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1971 Men's Hockey World Cup

1971 Hockey World Cup
Hockey Copa del Mundo 1971
Tournament details
Host country Spain
City Barcelona, Catalonia
Teams 10
Venue(s) Real Polo Grounds
Top three teams
Champions  Pakistan (1st title)
Runner-up  Spain
Third place  India
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 66 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pakistan Tanvir Dar (8 goals)
(next) 1973

The 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup was the inaugural tournament of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 15–24 October 1971. Pakistan defeated the host team with a 1–0 victory to lift the trophy.

# West Germany and Kenya have to go for second place play-off

# Better in head to head record

Pakistan
Mohammed Aslam, Akhtar-ul Islam, Munawwaruz Zaman, Jahangir Butt, Riaz Ahmed, Ur Fazal, Khalid Mahmood, Ashfaque Rashid, Abdul Rashid, Islahuddin Siddique, Mohammed Shanaz

Spain
Luis Twose, Antonio Nogués (sub Jamie Amat), Francisco Segura, Juan Amat, Francisco Fábregas Bosch, Jorge Fábregas, Vicente Llorach, Juan Quintana, Francisco Amat, José Sallés, Agustín Masaña


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