1971 Men's Hockey World Cup

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1971 Hockey World Cup - Spain Hockey Copa del Mundo 1972
Teams	10
City	Barcelona
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Matches played	30
Goals scored	66 (average 2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tanvir Dar (8 goals)

The 1971 Hockey World Cup for men is the inaugural tournament of the Hockey World Cup, it held from October 15 to October 24, 1971. Pakistan defeated host Spain 1–0 to lift the trophy.

1 Venue
2 Participating nations
3 Preliminaries
- 3.1 Pool A
- 3.2 Pool B
4 Pool A second place play-off
5 Ninth to tenth place play-off
6 Fifth to eighth place play-offs
- 6.1 Seventh place play-off
- 6.2 Fifth place play-off
7 Knockout stages
8 Awards
9 Scorers

[edit] Venue

Real Polo grounds

[edit] Participating nations

Ten teams competed in the inaugural edition of the World Cup, they are:

France

Kenya

[edit] Preliminaries

[edit] Pool A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
India	8	4	4	0	5	0	+5
West Germany#	4	4	2	2	9	5	+4
Kenya#	4	4	2	2	5	3	+2
France	4	4	2	0	2	5	–3
Argentina	0	4	0	4	1	9	–8

# West Germany and Kenya have to go for second place play-off

October 15, 1971


West Germany	5–1	Argentina
India	1–0	France

October 16, 1971


France	1–0	Kenya
India	1–0	Argentina

October 17, 1971


West Germany	4–0	France
India	2–0	Kenya

October 18, 1971


France	1–0	Argentina
Kenya	3–0	West Germany

October 19, 1971


Kenya	2–0	Argentina
India	1–0	West Germany

[edit] Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain#	5	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2
Pakistan	5	4	2	1	1	11	8	+3
Netherlands	4	4	2	0	2	4	4	0
Australia	3	4	1	1	2	4	7	–3
Japan	3	4	1	1	2	2	4	–2

# Better in head to head record

October 15, 1971


Spain	2–0	Japan
Pakistan	5–2	Australia

October 16, 1971


Spain	0–0	Netherlands
Pakistan	1–0	Japan

October 17, 1971


Pakistan	3–3	Netherlands
Australia	1–1	Japan

October 18, 1971


Netherlands	1–0	Australia
Pakistan	2–3	Spain

October 19, 2006


Netherlands	0–1	Japan
Spain	0–1	Australia

[edit] Pool A second place play-off

October 20, 1971


Kenya	2–1	West Germany

[edit] Ninth to tenth place play-off

October 23, 1971


Japan	2–0	Argentina

[edit] Fifth to eighth place play-offs

October 21, 1971


Netherlands	2–1	France
West Germany	1–0	Australia

[edit] Seventh place play-off

October 23, 1971


France	1–0	Australia

[edit] Fifth place play-off

October 23, 1971


West Germany	1–0 (AET)	Netherlands

[edit] Knockout stages

Semi finals			Finals

October 22, 1971
India	1
Pakistan	2

			October 24, 1971
			Spain	0
			Pakistan	1


			Third place
October 22, 1971		October 24, 1971
Spain (AET)	1	India (AET)	2
Kenya	0		Kenya	1