The 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup was the fourth Hockey World Cup men's

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

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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3–2 in the final. The host nation,

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, finished eighth. India were the defending champions but they did not qualify for the semi-finals, eventually placing sixth.

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, Munawwaruz Zaman, Saeed Ahmed, Muhammad Shafiq, Rana Ehsanullah, Akhtar Rasool, Islahuddin Siddiquee, Hanif Khan, Manzoor Hussain, Shahnaz Sheikh, Samiullah Khan Netherlands
Maarten Sikking,

André Bolhuis Johan Henk André Bolhuis (born 4 October 1946) is a retired field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics and finished in fourth place in both Games. He was the List of flag bear ...

, Imbert Jebbink, Geert van Eijk, Hans Jorritsma, Ties Kruize, Theo Doyer, Ron Steens, Paul Litjens, Tim Steens, Wouter Leefers

References

* {{Hockey World Cup Men's Hockey World Cup Sports competitions in Buenos Aires International field hockey competitions hosted by Argentina 1978 in Argentine sport 1978 in field hockey 1970s in Buenos Aires March 1978 sports events in South America April 1978 sports events in South America