# 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Utrecht, Netherlands from 20 June to 1 July 1998.
The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to win a tournament at its home ground not only once, but twice. It was the second time The Netherlands had hosted the competition.

## Location

The 9th Hockey World Cup was held in Galgenwaard Stadium at Utrecht, Netherlands. The stadium was opened in 1982, and was mainly used for football, and was the home of the football club FC Utrecht. The stadium has a capacity of around 24,500 spectators, and at the time it was one of the most modern stadiums in the world. The stadium was the host of two World Cup finals: the first, was the Hockey World Cup final; and the second was in 2005, for the final of the Football World Youth Championships.

## Qualification

| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| Host | Host | Host | 1 | Netherlands |
| 23 November – 4 December 1994 | 1994 World Cup | Sydney, Australia | 5 | Pakistan Australia Germany India England |
| 4–15 March 1997 | 1997 Intercontinental Cup | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6 | Spain South Korea New Zealand Poland Canada Malaysia |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Group stage
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | |
| 6 | India | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 3 | |
* 21 May 1998
| Netherlands | 3–1 (1-0) | Canada |
* 21 May 1998
| Germany | 4–1 (4-0) | India |
| Oliver Domke ?', 30' Bechmann Michel 19' | Report | Varkey 54' |
* 21 May 1998
| South Korea | 1–3 (0-1) | New Zealand |
* 22 May 1998
| New Zealand | 0–3 (0-2) | Germany |
* 22 May 1998
| India | 0–5 (0-3) | Netherlands |
| | Report | Veen 23', 31', 47' de Nooijer 26' van Wijk 63' |
* 22 May 1998
| Canada | 1–1 (0-0) | South Korea |
* 24 May 1998
| New Zealand | 3–3 | Canada |
* 24 May 1998
| South Korea | 4–3 | India |
| Yong-gyun ?' Seung-tae ?' Seok-kyo 50' Keon-wook 70' | Report | Chauhan 24' Varkey 38' Dad 42' |
* Umpires: Irfan Zaidi (PAK)
* 24 May 1998
| Netherlands | 1–5 | Germany |
* 26 May 1998
| Netherlands | 4–2 | South Korea |
* 26 May 1998
| India | 1–0 | New Zealand |
* 26 May 1998
| Canada | 4–4 | Germany |
* 28 May 1998
| Germany | 2–1 | South Korea |
* 28 May 1998
| New Zealand | 2–4 | Netherlands |
* 28 May 1998
| India | 1–4 | Canada |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 9 | |
| 4 | England | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 1 | |
| 6 | Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 1 | |
* 21 May 1998
| Malaysia | 2–7 | Pakistan |
* 21 May 1998
| Poland | 0–8 | Australia |
* 21 May 1998
| Spain | 3–1 | England |
* 23 May 1998
| Poland | 1–1 | Malaysia |
* 23 May 1998
| Australia | 2–2 | Spain |
* 23 May 1998
| Pakistan | 7–5 | England |
* 25 May 1998
| Pakistan | 1–2 | Spain |
| Abbas 40' | Report | Monegal 34' Arnau 44' |
* 25 May 1998
| England | 5–2 | Poland |
* 25 May 1998
| Malaysia | 0–8 | Australia |
* 27 May 1998
| Australia | 3–0 | England |
* 27 May 1998
| Spain | 3–0 | Malaysia |
* 27 May 1998
| Pakistan | 3–1 | Poland |
* 28 May 1998
| Spain | 4–0 | Poland |
* 28 May 1998
| England | 3–1 | Malaysia |
* 28 May 1998
| Australia | 3–1 | Pakistan |

## Classification round
### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 30 May | 30 May |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 June | 1 June |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1 June | 1 June |
| Malaysia | 2 | India | 1 |
| 30 May | 30 May | | India | 1 |
| 30 May | 30 May | New Zealand | 0 |
| India | 6 | New Zealand | 0 |
| Poland | 2 | | |
| Poland | 2 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 31 May | 31 May |
| | | Malaysia | 5 |
| | | Poland | 4 |

#### Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

* 30 May 1998
| New Zealand | 3 – 2 (2-1) | Malaysia |
* 30 May 1998
| India | 6 – 2 (2-1) | Poland |

#### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 31 May 1998
| Malaysia | 5 – 4 | Poland |

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 1 June 1998
| India | 1 – 0 | New Zealand |

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 30 May | 30 May |
| South Korea | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 June | 1 June |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1 June | 1 June |
| Pakistan | 3 | Pakistan | 4 |
| 30 May | 30 May | | Pakistan | 4 |
| 30 May | 30 May | England | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | England | 2 |
| England | 2 | | |
| England | 2 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 1 June | 1 June |
| | | South Korea | 4 |
| | | Canada | 2 |

#### Fifth to eighth qualifiers

* 30 May 1998
| South Korea | 1 – 3 | Pakistan |
* 30 May 1998
| Canada | 1 – 2 | England |

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 1 June 1998
| South Korea | 4 – 2 | Canada |

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 1 June 1998
| Pakistan | 4 – 2 (4-0) | England |

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 30 May | 30 May |
| Germany | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 June | 1 June |
| Spain | 3 | 1 June | 1 June |
| Spain | 3 | Spain | 2 |
| 30 May | 30 May | | Spain | 2 |
| 30 May | 30 May | Netherlands (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| Australia | 2 | Netherlands (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| Netherlands | 6 | | |
| Netherlands | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 1 June | 1 June |
| | | Germany | 1 |
| | | Australia | 0 |

#### Semi-finals

* 30 May 1998
| Australia | 2–6 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |
* 30 May 1998
| Germany | 0–3 | Spain |
| | Report | |

#### Third and fourth place

* 1 June 1998
| Germany | 1–0 (1-0) | Australia |
| Michel 26' | Report | |

#### Final

* 1 June 1998
| Spain | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
| Arnau 18' Pujol 55' | Report | Veen 59' Lomans 61' De Nooijer 83' |
* Attendance: 15,000

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Most Sportive Player | Fair Play Trophy |
| Oliver Domke | Jay Stacy | Ramón Jufresa | Shahbaz Ahmad | Germany |

### Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | A | Netherlands (H) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 18 | Gold medal |
| 2 | B | Spain | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 16 | Silver medal |
| 3 | A | Germany | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 16 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | B | Australia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Pakistan | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 15 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | B | England | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | A | South Korea | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | A | Canada | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | A | India | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | A | New Zealand | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | B | Malaysia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | B | Poland | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 32 | −22 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |