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{{Infobox field hockey|tournament=2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series|dates=24 September 2004 - 10 October 2004|venues=8 in 8 host cities|city=[[Karachi]], [[Quetta]], [[Peshawar]], [[Lahore]] 
[[Delhi]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Amritsar]], [[Hyderabad]]|champions={{fhicon|PAK}} Pakistan won the series 4-2|matches=8|goals=32|top_scorer={{fhicon|PAK}} [[Sohail Abbas]]|top_scorer_goals=8|next_year=2006|next_tournament=2006 India-Pakistan field hockey test series|previous_year=1999|previous_tournament=1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series}}

The '''2004 Indo-Pak series''' was the 7th series of bilateral field hockey matches between [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]] and [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]. The series was played over eight matches on home and away basis.

Each side hosted four matches from 24 September 2004 to 10 October 2004. [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]] won the series 4–2.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Easy win gives Pak series|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/oct/08hock.htm|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> This was the first time both sides were coached by foreign coaches in a bilateral series with [[Gerhard Roch (field hockey)|Gerhard Roch]] of [[Germany]] coaching [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] and [[Roelant Oltmans]] of [[Netherlands]] coaching for [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]]. During the match in [[Amritsar]], Pakistan's [[Sohail Abbas]] broke the record for most goals in international men's [[Field hockey|hockey]] scoring his 268th goal surpassing [[Paul Litjens]] of [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Netherlands]] who held the record for 22 years.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-10-09|title=Abbas Sets World Record in Pakistan Win|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/256345|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Arab News|language=en}}</ref>

== Background ==
Prior to the start of the series [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]] and [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] had faced each other 6 times since January 2004. They first met at the [[2004 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup|2004 Azlan Shah Cup]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]] with Pakistan winning 3–2.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sohail Abbas flattens India|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/jan/09hock1.htm|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> They met twice in the [[2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier|2004 Olympic Qualifiers]] in [[Madrid]] with Pakistan winning both matches.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan beat India in hockey play-off|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/amp/pakistan-beat-india-in-hockey-play-off/207609|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.outlookindia.com/|language=en}}</ref> 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 [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympics in Athens]] Pakistan defeated India in the crossover rounds to finish 5th while India finished 7th.{{fact|date=August 2022}}

[[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 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2004 Champions Trophy]] to be held in [[Lahore]] from December.{{fact|date=August 2022}}

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Match
!Location
!Stadium Name
!Date
|-
|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, Lahore|National Hockey Stadium]]
|1 October
|-
|Fifth
|[[Delhi]], [[India]]
|[[Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium]]
|4 October
|-
|Sixth
|[[Chandigarh]], [[India]]
|[[Chandigarh Hockey Stadium|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New-look hockey team for Pakistan series|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/sep/20hock.htm|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> Pakistan announced its squad on 20 September as well. [[Waseem Ahmed (field hockey)|Waseem Ahmed]] was made captain after former captain [[Muhammad Nadeem]] announced his retirement from international hockey after the last month's Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahmed to lead Pak hockey team|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/sep/23pakhock.htm|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!{{Fhicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan
!{{Fhicon|India}} India
|-
|
* [[Waseem Ahmed (field hockey)|Waseem Ahmed (C)]]
* [[Salman Akbar|Salman Akbar (GK)]]
* [[Nasir Ahmed (field hockey)|Nasir Ahmed]]
* [[Sohail Abbas]]
* [[Zeeshan Ashraf]]
* [[Muhammad Imran (field hockey)|Muhammad Imran]]
* [[Syed Imran Ali Warsi|Imran Warsi]]
* [[Ghazanfar Ali]]
* [[Adnan Maqsood]]
* [[Dilawar Hussain (field hockey)|Dilawar Hussain]]
* [[Abdul Aasim Khan]]
* [[Imran Khan (field hockey)|Imran Khan]]
* [[Rehan Butt]]
* [[Mudassar Ali Khan]]
* [[Kashif Jawad]]
* [[Shakeel Abbasi]]
* [[Adnan Zakir]]
* [[Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1984)|Tariq Aziz]]
* [[Shabbir Hussain]]
* [[Akhtar Ali (field hockey)|Akhtar Ali]]
|
* [[Dilip Tirkey|Dilip Tirkey (C)]]
* [[Devesh Chauhan|Devesh Chauhan (GK)]]
* [[Adrian D'Souza|Adrian D'Souza (GK)]]
* [[Harpal Singh (field hockey)|Harpal Singh]]
* [[Sandeep Singh]]
* [[William Xalco|William Xalxo]]
* [[Viren Rasquinha]]
* [[Vikram Pillay]]
* [[Girish Pimpale]]
* [[Ignace Tirkey]]
* [[V. S. Vinaya|V. S. Vinay]]
* [[Prabodh Tirkey]]
* [[Vivek Gupta (field hockey)|Vivek Gupta]]
* [[Adam Sinclair (field hockey)|Adam Sinclair]]
* [[Arjun Halappa]]
* [[Sandeep Michael]]
* [[Tushar Khandker|Tushar Khandekar]]
* [[Hari Prasad (field hockey)|Hari Prasad]]
|-
| '''Coach''' {{Fhicon|Netherlands}} [[Roelant Oltmans]]
|'''Coach''' {{Fhicon|Germany}} [[Gerhard Roch (field hockey)|Gerhard Roch]]
|}

== Results ==

* ''Pakistan won the series 4-2''

{| class="wikitable"
|+First Leg
!Match
!Date
!Score
!Location
|-
|1
|24 September
|'''Pakistan''' 2-1 India
|[[Karachi]]
|-
|2
|27 September
|Pakistan 1-4 '''India'''
|[[Quetta]]
|-
|3
|29 September
|'''Pakistan''' 3-2 India
|[[Peshawar]]
|-
|4
|1 October
|Pakistan 4-4 India
|[[Lahore]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Second Leg
!Match
!Date
!Score
!Location
|-
|1
|4 October
|India 1-3 '''Pakistan'''
|[[Delhi]]
|-
|2
|6 October
|India 1-1 Pakistan
|[[Chandigarh]]
|-
|3
|8 October
|India 1-2 '''Pakistan'''
|[[Amritsar]]
|-
|4
|10 October
|'''India''' 2-0 Pakistan
|[[Hyderabad]]
|}

== Matches ==

=== Game 1 ===
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=24 September 2004|stadium=[[Hockey Club of Pakistan]], [[Karachi]]|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|team2={{fh|India}}|score=2–1|goals1=[[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|17}} [[Rehan Butt|Butt]] {{fhgoal|FG|26}}|goals2=[[Arjun Halappa|Halappa]] {{fhgoal|FG|3}}|report=[https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/sep/24hock.htm Report]}}

=== Game 2 ===
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=27 September 2004|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|team2={{fh|India}}|score=1–4|stadium=[[Musa Khan Stadium]], [[Quetta]]|goals1=[[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|69}}|goals2=[[Sandeep Singh|Sandeep]] {{fhgoal|PC|13|PC|17}} [[Ignace Tirkey|Tirkey]] {{fhgoal|FG|33}} [[Tushar Khandekar|Khandekar]] {{fhgoal|FG|60}}|report=[https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/sep/27hock.htm Report]}}

=== Game 3 ===
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=29 September 2004|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|team2={{fh|India}}|score=3–2|stadium=[[Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium]], [[Peshawar]]|goals1=[[Mudassar Ali Khan|Mudassar]] {{fhgoal|FG|15}} [[Shakeel Abbasi|Abbasi]] {{fhgoal|FG|25}} [[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|67}}|goals2=[[Hari Prasad|Prasad]] {{fhgoal|FG|48}} [[Arjun Halappa|Halappa]] {{fhgoal|FG|60}}|report=[https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/abbas-seals-indias-fate/225263 Report]}}

=== Game 4 ===
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=1 October 2004|stadium=[[National Hockey Stadium, Lahore|National Hockey Stadium]], [[Lahore]]|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|team2={{fh|India}}|score=4–4|goals1=[[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|14|PC|42}} [[Akhtar Ali (field hockey)|Ali]] {{fhgoal|FG|57}} [[Rehan Butt|Butt]] {{fhgoal|FG|67}}|goals2=[[Vikram Pillay|Pillay]] {{fhgoal|FG|15}} [[Sandeep Singh|Sandeep]] {{fhgoal|PC|39}} [[Arjun Halappa|Halappa]] {{fhgoal|FG|49}} [[Ignace Tirkey|Tirkey]] {{fhgoal|FG|51}}|report=[https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/oct/01hock.htm Report]}}

=== Game 5 ===
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=4 October 2004|stadium=[[Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium]], [[Delhi]]|team1={{fh|India}}|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}|score=1–3|goals1=[[Sandeep Michael|Michael]] {{fhgoal|FG|50}}|goals2=[[Kashif Jawad|Jawad]] {{fhgoal|FG|6}} [[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|29|PS|64}}|report=[https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/oct/04hock.htm Report]}}

=== Game 6 ===
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=6 October 2004|stadium=[[Chandigarh Hockey Stadium|Sector 42 Hockey Stadium]], [[Chandigarh]]|team1={{fh|India}}|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}|score=1–1|goals1=[[Ignace Tirkey|Tirkey]] {{fhgoal|FG|33}}|goals2=[[Ghazanfar Ali|Ali]] {{fhgoal|FG|22}}|report=[https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/oct/06hock.htm Report]}}

=== Game 7 ===
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=8 October 2004|stadium=[[Guru Nanak Dev University Stadium]], [[Amritsar]]|team1={{fh|India}}|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}|score=1–2|goals1=[[Arjun Halappa|Halappa]] {{fhgoal|PS|48}}|goals2=[[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|8}} [[Rehan Butt|Butt]] {{fhgoal|FG|47}}|report=[https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/oct/08hock.htm Report]}}

=== Game 8 ===
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=10 October 2004|stadium=[[Gachibowli Hockey Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]|team1={{fh|India}}|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}|score=2–0|goals1=[[Sandeep Michael|Michael]] {{fhgoal|FG|17}} [[Tushar Khandekar|Khandekar]] {{fhgoal|FG|21}}|report=[https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/oct/10hock.htm Report]}}

== Statistics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Team
!P
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
|-
|{{Fhicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan
|8
|4
|2
|2
|16
|16
|0
|-
|{{Fhicon|India}} India
|8
|2
|2
|4
|16
|16
|0
|}

=== Goalscorers ===
There were 32 goals scored in 8 matches for an average of 4 goals per match
{{Goalscorers|8 goals=*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Sohail Abbas]]|4 goals=*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Arjun Halappa]]|3 goals=*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Sandeep Singh]]
*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Ignace Tirkey]]
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Rehan Butt]]|2 goals=*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Tushar Khandekar]]
*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Sandeep Michael]]|1 goal=*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Mudassar Ali Khan]]
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Shakeel Abbasi]]
*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Hari Prasad]]
*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Vikram Pillay]]
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Akhtar Ali (field hockey)|Aktar Ali]]
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Kashif Jawad]]
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Ghazanfar Ali]]}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series}}
[[Category:Field hockey competitions in India]]
[[Category:Field hockey competitions in Pakistan]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry]]

2004 India Pakistan field hockey test series - Revision history

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