# 1976 Women's Hockey World Cup

The 1976 Women's Hockey World Cup was the second edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It took place from 22 to 30 May in West Berlin. The 11 teams were divided into two pools, with five teams in Pool A and six in Pool B. West Germany, which remained undefeated throughout the tournament, won the title by defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final on 30 May.

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belgium | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | |
| 5 | Italy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | |
* 21 May 1976
| Netherlands | 8–0 | Mexico |
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* 21 May 1976
| Belgium | 5–0 | Italy |
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* 22 May 1976
| Netherlands | 4–3 | Belgium |
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* 22 May 1976
| Italy | 1–1 | Switzerland |
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* 24 May 1976
| Switzerland | 0–6 | Netherlands |
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* 24 May 1976
| Belgium | 3–0 | Mexico |
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* 25 May 1976
| Italy | 0–5 | Netherlands |
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* 25 May 1976
| Mexico | 1–1 | Switzerland |
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* 27 May 1976
| Switzerland | 0–3 | Belgium |
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* 27 May 1976
| Mexico | 1–0 | Italy |
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### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | France | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 | |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 | |
* 21 May 1976
| West Germany | 3–1 | Argentina |
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* 21 May 1976
| Spain | 5–0 | Nigeria |
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* 21 May 1976
| Austria | 1–4 | France |
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* 22 May 1976
| Nigeria | 0–9 | West Germany |
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* 22 May 1976
| Argentina | 3–0 | Austria |
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* 22 May 1976
| France | 3–0 | Spain |
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* 24 May 1976
| West Germany | 5–0 | Spain |
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* 24 May 1976
| Argentina | 2–0 | France |
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* 24 May 1976
| Austria | 2–0 | Nigeria |
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* 25 May 1976
| West Germany | 1–0 | Austria |
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* 25 May 1976
| Argentina | 4–0 | Spain |
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* 25 May 1976
| France | 6–0 | Nigeria |
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* 27 May 1976
| Spain | 2–0 | Austria |
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* 27 May 1976
| Nigeria | 0–8 | Argentina |
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* 27 May 1976
| France | 0–3 | West Germany |
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## Classification round
### Ninth to eleventh place classification
#### Bracket

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth Place | Ninth Place |
| | | 28 May 1976 | 28 May 1976 |
| | | Austria | 1 |
| 30 May 1976 | 30 May 1976 | | Austria | 1 |
| 30 May 1976 | 30 May 1976 | Italy | 0 |
| Italy (pen.) | 1 (3) | Italy | 0 |
| Nigeria | 1 (2) | | |

#### Crossover

* 28 May 1976
| Italy | 1–1 |
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| Penalties |||
| | 3–2 |

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 30 May 1976
| Austria | 1–0 | Italy |
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### Fifth to eighth place classification
#### Bracket

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 28 May 1976 | 28 May 1976 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 | 30 May 1976 | 30 May 1976 |
| Spain | 3 | 30 May 1976 | 30 May 1976 |
| Spain | 3 | Spain | 3 |
| 28 May 1976 | 28 May 1976 | | Spain | 3 |
| 28 May 1976 | 28 May 1976 | France | 0 |
| France | 1 | France | 0 |
| Switzerland | 0 | | |
| Switzerland | 0 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 30 May 1976 | 30 May 1976 |
| | | Mexico | 1 |
| | | Switzerland | 0 |

#### Crossover

* 28 May 1976
| Mexico | 1–3 | Spain |
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* 28 May 1976
| France | 1–0 | Switzerland |
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#### Seventh and eighth place

* 30 May 1976
| Mexico | 1–0 | Switzerland |
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#### Fifth and sixth place

* 30 May 1976
| Spain | 3–0 | France |
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## Medal round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 28 May 1976 | 28 May 1976 |
| Netherlands | 0 (3) |
| Netherlands | 0 (3) | 30 May 1976 | 30 May 1976 |
| Argentina (pen.) | 0 (4) | 30 May 1976 | 30 May 1976 |
| Argentina (pen.) | 0 (4) | Argentina | 0 |
| 28 May 1976 | 28 May 1976 | | Argentina | 0 |
| 28 May 1976 | 28 May 1976 | West Germany | 2 |
| West Germany | 3 | West Germany | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | | |
| Belgium | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 30 May 1976 | 30 May 1976 |
| | | Netherlands | 1 |
| | | Belgium | 0 |

### Semi-finals

* 28 May 1976
| West Germany | 3–1 | Belgium |
| Klimpel 6', 45' Scholz 70' | Report | Boisset 40' |
* 28 May 1976
| Netherlands | 0–0 |
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| Penalties |||
| | 3–4 |

### Third and fourth place

* 30 May 1976
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Belgium |
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### Final

* 30 May 1976
| Argentina | 0–2 | West Germany |
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* 1976 Women's Hockey World Cup winner
* West Germany First title

## Winning Squad

West Germany
* Gabriele Appel
* Christl Behr
* Ingrid Bruckert
* Steffi Drescher
* Evi Eckert
* Birgit Hagen
* Birgit Hahn
* Uschi Keimer
* Heidemarie Kilmpel
* Christel Lau
* Margit Muller
* Gudrun Neumann
* Gudrun Scholz
* Elisabeth von Ladiges
* Birgitte Welzel