Ninth World Cup 1998

Galgenwaard Stadium, Utrecht, Netherlands. 21 May – 1 June 1998.

Participating Teams:

Pool A: Canada, Germany, India, South Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand

Pool B : Australia, England, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, Spain

Thursday 21 May 1998
1 Pool B Poland 0 (0) 8 (4) Australia (Matthew Smith 7F; Michael Brennan 22F; Baeden Choppy 29F;68F; Jay Stacy 35F; 66F; Paul Lewis 54F; Stephen Davies 59PS)
2 Pool B Malaysia (Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 57F; 64F) 2 (0) 7 (4) Pakistan (Rahim Khan 9F; Shahbaz jnr 15F; Shahbaz Ahmed 26F; Sohail Abbas 31F; Tahir Zaman 45PS; Kamran Ashraf 54F; Atif Bashir 62F)
3 Pool A Germany (Christoph Bechmann 4PS; Oliver Domke 11F; 30F; Bjorn Michel 19F) 4 (4) 1 (0) India (Sabu Varkey 54F)
4 Pool A Korea (Woon-kon Yeo 64F) 1 (0) 3 (1) New Zealand (Bevan Hari 9F; 46F; Darren Smith 40F) 
5 Pool A Netherlands (Remco van Wijk 24F; Stephan Veen 51F; Jacques Brinkman 66F) 3 (1) 1 (0) Canada (Marek Gacek 45F)
6 Pool B Spain (Victor Pujol 10F; Pablo Amat 40F; Pablo Usoz 57F) 3 (1) 1 (0) England (Mark Pearn 69F)
Friday 22 May 1998
7 Pool A New Zealand  0 (0) 3 (2) Germany (Oliver Domke 1F; 41F; Jan-Peter Tewes 12)
8 Pool A Canada (Rob Short 40F) 1 (0) 1 (0) Korea (Keon-wook Kang 47F)
9 Pool A India 0 (0) 5 (3) Netherlands (Stephan Veen 23F; 30F; 47F; Teun de Nooijer 26F; Remco van Wijk 64F)
Saturday 23 May 1998
10 Pool B Pakistan (Atif Bashir 4F; 23F; Kamran Ashraf 17F; 67F; Shahbaz Ahmed 34F; Shahbaz jnr 53F; Rahim Khan 62F) 7 (4) 5 (2) England (Russell Garcia 9F; Calum Giles 28F; Mark Pearn 46F; Jon Wyatt 55PS; 59F)
11 Pool B Poland (Robert Grzesczak 7F)   1 (1) 1 (1) Malaysia (Shankar Ramu 21PS)  
12 Pool B Australia (Jay Stacy 27PC; Matthew Smith 59PC) 2 (1) 2 (2) Spain (Javier Arnau 13F; Victor Pujol 29F)
Sunday 24 May 1998
13 Pool A Korea (Yong-kyun Jeong 5F; Seong-tae Song 10F; Seok-kyo Shin 59F; Keon-wook Kang 70F)   4 (2) 3 (1) India (Rajesh Chauhan 25F; Sabu Varkey 38F; Samir Dad 42F)
14 Pool A Netherlands (Tycho van Meer 25F) 1 (1) 5 (1) Germany (Oliver Domke 34F; Jan-Peter Tewes 40F; Bjorn Michel 54F; Christof Mayerhofer 67F; Christoph Bechmann 70PS)  
15 Pool A New Zealand (John Radovonich 23F; 57F; Umesh Parag 69F)  3 (1) 3 (2) Canada (Marek Gacek 3F; Alan Brahmst 22F; Ian Bird 39F)
Monday 25 May 1998
16 Pool B Malaysia   0 (0) 8 (1) Australia (Jay Stacy 31PC; 40F; 61PC; 62PC; Stephen Davies 47PS; 51PS; Paul Lewis 64F; Michael Brennan 68F)
17 Pool B Pakistan (Sohail Abbas 39F) 1 (0) 2 (1) Spain (Francisco Fabregas 3F; Javier Arnau 42PC)
18 Pool B England (Jason Lee 19F; Russell Garcia 24PC; Jon Wyatt 45PC; Mark Pearn 48PC; Calum Giles 52PC) 5 (2) 2 (1) Poland (Karol Podzorski 9PC; Pawel Jakubiak 60PC)  
Tuesday 26 May 1998
19 Pool A India (Mukesh Kumar 64F) 1 (0) 0 (0) New Zealand 
20 Pool A Canada (Rob Short 2; Peter Milkovitch PS; Robin D'Abreo 68F) 4 (2) 4 (2) Germany (Oliver Domke, Christoph Mayerhofer, Bjorn Michel - 2 goals)  
21 Pool A Netherlands (Bram Lomans 44F; 58F; 61F; Jaap Derk Buma 63F) 4 (0) 2 (0) Korea (Seong-tae Song 36F; Keon-wook Kang 67F)  
Wednesday 27 May 1998
22 Pool B Pakistan (Atif Bashir 11F; Kamran Ashraf 17F; 67F) 3 (2) 1 (0) Poland (Rafal Grotowski 38F)  
23 Pool B Spain (Juan Escarre 13PS; Jordi Casas 24F; Xavier Arnau 66F)   3 (2) 0 (0) Malaysia  
24 Pool B Australia (Michael Brennan 25F; Jay Stacy 34PC; 47PC) 3 (2) 0 (0) England  
Thursday 28 May 1998
25 Pool A Germany (Jan-Peter Tewes 30PC; Oliver Domke 41F)   2 (1) 1 (0) Korea (Seong-tae Song 63F)  
26 Pool A India (Rajesh Chauhan 21PC) 1 (1) 4 (1) Canada (Rob Short 24F; Marek Gacek 36F; Peter Milkovitch 47PC; Chris Gifford 65F)
27 Pool B England (Calum Giles 17PC; Jason Lee 52PC; Mark Pearn 62F)     3 (1) 1 (1) Malaysia (Nor Saiful 24F)   
28 Pool B Spain (Javier Arnau 3PC; Jordi Casas 4PC; Juan Escarre 25F; Pablo Usoz 42F)   4 (3) 0 (0) Poland    
29 Pool B Australia (Jay Stacy 9F; 30F; Michael Brennan 31F) 3 (3) 1 (0) Pakistan (Atif Bashir 62F)  
30 Pool A New Zealand (John Radovonich 15F; Hymie Gill 64F)  2 (1) 4 (3) Netherlands (Teun de Nooijer 11F; 41F; Bram Lomans 24PC; 27PC)
Saturday 30 May 1998
31 9 - 12 New Zealand (Umesh Parag 14F; John Radovonich 17PC; Simon Towns 53F)   3 (2)  2(1) Malaysia (Mirnawan Nawawi 11F; 42F)     
32 5 - 8 Canada (Andrew Griffiths 45PC)    1 (0)  2 (0) England (Calum Giles 43PC; 67PC)    
33 9 - 12 India (Mukesh Kumar 25F; 55F; 67F; Dhanraj Pillay 28F; 66F; Rajesh Chauhan 53F) 6 (2) 2 (1) Poland (Slawomir Lukaszewski 35PS; Pawel Jakubiak 57PC)    
34 5 - 8 Korea (Kyung-seup Hong 70F)   1 (0) 3 (1) Pakistan (Kamran Ashraf 17F; 58F; M Shahbaz jnr 65F)  
35 1 - 4 Netherlands (Tycho van Meer 6F; Bram Lomans 40PC; 47PC; 61PC; Remco van Wijk 60F; Teun de Nooijer 69PC) 6 (1) 2 (1) Australia (Jay Stacy 13PC; Stephen Davies 56F)
36 1 - 4 Germany    0 (0)  3 (1) Spain (Josep Sanchez 32F; Javier Arnau 64F; Juan Escarre 65F)  
Sunday 31 May 1998
37 11 - 12 Malaysia (Mirnawan Nawawi 13F;36F; Kuhan Shanmuganathan 35PC; Chairil 59F; Noor Saiful 69F)       5 (2)  4 (3) Poland (Maclej Matuszynski 8F; Rafal Grotowski 18F; Slawomir Lukaszewski 23PC; 54PS)  
Sunday 31 May 1998
38 9 - 10 New Zealand     0 (0)  1 (0) India (Mohammad Riaz 39PS)
39 7 - 8 Canada (Alan Brahmst 15PC; Ian Bird 66PC)    2 (1)  4 (1) Korea (Seong-tae Song 14F; 49F; 59PC; 63F)  
40 5 - 6 England (Russell Garcia 47PC; Calum Giles 57PC)       2 (0)  4 (4) Pakistan (Mohd. Usman 9F;11F; Atif Bashir 13PC; 33F)  
41 3 - 4 Australia 0 (0) 1 (1) Germany (Bjorn Michel 26PC)
42* 1 - 2 Netherlands (Stephan Veen 59F; Bram Lomans 61PC; Teun de Nooijer 83PC) 3* [2](0) 2* [2](1) Spain (Javier Arnau 18F; Victor Pujol 55F)

Match 42* : after golden goal

Final Classification:

1. Netherlands; 2. Spain; 3. Germany; 4. Australia; 5. Pakistan; 6. England; 7. S Korea; 8. Canada; 9. India; 10. New Zealand; 11. Malaysia; 12 Poland.

Teams with Sikh Players at 1998 World Cup:

Canada: Hari Kant (G/K); Michael Mahood (G/K); Ian Bird; Alan Brahmst; Robin Diabreo; Chris Gifford; Patrick Burrows; Andrew Griffiths; Ken Pereira; Scott Mosher; Peter Milkovich; Bindi Kullar; Rob Short; Ronnie Jagday; Marek Gacek; Rick Roberts.

Team Manager: Patrick Oswald

India: Jude Menezes (G/K); Dilip Tirkey; Anil Aldrin; Baljit Singh Saini; Mohd Riaz; Ramandeep Singh; Mukesh Kumar; Sabu Varkey; Dhanraj Pillay; Rajesh Chauhan; Samir Dad; Jagdish Ponnappa; Lazarus; Thirumal; Devinder Kumar; Harbhajan Singh

Manager: Ajit Pal Singh; Coach:

Malaysia: Paul Lopez (G/K); Maninderjit Singh; Lallin Abu Hassan; Keevan Raj Kali Kavandan; Kuhan Shanmuganathan; Nor Azian Haji Bakar; Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz; Brian Jayhan Siva; Shankar Ramu; Nor Saiful Nasiruddin; Kaliswaran Muniandy; Aphthar Singh; Mirnawan Nawawi; Calvin Fernandes; Arul Selvaraj Anthonisamy; Mohd Nasihin Nubi Ibrahim

Manager Kali Kavandan Sinnan.

Sikh Umpire at 1998 World Cup:

Amarjit Singh (Malaysia)