1975 Men's Hockey World Cup


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 was the runner-up of 1973 World Cup, held in Amstelveen, Netherlands. German team defeated host nation, Malaysian team, with a goal difference of 4–0 for third place.

Qualified teams

Group stage

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

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Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place

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.
India Squad
Leslie Fernandez, Ashok Diwan, Surjit Singh, Michael Kindo, Aslam Sher Khan, Varinder Singh, Onkar Singh, Mohinder Singh, Ajit Pal Singh, Ashok Kumar, B. P. Govinda, Harcharan Singh, Harjinder Singh, Victor Philips, Shivaji Pawar, BP Kaliah
Pakistan Squad
Saleem Sherwani, Manzoor ul Hasan Sr, Munawar uz Zaman, Salim Nazim, Akhtar Rasool , Iftikhar Ahmed, Islahuddin, Mohammad Azam , Manzoor ul Hasan Jr , Mohammad Zahid , Samiullah Khan , Safdar Abbas

Final Ranking