The 1986 Hockey World Cup was the sixth Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in London, England. The competition was won by Australia, who defeated host nation England 2–1 in the final.[1]West Germany finished third after defeating the Soviet Union.
England, as hosts – and also as Olympic bronze medallists – were viewed as having quite a tough group, containing Olympic champions Pakistan, and a highly fancied Dutch side, with the Soviet Union seen as potential dark-horse outsiders. But in the event Pakistan failed badly, winning only a single group match against minnows New Zealand – blaming their poor play on failure to adjust to the AstroTurf surface, used in a major hockey tournament for the first time instead of grass. The Soviets scored surprise victories over both Pakistan and England, leaving England in danger of going out of their own tournament in the group stages: however they recovered to win their final match, against the Dutch. This left England, the USSR and the Netherlands all level on points with four wins and one loss each. England and the Soviets were equal on goal difference as well as points, England being ahead on goals scored: the Dutch unfortunate to be in third thanks to an inferior goal difference to both.
In the other group, things were expected to be more straightforward, with West Germany and Australia (Olympic silver medallists and fourth place respectively) being the two favourites. Australia duly topped the group by defeating everybody except the Germans, with whom they drew: the Germans also finished the group undefeated to qualify comfortably in second place, though they also drew with Spain and India. The latter, hockey giants of the past, were nowhere near the same force in the present: in the play-offs for the minor places, India ended up losing both matches, including the 11th–12th place play-off to the otherwise hapless Pakistan.
The first semi-final, between England and West Germany, was an absolute classic. A replay of the semi-final of the 1984 Olympic tournament, won 1-0 by the Germans, meant that the English had a score to settle. England dominated most of the first half, but in the end had only one goal to show for it, scored by star centre-forward Sean Kerly. In the second half, the Germans found their form, equalising from a penalty corner, and then going into the lead with a smart strike from their captain, Heiner Dopp. The remainder of the match was end-to-end stuff as England pressed hard for an equaliser. Several times they came close from both open play and penalty corners: shots whizzed past the post, crosses were desperately intercepted, the keeper himself made a few useful saves – but the Germans were themselves dangerous on the breakaway. Fischer thought he had scored a German third from a penalty corner, but it was disallowed as the ball flew dangerously high off his stick: Dopp, too, nearly scored another, but was denied by a last-ditch deflection from England's own captain, Richard Dodds. Finally, in the last minute, with England on the verge of going out, they were awarded a penalty corner, from which Paul Barber scored an equalizer – almost blocked by a German stick, but it deflected into the roof of the net, forcing extra time. The extra period was as thrilling as the last minutes of the main game, both sides going for all-out attack: the game was finally settled by another English penalty corner, from which Barber scored an action-replay of his earlier goal to send England into the final.
The second semi-final, after all that, was an anti-climax, Australia hammering the Soviet Union by 5–0. The Soviets made a slightly better fist of the third-place play-off against the Germans, but in the end it was the Germans who clinched third place.
The final was also a rematch of sorts – England having defeated Australia in the Olympic third-place play-off, the Aussies were out for revenge. England started slowly, and Terry Walsh scored an early goal to put Australia into a deserved lead. England soon began to find their feet, with some typically mazy dribbles by Imran Sherwani threatening the Australian lines: but another goal soon followed for the Australians, this time against the run of play, from a penalty corner. This goal was in fact briefly disputed by England, who claimed that the shot had flown too high, above the back board of the net: but the referee ruled that it had brushed the goalkeeper's glove on the way, so the "too high" was counted as a deflection off an English player rather than a straight hit from the Australian scorer, and England were 2-0 behind at half-time. The second half was a more scrappy affair – England by and large having the greater amount of possession, but unable to create any significant chances against a well-drilled Australian defensive line. Late on in the game, a defensive error finally allowed Jon Potter in to score, but it was too little, too late: Australia hung on for a 2–1 victory.
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.
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The 1986 Hockey World Cup was the sixth Hockey World Cup men s field hockey tournament It was held in London England The competition was won by Australia who defeated host nation England 2 1 in the final 1 West Germany finished third after defeating the Soviet Union 1986 Hockey World CupTournament detailsHost countryEnglandCityLondonDates4 19 October 1986Teams12Venue s Willesden Sports CentreTournament statisticsMatches played42Goals scored146 3 48 per match Top scorer s Richard Charlesworth 7 goals Best playerMohammed Shahid 1982 previous next 1990 England as hosts and also as Olympic bronze medallists were viewed as having quite a tough group containing Olympic champions Pakistan and a highly fancied Dutch side with the Soviet Union seen as potential dark horse outsiders But in the event Pakistan failed badly winning only a single group match against minnows New Zealand blaming their poor play on failure to adjust to the AstroTurf surface used in a major hockey tournament for the first time instead of grass The Soviets scored surprise victories over both Pakistan and England leaving England in danger of going out of their own tournament in the group stages however they recovered to win their final match against the Dutch This left England the USSR and the Netherlands all level on points with four wins and one loss each England and the Soviets were equal on goal difference as well as points England being ahead on goals scored the Dutch unfortunate to be in third thanks to an inferior goal difference to both In the other group things were expected to be more straightforward with West Germany and Australia Olympic silver medallists and fourth place respectively being the two favourites Australia duly topped the group by defeating everybody except the Germans with whom they drew the Germans also finished the group undefeated to qualify comfortably in second place though they also drew with Spain and India The latter hockey giants of the past were nowhere near the same force in the present in the play offs for the minor places India ended up losing both matches including the 11th 12th place play off to the otherwise hapless Pakistan The first semi final between England and West Germany was an absolute classic A replay of the semi final of the 1984 Olympic tournament won 1 0 by the Germans meant that the English had a score to settle England dominated most of the first half but in the end had only one goal to show for it scored by star centre forward Sean Kerly In the second half the Germans found their form equalising from a penalty corner and then going into the lead with a smart strike from their captain Heiner Dopp The remainder of the match was end to end stuff as England pressed hard for an equaliser Several times they came close from both open play and penalty corners shots whizzed past the post crosses were desperately intercepted the keeper himself made a few useful saves but the Germans were themselves dangerous on the breakaway Fischer thought he had scored a German third from a penalty corner but it was disallowed as the ball flew dangerously high off his stick Dopp too nearly scored another but was denied by a last ditch deflection from England s own captain Richard Dodds Finally in the last minute with England on the verge of going out they were awarded a penalty corner from which Paul Barber scored an equalizer almost blocked by a German stick but it deflected into the roof of the net forcing extra time The extra period was as thrilling as the last minutes of the main game both sides going for all out attack the game was finally settled by another English penalty corner from which Barber scored an action replay of his earlier goal to send England into the final The second semi final after all that was an anti climax Australia hammering the Soviet Union by 5 0 The Soviets made a slightly better fist of the third place play off against the Germans but in the end it was the Germans who clinched third place The final was also a rematch of sorts England having defeated Australia in the Olympic third place play off the Aussies were out for revenge England started slowly and Terry Walsh scored an early goal to put Australia into a deserved lead England soon began to find their feet with some typically mazy dribbles by Imran Sherwani threatening the Australian lines but another goal soon followed for the Australians this time against the run of play from a penalty corner This goal was in fact briefly disputed by England who claimed that the shot had flown too high above the back board of the net but the referee ruled that it had brushed the goalkeeper s glove on the way so the too high was counted as a deflection off an English player rather than a straight hit from the Australian scorer and England were 2 0 behind at half time The second half was a more scrappy affair England by and large having the greater amount of possession but unable to create any significant chances against a well drilled Australian defensive line Late on in the game a defensive error finally allowed Jon Potter in to score but it was too little too late Australia hung on for a 2 1 victory Contents 1 Results 1 1 Preliminary round 1 1 1 Pool A 1 1 2 Pool B 1 2 Classification round 1 2 1 Ninth to twelfth place classification 1 2 1 1 Crossover 1 2 1 2 Eleventh and twelfth place 1 2 1 3 Ninth and tenth place 1 2 2 Fifth to eighth place classification 1 2 2 1 Crossover 1 2 2 2 Seventh and eighth place 1 2 2 3 Fifth and sixth place 1 2 3 First to fourth place classification 1 2 3 1 Semi finals 1 2 3 2 Third and fourth place 1 2 3 3 Final 2 Statistics 2 1 Final standings 2 2 Goalscorers 3 References 4 External linksResults EditPreliminary round Edit Pool A Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 England 5 4 0 1 9 4 5 8 Advanced to Semi finals2 Soviet Union 5 4 0 1 6 1 5 83 Netherlands 5 4 0 1 5 2 3 84 Argentina 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 35 Pakistan 5 1 0 4 8 13 5 26 New Zealand 5 0 1 4 5 11 6 1Source FIHRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 goals scored 4 head to head result 2 4 October 1986 11 00Pakistan 1 3 ArgentinaIqbal 1 Goal Report Mascheroni 1 Goal Garraffo 1 Goal Verga 1 Goal 4 October 1986 13 30England 3 1 New ZealandKerly 2 Goals Batchelor 1 Goal Report Daji 1 Goal 4 October 1986 16 00Netherlands 1 0 Soviet UnionHeijn 1 Goal Report6 October 1986 11 00Soviet Union 1 0 New ZealandDeputatov 1 Goal Report6 October 1986 13 30England 2 1 ArgentinaBarber 1 Goal Sherwani 1 Goal Report Mascheroni 1 Goal 6 October 1986 16 00Pakistan 1 2 NetherlandsMohib 1 Goal Report Van Grimbergen 1 Goal Schlattman 1 Goal 8 October 1986 11 00New Zealand 3 5 PakistanDaji 2 Goals Wilson 1 Goal Report Zia 3 Goals Ali 1 Goal Sardar 1 Goal 8 October 1986 13 30Soviet Union 1 0 EnglandGoncharov 1 Goal Report8 October 1986 16 00Argentina 0 1 NetherlandsReport Van t Hek 1 Goal 11 October 1986 11 00England 3 1 PakistanPotter 2 Goals Kerly 1 Goal Report Khan 1 Goal 11 October 1986 13 30Argentina 0 2 Soviet UnionReport Zigangirov 2 Goals 11 October 1986 16 00Netherlands 1 0 New ZealandKruize 1 Goal Report13 October 1986 11 00New Zealand 1 1 ArgentinaWilson 1 Goal Report Siri 1 Goal 13 October 1986 13 30Pakistan 0 2 Soviet UnionReport Deputatov 1 Goal Pleshakov 1 Goal 13 October 1986 16 00Netherlands 0 1 EnglandReport Sherwani 1 Goal Pool B Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Australia 5 4 1 0 24 6 18 9 Advanced to Semi finals2 West Germany 5 2 3 0 9 4 5 73 Poland 5 2 1 2 8 9 1 54 Spain 5 2 1 2 7 13 6 55 India 5 1 1 3 5 11 6 36 Canada 5 0 1 4 3 13 10 1Source FIHRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 goals scored 4 head to head result 2 5 October 1986 11 00Australia 6 2 CanadaCharlesworth 12 16 Hawgood 2 Goals Bestall 1 Goal Walsh 1 Goal Report Grimmer 1 Goal Sandhu 1 Goal 5 October 1986 13 30India 0 1 PolandReport Mysliwiec 1 Goal 5 October 1986 16 00West Germany 0 0 SpainReport7 October 1986 11 00Spain 2 1 IndiaI Escude 1 Goal X Escude 1 Goal Report Somaya 1 Goal 7 October 1986 13 30West Germany 2 2 AustraliaFischer 1 Goal Reck 1 Goal Report Birmingham 1 Goal Mitton 1 Goal 7 October 1986 16 00Canada 0 0 PolandReport10 October 1986 11 00India 2 0 CanadaBalwinder 1 Goal Thoiba 1 Goal Report10 October 1986 13 30Spain 0 6 AustraliaReport Batch 2 Goals Charlesworth 2 Goals Hager 1 Goal Hawgood 1 Goal 10 October 1986 16 00Poland 0 3 West GermanyReport Fischer 1 Goal Hilgers 1 Goal Reck 1 Goal 12 October 1986 11 00Poland 5 2 SpainPodzorski 4 Goals Miroslaw 44 Report X Escude 61 Roca 41 12 October 1986 13 30Australia 6 0 IndiaMitton 13 52 Birmingham 28 Batch 31 Walsh 56 Davies 67 Report12 October 1986 16 00West Germany 2 0 CanadaFischer 1 Goal Hilgers 1 Goal Report14 October 1986 11 00Canada 1 3 SpainRutledge 59 Report Malgosa 14 X Escude 20 48 14 October 1986 11 00India 2 2 West GermanyCarvalho 8 Shahid Report Dopp 21 Fischer 44 14 October 1986 16 00Australia 4 2 PolandCharlesworth 1 Goal Davies 1 Goal Haselhurst 1 Goal Hawgood 1 Goal Report Kubisiak 1 Goal Mysliwiec 1 Goal Classification round Edit Ninth to twelfth place classification Edit CrossoverNinth Place 16 October 1986 Pakistan1 17 October 1986 Canada2 Canada1 16 October 1986 New Zealand2 India1 New Zealand2 Eleventh Place 17 October 1986 Pakistan a e t 3 India2Crossover Edit 16 October 1986 11 00Pakistan 1 2 CanadaAli 1 Goal Report Rutledge 2 Goals 16 October 1986 16 00India 1 2 New ZealandShahid 1 Goal Report Daji 1 Goal McLeod 1 Goal Eleventh and twelfth place Edit 17 October 1986 13 30Pakistan 3 2 a e t IndiaAli 1 Goal Khan 1 Goal Mohib 1 Goal Report Mohinder Pal 2 Goals Ninth and tenth place Edit 17 October 1986 11 00Canada 1 2 New ZealandPorritt 1 Goal Report McLeod 1 Goal Pierce 1 Goal Fifth to eighth place classification Edit CrossoverFifth Place 17 October 1986 Netherlands1 19 October 1986 Spain4 Spain3 16 October 1986 Argentina2 Poland0 Argentina1 Seventh Place 18 October 1986 Netherlands7 Poland2Crossover Edit 16 October 1986 13 30Poland 0 1 ArgentinaReport Verga 1 Goal 17 October 1986 16 00Netherlands 1 4 SpainBovelander 1 Goal Report J Escude 2 Goals X Escude 1 Goal Oliva 1 Goal Seventh and eighth place Edit 18 October 1986 13 30Netherlands 7 2 PolandSchlatmann 2 Goals Bovelander 1 Goal Delissen 1 Goal Diepeveen 1 Goal Klaassen 1 Goal H Kruize 1 Goal Report Klatt 1 Goal Podzorksi 1 Goal Fifth and sixth place Edit 19 October 1986 11 00Spain 3 2 ArgentinaJ Escude 3 Goals Report Geneyro 1 Goal Siri 1 Goal First to fourth place classification Edit Semi finalsFinal 18 October 1986 England a e t 3 19 October 1986 West Germany2 England1 18 October 1986 Australia2 Australia5 Soviet Union0 Third place 19 October 1986 West Germany a e t 3 Soviet Union2Semi finals Edit 18 October 1986 11 00England 3 2 a e t West GermanyKerly 34 Barber 69 78 Report Hurter 18 Dopp 44 18 October 1986 16 00Australia 5 0 Soviet UnionCharlesworth 21 57 Mitton 29 Bestall 43 Haselhurst 65 ReportThird and fourth place Edit 19 October 1986 13 30West Germany 3 2 a e t Soviet UnionDopp 18 Blocher 53 Reck 74 Report Nichepurenko 3 Deputatov 21 Final Edit 19 October 1986 16 00England 1 2 AustraliaPotter 42 Report Walsh 15 Bestall 24 Umpires Santiago Deo ESP Alain Renaud FRA AustraliaNeil Snowden John Bestall Craig Davies David Bell capt Warren Birmingham Treva King Grant Mitton sub Dean Evans Colin Batch Terry Walsh Ric Charlesworth Neil Hawgood sub Peter Haselhurst EnglandIan Taylor David Faulkner Paul Barber Jon Potter Richard Dodds capt Martyn Grimley Stephen Batchelor sub Kulbir Bhaura Richard Leman sub John Shaw Sean Kerly Norman Hughes Imran Sherwani 1986 Hockey World Cup winner AustraliaFirst titleStatistics EditFinal standings Edit 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 B Australia 7 6 1 0 31 7 24 13 Gold Medal A England 7 5 0 2 13 8 5 10 Silver Medal B West Germany 7 3 3 1 14 9 5 9 Bronze Medal4 A Soviet Union 7 4 0 3 8 9 1 8 Fourth place5 B Spain 7 4 1 2 14 16 2 9 Eliminated ingroup stage6 A Argentina 7 2 1 4 8 10 2 57 A Netherlands 7 5 0 2 13 8 5 108 B Poland 7 2 1 4 10 17 7 59 A New Zealand 7 2 1 4 9 13 4 510 B Canada 7 1 1 5 6 16 10 311 A Pakistan 7 2 0 5 12 17 5 412 B India 7 1 1 5 8 16 8 3Source FIH Goalscorers Edit There were 146 goals scored in 42 matches for an average of 3 48 goals per match 7 goals Richard Charlesworth 5 goals Karol Podzorski Jaime Escude 4 goals Neil Hawgood Grant Mitton Sean Kerly Peter Daji Xavier Escude Carsten Fischer 3 goals Colin Batch John Bestall Terry Walsh Ross Rutledge Paul Barber Jonathan Potter Gert Jan Schlatmann Nasir Ali Qasim Zia Viktor Deputatov Heiner Dopp Thomas Reck 2 goals Marcelo Mascheroni Alejandro Siri Alejandro Verga Warren Birmingham Craig Davies Peter Haselhurst Imran Sherwani Mohammed Shahid Mohinder Pal Singh Floris Jan Bovelander Robin Wilson Grant McLeod Kaleemullah Khan Qazi Mohib Andrzej Mysliwiec Farit Zigangirov Santiago Malgosa Michael Hilgers 1 goal Marcelo Garraffo Carlos Geneyro Mark Hager Wayne Grimmer Trevor Porritt Hargurnek Sandhu Stephen Batchelor Joaquim Carvalho M M Somaya Balwinder Singh Thoiba Singh Marc Delissen Cees Jan Diepeveen Maarten Van Grimbergen Ronald Jan Heijn Rene Klaassen Hidde Kruize Ties Kruize Thomas van t Hek Gregory Pierce Pervaiz Iqbal Hassan Sardar Wojciech Klatt Marian Kubisiak Jerzy Miroslaw Aleksandr Goncharov Mikhail Nichepurenko Sergei Pleshakov Ignacio Escude Jordi Oliva Carlos Roca Stefan Blocher Karl Joachim HurterReferences Edit Sydney Friskin 20 October 1986 England s final push ends in gallant failure The Times London England a b RegulationsExternal links EditOfficial page at FIH Rediff page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1986 Men 27s Hockey World Cup amp oldid 1141108816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
