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The India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry is among the most intense sporting rivalries in the Asia and the world in the sport of field hockey. India and Pakistan have played against each other numerous times in international 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.[1][2] Both nations have played each other from 1956 to 1964 in three successive Olympic Hockey finals. India won gold twice while Pakistan won once.[3][4][5] They also faced each other in three Asia Cup finals, with Pakistan two of those finals. 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.[6][7][8][9][10]

In Head-to-Head matches, Pakistan has won 82 games compared to India with 67 games. When it comes to the World Cup, Pakistan have won four times compared to India with one. When it comes to the Olympics India has won eight times compared to Pakistan's three.

Among the three top goal-scorers in this bilateral rivalry, Sohail Abbas of Pakistan leads by a country mile, scoring 54 goals. He is followed by Pakistan's Hassan Sardar (22 goals) and India's Sandeep Singh (20 goals).

Statistics

By Year

Decade wise record of India vs Pakistan field hockey:[11]

Year Matches Results Goals
Template:Flagicon India Template:Flagicon Pakistan Draw Template:Flagicon India Template:Flagicon 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:[12]

Tournament Matches Results Goals
Template:Flagicon India Template:Flagicon Pakistan Draw Template:Flagicon India Template:Flagicon 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 34 14 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

Tournament Template:Flagicon India Template:Flagicon 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 4 (2003, 2007, 2017, 2025) 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 31 30

Records

Top goal-scorers

Pakistan

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

Source: [1]

India

Rank Player Goals Years
1 Template:Fhicon Sandeep Singh 20 2004–2012
2 Template:Fhicon Gagan Ajit Singh 18 1997–2007
Template:Fhicon Harmanpreet Singh 18 2015-
3 Template:Fhicon Mohinder Pal Singh 15 1976–1988
Template:Fhicon Baljit Singh Dhillon 15 1993–2004
5 Template:Fhicon 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[15] and 2017,[16] but have not materialized as of 2022.

Overall results:[17]
Year Matches Winner Results Template:Fh Template:Fh
Captain Coach Captain Coach
1978 4 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win 3–1 Islahuddin Siddique Template:Flagicon Sayad A. Hussain Victor Philips Template:Flagicon Randhir Singh Gentle
1981 4 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win 2–1 Akhtar Rasool Template:Flagicon Khwaja Zakauddin Surjit Singh Randhawa Template:Flagicon Harmik Singh
1986 7 Template:Flagicon India win 3–2 Hassan Sardar Template:Flagicon Anwar Ahmad Khan Mohammed Shahid Template:Flagicon M. P. Ganesh
1988 6 Draw 2–2 Nasir Ali Template:Flagicon Manzoor-ul Hassan M. M. Somaya Template:Flagicon M. P. Ganesh
1998 8 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win 4–3 Tahir Zaman Template:Flagicon Islahuddin Siddique Dhanraj Pillay Template:Flagicon Vasudevan Baskaran
1999 9 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win 6–3 Atif Bashir Template:Flagicon Shehnaz Sheikh Anil Aldrin Template:Flagicon Vasudevan Baskaran
2004 8 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win 4–2 Waseem Ahmed Template:Flagicon Roelant Oltmans Dilip Tirkey Template:Flagicon Gehard Rach
2006 6 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win 3–1 Muhammad Saqlain Template:Flagicon Asif Bajwa Ignace Tirkey Template:Flagicon Rajinder Singh Jr.

Results in major tournaments

The following table show India vs Pakistan in major tournaments :

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

Other matches

Other matches played between India and Pakistan are:

Tournament Year Venue Results
Template:Flagicon India Template:Flagicon Pakistan Note
Hockey Festival 1966 Template:Flagicon Hamburg 1 1 Draw
Pre-Olympic Invitation Tournament 1967 Template:Flagicon London 0 1 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
Jinnah Memorial Cup 1976 Template:Flagicon Lahore 0 5 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
Pentangular Cup 1980 Template:Flagicon Kuala Lumpur 1 3 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
Test Matches 1982 Template:Flagicon Dubai 1 5 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
1 3 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
Esanda Cup 1982 Template:Flagicon Melbourne 2 1 Template:Flagicon India win
Golden Jubilee Cup 1983 Template:Flagicon Hong Kong 1 5 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
Test Matches 1985 Template:Flagicon Kuwait City 1 0 Template:Flagicon India win
1 0 Template:Flagicon India win
Template:Flagicon Doha 1 1 Draw
Emirates Cup 1986 Template:Flagicon Dubai 2 2 Draw
Template:Flagicon Kuwait City 3 3 Draw
4 Nations Cups 1986 Template:Flagicon Leningrad 0 2 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
Marshall Invitation Cup[18] 1988 Template:Flagicon Nairobi 3 0 Template:Flagicon India win
1 1 Draw
Indira Gandhi Gold Cup 1989 Template:Flagicon Lucknow 0 3 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
Atlanta Challenge Cup 1996 Template:Flagicon Atlanta 2 2 Draw
Prime Ministers Cup 2001 Template:Flagicon Dhaka 3 3 Template:Flagicon India win in Penalties (6–5)
4 nations tournament 2003 Template:Flagicon Perth 2 0 Template:Flagicon India win
Template:Flagicon Sydney 4 4 Draw
RaboTrophy 2004 Template:Flagicon Amsterdam 1 6 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
3 5 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
RaboTrophy 2005 Template:Flagicon Amsterdam 1 3 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
3 nations tournament 2011 Template:Flagicon Busselton 3 3 Draw
Template:Flagicon Bunbury 1 1 Draw
Friendly 2011 Template:Flagicon India 2 3 Template:Flagicon Pakistan win
Lanco International Super Series[19] 2012 Template:Flagicon Perth 5 2 Template:Flagicon India win

Players who have played for both teams

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:[20]

  • 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

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ A titanic victory: India's hockey gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Asiad hockey tournament: Pakistan trounce India 7-1 to clinch gold. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ↑ 1956 Olympics: India pips Pakistan to win gold. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Rome 1960 Olympics: When Indian hockey team's golden run came to a halt. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. ↑ A stroke in time! How Indian hockey team won gold back from Pakistan at Tokyo 1964. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ↑ On This Day: India beat Pakistan to win their maiden Hockey World Cup in 1975. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  7. ↑ When champions India almost missed the chance to play 1975 Hockey World Cup. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  8. ↑ India’s historic win has almost been forgotten and it hurts: 1975 Hockey World Cup heroes. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  9. ↑ On This Day: Indian hockey team beats Pakistan to lift 1975 World Cup. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  10. ↑ Reliving Indian hockey's 1975 World Cup triumph: How Ashok Kumar, Ajit Pal Singh guided India to victory. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  11. ↑ Indo-Pak Year-wise Win–loss record. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Indo-Pak Tournament-wise Win–loss record. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  13. ↑ Medal Tally. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  14. ↑ Honors and Recognition Since 1948. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  15. ↑ Indo-Pak hockey tests to start from 2013 onwards. The Hindu(August 29, 2012).
  16. ↑ India, Pakistan to revive hockey Test series. DNA India(28 September 2017). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  17. ↑ Indo-Pak Hockey Series. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  18. ↑ When India Conquered Slump in Form to win 1988 Marshall's International Tourney in Kenya - Latest Hockey News, Hockey Passion, Hockey Analysis, Hockey Interviews. hockeypassion.in(14 November 2021). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  19. ↑ Lanco hockey: India beat Pakistan 5-2. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  20. ↑ 4 Hockey players to win olympic medal for both India and Pakistan. India.com.

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