India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry

The India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry is among the most intense sports rivalries in the Asia and the world in the sport of field hockey. India and Pakistan have played against each other several times in field hockey. They participate in World Cup, FIH Pro League, Summer Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asia Cup, Men's Asian Champions Trophy, Asian Games, South Asian Games and Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry

2010 Commonwealth Games hockey match played between India and Pakistan in Delhi
Location	Worldwide
Teams	India  Pakistan
First meeting	India 1–0 Pakistan (1956 Olympics, 6 December 1956)^[1]
Latest meeting	India 10–2 Pakistan (Asian Games, 30 September 2023)^[2]
Statistics
Meetings total	180
Most wins	Pakistan (82)
Largest victory	India 10–2 Pakistan (Asian Games, 30 September 2023)^[3]

India and Pakistan have a record of facing each other in the first six Asian games hockey finals. They have played a total ofeight finals against each other in which Pakistan has won six gold and India has won two gold.^[4][5] Both nations have played each other from 1956 to 1964 in three successive Olympic Hockey finals. India won gold twice while Pakistan won once.^[6][7][8] They played in three Asia cup finals against each other. Pakistan won two out of those. Pakistan have a record of winning the first three Asia Cup (i.e. 1982, 1985 and 1989) against India in row. Both teams participate in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup which is held every year in Malaysia. The only World Cup final played between India and Pakistan was in 1975, which resulted in a 2–1 win for India.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Statistics

By Year

Year wise record of India vs Pakistan Hockey:^[14]

Year	Matches	Results			Goals
		India	Pakistan	Draw	India	Pakistan
1950s	2	1	0	1	1	0
1960s	6	2	3	1	3	5
1970s	13	3	9	1	10	27
1980s	46	14	22	10	79	111
1990s	26	9	13	4	52	62
2000s	47	14	27	6	108	128
2010s	35	19	8	8	102	62
2020s	5	4	0	1	22	7
Total	180	66	82	32	377	402

By Tournament

The record between India and Pakistan by tournament is:^[15]

Tournament	Matches	Results			Goals
		India	Pakistan	Draw	India	Pakistan
Test series	52	16	25	11	104	124
Summer Olympics	7	2	4	1	3	8
World Cup	5	3	2	0	10	7
Champions Trophy	19	7	12	0	48	54
Asian Games	16	5	8	3	27	31
Asia Cup	9	3	5	1	18	20
Asian Champions Trophy	11	7	2	2	32	22
Commonwealth Games	3	1	1	1	10	10
FIH Hockey World League	3	2	0	1	15	4
Afro-Asian Games	2	2	0	0	7	3
Other Matches (Continent wise)
Africa	2	1	0	1	5	2
Americas	2	0	1	1	5	8
Asia	36	16	14	6	79	69
Europe	10	1	8	1	16	33
Oceania	5	2	0	3	12	9
Total	180	66	82	32	377	402

Major tournaments won

•    indicates that the team has more titles in that competition than its rival.^[16][17]

Tournament	India	Pakistan
Summer Olympics	8 (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980)	3 (1960, 1968, 1984)
World Cup	1 (1975)	4 (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)
Champions Trophy	—	3 (1978, 1980, 1994)
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	5 (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010)	3 (1999, 2000, 2003)
Champions Challenge	1 (2001)	—
Hockey Series	1 (2018–19)	—
Asia Cup	3 (2003, 2007, 2017)	3 (1982, 1985, 1989)
Asian Champions Trophy	4 (2011, 2016, 2018, 2023)	3 (2012, 2013, 2018)
Asian Games	4 (1966, 1998, 2014, 2022)	8 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 2010)
Afro-Asian Games	1 (2003)	—
South Asian Games	1 (1995)	3 (2006, 2010, 2016)
Total	29	30

Records

Top goal-scorers

Pakistan

Rank	Player	Goals	Years
1	Sohail Abbas	54	1998–2012
2	Hassan Sardar	22	1979–1987
3	Rehan Butt	19	2002–2012
4	Hanif Khan	13	1976–1985
	Kaleemullah	13	1979–1986

Source: [1]

India

Rank	Player	Goals	Years
1	Sandeep Singh	20	2004–2012
2	Gagan Ajit Singh	18	1997–2007
3	Mohinder Pal Singh	15	1976–1988
	Baljit Singh Dhillon	15	1993–2004
5	Dhanraj Pillay	11	1989–2004

Source: [2]

Test Series

Main article: India-Pakistan field hockey test series

India and Pakistan have played test series from 1978 to 2006. They played eight series in this span out of which Pakistan have won six, India one and one series drawn. Out of a total 52 matches played Pakistan has won 25, India 16 and 11 matches ending in draws. The goal aggregation so far is 124–104 in Pakistan's favour. Reports of the series being revived emerged in 2013^[18] and 2017,^[19] but have not materialized as of 2022.

Overall results:^[20]

Year	Matches	Winner	Results	Pakistan		India
				Captain	Coach	Captain	Coach
1978	4	Pakistan win	3–1	Islahuddin Siddique	Sayad A. Hussain	Victor Philips	Randhir Singh Gentle
1981	4	Pakistan win	2–1	Akhtar Rasool	Khwaja Zakauddin	Surjit Singh Randhawa	Harmik Singh
1986	7	India win	3–2	Hassan Sardar	Anwar Ahmad Khan	Mohammed Shahid	M. P. Ganesh
1988	6	Draw	2–2	Nasir Ali	Manzoor-ul Hassan	M. M. Somaya	M. P. Ganesh
1998	8	Pakistan win	4–3	Tahir Zaman	Islahuddin Siddique	Dhanraj Pillay	Vasudevan Baskaran
1999	9	Pakistan win	5–3	Atif Bashir	Shehnaz Sheikh	Anil Aldrin	Vasudevan Baskaran
2004	8	Pakistan win	4–2	Waseem Ahmad	Roelant Oltmans	Dilip Tirkey	Gehard Rach
2006	6	Pakistan win	3–1	Muhammad Saqlain	Asif Bajwa	Ignace Tirkey	Rajinder Singh Jr.

Results in major tournaments

The following table show India vs Pakistan in major tournaments :

Tournament	Year	Venue	Winning team, result
Olympic Games	1956	Melbourne	India, 1–0
Asian Games	1958	Tokyo	Draw, 0–0
Olympic Games	1960	Rome	Pakistan, 1–0
Asian Games	1962	Jakarta	Pakistan, 2–0
Olympic Games	1964	Tokyo	India, 1–0
Asian Games	1966	Bangkok	India, 1–0
Asian Games	1970	Bangkok	Pakistan, 1–0
World Cup	1971	Barcelona	Pakistan, 2–1
Olympic Games	1972	Munich	Pakistan, 2–0
World Cup	1973	Amsterdam	India, 1–0
Asian Games	1974	Tehran	Draw, 1–1
Asian Games	1974	Tehran	Pakistan, 2–0
World Cup	1975	Kuala Lumpur	India, 2–1
Asian Games	1978	Bangkok	Pakistan, 1–0
Champions Trophy	1980	Karachi	Pakistan, 7–1
Asia Cup	1982	Karachi	Pakistan, 4–0
Champions Trophy	1982	Amstelveen	India, 5–4
Asian Games	1982	New Delhi	Pakistan, 7–1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	1983	Kuala Lumpur	Draw, 1–1
Champions Trophy	1983	Karachi	Pakistan, 2–0
Asia Cup	1985	Dhaka	Pakistan, 3–2
Champions Trophy	1985	Perth	India, 2–1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	1985	Ipoh	India, 1–0
Champions Trophy	1986	Karachi	India, 3–2
Asian Games	1986	Seoul	Pakistan, 3–1
World Cup	1986	London	Pakistan, 3–2
Olympic Games	1988	Seoul	Pakistan, 2–1
Asia Cup	1989	New Delhi	Pakistan, 2–0
Champions Trophy	1989	West Berlin	Pakistan, 1–0
Asian Games	1990	Beijing	Pakistan, 3–2
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	1991	Ipoh	India, 1–0
South Asian Games	1995	Madras	India, 5–2
Champions Trophy	1995	Berlin	Pakistan, 2–1
Champions Trophy	1996	Madras	Pakistan, 3–2
Olympic Games	1996	Atlanta	Draw, 0–0
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2000	Kuala Lumpur	Pakistan, 2–1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2001	Kuala Lumpur	Pakistan, 4–3
Champions Trophy	2002	Cologne	India, 3–2
			Pakistan, 4–3
Asian Games	2002	Busan	India, 4–3
Afro-Asian Games	2003	Hyderabad	India, 4–2
			India, 3–1
Champions Trophy	2003	Amstelveen	India, 7–4
			Pakistan, 4–3
Asia Cup	2003	Kuala Lumpur	Pakistan, 4–2
			India, 4–2
Olympic Qualifier	2004	Madrid	Pakistan, 5–3
			Pakistan, 4–2
Olympic Games	2004	Athens	Pakistan, 3–0
Champions Trophy	2004	Lahore	Pakistan, 2–1
			Pakistan, 3–2
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2004	Kuala Lumpur	Pakistan, 3–2
Champions Trophy	2005	Chennai	India, 3–2
			Pakistan, 4–3
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2005	Ipoh	Pakistan, 3–2
Commonwealth Games	2006	Melbourne	Pakistan, 4–1
South Asian Games	2006	Colombo	India, 2–0
			Pakistan, 3–2
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2008	Ipoh	India, 2–1
Asia Cup	2009	Kuantan	Pakistan, 3–2
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2009	Ipoh	India, 2–1
Hockey Champions Challenge I	2009	Salta	Pakistan, 6–3
World Cup	2010	New Delhi	India, 4–1
South Asian Games	2010	Dhaka	India, 5–1
			Draw, 1–1 (4–3 p.s.o   Pakistan)
Commonwealth Games	2010	New Delhi	India, 7–4
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2010	Ipoh	India, 4–2
Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	India, 3–2
Asian Champions Trophy	2011	Ordos	Draw, 2–2
Draw, 0–0 (4–2 p.s.o   India)
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2011	Ipoh	Pakistan, 3–1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2012	Ipoh	India, 2–1
Champions Trophy	2012	Melbourne	Pakistan, 3–2
Asian Champions Trophy	2012	Doha	India, 2–1
Pakistan, 5–4
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2013	Ipoh	India, 3–1
India, 4–2
Asian Champions Trophy	2013	Kakamigahara	Pakistan, 5–4
Asian Games	2014	Incheon	Pakistan, 2–1
Draw, 1–1 (4–2 p.s.o   India)
Champions Trophy	2014	Bhubaneswar	Pakistan, 4–3
FIH Hockey World League	2014–15	Antwerp	Draw, 2–2
South Asian Games	2016	Guwahati	Pakistan, 2–1
			Pakistan, 1–0
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	2016	Ipoh	India, 5–1
Asian Champions Trophy	2016	Kuantan	India, 3–2
			India, 3–2
FIH Hockey World League	2016–17	London	India, 7–1
			India, 6–1
Asia Cup	2017	Dhaka	India, 3–1
			India, 4–0
Commonwealth Games	2018	Gold Coast	Draw, 2–2
Champions Trophy	2018	Breda	India, 4–0
Asian Games	2018	Jakarta	India, 2–1
Asian Champions Trophy	2018	Muscat	India, 3–1
Asian Champions Trophy	2021	Dhaka	India, 3–1
			India, 4–3
Asia Cup	2022	Jakarta	Draw, 1–1
Asian Champions Trophy	2023	Chennai	India, 4–0
Asian Games	2022^[a]	Hangzhou	India, 10–2

Other matches

Other matches played between India and Pakistan are:

Tournament	Year	Venue	Results
			India	Pakistan	Note
Hockey Festival	1966	Hamburg	1	1	Draw
Pre-Olympic Invitation Tournament	1967	London	0	1	Pakistan win
Jinnah Memorial Cup	1976	Lahore	0	5	Pakistan win
Pentangular Cup	1980	Kuala Lumpur	1	3	Pakistan win
Test Matches	1982	Dubai	1	5	Pakistan win
			1	3	Pakistan win
Esanda Cup	1982	Melbourne	2	1	India win
Golden Jubilee Cup	1983	Hong Kong	1	5	Pakistan win
Test Matches	1985	Kuwait City	1	0	India win
			1	0	India win
		Doha	1	1	Draw
Emirates Cup	1986	Dubai	2	2	Draw
		Kuwait City	3	3	Draw
4 Nations Cups	1986	Leningrad	0	2	Pakistan win
Marshall Invitation Cup^[21]	1988	Nairobi	3	0	India win
			1	1	Draw
Indira Gandhi Gold Cup	1989	Lucknow	0	3	Pakistan win
Atlanta Challenge Cup	1996	Atlanta	2	2	Draw
Prime Ministers Cup	2001	Dhaka	3	3	India win in Penalties (6–5)
4 nations tournament	2003	Perth	2	0	India win
		Sydney	4	4	Draw
RaboTrophy	2004	Amsterdam	1	6	Pakistan win
			3	5	Pakistan win
RaboTrophy	2005	Amsterdam	1	3	Pakistan win
3 nations tournament	2011	Busselton	3	3	Draw
		Bunbury	1	1	Draw
Friendly	2011	India	2	3	Pakistan win
Lanco International Super Series^[22]	2012	Perth	5	2	India win

Results in hockey5s

Venue	Tournament	Results	Year
Lausanne, Switzerland	FIH Hockey5s	Draw, 2–2	2022
Salalah, Oman	Asian Hockey5s Qualifier	Pakistan, 5–4	2023
Salalah, Oman	Asian Hockey5s Qualifier	Draw, 4–4 (2–0 p.s.o   India)	2023

Players who have played for both teams

Prior to the Partition of India in 1947 India had played field hockey, having first played as an international side in 1926. Following the Partition, Pakistan was created and began playing as an independent nation, making their debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

The following players played for Pakistan in Olympics after appearing for India. They are:

• Ali Dara – Represented India at 1936 Olympics; and for Pakistan at 1948 Olympics
• Latif-ur Rehman – Represented India at 1948 Olympics; and for Pakistan at 1952 and 1956 Olympics
• Akhtar Hussain – Represented India at 1948 Olympics; and for Pakistan at 1956 Olympics

See also

• India–Pakistan relations
• India–Pakistan sports rivalries
• India–Pakistan cricket rivalry

Notes

1. Held in September – October 2023

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