Third World Cup 1975

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1 - 19 March 1975

Participating Teams:

Pool A: Pakistan, Netherlands, Spain, Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland

Pool B : India, West Germany, Australia, England, Argentina, Ghana
 

Saturday 1.3.1975
1 Pool A Malaysia  
0 (0)
0 (0)
New Zealand
Sunday 2.3.1975
2 Pool B India (V.J. Phillips 13PS; 27PS)
2 (2)
1 (1)
England (James Neale 21F)
4 Pool B Australia (Trevor Smith 16PS; Graene Walter 18F; 34F; 38F; 60F; Terry Walsh 26F; Steve Marshall 52F; Ian Cooke 57PC; Greg Browning 67F)      
9 (4)
0 (0)
Ghana
5 Pool A Pakistan (Manzoorul Hassan 40PC; Samiullah 52F)
2 (0)
2 (1)
Poland (Stefan Otulakowski 4PC; 60PS)
Monday 3.3.1975
6 Pool A Spain    
0 (0)
0 (0)
Malaysia
7 Pool B Germany (Wolfgang Strodter 17PC; Michael Peter 40PS; Werner Kaessmann 43F; Peter Trump 57F)    
4 (1)
2 (1)
Argentina (Sabbione Jorge 12PC; Sabbione Alberto 65PS)
Tuesday 4.3.1975
11 Pool A Netherlands (Ties Kruize 49PC)
 
1 (0)
2 (0)
New Zealand (Anthony Ineson 39PC; Ramesh Patel 64F)   
Wednesday 5.3.1975
12 Pool B Australia (Ian Cooke 33PC)   
1 (1)
3 (2)
England (David Whitaker 22PS; 24PS; Paul Svehlik 43PC)
13 Pool A Spain (Juan Amat 24PC; 28PC; Richardo Cabot 25PS; Jose Borrell 41F)     
4 (3)
1 (1) Poland (Stefan Otulakowsk 19PC)
14 Pool A Pakistan (Manzoorul Hassan 20PS; Mohamed Zahid 32PC; Akhtar Rasool 57F)
3 (2)
3 (1)
Netherlands (Ties Kruize 17PS; 42PS; Jan Boerma 54F)
15 Pool B Germany (Uli Vos 23F; 60F; Siefert Rainer 66F)
3 (1)
2 (1)
Ghana (Andy Sam 35F; 64PC)
Thursday 6.3.1975
8 Pool A Malaysia (A. Francis 13PC; N.S. Shanmuganathan 60PC; M. Mahendran 63PS)     
3 (1)
1 (1)
Poland (Stefan Otulakowski 27PC)
16 Pool A Pakistan (Samiullah 39PC; Mohamed Saeed 54F)     
2 (0)
0 (0)
New Zealand
Friday 7.3.1975
19 Pool B Argentina (Gustavo Paolucci 27PC; 46PS)
2 (1)
1 (0)
Ghana (Andy Sam 57F)
20 Pool B India (B.P. Govinda 3F) 
1 (1)
1 (1)
Australia (Jim Irvine 12PC)
21 Pool A Spain (Jose Salles 44F)  
1 (0)
0 (0) New Zealand
Saurday 8.3.1975
3 Pool A Spain   
0 (0)
3 (0)
Netherlands (Jan Boerma 45F; 67PC; Ad. Boelaars 63F)
10 Pool B India (Surjit Singh 2PC; B.P. Govinda 9F; Aslam Sher Khan 11PC; Mohinder Singh 44PS; 56PS; 59PS; Ashok Kumar 47F)  
7 (3)
0 (0)
Ghana
18 Pool B England (James Neale 36PS; 64F; Stephen Long 52F)   
3 (0)
3 (2)
Argentina (Gusiavo Paolucci 19F; Alfredo Quaquarini 32F; Alberto Sabbione 38PS)
24 Pool B Germany (Paul Lissek 37F; Michael Peter 65PS)     
 2 (0)
 2 (0)
Australia (Robert Haigh 66F; Mal Poole 68PC)
 
Sunday 9.3.1975
26 Pool A Pakistan (M. Saeed 14F; Manzoor ul Hassan 68PC)     
 2 (1)
 1 (0)
Malaysia (Poon Fook Loke 67F)
27 Pool B England
 0 (0)
 3 (1)
Germany (Wolfgang Strodter 22PC; Uli Vos 55F; Siefert Rainer 64F)
28 Pool B India (Harcharan Singh 21F) 
 1 (1)
 2 (2)
Argentina  (Flavio Giacomi 28F; Ernesto Barreiros 34F)
30 Pool A Poland (Jan Sitek 6F; Jan Mielniczak 20F) 
 2 (2)
 3 (1)
New Zealand  (Ramesh Patel 32F; 60PS; Tony Ineson 66PC)
Monday 10.3.1975
9 Pool B Australia (Graene Walter 34F; Wayne Hammond 40PC; Greg Browning 66F)   
 3 (1)
 0 (0)
Argentina
17 Pool B India (Harcharan Singh 21F; Mohinder Singh 37PS; Shivaji Pawar 56F)   
 3 (1)
 1 (1)
Germany (Fritz Schmidt 27PC)
23 Pool A Pakistan (Manzoorul Hassan 15PC; 55PC; M. Saeed 20F; Mohammad Azam 41F; Samiullah 57F) 
 5 (2)
 0 (0)
Spain
25 Pool A Netherlands (Ties Kruise 48PS)   
 1 (0)
 2 (0)
Poland (Stefan Otulakowski 52PC; 62PC)
29 Pool B Ghana (Andy Sam 52F)    
1 (0)
6 (3)
England (Stephen Long 5PC; 53PC; B.R. Disbury 11PC; 27F; 51F; Paul Svehlik 67F)   
Tuesday 11.3.1975
22 Pool A Netherlands (Ties Kruize 63PS)   
 1 (0)
 2 (1)
Malaysia (Poon Fook Loke 21F; N. Sri Shanmuganathan 68PC)
Wednesday 12.3.1975
31* 9 - 12 Poland (Henryk Grotowski 37F; 56F; Stefan Otulakowski 104PS)
3*[2] (0)
2*[2] (0)
Ghana (Andy Sam 45F; E. Aboagye 57F)
32 9 - 12 Netherlands (Patty Mundt 10PC; Ties Kruize 15PS; Ron Steens 27F; 62F; Jan Boerma 32F)     
5 (4)
0 (0)
Argentina
33* 5 - 8 Spain (Francisco Segura 12F; Jorge Fabregas 31F; Jose Salles 35F; Jose Borrell 58F)     
4*[4] (3)
5*[4] (3)
England (Paul Svehlik 5PC; 28PC; 86PC; Ian McGinn 17F; Stephen Long 68F)
 
34 5 - 8 New Zealand     
0 (0)
5 (3)
Australia (Robert Haigh 15F; Richard Charlesworth 15F; 60F; Jim Irvine 29F; 46F)
36 1 - 4 Pakistan (Samiullah 7F; Mansoor Jr. 38F; 55F; Manzoor ul Hassan 42PC; 56PS)      
5 (1)
1 (0)
Germany (Horset Drose 60F)
Friday 14.3.1975
35 9 - 10 Poland (Stefanski Ryszard 36F)
1 (0)
3 (1)
Netherlands (Hans Kruize 23F; 69PC; Ties Kruize 53F)
37 7 - 8 Spain (Jorge Fabregas 28PC)
1 (1)
2 (1)
New Zealand (Ramesh Patel 27F; Alan Parkin 46F)
38* 1 - 4 Malaysia (Poon Fook Loke 32F; Sri Shanmuganathan 42PC)       
2*[2] (1)
3*[2] (0)
India (Shivaji R Pawar 40F; Aslam Sher Khan 65PC; Harcharan Singh 79F)
39 11 - 12 Ghana       
0 (0)
6 (2)
Argentina (Hector Marinoni; Paolucci Gustavo 3; Jorge Disera; Flavio De Giacomi)
40 5 - 6 England (James Neale 65PC)      
1 (0)
3 (1)
Australia (Jim Irvine 17PC; 43PC; Robert Haigh 69PS)
Saturday 15.3.1975
41 3 - 4 Malaysia
0 (0)
4 (2)
Germany (Rolf Lauruschkat 4PC; Wolfgang Strodter 17PC; Peter Trump 48F; 63F)
42 1 - 2 Pakistan (Mohd Saeed 17F)      
1(1)
2 (0)
India (Surjit Singh 44PC; Ashok Kumar Singh 51F)

Match 31*; 33* & 38*: After Extra Time

Match No 3 was scheduled for 2.3.1975 but played on 8.3.1975 at T.P.C.A.; Match No. 8 was scheduled for 4.3.1975 but played on 6.3.1975 at Mindef Stadium 'A'; Match No 9 was scheduled for 4.3.1975 but played on 10.3.1975 at Police Depot; Match No 10 was scheduled for 4.3.1975 but played on 8.3.1975 at Mindef Stadium 'A'; Match No 17 was scheduled for 6.3.1975 but played on 10.3.1975 at Merdeka Stadium; Match No 18 was scheduled for 6.3.1975 but played on 8.3.1975 at Kilat Club; Match No 22 was scheduled for 7.3.1975 but played on 11.3.1975 at Kilat Club; Match No 23 was scheduled for 8.3.1975 but played on 10.3.1975 at Kilat Club; Match No 25 was scheduled for 9.3.1975 but played on 10.3.1975 at Police Depot; Match No 30 was scheduled for 10.3.1975 but played on 9.3.1975 at Police Depot; Match 32 was scheduled for 11.3.1975 but played on 12.3.1975 at Mindef Stadium 'B'; Match 33 was scheduled for 11.3.1975 but played on 12.3.1975 at Kilat Club; Match No 34 was scheduled for 11.3.1975 but played on 12.3.1975 at Mindef Stadium 'A'; Match No 35 was scheduled for 13.3.1975 but played on 14.3.1975 at Kilat Club; Match 37 was scheduled for 13.3.1975 but played on 14.3.1975; Match No 38 was scheduled for 13.3.1975 but played on 14.3.1975 at Merdeka Stadium; Match No 40 was scheduled for 13.3.1975 but played on 14.3.1975 at Mindef Stadium 'A'

Final Standings:

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

Teams with Sikh Players:

India: Leslie Fernandez; Ashok Diwan; Michael Kindo; Surjit Singh; Aslam Sher Khan; Varinder Singh; Ajit Pal Singh Capt); Mohinder Singh; Onkar Singh; V.J. Phillips; B.P. Govinda; Harinder Jit Singh Chimni; P.E. Kalaiah; Harcharan Singh; Shivaji Pawar; Ashok Kumar

Manager: Balbir Singh Sr.; Coach: Gurucharan Singh

Sikh Umpires at 1975 World Cup:

Gurdev Singh (India)