First World Cup 1971

The Real Club de Polo, Barcelona, Spain. 15 - 24 October 1971

Participating Teams:

Pool A : India, West Germany, France, Kenya, Argentina

Pool B : Pakistan, Australia, Netherlands, Japan, Spain

Friday 15.10.1971
1 Pool A Germany (BDR) (Winifred Maier 14PC; Uli Vos 45F; 65F; Wolfgang Baumgart 63F; Werner Kaessmann 67F)
5 (1)
1 (0)
Argentina (Jorge Ivorra 59PC)
2 Pool A India (Harmik Singh 43PC)
1 (0)
0 (0)
France
3 Pool B Spain (Juan Amat (2))
2
0
Japan
4 Pool B Pakistan (Tanvir Dar 1PC; 59PC; 69PC; Asad Malik 8F; Abdul Rashid F)
5 (3)
2 (1)
Australia (Richard Parry 9PS; Don Smart 42PC)
Saturday 16.10.1971
5 Pool A France (George Grain 27F)
1 (1)
0 (0)
Kenya
6 Pool A India (Rajwinder Singh 54F) 
1 (0)
0 (0)
Argentina 
7 Pool B Spain  
0 (0)
0 (0)
Netherlands
8 Pool B Pakistan (Tanvir Dar 41PC) 
1 (0)
0 (0)
Japan 
Sunday 17.10.1971
9 Pool A Germany (BDR) (Winifred Maier 8PC; 61PC; Wolfgang Baumgart 10F; 51F)  
4 (2)
0 (0)
France  
10 Pool A India (Kulwant Singh 54F; Vinod Kumar 69PC)  
2 (0)
0 (0)
Kenya
11 Pool B Pakistan (Tanvir Dar 3PC; 15PC; (PC))
3 (2)
3 (2)
Netherlands (Nico Spits 1PC; 23PC; Paul Litjens 61F)  
12 Pool B Australia (Richard Parry 4F)
1 (1)
1 (0)
Japan (Akihito Wada 60PS)   
Monday 18.10.1971
13 Pool A France (Yves Langlois 45F)  
1 (0)
0 (0)
Argentina   
14 Pool A Kenya (Jagjit Singh 20F; Avtar Singh 49PC; Davinder Singh 69F)  
3 (1)
0 (0)
Germany (BDR)
 
15 Pool B Netherlands (Paul Litjens 30F)   
1 (1)
0 (0)
Australia 
16 Pool B Pakistan (Tanvir Dar 25PC; Abdul Rashid 41F)
2 (1)
3 (2)
Spain (Juan Amat 11PC; 68PC; Jose Salles 16PC)    
Tuesday 19.10.1971
17 Pool A Kenya (Ravinder Singh 18F; Tarlochan Chana 62F)
2 (1)
0 (0)
Argentina 
18 Pool A India (Kulwant Singh 47F)    
1 (0)
0 (0)
Germany (BDR)   
19 Pool B Netherlands 
0 (0)
1 (0)
Japan (Toshiaki Ichinose 65PC)    
20 Pool B Spain
0 (0)
1 (0)
Australia (Don Smart 53PS)
Wednesday 20.10.1971 (Play-off for Pool A second place)
21   Kenya (Avtar Singh PC; PC))    
2 (0)
1 (0)
Germany (BDR) (Michael Peter PC)  
Thursday 21.10.1971
22 5 - 8 Netherlands (Irving Van Nes, Frans Spits)  
2
1
France (Francis Coutou)  
23 5 - 8 Germany (BDR) (Uli Vos)
1
0
Australia 
Friday 22.10.1971
24 1 - 4 India (Rajwinder Singh 31F)
1 (1)
2 (0)
Pakistan (Abdul Rashid 39F; Munawar-uz-Zaman 57PC) 
25* 1 - 4 Spain (Jorge Fabregas 84PC)    
1*[0](0)
0*[0](0)
Kenya
Saturday 23.10.1971
26 9 - 10 Japan (Susumu Chiba, Toshiaki Ichinose)    
 2
 0
Argentina
27 7 - 8 France (George Grain)
 1
 0
Australia
28 5 - 6 Germany (BDR) (Dirk Michel PC)
 1
 0
Netherlands 
Sunday 24.10.1971
29* 3 - 4 India (Rajwinder Singh; Ganesh 89F)    
 2*
 1*
Kenya (Avtar Singh)
30 1 - 2 Spain  
 0 (0)
 1 (1)
Pakistan (Akhtar-ul-Islam 27PC)

Matches 25* & 29*: after extra time

Classification matches 22 & 23 and Semi-finals played at Tarrasa

Final Standings:

1. Pakistan, 2. Spain, 3. India, 4. Kenya, 5. Germany, 6. Netherlands, 7. France, 8. Australia, 9. Japan, 10. Argentina

Teams with Sikh Players at First World Cup, 1971:

India Team: Ajit Pal Singh (Capt); C. Preira; C. Charles; Vinod Kumar; Michael Kindo; Baldev Singh; P. Krishnamurthy; Harmik Singh; V. Paes; M.P.Ganesh; Ashok Kumar; Shahid Nor; Kulwant Singh; Harcharan Singh; Rajwinder Singh and Francis D'mello

Manager & Coach: Balbir Singh 'Senior'

Kenya Team: Avtar Singh Sohal (Capt);Amarjit Singh Marwa; Brajinder Daved; Davinder Singh Deegan; Harvinder Singh Marwa; Jagjit Singh Kular; Jagmel Singh Rooprai; Leo Fernandes; Ravinder Singh Laly; Resham Singh Bains; Saggia Hezron; Santokh Singh Matharu; Shabir Bhatti; Surjit Singh Panesar; Surjit Singh Rihal and Tarlochan Singh Chana

Manager: B.M. Gethi; Coach: Hardev Singh Kular


Sikh Officials at First World Cup, 1971

Umpire: Charan Singh (Kenya)