Hockey World Cup










































Men's Hockey World Cup

Most recent season or competition:
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
Sport Field hockey
Founded 1971
No. of teams 16
Continent
International (FIH)
Most recent
champion(s)

 Belgium (1st title)
Most titles
 Pakistan (4 titles)
Qualification Hockey Series
Official website www.fih.ch

The Men's Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer Olympics.


There is also a Women's Hockey World Cup, which has been held since 1974 and was organised by the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) until 1981, when the governing bodies merged into the current International Hockey Federation in 1982.


Pakistan is the most successful team, having won the tournament four times. The Netherlands and Australia have each won three titles, and Germany has won two titles. Belgium and India have both won the tournament once.


The 2018 tournament was held in Bhubaneswar, India from 28 November to 16 December.[1][2]Belgium defeated Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out 3–2 after the match ended in a 0–0 tie to win their first World Cup title. The World Cup expanded to 16 teams in 2018, and FIH will evaluate the possibility of increasing it to 24 in 2022.[3]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Trophy


  • 3 Format


    • 3.1 Qualification


    • 3.2 Final tournament




  • 4 Results


    • 4.1 Summaries


    • 4.2 Successful national teams


    • 4.3 Performance by host nations


    • 4.4 Performance by continental zones




  • 5 Team appearances


  • 6 Debut of teams


  • 7 References





History


The Hockey World Cup was first conceived by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan. He proposed his idea to the FIH through Patrick Rowley, the first editor of World Hockey magazine. Their idea was approved on 26 October 1969, and adopted by the FIH Council at a meeting in Brussels on 12 April 1970. The FIH decided that the inaugural World Cup would be held in October 1971, in Pakistan.


However, political issues would prevent that first competition from being played in Pakistan. The FIH had inadvertently scheduled the first World Cup to be played in Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Furthermore, Pakistan and India had been at war with each other only six years earlier. When Pakistan invited India to compete in the tournament, a crisis arose. Pakistanis, led by cricketer Abdul Hafeez Kardar, protested against India's participation in the Hockey World Cup.


Given the intense political climate between Pakistan and India, the FIH decided to move the tournament elsewhere. In March 1971, coincidentally in the same month Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan, the FIH decided to move the first Hockey World Cup to the Real Club de Polo grounds in Barcelona, Spain, which was considered a neutral and peaceful European site.[4]


The FIH has set no requirements or limitations on the size of the competition. The 1971 Cup included only ten nations, the smallest World Cup to date. The 1978 Cup featured fourteen nations. The 2002 Cup featured sixteen nations, the largest World Cup to date. The remaining 9 World Cups have featured 12 nations.


The first three tournaments were held every two years. The 1978 cup was the only tournament held three years from the previous one. It was halfway between the Summer Olympics hockey competition and has continued that way. In other words, the tournament has been held every four years ever since.



Trophy


The Hockey World Cup trophy was designed by the Bashir Moojid and created by the Pakistani Army. On 27 March 1971, in Brussels, the trophy was formally handed to FIH President Rene Frank by Mr H.E Masood, the Pakistani Ambassador to Belgium. The trophy consists of a silver cup with an intricate floral design, surmounted by a globe of the world in silver and gold, placed on a high blade base inlaid with ivory. At its peak is a model hockey stick and ball. Without its base, the trophy stands 120.85 mm (4.758 in) high. Including the base, the trophy stands 650 mm (26 in). It weighs 11,560 g (408 oz), including 895 g (31.6 oz) of gold, 6,815 g (240.4 oz) of silver, 350 g (12 oz) of ivory and 3,500 g (120 oz) of teak.[5]



Format


The Hockey World Cup consists of a qualification stage and a final tournament stage. The format for each stage is the same.



Qualification


The qualification stage has been a part of the Hockey World Cup since 1977. All participating teams play in the qualification round. The teams divide into two or more pools and compete for a berth in the final tournament. The top two teams are automatically qualified and the rest of the berths are decided in playoffs.



Final tournament


The final tournament features the continental champions and other qualified teams. Sometimes it also features the winners of the Summer Olympics' hockey competition or the continental runners-up. The teams divide into pools once more and play a round robin tournament. The composition of the pools is determined using the current world rankings. The top two teams in each pool play in the semifinals for a place in the final. The bottom two teams in the semifinals have a third place playoff. The rest of the teams have playoffs to determine their final positions. If they are third or fourth in their pool, they play for fifth place; if they are fifth or sixth in their pool, they play for ninth place.



Results



Summaries































































































































































Year
Host

Final

Third place match
Winner
Score
Runner-up
Third place
Score
Fourth place
1971
Details

Barcelona, Spain


Pakistan


1–0


Spain


India

2–1
after extra time


Kenya
1973
Details

Amstelveen, Netherlands


Netherlands


2–2
(4–2)
penalty strokes


India


West Germany

1–0


Pakistan
1975
Details

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


India


2–1


Pakistan


West Germany

4–0


Malaysia
1978
Details

Buenos Aires, Argentina


Pakistan


3–2


Netherlands


Australia

4–3


West Germany
1982
Details

Bombay, India


Pakistan


3–1


West Germany


Australia

4–2


Netherlands
1986
Details

London, England


Australia


2–1


England


West Germany

3–2
after extra time


Soviet Union
1990
Details

Lahore, Pakistan


Netherlands


3–1


Pakistan


Australia

2–1
after extra time


West Germany
1994
Details

Sydney, Australia


Pakistan


1–1
(4–3)
penalty strokes


Netherlands


Australia

5–2


Germany
1998
Details

Utrecht, Netherlands


Netherlands


3–2
after extra time


Spain


Germany

1–0


Australia
2002
Details

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Germany


2–1


Australia


Netherlands

2–1
after extra time


South Korea
2006
Details

Mönchengladbach, Germany


Germany


4–3


Australia


Spain

3–2
after extra time


South Korea
2010
Details

New Delhi, India


Australia


2–1


Germany


Netherlands

4–3


England
2014
Details

The Hague, Netherlands


Australia


6–1


Netherlands


Argentina

2–0


England
2018
Details

Bhubaneswar, India


Belgium


0–0
(3–2)

penalty shootout


Netherlands


Australia

8–1


England


Successful national teams




Field Hockey Titles


Twenty four teams have qualified for a Hockey World Cup. Of these, eleven teams have made it to the semifinals. Seven teams have made it through to the finals.


To date the most successful teams are Pakistan, with four titles from six final appearances, the Netherlands, with three titles from seven final appearances, and Australia with three titles from five final appearances. Germany won in 2002 and 2006, while India and Belgium won their lone titles in 1975 and 2018, respectively.


Below is a list of teams that have finished in the top four positions in the tournament:


















































































































































Teams reaching the top four
Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Top 4
Finishes
Top 3
Finishes
Top 2
Finishes

 Pakistan
4 (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)
2 (1975, 1990*)

1 (1973)
7
6
6

 Netherlands
3 (1973*, 1990, 1998*)
4 (1978, 1994, 2014*, 2018)
2 (2002, 2010)
1 (1982)
10
9
7

 Australia
3 (1986, 2010, 2014)
2 (2002, 2006)
5 (1978, 1982, 1990, 1994*, 2018)
1 (1998)
11
10
5

 Germany^
2 (2002, 2006*)
2 (1982, 2010)
4 (1973, 1975, 1986, 1998)
3 (1978, 1990, 1994)
11
8
4

 India
1 (1975)
1 (1973)
1 (1971)

3
3
2

 Belgium
1 (2018)



1
1
1

 Spain

2 (1971*, 1998)
1 (2006)

3
3
2

 England

1 (1986*)

3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
4
1
1

 Argentina


1 (2014)

1
1
0

 South Korea



2 (2002, 2006)
2
0
0

 Kenya



1 (1971)
1
0
0

 Malaysia



1 (1975*)
1
0
0

 Soviet Union#



1 (1986)
1
0
0


* = host nation

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1971 and 1990

# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations



Performance by host nations


Nine nations have hosted the Hockey World Cup. Only the Netherlands (1973 and 1998) and Germany (2006) have won the tournament as hosts. Spain, England, and Pakistan emerged as host runners-up in the 1971, 1986 and 1990 tournaments. Australia placed third when it hosted the 1994 tournament in Sydney.



Performance by continental zones


To date, the finals of the Hockey World Cup have been contested by Asian, European and Oceania continental teams. European teams have won the most with six titles, followed by Asian teams with five titles. Australia is the only team from Oceania to win the tournament. Neither the Americas nor Africa have ever won the title.



























Continent
Best performance

Europe
6 titles, won by the Netherlands (3), Germany (2) and Belgium (1)

Asia
5 titles, won by Pakistan (4) and India (1)

Oceania
3 titles, won by Australia

Americas
Third place (Argentina, 2014)

Africa
Fourth place (Kenya, 1971)


Team appearances





























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Team

Spain
1971

Netherlands
1973

Malaysia
1975

Argentina
1978

India
1982

England
1986

Pakistan
1990

Australia
1994

Netherlands
1998

Malaysia
2002

Germany
2006

India
2010

Netherlands
2014

India
2018
Total

 Argentina
10th 9th 11th 8th 12th 6th 9th 7th 6th 10th 7th 3rd 7th
13

 Australia
8th 5th 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd
13

 Belarus
Part of the Soviet Union 12th
1

 Belgium
8th 14th 11th 14th 5th 1st
6

 Canada
11th 10th 11th 8th 11th 11th
6

 China
10th
1

 Cuba
16th
1

 England
6th 6th 7th 8th 2nd 5th 6th 6th 7th 5th 4th 4th 4th
13

 France
7th 7th 8th
3

 Germany^
5th 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 6th 5th
14

 Ghana
12th
1

 India
3rd 2nd 1st 6th 5th 12th 10th 5th 9th 10th 11th 8th 9th 6th
14

 Ireland
12th 12th 14th
3

 Italy
13th
1

 Japan
9th 10th 12th 9th
4

 Kenya
4th 12th
2

 Malaysia
11th 4th 10th 10th 11th 8th 12th 15th
8

 Netherlands
6th 1st 9th 2nd 4th 7th 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 7th 3rd 2nd 2nd
14

 New Zealand
7th 7th 7th 9th 10th 9th 8th 9th 7th 9th
10

 Pakistan
1st 4th 2nd 1st 1st 11th 2nd 1st 5th 5th 6th 12th 12th
13

 Poland
10th 9th 8th 8th 12th 15th
6

 South Africa
10th 13th 12th 10th 11th 16th
6

 South Korea
8th 7th 4th 4th 6th 10th
6

 Soviet Union#
6th 4th 6th Defunct
3

 Spain
2nd 5th 8th 5th 11th 5th 8th 9th 2nd 11th 3rd 5th 8th 13th
14
Total 10 12 12 14 12 12 12 12 12 16 12 12 12 16 176


^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1971 and 1990

# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations


Germany, India, the Netherlands and Spain are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 24 teams have competed in at least one World Cup.



Debut of teams



















































































Year
Debutants
Total

1971

 Argentina,  Australia,  France,  India,  Japan,  Kenya,  Netherlands,  Pakistan,  Spain,  West Germany^
10

1973

 Belgium,  England,  New Zealand,  Malaysia
4

1975

 Ghana,  Poland
2

1978

 Canada,  Ireland,  Italy
3

1982

 Soviet Union#
1

1986

0

1990

0

1994

 Belarus#,  Germany^,  South Africa,  South Korea
3 (+1^)

1998

0

2002

 Cuba
1

2006

0

2010

0

2014

0

2018

 China
1
Total

25 (+1^)


^ = Germany is a successor of West Germany and not a separate team.

# = Belarus was a part of Soviet Union but not successor, hence Belarus is a new separate entity.


Total number of teams which have participated in the World Cups through 2018 is 25, using FIH's view on successor teams



References





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