Eighth World Cup 1994

State Hockey Centre, Sydney, Australia - 23 November – 4 December 1994

Participating Teams:

Pool A: Argentina, Australia, Belarus, England, Pakistan, Spain

Pool B : Belgium, Germany, India, Korea, Netherlands, South Africa

Wednesday 23 November 1994
1 Pool A Australia (Lachlan Elmer 8PC; Mark Hager 32F)
2 (2)
0 (0)
Belarus
2 Pool A England
0 (0)
0 (0)
Spain
3 Pool A Pakistan (Kamran Ashraf 30PC; Tahir Zaman 60PS; Wasim Feroze 64F)
3 (1)
0 (0)
Argentina
4 Pool B Germany (Christian Blunck 7PC)
1 (1)
1 (0)
South Africa (Gary Boddington 70F)
Thursday 24 November 1994
5 Pool B Belgium (Alexandre de Chaffoy 28PC)
1 (1)
8 (2)
Netherlands (Stephan Veen 15F; 60F; Taco van den Honert 35PC; 39PC; 42PC; 53PC; 65PC; Marc Delissen 36PS)
6 Pool B Korea
0 (0)
2 (0)
India (Gavin Ferrera61PC; Edward Aranha 62F)
7 Pool A Belarus
0 (0)
1 (0)
England (Nick Thompson 64PC)
8 Pool A Argentina (Fernando Ferrara 26F)
1 (1)
2 (2)
Australia (Paul Lewis 9F; Jay Stacy 16F)
Friday 25 November 1994
9 Pool A Pakistan (Kamran Ashraf 26F; 61F; Wasim Feroze 62F)
3 (1)
1 (0)
Spain (Juan Garcia-Maurino 41F)
10 Pool B Belgium
0 (0)
6 (4)
Germany (Sven Meinhardt 2PS; 8F; 48PS; 52PS; Patrick Bellenbaum 20F; Klaus Michler 32PC)
11 Pool B Korea  
0 (0)
0 (0)
South Africa
12 Pool B Nederlands (Taco van den Honert 28F; 68PC; Leo Klein Gebbink 43F; Teun de Nooijer 54F)  
4 (1)
2 (1)
India (Gavin Ferreira 34PC; Shakeel Ahmed 63PS)
Saturday 26 November 1994
13 Pool A England (Jason Laslett 44F)  
1 (0)
1 (1)
Argentina (Fernando Moresi 17F)
14 Pool A Spain (Javier Arnau 26PS; 54F; 59PC; Victor Pujol 46F)
4 (1)
1 (1)
Belarus (Nikolai Sankovets 34F)  
15 Pool A Australia (Warren Birmingham 49PS)
1 (0)
2 (1)
Pakistan (Tahir Zaman 23PS; Kamran Ashraf 40F)
Sunday 27 November 1994
16 Pool B Korea (Kyo-shin Seok 2PC; 65PC; Yung-kyu Kim 9F; Keon-wook Kang 40F; 70F; Yong-kyun Jeong 61F; Jung-ho Choi 67F)  
7 (2)
2 (0)
Belgium (Eric Vandergracht 48PC; 61PC)
17 Pool B India (Alexander Anil Aldrin 3PC; 66PC)
2 (1)
2 (2)
South Africa (Greg Clark 12F; Murray Anderson 19F)
18 Pool B Germany
0 (0)
0 (0)
Netherlands  
Monday 28 November 1994
19 Pool A Australia (Mark Hager 2F; Paul Lewis 44PC)
2 (1)
1 (1)
Spain (Javier Escude 9F)
20 Pool A Pakistan
0 (0)
2 (1)
England (Nick Thompson 28F; 49PC)  
21 Pool A Belarus (Vitaliv Kholopov 59F)
1 (0)
4 (2)
Argentina (Jorge Lombi 10F; 25PC; 65F; Jorge Querejeta 70F)  
22 Pool B South Africa (Alistair Fredericks 30F)
1 (1)
1 (0)
Belgium (Marc Coudron 56PS)  
Tuesday 29 November 1994
23 Pool B Germany (Andreas Becker 20PC; Jan-Peter Tewes 53PC)  
2 (1)
1 (1)
India (Edward Aranha 30F)  
24 Pool B Netherlands (Floris-jan Bovelander 12PC; 27F; 52PC; Marc Delissen 14F)
4 (3)
2 (1)
Korea (Seok-kyu Shin 20PC; Young-Kyu Kim 59F)  
25 Pool A Spain (Juan Dinares 40PC)  
1 (0)
2 (1)
Argentina (Fernando Ferrara 23F; 70F)  
26 Pool A Australia (Stephen Davies 23F; Paul Lewis 24F)
2 (2)
0 (0)
England
Wednesday 30 November 1994
27 Pool A Pakistan (Kamran Ashraf 16F; 64F)    
2 (1)
0 (0)
Belarus   
28 Pool B India (Mukesh Kumar 6PC; 13PC; Mohd. Riyaz Nabi 18PS; 61PS)  
4 (3)
2 (1)
Belgium (Marc Coudron 2F; 67PC)    
29 Pool B Netherlands (Taco van den Honert 16PC; 19PC; 61F; Stephan Veen 33F; Jacques Brinkman 55PC)
5 (3)
1 (0)
South Africa (Gary Boddington 37PC)
30 Pool B Germany (Christoph Bechmann 60F)
1 (0)
1 (1)
Korea (Young-Kyu Kim 25F)
Friday 2 December 1994
31 5 - 8 England (Robert Crutchley 13PC; 20PC; Russell Garcia 63PS)
 3 (2)
 1 (0)
Korea (Jong-Ha Jeon 41PC)     
32* 5 - 8 India (Dhanraj Pillay 22F; Jude Felix 35PC)  
6* [2] (2)
3* [2] (0)
Argentina (Fernando Ferrara 44PC; Carlos Retegui 66PC)    
33 1 - 4 Netherlands (Floris-jan Bovelander 5PC; 20PC; Jacques Brinkman 67F)
3 (2)
1 (0)
Australia (Paul Gaudoin 47PC)    
34* 1 - 4 Pakistan (Kamran Ashraf 18F)
6*[1] (1)
4*[1] (1)
Germany (Sven Meinhardt 22PC)  
Saturday 3 December 1994
35* 9 - 12 Spain (Javier Arnau 25PC)  
9*[1] (1)
8*[1] (0)
Belgium (Marc Coudron 63PS)  
36 9 - 12 South Africa (Gary Boddington 3PC; Charles Teversham 37PC; Murray Anderson 70PC)
3 (1)
2 (1)
Belarus (Igor Barkov 1F; Vladimir Kashkar 58PC)
37* 7 - 8 Korea (Kim Young-Kyu 11F; Park Shin-Keum 25F; Shin Seok-Kyo 67PC)     
8* [3](2)
6* [3](0)
Argentina (Patricio Keenan, Fernando Ferrara 2)  
38 5 - 6 India (Mukesh Kumar 45F)  
 1 (0)
 0 (0)
England
Sunday 4 December 1994
39 11 - 12 Belgium (Eric Vandergracht)   
 1 (0)
 0 (0)
Belarus  
40 9 - 10 Spain (Xavier Arnau, David Freixa)      
2 (0)
 0 (0)
South Africa  
41 3 - 4 Australia (Stephen Davies, David Wansbrough, Paul Lewis, Lee Bodimeade, Jay Stacy)
5 (0)
2 (0)
Germany (Sven Meinhardt 2)
42* 1 - 2 Pakistan (Kamran Ashraf 21F)
4* [1](1)
3* [1](1)
Netherlands (Floris-jan Bovelander 17PC)

Matches 32*, 34*, 35*, 37 & 42* : after tie break

Match 32*: Penalty Stroke Competition, India beat Argentina 4 - 1; India: Harpreet Singh (scored); Mohd. Riyaz (scored); Gavin Ferreira (scored); Dhanraj Pillay (scored). Argentina: Fernando Ferrara (scored); Fernando Falchetto (missed); Fernando Moresi (missed)

Match 34*: Penalty Stroke Competition, Pakistan beat Germany 5 - 3; Pakistan: Shahbaz Ahmad (scored); Shahbaz Jnr. (scored); Tahir Zaman (scored); Mohd. Usman (scored); Shafqat Malik (scored). Germany: Sven Meinhartdt (scored); Andreas Becker (scored); Christian Blunck (missed); Christian Mayerhofer (scored).

Match 35*: Penalty Stroke Competition, Spain beat Belgium 8 - 7; Spain: Victor Pujol (scored); Javier Arnau (scored); Juan Escarre (missed); Juan Dinares (scored); Pablo Usoz (scored); Juan Dinares (scored); Victor Pujol (scored); Pablo Usoz (missed); Javier Arnau (scored); Juan Escarre (scored). Belgium: Eric Vandergracht (missed); Marc Coudron (scored); Christian Vandergracht (scored); Joeri Beunen (scored); Alexandre de Chaffoy (scored); Marc Coudron (scored); Joeri Beunen (scored); Christian Vandergracht (missed); Alexandre de Chaffoy (scored); Eric Vandergracht (missed).

Match 37*: Penalty Stroke Competition, Argentina beat Korea 5 - 3; Argentina: Fernando Ferrara (scored); Jorge Lombi (scored); Carlos Retegui (scored); Rodolfo Perez (scored); Jorge Querejeta (scored). Korea: Sang Cheon Lee (scored); Myung Keun You (missed); Shin Heum Park (scored); Jong Ha Jeon (scored).

Match 42*: Penalty Stroke Competition, Pakistan beat Netherlands 4 - 3; Pakistan: Shahbaz Ahmed (scored); Mohd. Shahbaz (scored); Tahir Zaman (scored); Mohd.Usman (scored); Shafqat Malik (missed). Netherlands: Taco van den Honert (scored); Floris jan Bovelander (missed); Marc Delissen (scored); Jacques Brinkmann (scored); Jeroen Delmee (missed).

Final Classification:

1. Pakistan; 2. Netherlands; 3. Australia; 4. Germany; 5. India; 6. England; 7. Argentina; 8. Korea; 9. Spain; 10. South Africa; 11. Belgium; 12. Belarus.

Teams with Sikh Players at 1994 World Cup:

England: David Luckes (G/K); Simon Mason (G/K); Phillip McGuire; Julian Halls; Soma Singh; John Potter (Capt); Jason Laslett; John Shaw; Kalbir Singh Takher; Nick Thompson; Chris Mayer; Simon Nicklin; Russell Garcia; Robert Crutchley; Simon Hazlitt; Donald Williams.

Manager: David Whittle; Coach: David Whitaker

India: A B Subbaiah; Alloysias Edwards; Alexander Anil Aldrin; Ranjnish Mishra; K K Pooncha; Harpreet Singh; Jude Felix (Capt); Shakeel Ahmed; Sandeep Somesh Hamachimana; Mukesh Kumar; Varkey Sabu; Dhanraj Pillay; Mohommed Riaz Nabi; Sanjeev Kumar; Gavin Ferrera; Edward Arahana.

Manager: T Jesudanam; Coach: Cedric D'Souza

Sikh Official at 1994 World Cup:

Judge: Avtar Singh (Kenya)

Sikh Umpire at 1994 World Cup:

Tarlock Singh Bhullar (India)