Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Hockeyanlage
Dates	27 August – 10 September 1972 (1972-09-10)
Teams	16
Medalists
West Germany Pakistan India

The field hockey tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.

The West German victory was the first title by a European nation since 1920, but this was marred by the behavior of Pakistani players, fans, and officials: during the last ten minutes of the gold-medal match, the umpires had to stop play twice so that Pakistani fans who had invaded the pitch could be removed, while Pakistani players and officials repeatedly remonstrated with the umpires throughout that time.

At the final whistle, Pakistani fans and officials invaded the pitch and assaulted West German police and stadium security before storming the tournament officials' table and pouring a bucket of water over International Hockey Federation president Rene Frank, while the players stormed their locker room before proceeding to destroy it.

At the medal ceremony, the Pakistani players refused to wear their silver medals or face the West German flag as it was raised, and turned their backs as the West German national anthem was played.

The eleven Pakistani players were banned for life from their national team, but after a high-level apology, the ban was reduced to two years, and eight of them played at the 1976 Olympics.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Baumgart Horst Drose Dieter Freise Werner Kaessmann Carsten Keller Detlev Kittstein Ulrich Klaes Peter Kraus Michael Krause Michael Peter Wolfgang Rott Fritz Schmidt Rainer Seifert Wolfgang Strodter Eckart Suhl Eduard Thelen Peter Trump Ulrich Vos	Pakistan (PAK) Rashid Abdul Akhtar Rasool Ul Akhtar Jahangir Butt Fazalur Rehman Islahuddin Siddiquee Muhammad Asad Malik Shahnaz Sheikh Munawwaruz Zaman Ahmad Riaz Saeed Anwar Saleem Sherwani Iftikar Syed Mudassar Syed Zahid Sheikh	India (IND) B. P. Govinda Charles Cornelius Manuel Frederick Michael Kindo V.J. Philips Ashok Kumar M. P. Ganesh Krishnamurty Perumal Ajitpal Singh Harbinder Singh Harcharan Singh Harmik Singh Kulwant Singh Mukhbain Singh Virinder Singh Vece Paes

Umpires

On 25 October 1971, 13 umpires were appointed by the FIH. It was reported that 12 more umpires would be selected in February 1972.

• Charan Singh (KEN)
• Peter Lake (GBR)
• A. F. Lathouwers (NED)
• Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)
• Naqi (PAK)
• Andre Schittecalte (BEL)
• Fritz Seegers (FRG)
• Horacio Servetto (ARG)
• Vijayanathan (MAS)
• J. Richard Jewell (AUT)
• Luigi Tinti (ITA)
• Aziz Iskanbar (EGY)
• John Martens (SIN)

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany (H)	7	6	1	0	17	5	+12	13	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Pakistan	7	5	1	1	17	6	+11	11
3	Malaysia	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	9
4	Spain	7	2	4	1	9	8	+1	8
5	Belgium	7	2	1	4	8	14	−6	5
6	France	7	2	0	5	6	13	−7	4
7	Argentina	7	0	3	4	4	9	−5	3
8	Uganda	7	0	3	4	6	14	−8	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

27 August 1972 10:30 West Germany 5–1 Belgium Krause  13', 29', 59' Klaes  32' Droese  63' Report Miserque  33' Umpires: Luigi Tinti (ITA) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

27 August 1972 10:30 Pakistan 3–0 France Anwar  29', 61' Rashid  51' Report Umpires: Leonard Elsgeshuysen (NED) A.W. Petrus Roef (NED)

27 August 1972 13:30 Uganda 1–3 Malaysia Adiga  60' Report Harnahal  10' Ramalingam  47' Murugesan  57' Umpires: Peter Lake (GBR) Randolph Hillary Selman (GBR)

27 August 1972 13:30 Argentina 1–1 Spain Quaquarini  28' Report Ju. Amat  40' Umpires: Sarosh Nagarwala (IND) Sundaram Mudaliar (IND)

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28 August 1972 15:00 Malaysia 0–1 West Germany Report Kittstein  29' Umpires: J. Richard Jewell (AUS) Sheik Dawood (KEN)

28 August 1972 15:00 Belgium 1–1 Argentina Vanderborght  20' Report Quaquarini  19' Umpires: Nemi Chand Agarwal (IND) Charan Singh (KEN)

28 August 1972 16:30 Spain 1–1 Pakistan J. Fábregas  41' Report Zaman  5' Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) Luigi Tinti (ITA)

28 August 1972 16:30 France 3–1 Uganda Burtschell  21' Coutou  40' Pous  44' Report Kuldip  68' Umpires: Cho Myong-Yul (KOR) Kasuo Oki (JPN)

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29 August 1972 13:30 Uganda 1–3 Pakistan Amarjit  38' Report Akhtarul  14' Mudassar  23' Shahnaz  38' Umpires: Kasuo Oki (JPN) Cho Myong-Yul (KOR)

29 August 1972 15:00 Spain 0–0 Malaysia Report Umpires: Aziz Iskandar (EGY) A.W. Petrus Roef (NED)

29 August 1972 15:00 France 0–1 Belgium Report Gilles  33' Umpires: Sarosh Nagarwala (IND) J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

29 August 1972 16:30 West Germany 2–1 Argentina Seifert  12', 18' Report Quaquarini  61' Umpires: Sheik Dawood (KEN) Randolph Hillary Selman (GBR)

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31 August 1972 14:00 Pakistan 1–2 West Germany Zaman  58' Report Baumgart  38' Krause  57' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

31 August 1972 14:00 Argentina 0–0 Uganda Report Umpires: A.W. Petrus Roef (NED) Kasuo Oki (JPN)

31 August 1972 15:30 Belgium 0–1 Spain Report Ju. Amat  55' Umpires: Charan Singh (KEN) Sundaram Mudaliar (IND)

31 August 1972 15:30 Malaysia 1–0 France Murugesan  18' Report Umpires: Leonard Elsgeshuysen (NED) Peter Lake (GBR)

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1 September 1972 10:00 Spain 3–2 France J. Fábregas  11', 17' Sallés  14' Report Pitau  32' Pous  58' Umpires: Aziz Iskandar (EGY) Charan Singh (KEN)

1 September 1972 10:00 Argentina 1–3 Pakistan J. Sabbione  45' Report Rashid  17', 53' Asad  48' Umpires: Leonard Elsgeshuysen (NED) Marten John Rowsing (SGP)

1 September 1972 11:30 West Germany 1–1 Uganda Krause  10' Report Kuldip  26' Umpires: Nemi Chand Agarwal (IND) Peter Lake (GBR)

1 September 1972 11:30 Malaysia 4–2 Belgium Ramalingam  6' Sri  26' De Cruz  30' Murugesan  58' Report Miserque  12' Vanderborght  52' Umpires: Sarosh Nagarwala (IND) Sheik Dawood (KEN)

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3 September 1972 10:30 Spain 1–2 West Germany F. Amat  20' Report Krause  41' Kaessmann  64' Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) Luigi Tinti (ITA)

3 September 1972 10:30 Pakistan 3–0 Malaysia Zaman  28' Rashid  61' Anwar  67' Report Umpires: André Schittecatte (ITA) J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

3 September 1972 14:30 France 1–0 Argentina Darfeuille  26' Report Umpires: Sarosh Nagarwala (IND) Sheik Dawood (KEN)

3 September 1972 14:30 Belgium 2–0 Uganda Gillard  61' Gilles  67' Report Umpires: A.W. Petrus Roef (NED) Aziz Iskandar (EGY)

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4 September 1972 10:00 Uganda 2–2 Spain Kuldip  26' Lobo  28' Report J. Fábregas  5' Sallés  8' Umpires: Randolph Hillary Selman (GBR) Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)

4 September 1972 10:00 Pakistan 3–1 Belgium Zaman  20' Rashid  44', 46' Report Gillard  16' Umpires: Bernard Valette (FRA) J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

4 September 1972 11:30 West Germany 4–0 France Krause  20', 33' Keller  24' Kaessmann  46' Report Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) Kasuo Oki (JPN)

4 September 1972 11:30 Malaysia 1–0 Argentina Belavantheran  69' Report Umpires: Luigi Tinti (ITA) Aziz Iskandar (EGY)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	7	5	2	0	25	8	+17	12	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	7	5	1	1	20	9	+11	11
3	Great Britain	7	4	1	2	15	10	+5	9
4	Australia	7	3	2	2	18	8	+10	8
5	New Zealand	7	2	3	2	16	11	+5	7
6	Poland	7	2	2	3	12	12	0	6
7	Kenya	7	1	1	5	8	17	−9	3
8	Mexico	7	0	0	7	1	40	−39	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.

27 August 1972 15:00 India 1–1 Netherlands Kumar  29' Report Zweerts  1' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Aziz Iskandar (EGY)

27 August 1972 15:00 Poland 1–0 Kenya Matuszyński  11' Report Umpires: Fritz Seegers (GER) Fritz Möhr (GER)

27 August 1972 16:30 Australia 0–0 New Zealand Report Umpires: Ahmed Abrar (PAK) Khurshid Ahmad Sheik (PAK)

27 August 1972 16:30 Great Britain 6–0 Mexico Svehlik  16' Marsh  45', 48' Corby  53' Saldanha  64', 67' Report Umpires: G. Vijayanathan (MAS) Martens John Rowsing (SGP)

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28 August 1972 10:00 Australia 3–1 Kenya Nilan  30', 60' Riley  56' Report Surjit  40' Umpires: André Schittecatte (BEL) Francis Steurs (BEL)

28 August 1972 10:00 New Zealand 7–0 Mexico Maister  14', 18', 19' Borren  52', 57', 58' Archibald  68' Report Umpires: Saifi (PAK) Ahmed Abrar (PAK)

28 August 1972 11:30 Great Britain 0–5 India Report Mukhbain  15', 30', 32' Kindo  19' Harmik  67' Umpires: Jacky Manneback (BEL) Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)

28 August 1972 11:30 Netherlands 4–2 Poland Kruize  5', 12', 26', 64' Report Kaźmierczak  39' Grotowski  60' Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Bernard Valette (FRA)

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30 August 1972 13:30 Mexico 0–3 Poland Report Ziaja  21' Grotowski  38' Otulakowski  41' Umpires: G. Vijayanathan (MAS) Jacky Manneback (BEL)

30 August 1972 15:00 Kenya 1–5 Netherlands Surjit  70' Report Kruize  2', 11', 49', 51' F. Spits  56' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Bernard Valette (FRA)

30 August 1972 15:00 New Zealand 2–1 Great Britain Dayman  24' Maister  26' Report French  40' Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) André Schittecatte (BEL)

30 August 1972 16:30 India 3–1 Australia Mukhbain  7', 16', 61' Report Mason  26' Umpires: Francis Steurs (FRA) Fritz Seegers (GER)

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31 August 1972 10:00 Kenya 0–2 Great Britain Report Corby  29' Crowe  65' Umpires: Hans Joachim Dröz (GER) Fritz Möhr (GER)

31 August 1972 10:00 Poland 2–2 India Ziaja  36', 40' Report Harmik  7' Billimoga  50' Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

31 August 1972 11:30 Netherlands 2–0 New Zealand Kruize  9', 67' Report Umpires: Saifi (PAK) Luigi Tinti (ITA)

31 August 1972 11:30 Australia 10–0 Mexico Riley  16', 22', 31', 47', 63' Mason  24', 30' Charlesworth  35' Browning  51' Smart  55' Report Umpires: Willy Arber (SUI) Khurshid Ahmad Sheik (PAK)

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2 September 1972 10:00 India 3–2 Kenya Mukhbain  36', 57' Harmik  48' Report Davinder  25', 45' Umpires: Jacky Manneback (BEL) André Schittecatte (BEL)

2 September 1972 10:00 Poland 3–3 New Zealand Otulakowski  17' Matuszyński  26' Grotowski  36' Report Dayman  11', 48', 53' Umpires: Bernard Valette (FRA) Fritz Seegers (GER)

2 September 1972 11:30 Great Britain 1–1 Australia Svehlik  22' Report Riley  21' Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Saifi (PAK)

2 September 1972 11:30 Mexico 0–4 Netherlands Report Kruize  8', 22' F. Spits  34' N. Spits  44' Umpires: Khurshid Ahmad Sheik (PAK) Ahmed Abrar (PAK)

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3 September 1972 14:30 Netherlands 1–3 Great Britain Kruize  34' Report Mamood  1' Corby  43' Svehlik  47' Umpires: G. Vijayanathan (MAS) Jaime Salvatella (ESP)

3 September 1972 14:30 Australia 1–0 Poland Glencross  16' Report Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Fritz Seegers (GER)

3 September 1972 16:00 Mexico 0–8 India Report Harmik  6' Kumar  9', 61' Kulwant  22', 50', 56' Kindo  35' Billimoga  63' Umpires: Fritz Möhr (GER) Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)

3 September 1972 16:00 New Zealand 2–2 Kenya Dayman  2', 11' Report Panesar  21', 24' Umpires: Bernard Valette (FRA) Francis Steurs (BEL)

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4 September 1972 14:00 Netherlands 3–2 Australia Kruize  9', 15', 34' Report Glencross  32' Mason  39' Umpires: André Schittecatte (BEL) G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

4 September 1972 14:00 Kenya 2–1 Mexico Tarlochan  16' Brajinder  39' Report Mascaro  59' Umpires: Fritz Möhr (GER) Khurshid Ahmad Sheik (PAK)

4 September 1972 15:30 India 3–2 New Zealand Kulwant  28' Mullera  51' Kindo  61' Report Maister  6' Dayman  58' Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Horacio Servetto (ARG)

4 September 1972 15:30 Great Britain 2–1 Poland Langhorne  17' Gregg  51' Report Grotowski  33' Umpires: Fritz Seegers (GER) Francis Steurs (BEL)

Classification round

Ninth to sixteenth place classification

Fifteenth and sixteenth place

7 September 1972 10:00 Uganda 4–1 Mexico Rajinder  30' Jagdish  52' Ajit  53' Kuldip  55' Report Huacuja  11' Umpires: Ahmed Abrar (PAK) Willy Arber (SUI)

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

7 September 1972 11:30 Argentina 0–1 (a.e.t.) Kenya Report Avtar  72' Umpires: A.W. Petrus Roef (NED) Leonard Elsgeshuysen (NED)

Eleventh and twelfth place

8 September 1972 10:00 France 4–4 (a.e.t.) Poland Burtschell  29' Coutou  31' Pous  41' Grain  46' Report Wybieralski  18' Wrona  45' Grotowski  48' Otulakowski  67' Penalties 0–3 Otulakowski Grotowski Kasprzyk Umpires: Saifi (PAK) Luigi Tinti (ITA)

Ninth and tenth place

8 September 1972 11:30 Belgium 1–2 New Zealand Collin  39' Report Borren  47' Maister  49' Umpires: Sarosh Narerwala (IND) Jaime Salvatella (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	7 September 1972
	Malaysia	1
					9 September 1972
	Australia (a.e.t)	2
					Australia (a.e.t)	2
	7 September 1972
					Great Britain	1
	Great Britain	2
	Spain	0
					Seventh Place
					9 September 1972
					Malaysia	1
					Spain	2

Crossover

7 September 1972 14:00 Malaysia 1–2 (a.e.t.) Australia Murugesan  6' Report Charlesworth  58', 87' Umpires: Francis Steurs (BEL) Jacky Manneback (BEL)

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7 September 1972 16:00 Great Britain 2–0 Spain Svehlik  14', 59' Report Umpires: Fritz Seegers (GER) Fritz Möhr (GER)

Seventh and eighth place

9 September 1972 10:00 Malaysia 1–2 Spain Sri  54' Report Alustiza  29' F. Amat  31' Umpires: A.W. Petrus Roef (NED) Fritz Seegers (GER)

Fifth and sixth place

9 September 1972 11:30 Australia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Great Britain Glencross  43' Riley  82' Report Gregg  44' Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold-medal match
	8 September 1972
	West Germany	3
					10 September 1972
	Netherlands	0
					West Germany	1
	8 September 1972
					Pakistan	0
	India	0
	Pakistan	2
					Bronze-medal match
					10 September 1972
					Netherlands	1
					India	2

Semi-finals

8 September 1972 14:00 West Germany 3–0 Netherlands Vos  20' Krause  53' Droese  69' Report Umpires: G. Vijayanathan (MAS) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

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8 September 1972 16:00 India 0–2 Pakistan Report Rehman  11' Shahnaz  34' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

Bronze-medal match

10 September 1972 10:00 Netherlands 1–2 India Kruize  6' Report Billimoga  15' Mukhbain  70' Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) Bernard Valette (FRA)

Gold-medal match

10 September 1972 12:00 West Germany 1–0 Pakistan Krause  60' Report Umpires: J. Richard Jewell (AUS) Horacio Servetto (ARG)

Final rankings

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	West Germany (H)	9	8	1	0	21	5	+16	17	Gold Medal
	Pakistan	9	6	1	2	19	7	+12	13	Silver Medal
	India	9	6	2	1	27	11	+16	14	Bronze Medal
4	Netherlands	9	5	1	3	21	14	+7	11	Fourth place
5	Australia	9	5	2	2	22	10	+12	12	Eliminated in group stage
6	Great Britain	9	5	1	3	18	12	+6	11
7	Spain	9	3	4	2	11	11	0	10
8	Malaysia	9	4	1	4	11	11	0	9
9	New Zealand	8	3	3	2	18	12	+6	9
10	Belgium	8	2	1	5	9	16	−7	5
11	Poland	8	2	3	3	16	16	0	7
12	France	8	2	1	5	10	17	−7	5
13	Kenya	8	2	1	5	9	17	−8	5
14	Argentina	8	0	3	5	4	10	−6	3
15	Uganda	8	1	3	4	10	15	−5	5
16	Mexico	8	0	0	8	2	44	−42	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

17 goals

• Ties Kruize

10 goals

• Michael Krause

9 goals

• Mukhbain Singh

8 goals

• Ronald Riley

7 goals

• Greg Dayman

6 goals

• Barry Maister
• Abdul Rashid

5 goals

• Paul Svehlik
• Henryk Grotowski

4 goals

• James Mason
• Harmik Singh
• Kulwant Singh
• Murugesan Mahendran
• Jan Borren
• Munawwaruz Zaman
• Jorge Fábregas
• Kuldip Singh Bhogal

3 goals

• Alfredo Quaquarini
• Ric Charlesworth
• Brian Glencross
• Charles Pous
• Michael Corby
• B. P. Govinda
• Michael Kindo
• Ashok Kumar
• Stefan Otulakowski
• Witold Ziaja
• Saeed Anwar

2 goals

• Patrick Nilan
• Patrick Gillard
• Jean-François Gilles
• Guy Miserque
• Carl-Eric Vanderborght
• Patrick Burtschell
• Francis Coutou
• Terry Gregg
• Peter Marsh
• Rui Saldanha
• Davinder Singh Deegan
• Surjeet Singh Panesar
• Surjit Singh Rihal
• Ramalingam Pathmarajah
• Sri Shanmuganathan
• Frans Spits
• Shahnaz Sheikh
• Włodzimierz Matuszyński
• Francisco Amat
• José Sallés
• Horst Dröse
• Werner Kaessmann
• Rainer Seifert

1 goal

• Jorge Sabbione
• Greg Browning
• Donald Smart
• Philippe Collin
• Jean-Luc Darfeuille
• Georges Grain
• Eric Pitau
• Joe Ahmad
• Michael Crowe
• John French
• Christopher Langhorne
• M. P. Ganesh
• Tarlochan Singh Chana
• Brajinder Singh Daved
• Avtar Singh Sohal
• Francis Belavantheran
• Franco De Cruz
• Harnahal Singh Sewa
• José Miguel Huacuja
• José María Mascaro
• Nico Spits
• Jeroen Zweerts
• Jeff Archibald
• Mudassar Asghar
• Akhtarul Islam
• Muhammad Asad Malik
• Fazalur Rehman
• Stanisław Kaźmierczak
• Aleksander Wrona
• Józef Wybieralski
• José Alustiza
• Jaime Amat
• Juan Amat
• Paul Adiga
• Willie Lobo
• Ajit Singh Bhogal
• Jagdish Singh Kapoor
• Amarjit Singh Sandhu
• Rajinder Singh Sandhu
• Wolfgang Baumgart
• Carsten Keller
• Detlev Kittstein
• Ulrich Klaes
• Uli Vos

Source: Olympedia

External links

• Official Olympic report