1998 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Utrecht, Netherlands from 20 June to 1 July 1998.

1998 Men's Hockey World Cup
Wereldkampioenschap hockey mannen 1998
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityUtrecht
Dates20 June – 1 July
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)Stadion Galgenwaard
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (3rd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored209 (4.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Jay Stacy (11 goals)
Best playerGermany Oliver Domke
1994 (previous) (next) 2002

The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team.[1] Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to win a tournament at its home ground not only once, but twice. It was the second time The Netherlands had hosted the competition.

Location

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The 9th Hockey World Cup was held in Galgenwaard Stadium at Utrecht, Netherlands. The stadium was opened in 1982, and was mainly used for football, and was the home of the football club FC Utrecht. The stadium has a capacity of around 24,500 spectators, and at the time it was one of the most modern stadiums in the world. The stadium was the host of two World Cup finals: the first, was the Hockey World Cup final; and the second was in 2005, for the final of the Football World Youth Championships.

Qualification

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Date Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
Host 1   Netherlands
23 November – 4 December 1994 1994 World Cup Sydney, Australia 5   Pakistan
  Australia
  Germany
  India
  England
4–15 March 1997 1997 Intercontinental Cup Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6   Spain
  South Korea
  New Zealand
  Poland
  Canada
  Malaysia
Total 12

Squads

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Group stage

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 5 4 1 0 18 7 +11 13 Semi-finals
2   Netherlands (H) 5 4 0 1 17 10 +7 12
3   Canada 5 1 3 1 13 12 +1 6
4   South Korea 5 1 1 3 9 13 −4 4
5   New Zealand 5 1 1 3 8 12 −4 4
6   India 5 1 0 4 6 17 −11 3
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
21 May 1998
Netherlands   3–1 (1-0)   Canada
21 May 1998
Germany   4–1 (4-0)   India
Oliver Domke   ?'30'
Bechmann  
Michel   19'
Report Varkey   54'
21 May 1998
South Korea   1–3
(0-1) 
  New Zealand

22 May 1998
New Zealand   0–3
(0-2) 
  Germany
22 May 1998
India   0–5

(0-3)

  Netherlands
Report Veen   23'31'47'
de Nooijer   26'
van Wijk   63'
22 May 1998
Canada   1–1

(0-0)

  South Korea

24 May 1998
New Zealand   3–3   Canada
24 May 1998
South Korea   4–3   India
Yong-gyun   ?'
Seung-tae   ?'
Seok-kyo   50'
Keon-wook   70'
Report Chauhan   24'
Varkey   38'
Dad   42'
Umpires:
Irfan Zaidi (PAK)
24 May 1998
Netherlands   1–5   Germany

26 May 1998
Netherlands   4–2   South Korea
26 May 1998
India   1–0   New Zealand
26 May 1998
Canada   4–4   Germany

28 May 1998
Germany   2–1   South Korea
28 May 1998
New Zealand   2–4   Netherlands
28 May 1998
India   1–4   Canada

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 5 4 1 0 24 3 +21 13 Semi-finals
2   Spain 5 4 1 0 14 4 +10 13
3   Pakistan 5 3 0 2 19 13 +6 9
4   England 5 2 0 3 14 16 −2 6
5   Poland 5 0 1 4 4 21 −17 1
6   Malaysia 5 0 1 4 4 22 −18 1
Source: FIH
21 May 1998
Malaysia   2–7   Pakistan
21 May 1998
Poland   0–8   Australia
21 May 1998
Spain   3–1   England

23 May 1998
Poland   1–1   Malaysia
23 May 1998
Australia   2–2   Spain
23 May 1998
Pakistan   7–5   England

25 May 1998
Pakistan   1–2   Spain
Abbas   40' Report Monegal   34'
Arnau   44'
25 May 1998
England   5–2   Poland
25 May 1998
Malaysia   0–8   Australia

27 May 1998
Australia   3–0   England
27 May 1998
Spain   3–0   Malaysia
27 May 1998
Pakistan   3–1   Poland

28 May 1998
Spain   4–0   Poland
28 May 1998
England   3–1   Malaysia
28 May 1998
Australia   3–1   Pakistan

Classification round

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Ninth to twelfth place classification

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CrossoverNinth place
 
      
 
30 May
 
 
  New Zealand3
 
1 June
 
  Malaysia2
 
  India1
 
30 May
 
  New Zealand0
 
  India6
 
 
  Poland2
 
Eleventh place
 
 
31 May
 
 
  Malaysia5
 
 
  Poland4

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

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30 May 1998
New Zealand   3 – 2

(2-1)

  Malaysia

30 May 1998
India   6 – 2

(2-1)

Poland  

Eleventh and twelfth place

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31 May 1998
Malaysia   5 – 4   Poland

Ninth and tenth place

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1 June 1998
India   1 – 0   New Zealand

Fifth to eighth place classification

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CrossoverFifth place
 
      
 
30 May
 
 
  South Korea1
 
1 June
 
  Pakistan3
 
  Pakistan4
 
30 May
 
  England2
 
  Canada1
 
 
  England2
 
Seventh place
 
 
1 June
 
 
  South Korea4
 
 
  Canada2

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

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30 May 1998
South Korea   1 – 3   Pakistan

30 May 1998
Canada   1 – 2   England

Seventh and eighth place

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1 June 1998
South Korea   4 – 2   Canada

Fifth and sixth place

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1 June 1998
Pakistan   4 – 2 (4-0)   England

First to fourth place classification

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 May
 
 
  Germany0
 
1 June
 
  Spain3
 
  Spain2
 
30 May
 
  Netherlands (a.e.t.)3
 
  Australia2
 
 
  Netherlands6
 
Third place
 
 
1 June
 
 
  Germany1
 
 
  Australia0

Semi-finals

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30 May 1998
Australia   2–6   Netherlands
Report

30 May 1998
Germany   0–3   Spain
Report

Third and fourth place

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1 June 1998
Germany   1–0 (1-0)   Australia
Michel   26' Report

Final

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1 June 1998
Spain   2–3 (a.e.t.)   Netherlands
Arnau   18'
Pujol   55'
Report Veen   59'
Lomans   61'
De Nooijer   83'
Attendance: 15,000

Awards

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Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Goalkeeper of the Tournament Most Sportive Player Fair Play Trophy
  Oliver Domke   Jay Stacy   Ramón Jufresa   Shahbaz Ahmad   Germany

Final standings

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A   Netherlands (H) 7 6 0 1 26 14 +12 18 Gold medal
2 B   Spain 7 5 1 1 19 7 +12 16 Silver medal
3 A   Germany 7 5 1 1 19 10 +9 16 Bronze medal
4 B   Australia 7 4 1 2 26 10 +16 13 Fourth place
5 B   Pakistan 7 5 0 2 26 16 +10 15 Eliminated in
group stage
6 B   England 7 3 0 4 18 21 −3 9
7 A   South Korea 7 2 1 4 14 18 −4 7
8 A   Canada 7 1 3 3 16 18 −2 6
9 A   India 7 3 0 4 13 19 −6 9
10 A   New Zealand 7 2 1 4 11 15 −4 7
11 B   Malaysia 7 1 1 5 11 29 −18 4
12 B   Poland 7 0 1 6 10 32 −22 1
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Show-stopping triumph for Holland." Times [London, England] 2 June 1998". the Times.
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