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India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry

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India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry
2010 Commonwealth Games hockey match played between India and Pakistan in Delhi
LocationWorldwide
Teams India
 Pakistan
First meetingIndia 1–0 Pakistan
(1956 Olympics, 6 December 1956)[1]
Latest meetingIndia 2–1 Pakistan
(Asian Champions Trophy, 14 September 2024)[2]
Statistics
Meetings total181
Most winsPakistan (82)
Largest victoryIndia 10–2 Pakistan
(Asian Games, 30 September 2023)[3]

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 and Pakistan have a record of facing each other in the first six Asian games hockey finals. They have played a total of eight 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

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By Year

Decade wise record of India vs Pakistan field hockey:[14]

Year Matches Results Goals
India India Pakistan Pakistan Draw India India Pakistan 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 6 5 0 1 24 8
Total 181 67 82 32 379 403
By Tournament

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

Tournament Matches Results Goals
India India Pakistan Pakistan Draw India India Pakistan 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 12 8 2 2 34 23
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 181 67 82 32 379 403

Major tournaments won

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  •    indicates that the team has more titles in that competition than its rival.[16][17]
Tournament India India Pakistan 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 5 (2011, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024) 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 30 30

Records

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Top goal-scorers

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Pakistan

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

Source: [1]

India

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

Source: [2]

Test series

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

Results in major tournaments

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The following table show India vs Pakistan in major tournaments :

Tournament Year Venue Winning team, result
Olympic Games 1956 Australia Melbourne  India, 1–0
Asian Games 1958 Japan Tokyo Draw, 0–0
Olympic Games 1960 Italy Rome  Pakistan, 1–0
Asian Games 1962 Indonesia Jakarta  Pakistan, 2–0
Olympic Games 1964 Japan Tokyo  India, 1–0
Asian Games 1966 Thailand Bangkok  India, 1–0
Asian Games 1970 Thailand Bangkok  Pakistan, 1–0
World Cup 1971 Spain Barcelona  Pakistan, 2–1
Olympic Games 1972 Germany Munich  Pakistan, 2–0
World Cup 1973 Netherlands Amsterdam  India, 1–0
Asian Games 1974 Iran Tehran Draw, 1–1
Asian Games 1974 Iran Tehran  Pakistan, 2–0
World Cup 1975 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  India, 2–1
Asian Games 1978 Thailand Bangkok  Pakistan, 1–0
Champions Trophy 1980 Pakistan Karachi  Pakistan, 7–1
Asia Cup 1982 Pakistan Karachi  Pakistan, 4–0
Champions Trophy 1982 Netherlands Amstelveen  India, 5–4
Asian Games 1982 India New Delhi  Pakistan, 7–1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 1983 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Draw, 1–1
Champions Trophy 1983 Pakistan Karachi  Pakistan, 2–0
Asia Cup 1985 Bangladesh Dhaka  Pakistan, 3–2
Champions Trophy 1985 Australia Perth  India, 2–1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 1985 Malaysia Ipoh  India, 1–0
Champions Trophy 1986 Pakistan Karachi  India, 3–2
Asian Games 1986 South Korea Seoul  Pakistan, 3–1
World Cup 1986 England London  Pakistan, 3–2
Olympic Games 1988 South Korea Seoul  Pakistan, 2–1
Asia Cup 1989 India New Delhi  Pakistan, 2–0
Champions Trophy 1989 Germany West Berlin  Pakistan, 1–0
Asian Games 1990 China Beijing  Pakistan, 3–2
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 1991 Malaysia Ipoh  India, 1–0
South Asian Games 1995 India Madras  India, 5–2
Champions Trophy 1995 Germany Berlin  Pakistan, 2–1
Champions Trophy 1996 India Madras  Pakistan, 3–2
Olympic Games 1996 United States Atlanta Draw, 0–0
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2000 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Pakistan, 2–1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2001 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Pakistan, 4–3
Champions Trophy 2002 Germany Cologne  India, 3–2
 Pakistan, 4–3
Asian Games 2002 South Korea Busan  India, 4–3
Afro-Asian Games 2003 India Hyderabad  India, 4–2
 India, 3–1
Champions Trophy 2003 Netherlands Amstelveen  India, 7–4
 Pakistan, 4–3
Asia Cup 2003 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Pakistan, 4–2
 India, 4–2
Olympic Qualifier 2004 Spain Madrid  Pakistan, 5–3
 Pakistan, 4–2
Olympic Games 2004 Greece Athens  Pakistan, 3–0
Champions Trophy 2004 Pakistan Lahore  Pakistan, 2–1
 Pakistan, 3–2
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2004 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Pakistan, 3–2
Champions Trophy 2005 India Chennai  India, 3–2
 Pakistan, 4–3
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2005 Malaysia Ipoh  Pakistan, 3–2
Commonwealth Games 2006 Australia Melbourne  Pakistan, 4–1
South Asian Games 2006 Sri Lanka Colombo  India, 2–0
 Pakistan, 3–2
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2008 Malaysia Ipoh  India, 2–1
Asia Cup 2009 Malaysia Kuantan  Pakistan, 3–2
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2009 Malaysia Ipoh  India, 2–1
Champions Challenge I 2009 Argentina Salta  Pakistan, 6–3
World Cup 2010 India New Delhi  India, 4–1
South Asian Games 2010 Bangladesh Dhaka  India, 5–1
Draw, 1–1 (4–3 p.s.o  Pakistan)
Commonwealth Games 2010 India New Delhi  India, 7–4
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2010 Malaysia Ipoh  India, 4–2
Asian Games 2010 China Guangzhou  India, 3–2
Asian Champions Trophy 2011 China Ordos Draw, 2–2
Draw, 0–0 (4–2 p.s.o  India)
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2011 Malaysia Ipoh  Pakistan, 3–1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2012 Malaysia Ipoh  India, 2–1
Champions Trophy 2012 Australia Melbourne  Pakistan, 3–2
Asian Champions Trophy 2012 Qatar Doha  India, 2–1
 Pakistan, 5–4
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2013 Malaysia Ipoh  India, 3–1
 India, 4–2
Asian Champions Trophy 2013 Japan Kakamigahara  Pakistan, 5–4
Asian Games 2014 South Korea Incheon  Pakistan, 2–1
Draw, 1–1 (4–2 p.s.o  India)
Champions Trophy 2014 India Bhubaneswar  Pakistan, 4–3
FIH Hockey World League 2014–15 Belgium Antwerp Draw, 2–2
South Asian Games 2016 India Guwahati  Pakistan, 2–1
 Pakistan, 1–0
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2016 Malaysia Ipoh  India, 5–1
Asian Champions Trophy 2016 Malaysia Kuantan  India, 3–2
 India, 3–2
FIH Hockey World League 2016–17 United Kingdom London  India, 7–1
 India, 6–1
Asia Cup 2017 Bangladesh Dhaka  India, 3–1
 India, 4–0
Commonwealth Games 2018 Australia Gold Coast Draw, 2–2
Champions Trophy 2018 Netherlands Breda  India, 4–0
Asian Games 2018 Indonesia Jakarta  India, 2–1
Asian Champions Trophy 2018 Oman Muscat  India, 3–1
Asian Champions Trophy 2021 Bangladesh Dhaka  India, 3–1
 India, 4–3
Asia Cup 2022 Indonesia Jakarta Draw, 1–1
Asian Champions Trophy 2023 India Chennai  India, 4–0
Asian Games 2022[a] China Hangzhou  India, 10–2
Asian Champions Trophy 2024 China Hulunbuir  India, 2–1

Other matches

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Other matches played between India and Pakistan are:

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

Players who have played for both teams

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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 after appearing for India. They are:[23]

  • Ali Dara – Represented India at 1936 Olympics; and for Pakistan at 1948 Olympics
  • Peter Paul Fernandes – Represented India at 1936 Olympics; and for Pakistan after 1948
  • 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Held in September – October 2023

References

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