# 2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series

The 2004 Indo-Pak series was the 7th series of bilateral field hockey matches between Pakistan and India. The series was played over eight matches on home and away basis.
Each side hosted four matches from 24 September 2004 to 10 October 2004. Pakistan won the series 4–2. This was the first time both sides were coached by foreign coaches in a bilateral series with Gerhard Roch of Germany coaching India and Roelant Oltmans of Netherlands coaching for Pakistan. During the match in Amritsar of the series Pakistan's Sohail Abbas broke the record for most goals in international men's hockey scoring his 268th goal surpassing Paul Litjens of Netherlands who held the record for 22 years.

## Background

Prior to the start of the series Pakistan and India had faced each other 6 times since January 2004. They first met at the 2004 Azlan Shah Cup in Kuala Lumpur with Pakistan winning 3–2. They met twice in the 2004 Olympic Qualifiers in Madrid with Pakistan winning both matches. In June Pakistan again defeated India twice this time by a huge margin of 6–1 at the Hockey RaboTrophy in Amsterdam. Both teams had a disappointing campaign at the Olympics in Athens Pakistan defeated India in the crossover rounds to finish 5th while India finished 7th.
Sohail Abbas scored 12 goals against India in these matches including two hat-tricks. This series was also in the lead up to the 2004 Champions Trophy to be held in Lahore from December.

## Venues

| Match | Location | Stadium Name | Date |
| First | Karachi, Pakistan | Hockey Club of Pakistan | 24 September |
| Second | Quetta, Pakistan | Musa Khan Stadium | 27 September |
| Third | Peshawar, Pakistan | Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium | 29 September |
| Fourth | Lahore, Pakistan | National Hockey Stadium | 1 October |
| Fifth | Delhi, India | Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium | 4 October |
| Sixth | Chandigarh, India | Sector 42 Hockey Stadium | 6 October |
| Seventh | Amritsar, India | Guru Nank Dev University Stadium | 8 October |
| Eighth | Hyderabad, India | Gachibowli Hockey Stadium | 10 October |

## Squads

India announced an 18-member squad on 20 September 2004. The Indian selection ignored veterans like Dhanraj Pillay, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Deepak Thakur and Gagan Ajit Singh, who all were part of the team at the Athens Olympics after the players made themselves unavailable for selection for different reasons. Pakistan announced its squad on 20 September as well. Waseem Ahmed was made captain after former captain Muhammad Nadeem announced his retirement from international hockey after the last month's Olympics.
| Pakistan | India |
| Waseem Ahmed (C) Salman Akbar (GK) Nasir Ahmed Sohail Abbas Zeeshan Ashraf Muhammad Imran Imran Warsi Ghazanfar Ali Adnan Maqsood Dilawar Hussain Abdul Aasim Khan Imran Khan Rehan Butt Mudassar Ali Khan Kashif Jawad Shakeel Abbasi Adnan Zakir Tariq Aziz Shabbir Hussain Akhtar Ali | Dilip Tirkey (C) Devesh Chauhan (GK) Adrian D'Souza (GK) Harpal Singh Sandeep Singh William Xalxo Viren Rasquinha Vikram Pillay Girish Pimpale Ignace Tirkey V. S. Vinay Prabodh Tirkey Vivek Gupta Adam Sinclair Arjun Halappa Sandeep Michael Tushar Khandekar Hari Prasad |
| Coach Roelant Oltmans | Coach Gerhard Roch |

## Results

* Pakistan won the series 4-2
First Leg :
| Match | Date | Score | Location |
| 1 | 24 September | Pakistan 2-1 India | Karachi |
| 2 | 27 September | Pakistan 1-4 India | Quetta |
| 3 | 29 September | Pakistan 3-2 India | Peshawar |
| 4 | 1 October | Pakistan 4-4 India | Lahore |
Second Leg :
| Match | Date | Score | Location |
| 1 | 4 October | India 1-3 Pakistan | Delhi |
| 2 | 6 October | India 1-1 Pakistan | Chandigarh |
| 3 | 8 October | India 1-2 Pakistan | Amritsar |
| 4 | 10 October | India 2-0 Pakistan | Hyderabad |

## Matches
### First leg

Match 1
* 24 September 2004
| Pakistan | 2 - 1 | India |
| Abbas 17' Butt 26' | Report | Halappa 3' |
* Hockey Club of Pakistan, Karachi
Match 2
* 27 September 2004
| Pakistan | 1 - 4 | India |
| Abbas 69' | Report | Sandeep 13', 17' Tirkey 33' Khandekar 60' |
* Musa Khan Stadium, Quetta
Match 3
* 29 September 2004
| Pakistan | 3 - 2 | India |
| Mudassar 15' Abbasi 25' Abbas 67' | Report | Prasad 48' Halappa 60' |
* Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium, Peshawar
Match 4
* 1 October 2004
| Pakistan | 4 - 4 | India |
| Abbas 14', 42' Ali 57' Butt 67' | Report | Pillay 15' Sandeep 39' Halappa 49' Tirkey 51' |
* National Hockey Stadium, Lahore

### Second leg

Match 1
* 4 October 2004
| India | 1 - 3 | Pakistan |
| Michael 50' | Report | Jawad 6' Abbas 29', 64' |
* Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi
Match 2
* 6 October 2004
| India | 1 - 1 | Pakistan |
| Tirkey 33' | Report | Ali 22' |
* Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, Chandigarh
Match 3
* 8 October 2004
| India | 1 - 2 | Pakistan |
| Halappa 48' | Report | Abbas 8' Butt 47' |
* Guru Nanak Dev University Stadium, Amritsar
Match 4
* 10 October 2004
| India | 2 - 0 | Pakistan |
| Michael 17' Khandekar 21' | Report | |
* Gachibowli Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad

## Statistics

| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Pakistan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| India | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

There were 32 goals scored in 8 matches for an average of 4 goals per match
8 goals
* Sohail Abbas
4 goals
* Arjun Halappa
3 goals
* Sandeep Singh
* Ignace Tirkey
* Rehan Butt
2 goals
* Tushar Khandekar
* Sandeep Michael
1 goal
* Mudassar Ali Khan
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Hari Prasad
* Vikram Pillay
* Aktar Ali
* Kashif Jawad
* Ghazanfar Ali