| Finals | | Game | date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 11.04 | 15:15 | Ma |  Soviet Union | 1-0 | Malaysia | | | 3-4 | 10.04 | 15:15 | TP |  New Zealand | 4-1 |  Ireland | 2-1 | | 0-1 William McConnel 20'PC; 1-1 2-1 Grant McLeod 32' 34'; 3-1 Balvant Bhanat --'; 4-1 Peter Daji 64' | | 1/2 | 08.04 | 16:45 | Ma | Malaysia | 5-2 | Ireland | 3-1 | | MAS: Colin Santamaria 24' 31' 57', Poon Foke Loke 26', Keat Seong 59'; IRL: Jonathan Cole, Willie Mcconnel | | 1/2 | 09.04 | 15:15 | Ma | Soviet Union | 4-1 | New Zealand | 2-0 | | 1-0 Viacheslav Mishurnov 7'PC; 2-0 Viacheslav Lempieev 16'PC; 2-1 Ramesh Patel 37'PS ; 3-1 Viacheslav Lempieev 56' PC; 4-1 Viacheslav Mishurnov | | Classification 5-8 | | 5-6 | 10.04 | 08:00 | K- |  Belgium | 3-2 |  Wales | | | 7-8 | 09.04 | 15:15 | Ma |  Japan | 2-1 |  France | 1-0 | | 5-8 | 07.04 | 15:00 | -- | Wales | 2-0 | France | | | 5-8 | 07.04. 20:00 | -- | Belgium | 4-1 | Japan | | | Classification 9-12 | | 9-10 | 08.04 | 15:15 | Ma |  Canada | 4-1 | Singapore | 3-0 | | 1-0 Mohinder Pal 24'PC; 2-0 Reginald Plummer 29'; 3-0 Satinder Chohan 35'PC; 3-1 Kee Yaw Lin 59'PC; 4-1 Satinder Chohan 66'PS | | 11-12 | 10.04 | 08:00 | K- |  Zimbabwe | 1-0 |  Italy | | | 9-12 | 07.04 | 20:00 | -- | Canada | 2-1 | Italy | | | 9-12 | 07.04 | 20:00 | -- | Singapore | 4-4 | Zimbabwe | 0-2 | | No extra time ; penalty strokes 3-2 | | 0-1 Desmond van Jaarsveldt 26'; 2-0 Peter Rawson 30'; 0-3 Kenneth Rice 45'; 1-3 2-3 3-3 Kevin Ng 48'PC 52' 58'; 4-3 Mohammed Ali 61'; 4-4 Chris Trautman 6-' PS |
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| Venues | | Ma - Merdeka Stadium | | TP - TPCA | | KA - Kiliat A | | KB - Kiliat B |
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Soviet Union | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19: | 3 | | 2. Malaysia | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18: | 7 | | 3. New Zealand | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18: | 8 | | 4. Ireland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13: | 15 | | eliminated in Groups Round. | | 5. Belgium | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15: | 7 | | 6. Wales | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11: | 11 | | 7. Japan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12: | 18 | | 8. France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8: | 11 | | 9. Canada | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13: | 13 | | 10.Singapore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8: | 25 | | 11.Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13: | 20 | | 12.Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6: | 16 |
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| First 3 - Soviet Union, Malaysia and New Zealand qualified to World Cup Men 1982. |
| Qualification - Selection by FIH. | | Malaysia (10.), Canada (11.), Ireland (12.), Italy (13.) and Belgium (14.) as last 5 from World Cup Men 1978. | | Europe - Soviet Union, Wales and France. | | Oceania - New Zealand. | | Africa - Zimbabwe qualified by default when Kenya declined to contest a playoff. | | Asia - Japan, Singapore. | | Americas - No team. |
| Teams were selected on 11th September 1980. Initially Kenya was selected and Zimbabwe was First reserve. | | Other reserves were - Mexico and Scotland. |
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| First 2 to Semi-Finals>. Rest to classifcation. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Malaysia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13: | 4 | | 2. Soviet Union | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14: | 2 | | 3. Wales | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7: | 8 | | 4. Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9: | 13 | | 5. Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9: | 15 | | 6. Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4: | 14 |
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| Team | Mala | Sovi | Wale | Japa | Zimb | Ital | | Malaysia | --- | 1:1 | 4:0 | 2:0 | 2:1 | 4:2 | | Soviet Union | | --- | 1:1 | 4:0 | 4:0 | 4:0 | | Wales | | | --- | 3:2 | 2:1 | 1:0 | | Japan | | | | --- | 6:3 | 1:1 | | Zimbabwe | | | | | --- | 4:1 | | Italy | | | | | | --- |
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| date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 29.03 | 08:00 | KA | Wales | 2-1 | Zimbabwe | | | 29.03 | 16:00 | Ma | Malaysia | 4-2 | Italy | 2-0 | | 30.03 | 07:30 | KA | Soviet Union | 4-0 | Japan | | | 30.03 | 17:45 | TP | Malaysia | 2-1 | Zimbabwe | 1-1 | | 0-1 Chris Trautman 11'; 1-1 Poon Fook Loke 35'; 2-1 Foo Keat Seong 50'PC | | 31.03 | 07:30 | KA | Japan | 1-1 | Italy | | | 31.03 | 16:45 | Ma | Soviet Union | 1-1 | Wales | | | 01.04 | 07:30 | KA | Zimbabwe | 4-1 | Italy | | | 01.04 | 16:45 | Ma | Malaysia | postp | Wales | | | 02.04 | 08:00 | KB | Soviet Union | 4-0 | Zimbabwe | | | 02.04 | 16:45 | Ma | Malaysia | 2-0 | Japan | 1-0 | | 03.04 | 07:30 | KA | Soviet Union | 4-0 | Italy | | | 03.04 | 15:15 | TP | Wales | 3-2 | Japan | | | 04.04 | 15:15 | Ma | Wales | 1-0 | Italy | | | 05.04 | 08:00 | KB | Japan | 6-3 | Zimbabwe | | | 05.04 | 16:45 | TP | Malaysia | 1-1 | Soviet Union | | | 06.04 | --:-- | -- | Malaysia | 4-0 | Wales | 1-0 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. New Zealand | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13: | 3 | | 2. Ireland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10: | 6 | | 3. Belgium | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8: | 4 | | 4. France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7: | 7 | | 5. Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7: | 11 | | 6. Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3: | 17 |
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| Team | Neth | Irel | Belg | Fran | Cana | Sing | | New Zealand | --- | 4:1 | 1:0 | 3:1 | 3:1 | 2:0 | | Ireland | | --- | 1:1 | 1:0 | 2:1 | 5:0 | | Belgium | | | --- | 2:1 | 2:0 | 3:1 | | France | | | | --- | 2:1 | 3:0 | | Canada | | | | | --- | 4:2 | | Singapore | | | | | | --- |
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| date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 29.03 | 07:30 | TP | Belgium | 3-1 | Singapore | | | 29.03 | 07:30 | KA | New Zealand | 3-1 | France | | | 30.03 | 08:00 | KB | Ireland | 2-1 | Canada | | | 30.03 | 15:15 | TP | France | 3-0 | Singapore | | | 31.03 | 08:00 | KB | Belgium | 2-0 | Canada | 1-0 | | 1-0 Patrick Hens 22'; 2-0 Eric Stoupel 55'PC; Fred Hoos (CAN) miss PS 52' | | 31.03 | 15:15 | Ma | New Zealand | 4-1 | Ireland | | | 01.04 | 08:00 | KB | Belgium | 2-1 | France | | | 01.04 | 15:15 | TP | New Zealand | 2-0 | Singapore | | | 02.04 | 07:30 | KA | Ireland | 1-0 | France | 1-0 | | 02.04 | 15:15 | Ma | Canada | 4-2 | Singapore | 1-1 | | 0-1 Fred Martens 4'; 1-1 Reginald Plummer 33'; 2-1 Pheeroz Virani 38'; 3-1 Robert Steele --'; 4-1 Pheeroz Virani 45'; 4-2 Parmjit Singh 55' | | 03.04 | 08:00 | KB | Ireland | 1-1 | Belgium | | | 03.04 | 16:45 | TP | New Zealand | 3-1 | Canada | | | 04.04 | 16:45 | Ma | New Zealand | 1-0 | Belgium | 0-0 | | 1-0 Mark Burtt 59' | | 05.04 | 07:30 | KA | Ireland | 5-0 | Singapore | | | 05.04 | 15:15 | TP | France | 2-1 | Canada | |
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