1978 Women's Hockey World Cup

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1978 Women's FIH
Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityMadrid
Dates17–24 March
Teams10 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up West Germany
Third place Argentina
 Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored98 (3.27 per match)
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The 1978 Women's Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It took place from 17 to 24 March in Madrid, Spain.[1]

The Netherlands won the title for the second time, defeating West Germany 1–0 in the final.[2]

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany 4 4 0 0 22 1 +21 8 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Belgium 5 3 0 2 6 4 +2 6
3  Spain 5 2 0 3 7 12 −5 4
4  Japan 4 2 0 2 6 9 −3 4
5  Nigeria 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off match.[3]
16 September 1978
11:00
Nigeria  1–5  Spain
Report
16 September 1978
15:00
West Germany  1–0  Belgium
Report
17 September 1978
13:00
Spain  2–1  Japan
Report
17 September 1978
15:00
Nigeria  1–10  West Germany
Report
19 September 1978
13:00
Belgium  1–0  Nigeria
Report
19 September 1978
17:00
Japan  0–4  West Germany
Report
20 September 1978
11:00
Japan  2–1  Nigeria
Report
20 September 1978
13:00
Spain  0–1  Belgium
Report
21 September 1978
15:00
Belgium  2–3  Japan
Report
21 September 1978
17:00
West Germany  7–0  Spain
Report
  • The following match was contested to determine second and third place in the pool.
22 September 1978
13:00
Belgium  2–0  Spain
Report

Pool B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 4 4 0 0 15 3 +12 8 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Argentina 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  India 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Canada 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 3
5  Czechoslovakia 4 0 0 4 2 9 −7 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off match.[3]
16 September 1978
13:00
Argentina  1–0  Canada
Report
16 September 1978
17:00
Netherlands  4–1  India
Report
17 September 1978
11:00
India  1–2  Argentina
Report
17 September 1978
17:00
Czechoslovakia  1–3  Netherlands
Report
19 September 1978
11:00
Argentina  2–1  Czechoslovakia
Report
19 September 1978
15:00
Canada  1–1  India
Report
20 September 1978
13:00
Canada  0–6  Netherlands
Report
20 September 1978
17:00
India  1–0  Czechoslovakia
Report
21 September 1978
11:00
Netherlands  2–1  Argentina
Report
21 September 1978
13:00
Czechoslovakia  0–3  Canada
Report

Classification round[]

Ninth and tenth place[]

23 September 1978
09:00
Nigeria  0–4  Czechoslovakia
Report

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

 
CrossoverFifth Place
 
      
 
23 September 1978
 
 
 Spain0
 
24 September 1978
 
 Canada3
 
 Canada4
 
23 September 1978
 
 Japan0
 
 India0
 
 
 Japan3
 
Seventh Place
 
 
24 September 1978
 
 
 Spain0
 
 
 India1
Crossover[]
23 September 1978
11:00
India  0–3  Japan
Report
23 September 1978
11:00
Spain  0–3  Canada
Report
Seventh and eighth place[]
24 September 1978
11:00
Spain  0–1  India
Report
Fifth and sixth place[]
24 September 1978
11:00
Canada  4–0  Japan
Report

First to fourth place classification[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 September 1978
 
 
 West Germany1
 
24 September 1978
 
 Argentina0
 
 West Germany0
 
23 September 1978
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Netherlands6
 
 
 Belgium0
 
Third Place
 
 
24 September 1978
 
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 Belgium0
Semi-finals[]
23 September 1978
15:00
Netherlands  6–0  Belgium
Report
23 September 1978
15:00
West Germany  1–0  Argentina
Report
Third and fourth place[]
24 September 1978
15:00
Argentina  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Belgium
Report
Final[]
24 September 1978
17:00
West Germany  0–1  Netherlands
Report


 1978 Women's Hockey World Cup Winner 

Netherlands
Second title

Winning squad[]

 Netherlands[4]

  • Toos Bax
  • Suzan Bekker
  • Madelon Belien
  • Margriet Bleyerveld
  • Fieke Boekhorst
  • Bernadette de Beus
  • Irene Hendriks
  • Elsemiek Hillen
  • Sandra Le Poole
  • Julien Mahler
  • Maria Mattheussen-Fikkers
  • Lisette Sevens
  • Anneke van Puffelen
  • Nel van Kollenburg
  • Sophie van Weiler
  • Cathy Woudenberg-Schroder

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s) B  Netherlands 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19 18 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s) A  West Germany 6 5 0 1 23 2 +21 15 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) B  Argentina 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Bronze Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) A  Belgium 7 3 1 3 6 10 −4 10
5 B  Canada 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Eliminated in
group stage
6 A  Japan 6 3 0 3 9 13 −4 9
7 B  India 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7
8 A  Spain 7 2 0 5 7 16 −9 6
9 B  Czechoslovakia 5 1 0 4 6 9 −3 3
10 A  Nigeria 5 0 0 5 3 22 −19 0
Source: FIH

References[]

  1. ^ "HOCKEY WORLD CUP MADRID 1978". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Women Field Hockey World Cup 1978 MADRID (ESP)". todor66.com. Todor66. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b Regulations
  4. ^ "Field Hockey / World Cup". All competitions.com.
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