1973 Men's Hockey World Cup

1973 Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
City Amstelveen
Teams 12
Venue(s) Wagener Stadium
Top three teams
Champions  Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up  India
Third place  West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 38
Top scorer(s) Ties Kruize (11 goals)
1971 (previous) (next) 1975

The 1973 Men's Hockey World Cup was the second installment of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 August to 2 September at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The tournament was won by host nation the Netherlands, who defeated India 4–2 on penalty strokes after the final had finished 2–2.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the tournament.

Results

Pool A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 West Germany 54106249
 India 5320121118
 Spain 53029546
 New Zealand 512213854
 Kenya 5023614−82
 Japan 5014319−161
     Qualified for semifinals
24 August 1973
West Germany  2 – 1  New Zealand
24 August 1973
Spain  4 – 1  Kenya
24 August 1973
India  5 – 0  Japan
25 August 1973
West Germany  0 – 0  India
25 August 1973
Japan  2 – 2  Kenya
25 August 1973
Spain  0 – 0  New Zealand
26 August 1973
New Zealand  8 – 1  Japan
26 August 1973
West Germany  1 – 0  Spain
26 August 1973
India  4 – 0  Kenya
28 August 1973
India  1 – 1  New Zealand
28 August 1973
West Germany  2 – 1  Kenya
28 August 1973
Spain  3 – 0  Japan
29 August 1973
Kenya  2 – 2  New Zealand
29 August 1973
India  2 – 0  Spain
29 August 1973
West Germany  1 – 0  Japan

Pool B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Pakistan 5410165119
 Netherlands 531111477
 Belgium 5203812−44
 England 51229814
 Argentina 503229−73
 Malaysia 5113513−83
     Qualified for semifinals
24 August 1973
England  5 – 2  Belgium
24 August 1973
Pakistan  4 –2  Malaysia
24 August 1973
Netherlands  0 – 0  Argentina
25 August 1973
Belgium  2 – 1  Argentina
25 August 1973
Netherlands  1 – 2  Pakistan
25 August 1973
England  1 – 2  Malaysia
26 August 1973
Malaysia  1 – 1  Argentina
26 August 1973
Netherlands  4 – 1  Belgium
26 August 1973
Pakistan  2 – 2  England
28 August 1973
Netherlands  4 – 0  Malaysia
28 August 1973
Pakistan  2 – 0  Belgium
28 August 1973
England  0 – 0  Argentina
29 August 1973
Pakistan  6 – 0  Argentina
29 August 1973
Netherlands  2 – 1  England
29 August 1973
Belgium  3 – 0  Malaysia

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

31 August 1973
Kenya  0 – 2  Argentina
31 August 1973
Malaysia  0 – 1  Japan

Eleventh and twelfth place

31 August 1973
Malaysia  1 – 0  Kenya

Ninth and tenth place

31 August 1973
Argentina  1 – 0  Japan

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

31 August 1973
England  1 – 0 (AET)  New Zealand
31 August 1973
Spain  5 – 0  Belgium

Seventh and eighth place

31 August 1973
New Zealand  3 – 1  Belgium

Fifth and sixth place

31 August 1973
Spain  3 – 0  England

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals Final
31 August
  Netherlands  0 (4)  
  West Germany  0 (2)  
 
2 September
      Netherlands  2 (4)
    India  2 (2)
Third place
31 August 2 September
  India  1   West Germany  1
  Pakistan  0     Pakistan  0

Semi-finals

31 August 1973
Netherlands  0 – 0 (AET)
4 – 2 (PSO)
 West Germany
31 August 1973
India  1 – 0  Pakistan

Third and fourth place

2 September 1973
West Germany  1 – 0  Pakistan

Final

2 September 1973
Netherlands  2 – 2 (AET)
4 – 2 (PSO)
 India
 1973 Hockey World Cup Winner 

Netherlands
First title

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