2004 India–Pakistan field hockey test series

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2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series
Tournament details
City Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Lahore
Delhi, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Hyderabad
Dates24 September 2004 - 10 October 2004
Venue8 in 8 host cities
Final positions
Champions Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan won the series 4-2
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored32 (4 per match)
Top scorer Flag of Pakistan.svg Sohail Abbas (8 goals)
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The 2004 Indo-Pak series was the 7th series of bilateral field hockey matches between Pakistan and India. The series was played over eight matches on home and away basis.

Contents

Each side hosted four matches from 24 September 2004 to 10 October 2004. Pakistan won the series 4–2. [1] This was the first time both sides were coached by foreign coaches in a bilateral series with Gerhard Roch of Germany coaching India and Roelant Oltmans of Netherlands coaching for Pakistan. During the match in Amritsar of the series Pakistan's Sohail Abbas broke the record for most goals in international men's hockey scoring his 268th goal surpassing Paul Litjens of Netherlands who held the record for 22 years. [2]

Background

Prior to the start of the series Pakistan and India had faced each other 6 times since January 2004. They first met at the 2004 Azlan Shah Cup in Kuala Lumpur with Pakistan winning 3–2. [3] They met twice in the 2004 Olympic Qualifiers in Madrid with Pakistan winning both matches. [4] In June Pakistan again defeated India twice this time by a huge margin of 6–1 at the Hockey RaboTrophy in Amsterdam. Both teams had a disappointing campaign at the Olympics in Athens Pakistan defeated India in the crossover rounds to finish 5th while India finished 7th.[ citation needed ]

Sohail Abbas scored 12 goals against India in these matches including two hat-tricks. This series was also in the lead up to the 2004 Champions Trophy to be held in Lahore from December.[ citation needed ]

Venues

MatchLocationStadium NameDate
First Karachi, Pakistan Hockey Club of Pakistan 24 September
Second Quetta, Pakistan Musa Khan Stadium 27 September
Third Peshawar, Pakistan Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium 29 September
Fourth Lahore, Pakistan National Hockey Stadium 1 October
Fifth Delhi, India Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium 4 October
Sixth Chandigarh, India Sector 42 Hockey Stadium 6 October
Seventh Amritsar, India Guru Nank Dev University Stadium 8 October
Eighth Hyderabad, India Gachibowli Hockey Stadium 10 October

Squads

India announced an 18-member squad on 20 September 2004. The Indian selection ignored veterans like Dhanraj Pillay, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Deepak Thakur and Gagan Ajit Singh, who all were part of the team at the Athens Olympics after the players made themselves unavailable for selection for different reasons. [5] Pakistan announced its squad on 20 September as well. Waseem Ahmed was made captain after former captain Muhammad Nadeem announced his retirement from international hockey after the last month's Olympics. [6]

Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of India.svg India
Coach Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roelant Oltmans Coach Flag of Germany.svg Gerhard Roch

Results

First Leg
MatchDateScoreLocation
124 SeptemberPakistan 2-1 India Karachi
227 SeptemberPakistan 1-4 India Quetta
329 SeptemberPakistan 3-2 India Peshawar
41 OctoberPakistan 4-4 India Lahore
Second Leg
MatchDateScoreLocation
14 OctoberIndia 1-3 Pakistan Delhi
26 OctoberIndia 1-1 Pakistan Chandigarh
38 OctoberIndia 1-2 Pakistan Amritsar
410 OctoberIndia 2-0 Pakistan Hyderabad

Matches

First leg

Match 1

Match 2

Match 3

Match 4

Second leg

Match 1

Match 2

Match 3

Match 4

Statistics

TeamPWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan842216160
Flag of India.svg India822416160

Goalscorers

There were 32 goals scored in 8 matches for an average of 4 goals per match

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "Easy win gives Pak series". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Abbas Sets World Record in Pakistan Win". Arab News. 9 October 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sohail Abbas flattens India". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pakistan beat India in hockey play-off". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "New-look hockey team for Pakistan series". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ahmed to lead Pak hockey team". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
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