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World Hockey Cup - Definition and Overview

For other hockey World Cups, see World Cup (hockey) for disambiguation

The World Hockey Cup was first held in 1971. Until then the only major international field hockey tournament available for teams from all over the world was held at the Olympic Games.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided a biennial tournament called the World Hockey Cup should be instituted, with qualifying tournaments being held in countries other than the venue of the cup that year.

Later, the FIH decided the World Hockey Cup would be held every four years, beginning in 1982 to ensure all future cups would be held midway between Olympic years. World Hockey Cup competitions are also held for junior men and women as well, one year before the main World Hockey Cup.

The next men’s World Hockey Cup will be held in 2006 in the new National Hockey Stadium in Munchengladbach, Germany , and the women’s, in 2006 in Madrid, Spain. The men’s junior World Hockey Cup will be held in August 2005 in The Netherlands, and the women’s junior World Hockey Cup will be held in November 2005 in Santiago, Chile.

Men’s winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze Fourth Venue
2002 Germany Australia Pakistan Argentina Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1998 The Netherlands Spain Australia Germany Galgenwaard Stadium, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
1994 Pakistan The Netherlands Australia Germany Homebush Stadium, Sydney, Australia.
1990 The Netherlands Pakistan Australia West Germany Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan,.
1986 Australia England West Germany USSR Willesden, London, England.
1982 Pakistan West Germany Australia The Netherlands BHA Stadium, Bombay, India.
1978 Pakistan The Netherlands Australia West Germany Campo del Polo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1975 India Pakistan West Germany Malaysia Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1973 The Netherlands India West Germany Pakistan Wagener Stadium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1971 Pakistan Spain India Kenya Real Polo Grounds, Barcelona, Spain.

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