The 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup was the inaugural edition of the

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. It took place from 15 to 24 October in

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, Spain.

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were the inaugural World Cup winners, beating

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in the final, 1–0.

Participants

The first World Cup was the only one without qualification. It was an invitational tournament where the top ten teams from five continents were invited by the

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by merit of their performances in the

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. The teams were divided into two groups for five each, with the top two proceeding to the semi-finals after the round-robin stage. Gold medalists at the 1968 Olympics, Pakistan, were grouped in 'B' alongside runners-up Australia, and Spain, the Netherlands and Japan. Group 'A' included Argentina, France, India, Kenya and West Germany.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

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=Seventh and eighth place

=Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

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=Third and fourth place

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Final squads

Pakistan
Muhammad Aslam, Akhtar ul Islam, Munawwar uz Zaman, Jahangir Butt, Riaz Ahmed,

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, Khalid Mahmood,

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, Abdul Rashid, Islahuddin Siddique,

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Spain
Luis Twose, Antonio Nogués (sub Jamie Amat), Francisco Segura,

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, Vicente Llorach, Juan Quintana, Francisco Amat, José Sallés, Agustín Masaña

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

World Eleven

The journalists covering the competition selected a 'world eleven' on 25 October 1971. Japan goalkeeper Satokazu Otsuka was named as player of the tournament. * Satokazu Otsuka * Nico Spits * Michael Kindo * Francisco Segura *

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* Fazalur Rehman * Wolfgang Baumgart *

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References

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