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{{Infobox field hockey
| tournament = 1978 Hockey World Cup
| other_titles = {{native name|es|Copa Mundial de Hockey Masculino de 1978}}
| image =
| size = 200px
| caption =
| country = Argentina
| city = [[Buenos Aires]]
| venues = [[Campo Argentino de Polo|Campo de Polo]]
| dates = 19 March – 2 April
| teams = 14
| champions = {{fh|PAK}}
| count = 2
| second = {{fh|NED}}
| third = {{fh|AUS}}
| matches = 51
| goals = 225
| top_scorer = [[Paul Litjens]]
| top_scorer_goals = 15
| best_player = 
| previous_year = 1975
| previous_tournament = 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup
| next_year = 1982
| next_tournament = 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup
}}
The '''1978 Men's Hockey World Cup''' was the fourth [[Hockey World Cup]] men's [[field hockey]] tournament. It was held in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina. It was won by [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]], who defeated the [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Netherlands]] 3–1 in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS151749251&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 3 Apr. 1978|work=the Times}}</ref> The host nation, [[Argentina men's national field hockey team|Argentina]], finished eighth.

==Results==

===Pool A===
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!width=175|Team
!width=20|{{Tooltip|Pld|Match played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|-bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fh|Australia}}
|6||5||0||1||18||7||11||'''10'''
|-bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fh|West Germany}}
|6||3||2||1||25||13||12||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|India}}
|6||3||1||2||8||12||−4||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|England}}
|6||1||3||2||7||7||0||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|Poland}}
|6||2||0||4||15||24||−9||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|Canada}}
|6||1||2||3||12||16||−4||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|Belgium}}
|6||1||2||3||12||18||−6||'''4'''
|} 
:{{Color box|#ccffcc|border=darkgray}} Qualified for semifinals

Defending champions India were to play Belgium on 18 March 1978 as the opening fixture of the tournament but was postponed due to heavy rains the previous day.<ref>{{cite news |title=W-Cup start washed out |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19780318-1.2.80 |access-date=18 May 2022 |work=New Nation |date=18 March 1978 |page=15}}</ref>

=== Fixtures ===
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|score=9–4
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|date=24 March 1978
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|date=25 March 1978
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===Pool B===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=175|Team
!width=20|{{Tooltip|Pld|Match played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|-bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fh|Pakistan}}
|6||6||0||0||31||2||29||'''12'''
|-bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fh|Netherlands}}
|6||5||0||1||21||9||12||'''10'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|Spain}}
|6||3||1||2||7||4||3||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|Argentina}}
|6||2||2||2||9||12||−3||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|Malaysia}}
|6||1||2||3||7||10||−3||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|Ireland}}
|6||1||1||4||8||19||−11||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fh|Italy}}
|6||0||0||6||1||28||−27||'''0'''
|} 
:{{Color box|#ccffcc|border=darkgray}} Qualified for semifinals

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|date=19 March 1978
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|score=2–1
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|date=19 March 1978
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|date=21 March 1978
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|score=8–0
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|date=26 March 1978
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===Fifth to fourteenth place classification===

====Thirteenth and fourteenth place====
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|date=1 April 1978
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|score=2–1
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====Ninth to twelfth place qualifiers====
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|date=31 March 1978
|time=
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|score=1–1 ([[Extra time|AET]]) <br />4–2 ([[Penalty shoot-out (field hockey)|PSO]])
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|date=31 March 1978
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====Eleventh and twelfth place====
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|date=1 April 1978
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|score=3–1
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====Ninth and tenth place====
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|date=1 April 1978
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|score=1–0
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====Fifth to eighth place qualifiers====
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|date=31 March 1978
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|score=3–2 
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|date=31 March 1978
|time=
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|score=2–1
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====Seventh and eighth place====

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|date=1 April 1978
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|score=3–1
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====Fifth and sixth place====
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|date=1 April 1978
|time=
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|score=2–0
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===First to fourth place classification===
{{Round4-with third
<!-- Date-Venue|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi-finals -->
|31 March|'''{{fh|NED}}'''|3|{{fh|AUS}}|2
|31 March|'''{{fh|PAK}}'''|1|{{fh|FRG}}|0
<!-- final -->
|2 April|'''{{fh|PAK}}''' |3|{{fh|NED}}|2
<!-- third place -->
|2 April|'''{{fh|AUS}}''' |4|{{fh|FRG}}|3
}}

====Semi-finals====
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|date=31 March 1978
|time=
|team1={{fh-rt|NED}}
|score=3–2
|team2={{fh|Australia}}
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|goals2=
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|discipline2=
|umpires=}}
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=31 March 1978
|time=
|team1={{fh-rt|Pakistan}}
|score=1–0 ([[Extra time|AET]])
|team2={{fh|West Germany}}
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|goals2=
|discipline1=
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|umpires=}}

====Third and fourth place====
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|date=2 April 1978
|time=
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|score=4–3
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====Final====
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|date=2 April 1978
|time=
|team1={{fh-rt|PAK}}
|score=3–2
|team2={{fh|NED}}
|goals1=[[Akhtar Rasool|Rasool]] (pen)<br/>[[Islahuddin Siddique|Islahuddin]]<br/>[[Rana Ehsanullah|Ehsanullah]]
|goals2=[[Ties Kruize|Kruize]] (pen)<br/>[[Paul Litjens|Litjens]]
|discipline1=
|discipline2=
|attendance=15,000
|umpires=H Servetto (Argentina)<br/>L Gillet (France)
}}

Pakistan<br>
[[Saleem Sherwani (field hockey goalkeeper)|Saleem Sherwani]], [[Munawwaruz Zaman]], [[Saeed Ahmed (field hockey)|Saeed Ahmed]], [[Muhammad Shafiq]], [[Rana Ehsanullah (field hockey)|Rana Ehsanullah]], [[Akhtar Rasool]], [[Islahuddin Siddiquee]], [[Hanif Khan]], [[Manzoor Hussain (field hockey)|Manzoor Hussain]], [[Shahnaz Sheikh]], [[Samiullah Khan (field hockey)|Samiullah Khan]]

Netherlands<br>
[[Maarten Sikking]], [[André Bolhuis]], [[Imbert Jebbink]], [[Geert van Eijk]], [[Hans Jorritsma]], [[Ties Kruize]], [[Theo Doyer]], [[Ron Steens]], [[Paul Litjens]], [[Tim Steens]], [[Wouter Leefers]]

{{winners|fh|1978 Hockey World Cup winner|Pakistan|Second}}

==References==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.fih.ch/events/world-cup/hockey-world-cup-buenos-aires-1978-m/|title=Hockey World Cup Buenos Aires 1978|publisher=FIH|accessdate=9 August 2016}}
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