Field hockey - Men's Hockey World Cup - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1971

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  Pakistan	4	1971	1994
  Germany	3	2002	2023
  Netherlands	3	1973	1998
  Australia	3	1986	2014
  Belgium	1	2018	2018
  India	1	1975	1975

• Winners and finalists since 1971

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  Pakistan	4	2
  Netherlands	3	4
  Australia	3	2
  Germany	3	1
  India	1	1
  Belgium	1	1
  Spain		2
  West Germany		1
  England		1
  Argentina

• Various statistics since 1971
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	India	15
  2	Netherlands	15
  3	Spain	15
  4	Argentina	14
  5	Australia	14
  6	England	14
  7	Pakistan	13
  8	New Zealand	11
  9	Malaysia	9
  10	West Germany	8

  Number of matches

  1	Netherlands	106
  2	India	101
  3	Spain	99
  4	England	98
  5	Australia	98
  6	Argentina	94
  7	Pakistan	89
  8	New Zealand	72
  9	Malaysia	60
  10	West Germany	57

  Games per appearance

  1	Cuba	9
  2	Poland	7.5
  3	Netherlands	7.1
  4	West Germany	7.1
  5	Australia	7
  6	Belarus	7
  7	Belgium	7
  8	England	7
  9	Ghana	7
  10	Italy	7

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  Wins

  1	Australia	72
  2	Netherlands	66
  3	Pakistan	51
  4	England	46
  5	Spain	45
  6	India	43
  7	Argentina	36
  8	Germany	31
  9	West Germany	29
  10	New Zealand	23

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Australia	73 %
  2	Germany	66 %
  3	Netherlands	62 %
  4	Pakistan	57 %
  5	West Germany	51 %
  6	England	47 %
  7	Spain	45 %
  8	India	43 %
  9	France	42 %
  10	Argentina	38 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Spain	19
  2	Netherlands	17
  3	India	16
  4	Argentina	15
  5	England	14
  6	West Germany	14
  7	New Zealand	12
  8	South Africa	11
  9	Malaysia	10
  10	Pakistan	10

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  Losses

  1	Argentina	43
  2	India	42
  3	England	38
  4	New Zealand	37
  5	Malaysia	35
  6	Spain	35
  7	Poland	29
  8	Pakistan	28
  9	Canada	25
  10	South Africa	24

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Belarus	100 %
  2	Chile	100 %
  3	Cuba	100 %
  4	Ghana	100 %
  5	Italy	86 %
  6	Wales	80 %
  7	Ireland	72 %
  8	Canada	64 %
  9	Kenya	64 %
  10	Poland	64 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	China	50 %
  2	South Africa	26 %
  3	West Germany	25 %
  4	U.S.S.R.	24 %
  5	Ireland	22 %
  6	Canada	21 %
  7	Wales	20 %
  8	Germany	19 %
  9	Republic of Korea	19 %
  10	Spain	19 %

• All time table since 1971

  (Based on W=2 pts, D=1 pts and L=0 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	Australia	14	1971	1st	152	98	72	8	18	332	120	+212
  2	Netherlands	15	1971	1st	149	106	66	17	23	299	152	+147
  3	Pakistan	13	1971	1st	112	89	51	10	28	235	147	+88
  4	Spain	15	1971	2nd	109	99	45	19	35	187	159	+28
  5	England	14	1973	2nd	106	98	46	14	38	186	175	+11
  6	India	15	1971	1st	102	101	43	16	42	218	193	+25
  7	Argentina	14	1971	3rd	87	94	36	15	43	182	195	-13
  8	West Germany	8	1971	2nd	72	57	29	14	14	123	81	+42
  9	Germany	7	1998	1st	71	47	31	9	7	139	72	+67
  10	New Zealand	11	1973	-	58	72	23	12	37	122	164	-42
  11	Belgium	7	1973	1st	43	49	17	9	23	107	123	-16
  12	Malaysia	9	1973	4th	40	60	15	10	35	88	160	-72
  13	Republic of Korea	7	1994	4th	39	47	15	9	23	92	112	-20
  14	Poland	6	1975	-	27	45	11	5	29	70	128	-58
  15	South Africa	7	1994	-	27	43	8	11	24	72	139	-67
  16	France	4	1971	-	24	24	10	4	10	35	52	-17
  17	Japan	5	1971	-	22	33	9	4	20	41	89	-48
  18	Canada	6	1978	-	20	39	6	8	25	55	107	-52
  19	U.S.S.R.	3	1982	4th	19	21	7	5	9	27	41	-14
  20	Kenya	2	1971	4th	8	14	3	2	9	14	24	-10
  21	Ireland	3	1978	-	6	18	1	4	13	18	48	-30
  22	China	1	2018	-	2	4	0	2	2	3	15	-12
  23	Italy	1	1978	-	2	7	1	0	6	3	29	-26
  24	Wales	1	2023	-	1	5	0	1	4	5	22	-17
  25	Belarus	1	1994	-	0	7	0	0	7	4	17	-13
  26	Chile	1	2023	-	0	5	0	0	5	5	32	-27
  27	Ghana	1	1975	-	0	7	0	0	7	5	36	-31
  28	Cuba	1	2002	-	0	9	0	0	9	8	43	-35

General Informations

• First edition : 1971
• Editions : 15 (including 2023)
• Official name : Hockey World Cup
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_World_Cup
• Organiser : International Hockey Federation (FIH)
• Official website : http://www.fih.ch/events/world-cup/world-cup-2018/hockey-world-cup-bhubaneswar-2018-m/
• First winner : Pakistan
• Most wins : Pakistan (4)
• Most recent winner : Germany