terminated after 35 minutes at position 0-1
 * Argentina Ghana 2-0
 * India-Australia 1-1
 * India-Ghana 7-0
 * England-Argentina 3-3
 * West Germany 2-2 Australia
 * West Germany 3-0 England
 * India Argentina 1-2
 * England 6-1 Ghana
 * Australia-Argentina 3-0
 * India-West Germany 3-1

Playoffs [ edit ]
March 12, 1975:

Place 9-12 [ edit ]

 * Ghana Poland 2-3 (after extra time)
 * Argentina-Netherlands 0-5

5-8 [ edit ]

 * Spain-England 4-5 (after extra time)
 * Australia-New Zealand 5-0

Semifinals [ edit ]
March 14, 1975:
 * Pakistan-West Germany 5-1
 * Malaysia-India 2-3 (started on 13/03, played on 14/03)

Place 11 [ edit ]

 * Ghana-Argentina 0-6

Rank 9 [ edit ]

 * Poland-Netherlands 1-3

Place 7 [ edit ]

 * Spain-New Zealand 1-2

Place 5 [ edit ]

 * Australia-England 3-1

Place 3 (consolation final) [ edit ]

 * Malaysia-West Germany 0-4

[Final Edit ]

 * India-Pakistan 2-1