1976 Women's Hockey World Cup

1976 Women's
FIH Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
City	West Berlin
Dates	21–30 May
Teams	11 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	West Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Netherlands
← 1974 (previous) (next) 1978 →

The 1976 Women's Hockey World Cup was the second edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It took place from 22 to 30 May in West Berlin. ^[1] The 11 teams were divided into two pools, with five teams in Pool A and six in Pool B. West Germany, which remained undefeated throughout the tournament, won the title by defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final on 30 May. ^[2]

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	23	3	+20	8	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	4	3	0	1	14	4	+10	6
3	Mexico	4	1	1	2	2	12	−10	3
4	Switzerland	4	0	2	2	2	11	−9	2
5	Italy	4	0	1	3	1	12	−11	1

Source: FIH, Times

21 May 1976 Netherlands   8–0   Mexico Report

21 May 1976 Belgium   5–0   Italy Report

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22 May 1976 Netherlands   4–3   Belgium Report

22 May 1976 Italy   1–1    Switzerland Report

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24 May 1976 Switzerland   0–6   Netherlands Report

24 May 1976 Belgium   3–0   Mexico Report

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25 May 1976 Italy   0–5   Netherlands Report

25 May 1976 Mexico   1–1    Switzerland Report

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27 May 1976 Switzerland   0–3   Belgium Report

27 May 1976 Mexico   1–0   Italy Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	5	5	0	0	21	1	+20	10	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	5	4	0	1	18	3	+15	8
3	France	5	3	0	2	13	6	+7	6
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	7	12	−5	4
5	Austria	5	1	0	4	3	10	−7	2
6	Nigeria	5	0	0	5	0	30	−30	0

Source: FIH, Times

21 May 1976 West Germany   3–1   Argentina Report

21 May 1976 Spain   5–0   Nigeria Report

21 May 1976 Austria   1–4   France Report

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22 May 1976 Nigeria   0–9   West Germany Report

22 May 1976 Argentina   3–0   Austria Report

22 May 1976 France   3–0   Spain Report

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24 May 1976 West Germany   5–0   Spain Report

24 May 1976 Argentina   2–0   France Report

24 May 1976 Austria   2–0   Nigeria Report

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25 May 1976 West Germany   1–0   Austria Report

25 May 1976 Argentina   4–0   Spain Report

25 May 1976 France   6–0   Nigeria Report

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27 May 1976 Spain   2–0   Austria Report

27 May 1976 Nigeria   0–8   Argentina Report

27 May 1976 France   0–3   West Germany Report

Classification round

Ninth to eleventh place classification

Bracket

	Crossover				Ninth Place
					28 May 1976
					Austria	1
	30 May 1976
					Italy	0
	Italy (pen.)	1 (3)
	Nigeria	1 (2)

Crossover

28 May 1976 Italy   1–1   Nigeria Report Penalties 3–2

Ninth and tenth place

30 May 1976 Austria   1–0   Italy Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	28 May 1976
	Mexico	1
					30 May 1976
	Spain	3
					Spain	3
	28 May 1976
					France	0
	France	1
	Switzerland	0
					Seventh Place
					30 May 1976
					Mexico	1
					Switzerland	0

Crossover

28 May 1976 Mexico   1–3   Spain Report

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28 May 1976 France   1–0    Switzerland Report

Seventh and eighth place

30 May 1976 Mexico   1–0    Switzerland Report

Fifth and sixth place

30 May 1976 Spain   3–0   France Report

Medal round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 May 1976
	Netherlands	0 (3)
					30 May 1976
	Argentina (pen.)	0 (4)
					Argentina	0
	28 May 1976
					West Germany	2
	West Germany	3
	Belgium	1
					Third place
					30 May 1976
					Netherlands	1
					Belgium	0

Semi-finals

28 May 1976 West Germany   3–1   Belgium Klimpel  6', 45' Scholz  70' Report Boisset  40'

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28 May 1976 Netherlands   0–0   Argentina Report Penalties 3–4

Third and fourth place

30 May 1976 Netherlands   1–0   Belgium Report

Final

30 May 1976 Argentina   0–2   West Germany Report

1976 Women's Hockey World Cup winner
West Germany First title

Winning Squad

  West Germany ^[3]

• Gabriele Appel
• Christl Behr
• Ingrid Bruckert
• Steffi Drescher
• Evi Eckert
• Birgit Hagen
• Birgit Hahn
• Uschi Keimer
• Heidemarie Kilmpel
• Christel Lau
• Margit Muller
• Gudrun Neumann
• Gudrun Scholz
• Elisabeth von Ladiges
• Birgitte Welzel

References

1. "HOCKEY WORLD CUP Berlin 1976". FIH.
2. "Women Field Hockey World Cup 1976 Berlin". Todor66.
3. "Field Hockey / World Cup". All competitions.com.