Sixth World Cup 1986

Willesden Stadium, London, England. 4 – 19 October 1986

Participating Teams:

Pool A: Netherlands, Pakistan, England, USSR, Argentina, New Zealand

Pool B : Australia, West Germany, Spain, India, Canada, Poland

Saturday 4 October 1986
1 Pool A England (Sean Kerly 5F; 34F; Steve Bachelor 46F)   3 (2) 1 (1) New Zealand (Peter Daji 21F)
2 Pool A USSR  0 (0) 1 (1) Netherlands (Ronald Jan Heijn 4F)
3 Pool A Argentina (Marcelo Mascheroni 37PC; Marcelo Garrafo 51PC; Alejandro Verga 59F)     3 (0) 1 (1) Pakistan (Pervaiz Iqbal 6F)  
Sunday 5 October 1986
4 Pool B Australia (Richard Charlesworth 11PS; 16F; Neil Hawgood 20F; 53F; Terry Walsh 56F; Jon Bestall 67PC)   6 (3) 2 (0) Canada (Wayne Grimmer 62F; Hargurnek Sandhu 68PS)
5 Pool B India  0 (0) 1 (1) Poland (Andrzej Mysliwiec 30F) 
6 Pool B Spain 0 (0) 0 (0) West Germany 
Monday 6 October 1986
7 Pool A England (Paul Barber 32PC; Imran Sherwani 62F) 2 (1) 1 (0) Argentina (Marcelo Mascheroni 51PC) 
8 Pool A USSR (Viktor Deputatov 39F) 1 (1) 0 (0) New Zealand 
9 Pool A Netherlands (Maarten van Grimbergen 30F; Gert Jan Schlattman 58F) 2 (1) 1 (1) Pakistan (Qazi Mohib-ur-Rehman 20PC)  
Tuesday 7 October 1986
10 Pool B India (Moneypanda Somaya 27F) 1 (1) 2 (2) Spain (Xavier Escude 26F; Ignacio Escude 30PC) 
11 Pool B Australia (Grant Mitton 11F; Warren Birmingham 37PS) 2 (1) 2 (2) West Germany (Thomas Reck 19F; Carsten Fischer 24PC) 
12 Pool B Canada 0 (0) 0 (0) Poland 
Wednesday 8 October 1986
13 Pool A Pakistan (Nasir Ali 35PC; Hassan Sardar 53PC; Qasim Zia 66PC;69PC;70PC)   5 (1) 3 (1) New Zealand (Peter Daji 34F; 56F; Robin Wilson 42PS)  
14 Pool A England 0 (0) 1 (0) USSR (Alexander Goncharov 48F)  
15 Pool A Netherlands (Tom van 'T Hek 47F)   1 (0) 0 (0) Argentina 
Friday 10 October 1986
16 Pool B Poland 0 (0) 3 (2) West Germany (Carsten Fischer 15PS; Thomas Reck 21F; Michael Hilgers 56F)  
17 Pool B Australia (Colin Batch 4F; 52F; Richard Charlesworth 7PS; 61PS; Neil Hawgood 44F; Mark Hager 57F) 6 (2) 0 (0) Spain
18 Pool B Canada 0 (0) 2 (2) India (Thoiba Singh 14F; Balwinder Singh 29F)
Saturday 11 October 1986
19 Pool A England (Jon Potter 7PS; 53PS; Sean Kerly 21F)  3 (2) 1 (0) Pakistan (Kaleemullah 47PS)  
20 Pool A Netherlands (Ties Kruize (pen)) 1 (0) 0 (0) New Zealand 
21 Pool A Argentina  0 (0) 2 (0) USSR (Farid Ziganghirov 58PS; 67F) 
Sunday 12 October 1986
22 Pool B Spain (Carlos Roca 39F; Joaquin Malgosa 64F) 2 (0) 5 (2) Poland (Karol Podzorski 10PC; 12F; 39F; 56F; Jerzy Miroslaw 45PC)  
23 Pool B Canada  0 (0) 2 (1) West Germany (Michael Hilgers 7F; Carsten Fischer 67PC)  
24 Pool B Australia (Grant Mitton 18F; 52F; Warren Birmingham 28F; Colin Batch30F; Terry Walsh 52F; Craig Davies 66PC)     6 (3) 0 (0) India 
Monday 13 October 1986
25 Pool A New Zealand (Robin Wilson 65PS)     1 (0) 1 (1) Argentina (Alejandro Siri 20F)  
26 Pool A England (Imran Sherwani 14PC) 1 (1) 0 (0) Netherlands 
27 Pool A USSR (Sergei Pleshakov 48F; Viktor Deputatov 53PC) 2 (0) 0 (0) Pakistan 
Tuesday 14 October 1986
28 Pool B India (Joaquim Carvalho 7PS; Mohammed Shahid 43F)     2 (1)  2 (1) West Germany (Heiner Dopp 21F; Carsten Fischer 41PC)
29 Pool B Canada (Ross Rutledge 57PC)      1 (0)  3 (2) Spain (Joachim Malgosa 14F; Xavier Escude 20F; 48F)
30 Pool B Australia (Neil Hawgood 7F; Craig Davies 11PC; Richard Charlesworth 27PS; Peter Haselhurst 32PC)  4 (4)  2 (1) Poland (Marian Kubisiak 16F; Andrzej Mysliwiec 54F)   
Thursday 16 October 1986
31 9 - 12 New Zealand (Grant McLeod 11PC; Peter Daji 45PC)  2 (1)  1 (1) India (Mohammed Shahid 14F)
32 9 - 12 Pakistan (Nasir Ali 43PC)  1 (0)  2 (2) Canada (Ross Rutledge 18F;20F)  
33 5 - 8   Argentina (Alejandro Verga 66F)  

1 (0)

0 (0)

Poland
Friday 17 October 1986
34 5 - 8 Netherlands (Floris van Bovelander 30PC)    1 (1)  4 (1) Spain (Jorge Oliva 31F; Xavier Escude 41PC; Jaime Escude 53F;59F)
35* 11 - 12 India (Mohinder Pal Singh 17PS; 64PC)  2 [2] (1) 3* [2](1) Pakistan (Qazi Mohib-ur-Rehman 12PC; Kaleemullah 43PS; Nasir Ali 74PC)  
36 9 - 10 New Zealand (Greg Pierce 12F; Grant McLeod 70PC)   2 (1)  1 (0) Canada (Trevor Porritt 44F)  
Saturday 18 October 1986
37* 1 - 4 England (Sean Kerly 17F; Paul Barber 69PC; 89PC)    3* [2](1) 2 [2](0) West Germany (Joachim Hurter 44PC; Heiner Dopp 56F)
38 1 - 4 Australia (Richard Charlesworth 21F; 57F; Grant Mitton 29F; Jon Bestall 43PC; Peter Haselhurst 65F)     5 (2)  0 (0) USSR
39 7 - 8 Poland (Karel Podzorski 34F; Wojciech Klatt 50PS)   2 (1)  7 (4) Netherlands (Marc Delissen 3F; Gert Jan Schlatmann 9F;60F; Floris van Bovelander 32PC; Rene Klaassen 33F; Jan-Hidde Kruize 44F; Cies-jan Diepeveen 48PC)
Sunday 19 October 1986
40 5 - 6 Argentina (Alejandro Siri 9PC; Carlos Geneyro47PC)   2 (1)  3 (2) Spain (Jaime Escude 3PC; 6PC;63PC) 
41* 3 - 4 West Germany (Heiner Dopp19F; Stefan Blocher49F; Thomas Reck95F)  3*[2] (1) 2 [2] (1) USSR (Mikhail Nechipurenko 29F; Viktor Deputatov 52F)   
42 1 - 2 England (Jon Potter 63F)    1 (0) 2 (2) Australia (Terry Walsh 5F; Jon Bestall 24PC)

Matches 35*, 37* & 41* : after extra time

Final Classification:

1. Australia; 2. England; 3. West Germany; 4. Soviet Union; 5. Spain; 6. Argentina; 7. Netherlands; 8. Poland; 9. New Zealand; 10. Canada; 11. Pakistan; 12. India

Teams with Sikh Players at 1986 World Cup:

Canada: Ken Goodwin (Edmonton Selects); Ajax Dube (Ookpiks, Toronto); Pat Burrows Capt. (Ookpiks, Toronto); Alan Bramst (Toronto); Mike Muller (Falcons Delta);Kim Ewasechko (Edmonton Selects); Hargurnek Sandhu (Indian Club, Vancouver); Douglas Knapp (Huronia, Toronto); Kip Hladky (Devils, Edmonton) ; Satinder Chohan (Indian Club, Vancouver); Ross Rutledge (Falcons, Delta); Wayne Grimmer (Ookpiks, Toronto); Pat Caruso (Edmonton Selects); Guy Manwaring (Falcons Delta); Cedric Vaz (Richmond); Trevor Porritt (Winnipeg Selects)

Manager: Dennis Crooks; Coach: Shiv Jagday

England: Ian Taylor (East Grinstead); John Hurst (St. Albans); Paul Barber (Slough); Richard Dodds Capt. (Southgate); Paul Bolland (York); Jon Potter (Hounslow); David Faulkner (Havant); Stephen Batchelor (Southgate); Kulbir S Bhaura (Indian Gymkhana); Martyn Grimley (Brooklands); Robert Clift (Hounslow); John Shaw (Southgate); Sean Kerly (Southgate); Norman Hughes (Wakefield); Imran Sherwani (Stone); Richard Leman (East Grinstead).

Manager: Colin Whalley; Coach: David Whitaker

India: Rajinder Singh Rawat; Pargat Singh;Vineet Kumar Sharma; Somaya Maney Panda; Hardeep Singh; Abdul Aziz; Tikken Singh; Marcelo Gomes; Joaquim Carvalho; Mohammed Shahid Capt.; Thoiba Singh; Mohinder Pal Singh; Subramani Balada Kalaiash; Balwinder Singh; Ram Prakash Singh; Neel Komal Singh

Manager: D.S. Murthy; Coach: Harmik Singh

Sikh Officials at 1986 World Cup:

Assistant Technical Delegate: Hardial Singh (Kenya)

Judge: S.S. Bhullar (India)

Umpires at 1986 World Cup:

Shafat Ali Baghdadi (Pakistan); Santiago Deo Valera (Spain); Richard Kendrick (Ireland); Donald Prior (Australia); Douglas Bruce (England); Louis Gillet (France); Bruce Nimmo (New Zealand); Eduardo Ruiz (Argentina); Resham Singh Bains (Kenya); Alain Dochy (Belgium); Graham Nash (England); Alain Renaud (France); Adriano de Vecchi (Italy); Gerritt Hagels (Netherlands); Mohammed Obaidullah (India); Iwao Sakaida (Japan)