1994 Men's Hockey World Cup

1994 Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
CitySydney
Dates23 November – 4 December 1994
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
VenueHomebush Stadium
Final positions
Champions Pakistan (4th title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored143 (3.4 per match)
Top scorerNetherlands Taco van den Honert (10 goals)
Best playerPakistan Shahbaz Ahmed[1]
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The 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup was the eighth edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 23 November to 4 December 1994 in Sydney, Australia. Pakistan defeated the Netherlands 4–3 on penalties (full time 1-1) to lift the trophy.[2]

Qualification

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1  Australia
12–23 February 1990 1990 World Cup Lahore, Pakistan 5  Netherlands
 Pakistan
 Germany[a]
 England
 Belarus[b]
19–28 August 1993 1993 World Cup Qualifier Poznań, Poland 6  South Korea
 Spain
 India
 Argentina
 South Africa
 Belgium
Total 12

Umpires

Below is the list of umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):

  • Shafat Baghdadi (PAK)
  • Gary Belder (AUS)
  • Tarlok Bhullar (IND)
  • Adriano De Vecchi (ITA)
  • Santiago Deo (ESP)
  • Steve Horgan (USA)
  • Rob Lathouwers (NED)
  • Don Prior (AUS)
  • Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
  • Roger St. Rose (TTO)
  • Christopher Todd (ENG)
  • Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
  • Alan Waterman (CAN)
  • Richard Wolter (GER)

Results

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pakistan 5 4 0 1 10 4 +6 8 Semi-finals
2  Australia (H) 5 4 0 1 9 4 +5 8
3  England 5 2 2 1 4 3 +1 6
4  Argentina 5 2 1 2 8 8 0 5
5  Spain 5 1 1 3 7 8 −1 3
6  Belarus 5 0 0 5 2 13 −11 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 4 1 0 21 6 +15 9 Semi-finals
2  Germany 5 2 3 0 10 3 +7 7
3  India 5 2 1 2 11 10 +1 5
4  South Korea 5 1 2 2 10 9 +1 4
5  South Africa 5 0 4 1 5 9 −4 4
6  Belgium 5 0 1 4 6 26 −20 1
Source: FIH

Ninth to twelfth place classification

 
CrossoverNinth place
 
      
 
3 December 1994
 
 
 Spain (p.s.o)1 (8)
 
4 December 1994
 
 Belgium1 (7)
 
 Spain2
 
3 December 1994
 
 South Africa0
 
 Belarus2
 
 
 South Africa3
 
Eleventh place
 
 
4 December 1994
 
 
 Belgium1
 
 
 Belarus0

Crossover

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
CrossoverFifth place
 
      
 
2 December 1994
 
 
 England3
 
3 December 1994
 
 South Korea1
 
 England0
 
2 December 1994
 
 India1
 
 Argentina2 (1)
 
 
 India (p.s.o)2 (4)
 
Seventh place
 
 
3 December 1994
 
 
 South Korea3 (3)
 
 
 Argentina (p.s.o)3 (5)

Crossover

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 December 1994
 
 
 Australia1
 
4 December 1994
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands1 (3)
 
2 December 1994
 
 Pakistan (p.s.o)1 (4)
 
 Pakistan (p.s.o)1 (5)
 
 
 Germany1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
4 December 1994
 
 
 Australia5
 
 
 Germany2

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

  1.  Pakistan
  2.  Netherlands
  3.  Australia
  4.  Germany
  5.  India
  6.  England
  7.  Argentina
  8.  South Korea
  9.  Spain
  10.  South Africa
  11.  Belgium
  12.  Belarus

Goalscorers

There were 143 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Qualified as West Germany
  2. ↑ Qualified as the Soviet Union

References

  1. ↑ "8th World Cup, Sydney, Australia, 1994". Rediff.com. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ↑ ""Sydney Friskin. "Pakistan exact revenge in World Cup final." Times [London, England] 5 Dec. 1994". the Times.
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