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India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry

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Locale
  
Worldwide

Meetings total
  
167

Teams
  
India  Pakistan


Native name
  
Urdu: پاک بھارت ہاکی مسابقت‎ Hindi: भारत - पाकिस्तान हॉकी प्रतिद्वंद्विता

First meeting
  
India 1–0  Pakistan (1956 Melbourne Olympics Gold medal match)

Latest meeting
  
30 October 2016 2016 Asian Champions Trophy  Pakistan 2–3  India

India and Pakistan have played against each other several times in field hockey. They participate in Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Hockey Asia Cup, Hockey Champions Trophy, Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

India and Pakistan have a record of facing each other in the first six Asian games hockey finals. They have played in seven finals against each other out of which Pakistan has won six and India has won one gold. Both nations have played each other from 1956 to 1964 in three successive Olympic Hockey finals. India won gold twice while Pakistan won once. They played in four Asia cup hockey finals against each other. Pakistan won three out of those. Pakistan have a record of winning the first three Asia cup hockey (i.e. 1982, 1985 and 1989) against India in row. Both teams participate in Sultan Azlan Shah hockey which is held every year in Malaysia. India beat Pakistan in the first Asian Hockey Champions Trophy final by 4 - 2 in penalties.

Statistics

By Year

Year wise record of India vs Pakistan Hockey:

By Tournament

The record between India and Pakistan by tournament is:

India v/s Pakistan Test Series

India and Pakistan have played test series from 1978 to 2006. They played 8 test series in this span out of which Pakistan won 6, India won one and one was drawn. Out of 52 matches played Pakistan has won 25, India has won 16 and 11 are drawn. The goal aggregation so far is ( Pakistan 124 - 104 India). In 1998 both hosted 4 matches out of which Pakistan won 4, India won 3 and one was drawn. The last was played in 2006 with three matches in both nations. Pakistan won the three matches while India won one and two were drawn.

Indo-Pak test series of field hockey is expected to restart from 2013 as declared by Hockey India.

The overall results of the test series are:

Champion's Cup

Hockey India has proposed a club tournament featuring top four domestic sides of both the countries India and Pakistan. This tournament will be called as Champion's Cup.

India v/s Pakistan Major Tournament Matches

The following table show India vs Pakistan in major tournaments and their finishing in the tournament:

Other Matches

Other matches played between India and Pakistan are:

References

India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry Wikipedia