Finals Game date M team 1 score team 2 HT Final 12.01 42  Pakistan 3-1  West Germany 2-1  0-1 Heiner Dopp 5'; 1-1 Hassan Sardar 25'; 2-1 Manzoor Jr 26'; 3-1 Kaleemullah 40'PS  3-4 12.01 41  Australia 4-2  Netherlands 2-2  Craig Davies 3, Colin Batch ; Paul Litjens, Roderick Bouwman  5-6 11.01 39  India 5-1  Soviet Union 2-0  1-0 Mohd. Shahid 4' ; 2-0 Rajinder Singh 16'PC ; 2-1 Alexander Goncharov 28' ; 3-1 4-1 Surjit Singh 42'PC 52'PC ; 5-1 Zafar Iqbal 69'PC  7-8 10.01 36  New Zealand 6-1  Poland 5-0  1-0 Ramesh Patel 6'; 2-0 Grant McLeod 21'PC; 3-0 Ramesh Patel 29'PS; 4-0 G. Carnoustos 30'; 5-0 31'; 5-1 Zbigniew Rachwalski 53'; 6-1 Peter Miskimmin 68'   9-10 11.01 40  England 3-2 Malaysia 0-2  0-1 Tam Kum Seng 16'; 0-2 Poon Fook Loke 24'; 1-2 Kulbir Bhaura 42'; 2-2 Paul Barber 66'PC; 3-2 Neil Francis 69'   11-12 10.01 38  Spain 3-0  Argentina 3-0  1-0 Carlos Roca 8'; 2-0 Santiago Malgosa 22'PS; 3-0 Mariano Bordas 23'PC  
  
 Semi-Finals Game date M team 1 score team 2 HT 1/2 10.01 35  Pakistan 4-2  Netherlands 3-1  1-0 Hanif Abdul Khan 23'; 1-1 Paul Litjens 27'PC; 2-1 Kaleemullah 29'PS; 2-2 Hassan Sardar 32'; 3-2 Paul Litjens 46'PS; 4-2 Manzoor Sr 59'PC   1/2 10.01 37  West Germany 3-3  Australia 1-0  aet; FT 2-2; penalties 8-51-0 Heiner Dopp 27'; 1-1 Terry Walsh 44'PC; 1-2 Terry Walsh 57'PC; 2-2 Heiner Dopp 62'; 2-3 Richard Charlesworth 72'; 3-3 Hans Montag 83'PC   5-8 09.01 31  Soviet Union 1-0  Poland 0-0  Sergei Klevtsov  5-8 09.01 32  India 3-2  New Zealand 0-2  Rajinder Singh 3 ; Ramesh Patel, Grant McLeod  11-12 09.01 33 Malaysia 4-2  Spain 2-0  Kooi Ow Soon, Foo Keat Seong, Brian Sta Maria, Tam Kum Seng ; Mariano Bordas 2  11-12 09.01 34  England 1-0  Argentina 0-0  Neil Francis  
 
 
Final Ranking P w d l gf ga 1978 1. Pakistan 14 7 0 0 38: 12 1. 2. West Germany 8 3 2 2 17: 16 4. 3. Australia 13 6 1 0 20: 10 3. 4. Netherlands 7 3 1 3 21: 19 2.  eliminated in Groups Round   5. India 10 5 0 2 29: 15 6. 6. Soviet Union 5 1 3 3 11: 20   7. New Zealand 6 3 0 4 18: 23   8. Poland 4 2 0 5 8: 18 9. 9. England 7 3 1 3 10: 15 7. 10.Malaysia 3 1 1 5 11: 20 10. 11.Spain 5 2 1 4 11: 14 5. 12.Argentina 2 1 0 6 9: 21 8. 
 Goalscorers  203 goals, 4.83 per game  1. Rajinder Singh (IND) 12 2. Hassan Sardar (PAK) 10 3. Kalimullah (PAK) 8 4. Roderick Bouwman (NED) 7 4. Craig Davies (AUS) 7 4. Paul Litjens (NED) 7 
 
 
Asia (3): 1. 5. 10. Europe (6): 2. 4. 6. 8. 9. 11. Oceania (2): 3. 7. America (1): 12. Africa (-):  
 Zimbabwe - non-acceptance of Zimbabwe!
 
  First 2 to Semi-Finals. Rest to classification. 
Group A p w d l gf ga 1. Pakistan 10 5 0 0 31: 9 2. West Germany 7 3 1 1 13: 10 3. Poland 4 2 0 3 7: 11 4. New Zealand 4 2 0 3 10: 19 5. Spain 3 1 1 3 6: 10 6. Argentina 2 1 0 4 9: 17 
 
Team Paki WeGe Pola NeZe Spai Arge Pakistan --- 5:3 4:1 12:3 4:1 6:1 West Germany   --- 5:3 2:1 1:1 2:0 Poland     ---   1:0 2:1 New Zealand     1:0 --- 2:0   Spain         --- 4:2 Argentina       5:3   --- 
 
date M team 1 score team 2 HT 30.12 2  New Zealand 2-0  Spain    Albert Parkin, Peter Daji   30.12 3  Pakistan 6-1  Argentina 2-1  1-0 Hassan Sardar 14'; 1-1 Marcelona Mascheroni 25'; 2-1 Kalimullah 35'PS; 3-1 Manzoor Sr. 37'PC; 4-1 Mohd. Saeed 48'; 5-1 Abdul Rashid 66'; 6-1 Saleem Sherwani 70'   30.12 4  West Germany 5-3  Poland    Stefan Blocher, Heiner Dopp 2, Andreas Wistuba, Eckhardt Schmidt-Opper ; Zbigniew Rachwalski, Krzysztof Michalak, Henryk Horwat  01.01 7  Pakistan 4-1  Spain 2-0  1-0 Kalimullah 13'PS; 2-0 Manzoor Snr 14'PC; 3-0 Kalimullah 55'; 4-0 Hassan Sardar 62'; 4-1 Carlos Roca 68'   01.01 8  West Germany 2-1  New Zealand    Stefan Blocher, Michael Peter ; Carlos Roca  02.01 11  Pakistan 12-3  New Zealand 7--  Samiullah Khan 11'PC; Manzoor Sr. 12'PC 28'PC 69'PC; Hanif Abdul Khan 13'PC 33' 35'; Kalimullah 26'PS; Hassan Sardar 41' 51' 60' 64'; Peter Daji, Albert Parkin 2  02.01 14  Poland 2-1  Argentina    Krzysztof Michalak, Zbigniew Lachowicz ; Marcelo Garraffo  03.01 17  West Germany 2-0  Argentina    Hans Montag, Eckhardt Schmidt-Opper ; Balwant Bhana  03.01 18  Poland 1-0  Spain    Marek Krus  05.01 20  Argentina 5-3  New Zealand    Marcelo Pazos 2, Marcelo Garraffo, Marcelo Mascheroni, Fernando Gonzalez ; Albert Parkin, Ramesh Patel, Peter Miskimmin  05.01 21  Pakistan 5-3  West Germany 2-0  1-0 Kalimullah 32'PS; 2-0 Samiullah Khan 34'; 2-1 Michael Peter 41'PC; 3-1 Manzoor Jr. 43'; 3-2 Michael Peter 47'PC; 4-2 Hassan Sardar 60'; 4-3 Michael Peter 61'PC; 5-3 Samiullah Khan 70'PC   06.01 23  Spain 4-2  Argentina    Carlos Roca 3, Juan Luis Coghen ; Marcelo Pazos, Fernando Gonzalez  06.01 24  New Zealand 1-0  Poland    Albert Parkin  07.01 27  Pakistan 4-1  Poland 1-1  1-0 Samiullah Khan 17'; 1-1 Marek Krus --'; 2-1 Kalimullah 41'PS; 3-1 Hassan Sardar 43'; 4-1 Saeed Ahmed 57'   07.01 28  West Germany 1-1  Spain    Juan Luis Coghen ; Michael Peter  
 
 
Group B p w d l gf ga 1. Australia 10 5 0 0 13: 5 2. Netherlands 7 3 1 1 17: 11 3. India 6 3 0 2 21: 12 4. Soviet Union 3 0 3 2 9: 15 5. England 3 1 1 3 6: 13 6. Malaysia 1 0 1 4 5: 15 
 
Team Aust Neth Indi SoUn Engl Mala Australia --- 3:2 2:1 3:2 2:0 3:0 Netherlands   --- 4:3 2:2 6:2 3:1 India     --- 7:2 4:2 6:2 Soviet Union       --- 1:1 2:2 England         --- 1:0 Malaysia           --- 
 
date M team 1 score team 2 HT 29.12 1  India 6-2 Malaysia 1-2  Melvyn Fernandes PS F, Rajinder Singh PC PC PC, Surinder Singh Sodhi PS; Foo Keat Seong PC, M. Surentheran  30.12 4  Netherlands 6-2  England 4-1  1-0 Paul Litjens 5'PC; 2-0 3-0 Roderick Bouwman 10' 11'; 4-0 Wouter Leefers 14'; 4-1 Kulbir Bhaura 23'; 5-1 Tom van t’Hek 49'; 5-2 Kulbir Bhaura 45'; 6-2 Tom van t’Hek 69'   31.12 6  Australia 3-2  Soviet Union    Peter Haselhurst, Terry Walsh 2 ; Vlacheslav Lampeev, Mikhail Nichepurenko  01.01 9  Netherlands 4-3  India 2-2  0-1 Rajinder Singh 1'PC; 0-2 M K Kaushik 22'; 1-2 2-2 Roderick Bouwman 25' 28'; 3-2 Tom van t’Hek 37'PC; 3-3 Surinder Singh Sodhi 51'; 4-3 Maarten van Grimbergen 54'   01.01 10  Australia 3-0 Malaysia    Terry Walsh 2, Jim Irvine  02.01 12  Soviet Union 1-1  England 0-0  1-0 Sergei Pleshakov 62'; 1-1 Paul Barber 70'PC  02.01 13  Netherlands 3-1 Malaysia    Roderick Bouwman, Tom van t’Hek, Paul Litjens ; Foo Keat Seong  03.01 15  India 7-2  Soviet Union 3-0  Rajinder Singh 2, Sodhi 2, Surjit Singh, Syed Ali, Zafar Iqbal ; V Mishurnov 2  03.01 16  Australia 2-0  England 0-0  Craig Davies, Richard Charlesworth  05.01 19  Australia 3-2  Netherlands 1-0  1-0 Craig Davies 33'PC; 1-1 Paul Litjens 36'PC; 1-2 Ties Kruize 40'PS; 2-2 Peter Haselhurst 46'; 3-2 Craig Davies 60'PC   05.01 22  England 1-0 Malaysia 0-0  1-0 Paul Barber 67'PC  06.01 25  Soviet Union 2-2 Malaysia    Tam Chiew Seng, Foo Keat Seong ; V Mishurnov, Vlacheslav Lampeev  06.01 26  India 4-2  England 3-1  0-1 David Westcott 19'PS; 1-1 Surinder Singh Sodhi 28'PS; 2-1 3-1 Rajinder Singh 29'PC 33'PC; 3-2 Paul Barber 53'PC; 4-2 Gurmail Singh 70'PS   07.01 29  Australia 2-1  India 2-0  0-1 Ravinder Pal 37'; 1-1 Craig Davies 46'PC; Peter Haselhurst 63'   07.01 30  Netherlands 2-2  Soviet Union    Roderick Bouwman, Paul Litjens ; Sergei Klevtsov, Oleg Zagorodnev  
 
 
5. India Ashok Devan (GK) Rajinder Singh Surjit Singh (C) M M Somaya Ravinderpal Singh Gurmail Singh Charanjit Kumar Mervyn Fernandes Surinder Singh Sodhi Mohd Shahid Syed Ali M R Negi (GK) Vineet Kumar Onkar Singh Zafar Iqbal M K Kaushik Coach: Harmik Singh Manager: Jamal Lal Sharma 
 
 
9. England Ian Taylor (GK) John Hurst (GK) D Craig R Brrokeman Richard Dodds James Duthie Neil Francis Norman Hughes (C) Chris Rule Sutinder Singh Khehar Richard Leman Kulbir Singh Bhaura Mark Precious David Westcott Paul Barber Malcolm Wilkinson Coach: David Whittaker Manager: Colin Whalley 
 
10.Malaysia A Fadzil (GK) Abbas (GK) F K Seong J Murthy A Rahim S Prakash C B Gee Mohinder Singh Grewal S V Huisen L Oliveiro O S Kooi (C)  T C Seng M Shurentheran P F Loke C S Maria Avtar Singh Gill Coach: R Yogeswaran Manager: Datuk Haji Hohd Nor Bin HJ 
 
 
 
 
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