Fourth World Cup 1978

Campo del Polo grounds, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 18 March - 1 April 1978

Participating Teams:

Pool A: Australia, West Germany, India, England, Poland, Canada, Belgium

Pool B : Pakistan, Netherlands, Spain, Argentina, Malaysia, Ireland, Italy

19.3.1978
1 Pool A India (Victor J Phillips 42PS)
1 (0)
0 (0)
Belgium
2 Pool A Germany  (Wolfgang Strodter 28F; 55F; Rainer Seifert 40F; 66F)
4 (1)
3 (1)
Canada (Kelvin Wood 18PS, Alan Hobkirk 43F; Kevin Wood 57F)
3 Pool B Malaysia 
0 (0)
1 (0)
Spain (Paulino Monsalve)
4 Pool B Argentina (Alfredo Quaquarini 15F; Marcelo Garraffo 60PS)  
2 (1)
1 (1)
Ireland (Terry Gregg 12F)
21.3.1978
5 Pool B Argentina (Jorge Disera 55PC)
1 (0)
1 (1)
Malaysia (Avtar Singh Gill 30PS)
6 Pool A Germany  (Rainer Seifert 10F; 50F; Wolfgang Strodter 24PC; 39PC; 52PC; Michael Peter 28PC; Heiner Dopp 53F;65F; Peter Trump 61F)
9 (3)
4 (1)
Poland (Zbigniew Rachwalski 35F; Jozef Wybieralski 41F;44PS; Jacek Merlinger 46F)
7 Pool B Holland (Paul Litjens 7PC; 8PC; 42PC; 52PC; Wouter Leefers 54F; 70F; Theodor Doyer 62F; Ties Kruize 64PS)
8 (2)
0 (0)
Italy
8 Pool A Australia (Ian Cooke 45PC; David Bell 49PS)
2 (0)
0 (0)
England
9 Pool A India (Victor J Phillips 55F)
1 (0)
3 (0)
Canada (Alan Hobkirk 57PC; 67PC; Kelvin Wood 69PS)
10 Pool B Ireland
0 (0)
9 (6)
Pakistan (Islahuddin 8F; 19F; Shaikh Shahnaz 14F; 33F; 63F; Hanif Abdul Khan 24F; Samiullah Khan 27F;70F; Rana Ehsanullah 42F)
22.3.1978
11 Pool A Germany (Wolfgang Strodter 29PC; 32PC; 51PC)   
3 (2)
3 (0)
Belgium (Guy Miserque 39F; Phillippe Verdussen 46F; Jean Claude Moraux 47F)
12 Pool B Malaysia (N Sri Shanmuganathan 37F)  
1 (0)
2 (1)
Holland (Ron Steens 20F; Paul Litjens 69PC)
13 Pool A England (Steve Long 13PC; 43PC; David Whitaker 41PS)  
3 (1)
0 (0)
Poland
14 Pool B Italy  
0 (0)
7 (2)
Pakistan (Munawar-uz-Zaman 5PC; 24PC; 48PC; Islahuddin 57F; , Shaikh Shahnaz 60F; Rana Ehsanullah 67PC; Hanif Abdul Khan 69F)
15 Pool A India (Baldev Singh 15F; Ashok Kumar 56F)  
2 (1)
0 (0)
Australia
16 Pool B Spain (Jaime Arbos 8PS)  
1 (1)
0 (0)
Ireland
24.3.1978
17 Pool A Australia (Ian Cooke 22PC; 48PC; 63PC; Richard Charlesworth 34F; Barry Dancer 46F)
5 (2)
2 (1)
Belgium (Guy Miserque 29PC; Michel van Tuyckom 66PC)
25.3.1978
18 Pool B Malaysia (Avtar Singh Gill 27PS; 62PS) 
2 (1)
2 (1)
Ireland (Norman McGladdery 34F; Terry Gregg 60F)
19 Pool A England (Steve Long 3F; 20F; 26F)   
3 (3)
3 (0)
Canada (Alan Hobkirk 48F; Kelvin Wood 60PS; Fred Hoos 68F)
20 Pool A Australia (Ian Cooke 14F; 36F; Stephen Smith 21F; Greg Browning 40F)
4 (2)
1 (1)
Poland (Jerzy Wybieralski 19F)
21 Pool A India 
0 (0)
7 (2)
Germany (Hans Montag 27PS; Wolfgang Strodter 28PC; 41PC; Rainer Seifert 42F; Heiner Dopp 49F; 54F; Peter Trump 60F)
22 Pool B Holland (Paul Litjens 19PC)  
1 (1)
3 (1)
Pakistan (Munawar-uz-Zaman 16PC; Manzoor Hussain 42F; Akhtar Rasool 59F)
23 Pool B Argentina (Marcelo Garraffo 21F; 42F; Ernesto Barreiros 31F; Jorge Ruiz 58F)  
4 (2)
0 (0)
Italy
26.3.1978
24 Pool B Pakistan (Hanif Abdul Khan 34F; 64F; Islahuddin 47F)  
3 (1)
0 (0)
Malaysia
25 Pool B Ireland (Norman McGladdery 17F; 66F; Terry Gregg 19)  
3 (2)
0 (0)
Italy
26 Pool A Germany  
0 (0)
0 (0)
England
27 Pool A Belgium (Guy Miserque 16F; Michel van Tuyckom 69F)  
2 (1)
2 (1)
Canada (Alan Hobkirk 12PC; Bubli Chohan 53F)
28 Pool B Argentina  
0 (0)
0 (0)
Spain
29 Pool A India (Victor J Phillips 15F; Baldev Singh 46F; Surinder Singh 58F)  
3 (1)
1 (1)
Poland (Zbigniew Rachwalski 5F)
27.3.1978
30 Pool Holland (Theodor Doyer 43F; Paul Litjens 49PC)
2 (0)
1 (1)
Spain (R. Garralda 24F)
28.3.1978
31 Pool A India (Victor J Phillips 10PS) ( 
1 (1)
1 (0)
England (Steve Long 63PC)
32 Pool B Malaysia (N Sri Shanmuganathan 5PC; 16PS; Avtar Singh Gill) 
3 (2)
1 (0)
Italy (Luigi Carta 61F)
33 Pool A Australia (Ian Cooke 14PC; David Bell 31PS; Greg Browning 50F; Rowan Dick 52F)  
4 (2)
0 (0)
Canada
34 Pool A Poland (Jozef Wybieralski 3F; Marek Krus 15F; Krystian Bak 26PC; Jacek Merlinger 33F; Andrzej Wysliwiec 44F; Zbigniew Rachwalski 50F; Abdrzej Mysliwiec 68F)  
 7 (4)
 4 (1)
Belgium (Phillippe Verdussen12PS; , Michel van Tuyckom 62PC; Guy Miserque 69F; 70F)
35 Pool B Pakistan (Shaikh Shahnaz 12F; Manzoor Hussain 35F)   
 2 (2)
 1 (1)
Spain (Miguel Chaves 34F)
36 Pool B Holland  (Ties Kruize 8PS; Paul Litjens 31PC; 66PC  
 3 (2)
 2 (2)
Argentina (Jorge Sabbione 4PC; Marcelo Garraffo 9PS)
29.3.1978
37 Pool A England   
 0 (0)
 1 (0)
Belgium (Phillippe van Strydonck 63F)
38 Pool B Italy
 0 (0)
 3 (2)
Spain (J Amat 33PC; J. Fabregas 34PC; 58PC)
39 Pool A Poland  (Jacek Merlinger 9F; Josef Wybieralski 60PS)  
 2 (1)
 1 (1) Canada (Bubli Chohan 20F)
40 Pool A Australia ( Ian Cooke 12F; 18F; Rowan Dick 15F)  
 3 (3)
 2 (1)
Germany (Wolfgang Strodter 22PC; 47PC)
41 Pool B Pakistan (Manzoor Hussain 13F; 24F; Smiullah Khan 28F; 30F; Munainwar-uz-Zaman 31F; Shahnaz Shaikh 47PC; Abdul Menif Khan 53F)  
 7 (5)
 0 (0)
Argentina
42 Pool B Ireland (John Douglas 21PC; Terry Gregg 62F) 
 2 (1)
 5 (2)
Holland (Paul Litjens 23PC; 29PC; 56PC; Ron Steens 43F; Tom van t' Hek 58F)
31.3.1978
43* 1 - 4 Pakistan  (Islahuddin 83F)

1* [0] (0)

0* [0] (0)

Germany
44 1 - 4 Australia  (Richard Charlesworth 25F; Ian Cooke 59PC)
 2 (1)
 3 (3)
Holland (Andre Bolhuis 1F; Paul Litjens 6PC; 30F)
45 5 - 8 India (V Bhaskaran 12PC; Surinder Singh 49F; 64F)
 3 (1)
 2 (0)
Argentina (Jorge Sabbione 58PC; Marcelo Garraffo 67PS)
46 9 - 12 Canada 
 0 (0)
 2 (1)
Malaysia (Avtar Singh Gill 5PS; K T Rajan 62F)
47* 5 - 8 England (Steve Long 11PC)

1*[1] (1)

2*[1] (1)

Spain (F Segura 18PS; Jaime Arbos 89PS)
48* 9 - 12 Poland  (Krystian Bak 12PC)

6*[1] (1)

5*[1] (1)

Ireland (John Douglas 10PC)
1.4.1978
49 5 - 6 Spain  (Juan Pellon 26F; Francisco Fabregas 29F)
 2 (2)
 0 (0)
India
50 7 - 8 England (David Whitaker 2PS; Robbie Smith 30F; Steve Long 60F)
 3 (2)
 1 (1)
Argentina (Marcelo Garraffo 28F)
51 9 - 10 Poland (Krystian Bak 15PC)
 1 (1)
 0 (0)
Malaysia
52 11 - 12 Canada  (Alan Hobkirk 32PC; 41PC; Kelvin Wood 45F)
 3 (1)
 1 (0)
Ireland (Terry Gregg 48F)
53 13 - 14 Italy (Luigi Carta 8F; Renzo Pupatti 34F)
 2 (2)
 1 (0)
Belgium (Arnaud Solie 40F)
2.4.1978
54 3 - 4 Australia (Ian Cooke 8F; 39F; David Bell 41PS; Greg Browning 61F)
4 (1)
3 (2)
Germany (Heiner Dopp 14F; Wolfgang Strodter 28PC; 66PC)
55 1 - 2 Pakistan (Akhtar Rasool 2PS; Shahnaz Shaik 46F; Rana Ehsanullah 63PC)
3 (1)
2 (1)
Netherlands (Ties Kruize 9PS; Paul Litjens 40PC)

Matches 43* and 47*: After Extra Time.

Match 48*: Score after 5 x 7.5 min: 1 - 1; Penalty Strokes by: Poland: Jo Wybieralski; J Derezinski; Z Rachwalski; M Krus; Je Wybieralski. Ireland: P. Hardy; C Latta; T Gregg; M Sinnamon (Missed); McGladdery

Final Standings:

1. Pakistan; 2. Netherlands; 3. Australia; 4. Germany; 5. Spain; 6. India; 7. England; 8. Argentina; 9. Poland; 10. Malaysia; 11. Canada; 12. Ireland; 13. Italy; 14. Belgium.

Teams with Sikh Players:

India: V J Phillips (Capt); Sait; Syed Ali; Ashok Kumar; Olympio Fernandes; Baldev Singh; M Fredricks; Robert Clandius; Surinder Singh Sodhi; Zafar Iqbal; John Kerketta; V Bhaskaran; Gopal Bhengra; Dung Dung; Vincent Lakra; Sukhbir Singh Grewal; Varinder Singh

Manager: Kartar Singh; Coach: R S Gentle

England: Ian Taylor; Paul Barber; David Whitaker; Peter Freitag; Bernard Cotton; Rui Saldanha; Ian Thomson; Sutinder Singh Khehar; Ian Stuart McGinn; Alistair Kirk McGinn; Norman Hughes; Roly Brookeman; Balwant Singh Saini; Stephen William Long; John Andrew Hurst; Robert William Smith

Manager: Anthony Ekins; Coach: Trevor Clarke

Malaysia: Azrai Md. Zain; Zulkifli Bin Abbas; Brian Sta Maria; N Srishanmuganathan; Seong Foo Keat; R Ramakrishnan (Capt); Mohinder Singh; Seng Tam Kum; K Balasingham; K Rajan; Kooi Ow Soon; Loke Poon Fook; R Utamarajah; Avtar Singh Gill; Spender Oliveiro Lennar; Updesh Singh Gill

Manager: P Alagendra; Coach: Chye Moroh

Canada: Sarbjit Singh Dusang; Julian Austin; Alan Herbrirk (Capt); Dave Bisset; Mohinder Pal Singh; Paramjit SinghBahia; Peter Motzek; Doug Pready; Hash Kanjee; Satinder Singh Chohan; Fred Hoos; Antonie Schouten; Reg Plummer; Howard Fernandes; Mike Mouat; Kelvin Wood

Manager: Victor Warrent; Coach: John McBryde.

Sikh Officials at 1978 World Cup:

Hardial Singh (Kenya) - Judge