The 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup was the fourth

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men's

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tournament. It was held in

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, Argentina. It was won by

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, who defeated the

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3–1 in the final. The host nation,

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, finished eighth.

Results

Pool A

: Qualified for semifinals Defending champions India were to play Belgium on 18 March 1978 as the opening fixture of the tournament but was postponed due to heavy rains the previous day.

Fixtures

Pool B

: Qualified for semifinals

Fifth to fourteenth place classification

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

Ninth to twelfth place qualifiers

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place qualifiers

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Pakistan
Saleem Sherwani,

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, Saeed Ahmed,

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, Rana Ehsanullah,

Akhtar Rasool Akhtar Rasool (born 13 January 1954) ( ur, اختر رسول) is a field hockey player, captain and olympian from Pakistan who won the gold medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the Hockey World Cup 1978, and again in 1982. He played as ...

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, Hanif Khan, Manzoor Hussain,

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, Samiullah Khan Netherlands

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, Wouter Leefers

References

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