1978 Women's FIH
Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Madrid
Dates	17–24 September
Teams	10 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Argentina   Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	98 (3.27 per match)
← 1976 (previous) (next) 1981 →

The 1978 Women's Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It took place from 17 to 24 September in Madrid, Spain. ^[1]

Contents

• Results
• Preliminary round
• Classification round
• Winning squad
• Statistics
• Final standings
• References

The Netherlands won the title for the second time, defeating West Germany 1–0 in the final. ^[2]

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Belgium	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2	6
3	Spain	5	2	0	3	7	12	−5	4
4	Japan	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3	4
5	Nigeria	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off match. ^[3]

16 September 1978 11:00 Nigeria   1–5   Spain Report

16 September 1978 15:00 West Germany   1–0   Belgium Report

---

17 September 1978 13:00 Spain   2–1   Japan Report

17 September 1978 15:00 Nigeria   1–10   West Germany Report

---

19 September 1978 13:00 Belgium   1–0   Nigeria Report

19 September 1978 17:00 Japan   0–4   West Germany Report

---

20 September 1978 11:00 Japan   2–1   Nigeria Report

20 September 1978 13:00 Spain   0–1   Belgium Report

---

21 September 1978 15:00 Belgium   2–3   Japan Report

21 September 1978 17:00 West Germany   7–0   Spain Report

---

• The following match was contested to determine second and third place in the pool.

22 September 1978 13:00 Belgium   2–0   Spain Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	15	3	+12	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	India	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Canada	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3
5	Czechoslovakia	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off match. ^[3]

16 September 1978 13:00 Argentina   1–0   Canada Report

16 September 1978 17:00 Netherlands   4–1   India Report

---

17 September 1978 11:00 India   1–2   Argentina Report

17 September 1978 17:00 Czechoslovakia   1–3   Netherlands Report

---

19 September 1978 11:00 Argentina   2–1   Czechoslovakia Report

19 September 1978 15:00 Canada   1–1   India Report

---

20 September 1978 13:00 Canada   0–6   Netherlands Report

20 September 1978 17:00 India   1–0   Czechoslovakia Report

---

21 September 1978 11:00 Netherlands   2–1   Argentina Report

21 September 1978 13:00 Czechoslovakia   0–3   Canada Report

Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

23 September 1978 09:00 Nigeria   0–4   Czechoslovakia Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	23 September 1978
	Spain	0
					24 September 1978
	Canada	3
					Canada	4
	23 September 1978
					Japan	0
	India	0
	Japan	3
					Seventh Place
					24 September 1978
					Spain	0
					India	1

Crossover

23 September 1978 11:00 India   0–3   Japan Report

---

23 September 1978 11:00 Spain   0–3   Canada Report

Seventh and eighth place

24 September 1978 11:00 Spain   0–1   India Report

Fifth and sixth place

24 September 1978 11:00 Canada   4–0   Japan Report

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 September 1978
	West Germany	1
					24 September 1978
	Argentina	0
					West Germany	0
	23 September 1978
					Netherlands	1
	Netherlands	6
	Belgium	0
					Third Place
					24 September 1978
					Argentina	0 (2)
					Belgium (p.s)	0 (3)

Semi-finals

23 September 1978 15:00 Netherlands   6–0   Belgium Report

---

23 September 1978 15:00 West Germany   1–0   Argentina Report

Third and fourth place

24 September 1978 15:00 Argentina   0–0 (a.e.t.)   Belgium Report

Final

24 September 1978 17:00 West Germany   0–1   Netherlands Report

1978 Women's Hockey World Cup winner
Netherlands Second title

Winning squad

  Netherlands ^[4]

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	B	Netherlands	6	6	0	0	22	3	+19	18	Gold Medal
	A	West Germany	6	5	0	1	23	2	+21	15	Silver Medal
	B	Argentina	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Bronze Medal
	A	Belgium	7	3	1	3	6	10	−4	10
5	B	Canada	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	Eliminated in group stage
6	A	Japan	6	3	0	3	9	13	−4	9
7	B	India	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
8	A	Spain	7	2	0	5	7	16	−9	6
9	B	Czechoslovakia	5	1	0	4	6	9	−3	3
10	A	Nigeria	5	0	0	5	3	22	−19	0

Source: FIH

References