The 1971 Hockey World Cup for men was the inaugural tournament of the Hockey World Cup

Hockey World Cup

The Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation . The tournament was started in 1971...

. It was held from October 15 to October 24. Pakistan defeated the host team

Spain national field hockey team

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 with a 1–0 victory to lift the trophy.

Pool A

5

4

2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	4	4	0	0	5	0
8
#	4	2	0	2	9	5
4
#	4	2	0	2	5	3
4
	4	2	0	2	2	5	–3	4
	4	0	0	4	1	9	–8	0

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

15 October 1971
	5 – 1
	1 – 0
16 October 1971
	1 – 0
	1 – 0
17 October 1971
	4 – 0
	2 – 0
18 October 1971
	1 – 0
	3 – 0
19 October 1971
	2 – 0
	1 – 0

Play-off

20 October 1971
	2 – 1

Pool B

2

3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
#	5	4	2	1	1	5	3
	5	4	2	1	1	11	8
	4	4	2	0	2	4	4	0
	3	4	1	1	2	4	7	–3
	3	4	1	1	2	2	4	–2

# Better in head to head record

15 October 1971
	2 – 0
	5 – 2
16 October 1971
	0 – 0
	1 – 0
17 October 1971
	3 – 3
	1 – 1
18 October 1971
	1 – 0
	2 – 3
19 October 1971
	0 – 1
	0 – 1

Ninth and tenth place classification

Fifth to eighth place classification

First to fourth place classification

Scorers

8 goals Tanvir Dar

4 goals Avtar Singh Juan Amat

Juan Amat

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3 goals Abdul Rashid

Abdul Rashid (field hockey)

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 Wolfgang Baumgart Winifred Maier Uli Vos

Uli Vos

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2 goals Richard Parry Don Smart George Grain Kulwant Singh Rajwinder Singh

Rajwinder Singh

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 Toshiaki Ichinose Paul Litjens Nico Spits

1 goal Jorge Ivorra Francis Coutou Yves Langlois Ganesh Harmik Singh

Harmik Singh

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 Rajinder Singh Vinod Kumar

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 Susumu Chiba Akihito Wada Tarlochan Chana Jagjit Singh

Jagjit Singh (field hockey)

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 Ravinder Singh

Ravinder Pal Singh

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 Irving Van Nes Frans Spits Mohammad Asad Malik Akhtar Rasool

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 Munawar-ur-Zaman Jorge Fabregas Jose Salles Werner Kaessmann Dirk Michel Michael Peter

Michael Peter

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