# 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup was the inaugural edition of the Hockey World Cup. It took place from 15 to 24 October in Barcelona, Spain. Pakistan were the inaugural World Cup winners, beating Spain in the final, 1–0.

## Participants

The first World Cup was the only one without qualification. It was an invitational tournament where the top ten teams from five continents were invited by the International Hockey Federation by merit of their performances in the Summer Olympics. The teams were divided into two groups for five each, with the top two proceeding to the semi-finals after the round-robin stage. Gold medalists at the 1968 Olympics, Pakistan, were grouped in 'B' alongside runners-up Australia, and Spain, the Netherlands and Japan. Group 'A' included Argentina, France, India, Kenya and West Germany.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Kenya | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | West Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Argentina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
* 15 October 1971 15:00
| West Germany | 5–1 | Argentina |
| Vos (2 goals) Baumgart (1 goal) Maier (1 goal) Kaessmann (1 goal) | Report | Ivorra (1 goal) |
* 15 October 1971 17:00
| India | 1–0 | France |
| H. Singh 42' | Report | |
* 16 October 1971 13:00
| Argentina | 0–1 | India |
| | Report | R. Singh (1 goal) |
* 16 October 1971 15:00
| France | 1–0 | Kenya |
| Grain (1 goal) | Report | |
* 17 October 1971 11:00
| France | 0–4 | West Germany |
| | Report | Baumgart (2 goals) Maier (2 goals) |
* 17 October 1971 13:00
| Kenya | 0–2 | India |
| | Report | K. Singh 63' Kumar 70' |
* 18 October 1971 13:00
| Argentina | 0–1 | France |
| | Report | Langlois (1 goal) |
* 18 October 1971 17:00
| West Germany | 0–3 | Kenya |
| | Report | Avtar (1 goal) Davinder (1 goal) Jagjeet (1 goal) |
* 19 October 1971 11:00
| India | 1–0 | West Germany |
| K. Singh (1 goal) | Report | |
* 19 October 1971 17:00
| Kenya | 2–0 | Argentina |
| Pal 20' Chana 63' | Report | |
* The following match was contested to determine second and third place in the pool.
* 20 October 1971 15:00
| West Germany | 1–2 | Kenya |
| Peter 44' | Report | Avtar 59', 64' |
* Attendance: 2,000

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
* 15 October 1971 11:00
| Spain | 2–0 | Japan |
| Amat (2 goals) | Report | |
* 15 October 1971 13:00
| Pakistan | 5–2 | Australia |
| Dar 1', 8', ?' Malik (1 goal) Rashid (1 goal) | Report | Parry (1 goal) Smart ?' |
* 16 October 1971 11:00
| Netherlands | 0–0 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* 16 October 1971 17:00
| Japan | 0–1 | Pakistan |
| | Report | Dar 10' |
* 17 October 1971 15:00
| Pakistan | 3–3 | Netherlands |
| Dar 3', 15', ?' | Report | N. Spits 1', 23' Litjens 56' |
* 17 October 1971 17:00
| Australia | 1–1 | Japan |
| Parry ?' | Report | Wada 66' |
* 18 October 1971 11:00
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Australia |
| Litjens 30' | Report | |
* 18 October 1971 15:00
| Spain | 3–2 | Pakistan |
| Amat ?', 69' Salles (1 goal) | Report | Dar (1 goal) Rashid (1 goal) |
* Umpires: Harry Selman (ENG)
* 19 October 1971 13:00
| Australia | 1–0 | Spain |
| Smart 55' | Report | |
* 19 October 1971 15:00
| Japan | 1–0 | Netherlands |
| Ichinose 63' | Report | |

### Classification round
#### Ninth and tenth place

* 23 October 1971 15:30
| Argentina | 0–2 | Japan |
| | Report | Chiba (1 goal) Ichinose (1 goal) |

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 21 October 1971 | 21 October 1971 |
| West Germany | 1 |
| West Germany | 1 | 23 October 1971 | 23 October 1971 |
| Australia | 0 | 23 October 1971 | 23 October 1971 |
| Australia | 0 | West Germany (a.e.t) | 1 |
| 21 October 1971 | 21 October 1971 | | West Germany (a.e.t) | 1 |
| 21 October 1971 | 21 October 1971 | Netherlands | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | Netherlands | 0 |
| France | 1 | | |
| France | 1 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 23 October 1971 | 23 October 1971 |
| | | Australia | 0 |
| | | France | 1 |

##### Crossover

* 21 October 1971 12:30
| Netherlands | 2–1 | France |
| Weemers 39' F. Spits 46' | Report | Langlois 58' |
* 21 October 1971 15:00
| West Germany | 1–0 | Australia |
| Vos | Report | |

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 23 October 1971 10:30
| Australia | 0–1 | France |
| | Report | Grain (1 goal) |

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 23 October 1971 13:00
| West Germany | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
| Michel (1 goal) | Report | |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Crossover: Cup Semi-Final | Crossover: Cup Semi-Final | 1971 World Cup Final | 1971 World Cup Final |
| 22 October 1971 | 22 October 1971 |
| India | 1 |
| India | 1 | 24 October 1971 | 24 October 1971 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 24 October 1971 | 24 October 1971 |
| Pakistan | 2 | Pakistan | 1 |
| 22 October 1971 | 22 October 1971 | | Pakistan | 1 |
| 22 October 1971 | 22 October 1971 | Spain | 0 |
| Spain (a.e.t) | 1 | Spain | 0 |
| Kenya | 0 | | |
| Kenya | 0 | Bronze Medal | Bronze Medal |
| | | 24 October 1971 | 24 October 1971 |
| | | India (a.e.t) | 2 |
| | | Kenya | 1 |

##### Semi-finals

* 22 October 1971 12:30
| Spain | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Kenya |
| J. Fábregas 75' | Report | |
* Can Sala Ground Attendance: 2,000
* 22 October 1971 15:00
| India | 1–2 | Pakistan |
| R. Singh 31' | Report | Rashid 39' Zaman 57' |

##### Third and fourth place

* 24 October 1971 12:30
| India | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Kenya |
| R. Singh Ganesh 89' | Report | Sohal |

##### Final

* 24 October 1971 15:00
| Pakistan | 1–0 | Spain |
| Islam 26' | Report | |
* Real Club de Polo Attendance: 10,000 Umpires: Schittechatte (BEL)

## Final squads

Pakistan Muhammad Aslam, Akhtar ul Islam, Munawwar uz Zaman, Jahangir Butt, Riaz Ahmed, Fazal ur Rehman, Khalid Mahmood, Ashfaq Ahmed, Abdul Rashid, Islahuddin Siddiquee, Shahnaz Sheikh, Muhammad Asad Malik
Spain Luis Twose, Antonio Nogués (sub Jamie Amat), Francisco Segura, Juan Amat, Francisco Fábregas Bosch, Jorge Fábregas, Vicente Llorach, Juan Quintana, Francisco Amat, José Sallés, Agustín Masaña

## Statistics
### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | B | Pakistan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 9 | Gold Medal |
| | B | Spain (H) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Silver Medal |
| | A | India | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | A | Kenya | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | West Germany | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | B | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | A | France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | B | Australia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | B | Japan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | A | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.23 goals per match.
8 goals
* Tanvir Dar
4 goals
* Avtar Singh Sohal
* Juan Amat
3 goals
* Abdul Rashid
* Wolfgang Baumgart
* Winifred Maier
* Uli Vos
* Rajwinder Singh
2 goals
* Richard Parry
* Donald Smart
* Georges Grain
* Kulwant Singh
* Toshiaki Ichinose
* Paul Litjens
* Nico Spits
1 goal
* Jorge Ivorra
* Francis Coutou
* Yves Langlois
* Ganesh
* Vinod Kumar
* Harmik Singh
* Susumu Chiba
* Akihito Wada
* Tarlochan Singh Chana
* Davinder Singh Deegan
* Jagjeet Singh Kular
* Ravinder Pal Singh
* Irving van Nes
* Frans Spits
* Akhtarul Islam
* Muhammad Asad Malik
* Munawwaruz Zaman
* Jorge Fábregas
* José Salles Salva
* Werner Kaessmann
* Dirk Michel
* Michael Peter

### World Eleven

The journalists covering the competition selected a 'world eleven' on 25 October 1971. Japan goalkeeper Satokazu Otsuka was named as player of the tournament.
* Satokazu Otsuka
* Nico Spits
* Michael Kindo
* Francisco Segura
* Ajit Pal Singh
* Jorge Fábregas
* Fazalur Rehman
* Wolfgang Baumgart
* Ashok Kumar
* Muhammad Asad Malik
* Shahnaz Sheikh