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Argentina - Buenos Aires - 19 March 1978 - 2 April 1978

Winner : Pakistan

 

Final standings

1	Pakistan
2	Netherlands
3	Australia
4	West Germany
5	Spain
6	India
7	England
8	Argentina
9	Poland
10	Malaysia
11	Canada
12	Ireland
13	Italy
14	Belgium

 

Pool A (Argentina - Buenos Aires - 19/03/1978 - 29/03/1978)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Australia	10	6	5	0	1	18	7	+11
2	West Germany	8	6	3	2	1	25	13	+12
3	India	7	6	3	1	2	8	12	-4
4	England	5	6	1	3	2	7	7	0
5	Canada	4	6	1	2	3	12	16	-4
6	Belgium	4	6	1	2	3	12	18	-6
7	Poland	4	6	2	0	4	15	24	-9

Last matches

19 March 1978
	India	1 - 0	Belgium
	West Germany	4 - 3	Canada
21 March 1978
	Australia	2 - 0	England
	Canada	3 - 1	India
	West Germany	9 - 4	Poland
22 March 1978
	India	2 - 0	Australia
	West Germany	3 - 3	Belgium
	England	3 - 0	Poland
24 March 1978
	Australia	5 - 2	Belgium
25 March 1978
	England	3 - 3	Canada
	Australia	4 - 1	Poland
	West Germany	7 - 0	India
26 March 1978
	West Germany	0 - 0	England
	Canada	2 - 2	Belgium
	India	3 - 1	Poland
28 March 1978
	India	1 - 1	England
	Australia	4 - 0	Canada
	Poland	7 - 4	Belgium
29 March 1978
	Belgium	1 - 0	England
	Poland	2 - 1	Canada
	Australia	3 - 2	West Germany

Detail of the results

Pool B (Argentina - Buenos Aires - 19/03/1978 - 30/03/1978)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Pakistan	12	6	6	0	0	31	2	+29
2	Netherlands	10	6	5	0	1	21	9	+12
3	Spain	7	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3
4	Argentina	6	6	2	2	2	9	12	-3
5	Malaysia	4	6	1	2	3	7	10	-3
6	Ireland	3	6	1	1	4	8	19	-11
7	Italy	0	6	0	0	6	1	28	-27

Last matches

19 March 1978
	Spain	1 - 0	Malaysia
	Argentina	2 - 1	Ireland
21 March 1978
	Argentina	1 - 1	Malaysia
	Netherlands	8 - 0	Italy
	Pakistan	9 - 0	Ireland
22 March 1978
	Spain	1 - 0	Ireland
	Netherlands	2 - 1	Malaysia
	Pakistan	7 - 0	Italy
25 March 1978
	Malaysia	2 - 2	Ireland
	Pakistan	3 - 1	Netherlands
	Argentina	4 - 0	Italy
26 March 1978
	Spain	0 - 0	Argentina
	Pakistan	3 - 0	Malaysia
	Ireland	3 - 0	Italy
28 March 1978
	Netherlands	2 - 1	Spain
29 March 1978
	Pakistan	2 - 1	Spain
	Netherlands	3 - 2	Argentina
	Malaysia	3 - 1	Italy
30 March 1978
	Spain	3 - 0	Italy
	Netherlands	5 - 2	Ireland
	Pakistan	7 - 0	Argentina

Detail of the results

Final Round (Argentina - Buenos Aires - 31/03/1978 - 02/04/1978)

Places 9-12

31 March 1978
	Poland	1 - 1 (2 pen 1)	Ireland
	Malaysia	2 - 0	Canada

Places 5-8

31 March 1978
	Spain	2 - 1	England
	India	3 - 2	Argentina

Semi-Finals

31 March 1978
	Pakistan	1 - 0	West Germany
	Netherlands	3 - 2	Australia

Place 13

1 April 1978
	Italy	2 - 1	Belgium

Place 11

1 April 1978
	Canada	3 - 1	Ireland

Place 9

1 April 1978
	Poland	1 - 0	Malaysia

Place 7

1 April 1978
	England	3 - 1	Argentina

Place 5

1 April 1978
	Spain	2 - 0	India

Third Place Match

2 April 1978
	Australia	4 - 3	West Germany

Final

2 April 1978
	Pakistan	3 - 2	Netherlands

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 3
  • Number of rounds : 12
  • Matches : 55
  • Home victories : 47 (85 %)
  • Away victories : 0 (0 %)
  • Drawn matches : 8 (15 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (185 points)
  • Average points per match : 4.09
  • Average points scored at home : 3.09
  • Scoring average: away games : 1
  • Total number of points : 225
  • Average points per round : 18.75
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Pakistan	8
  2	Australia	6
  3	Netherlands	6
  4	Spain	5
  5	India	4
  6	Poland	4

  Drawn matches

  1	England	3
  2	Argentina	2
  3	Belgium	2
  4	Canada	2
  5	Malaysia	2
  6	West Germany	2

  Losses

  1	Ireland	6
  2	Italy	6
  3	Argentina	4
  4	Belgium	4
  5	Canada	4
  6	Malaysia	4

Men's Hockey World Cup 1978 - Participating teams

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Canada

England

India

Ireland

Italy

Malaysia

Netherlands

Pakistan

Poland

Spain

West Germany

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