Barcelona World Cup

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Barcelona World Cup - 1971

The inaugural World Cup in hockey was held at Barcelona in 1971.

Pakistan struggled in its pool matches and were virtually out of the running. They in fact packed up to leave the hotel. But Japan shocked Holland in the last pool match to bring Pakistan back in the running.

India, which remained unbeaten in its pool, was defeated by Pakistan in the semi-final. India led 1-0 at half-time, but eventually lost 1-2. India finished with the bronze.

Some of the team members in the photo are:

BACK ROW (from left): 1 Charles Cornelius 2 Baldev Singh 3 Harcharan Singh 5 Vece Paes. MIDDLE ROW (from left): 4 Balbir Singh Sr. 5 Ajitpal Singh 6 Harmeek Singh 7 M. P. Ganesh KNEELING (from left): 1 Rajvinder Singh 3 Michael Kindo 4 Ashok Kumar 5 Cedric Perreira

1971
World Cup

Balbir Sr.
Olympic Hero