The 1974 Women's Hockey World Cup was the inaugural edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It took place from 17 to 24 March in Mandelieu, France.^[1] The Netherlands won the title defeating Argentina in the final on 24 March.^[2]

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Belgium	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	5
4	Spain	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	3
5	Mexico	4	0	0	4	1	13	−12	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

17 March 1974 15:00 Netherlands  2–0  Spain Report Umpires: E. Farke (FRG) Elsa Viala (FRA)

17 March 1974 17:00 Belgium  2–0  India Report Umpires: Angela Larío (ESP) Annie Boissonnet (FRA)

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18 March 1974 11:00 Belgium  0–1  Netherlands Report Umpires: M. Gölze (FRG) Ingeborg Grüner (FRG)

18 March 1974 13:00 India  3–0  Mexico Saini  ?', ?' Bhullar  ?' Report Umpires: Sophie Molendijk (NED) M. Bruyneel (BEL)

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19 March 1974 15:00 Mexico  1–3  Belgium Report Umpires: E. Rodríguez (ARG) P. Blanchard (ESP)

19 March 1974 17:00 Spain  1–4  India Report Bhatti  ?' Chauhan  ?' Mascarenhas  ?' Umpires: B. Frank (FRG) E. Farke (FRG)

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20 March 1974 11:00 Spain  0–0  Belgium Report Umpires: G. Völkers (NED) Sophia Molendijk (NED)

20 March 1974 13:00 Netherlands  2–0  Mexico Report Umpires: G. Kedinger (ARG) E. Rodríguez (ARG)

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21 March 1974 15:00 Mexico  0–5  Spain Report Umpires: Annie Boissonnet (FRA) M. Gölze (FRG)

21 March 1974 17:00 India  1–0  Netherlands Bhatti  ?' Report Umpires: V. Weber (FRG) E. Farke (FRG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	4	4	0	0	15	3	+12	8	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	19	4	+15	6
3	France (H)	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	4
4	Austria	4	1	0	3	2	15	−13	2
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	4	2	18	−16	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]
(H) Hosts

17 March 1974 11:00 France  3–1   Switzerland Report Umpires: B. Frank (FRG) V. Weber (FRG)

17 March 1974 13:00 West Germany  4–2  Argentina Report Umpires: G. Völkers (NED) P. Blanchard (ESP)

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18 March 1974 15:00 Switzerland  0–2  Austria Report Umpires: G. Kedinger (ARG) E. Rodríguez (ESP)

18 March 1974 17:00 Argentina  3–0  France Report Umpires: M. Ernst (NED) R. Spits (NED)

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19 March 1974 11:00 Switzerland  1–6  West Germany Report Umpires: Elsa Viala (FRA) M. Bruyneel (BEL)

19 March 1974 13:00 Austria  0–4  France Report Umpires: Sophia Molendijk (NED) M. Armstrong (NED)

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20 March 1974 15:00 France  0–1  West Germany Report Umpires: P. Blanchard (ESP) Angela Larío (ESP)

20 March 1974 17:00 Austria  0–6  Argentina Report Umpires: M. Ernst (NED) R. Spits (NED)

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21 March 1974 11:00 Argentina  8–0   Switzerland Report Umpires: P. Blanchard (ESP) M. Armstrong (NED)

21 March 1974 13:00 West Germany  5–0  Austria Report Umpires: M. Bruyneel (BEL) Angela Larío (ESP)

Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

23 March 1974 11:00 Mexico  1–1 (a.e.t.)   Switzerland Report Penalties 0–1 Umpires: Elsa Viala (FRA) Ingeborg Grüner (FRG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	23 March 1974
	Belgium	6
					24 March 1974
	Austria	0
					Belgium	2
	23 March 1974
					Spain	0
	France	0
	Spain	2
					Seventh Place
					24 March 1974
					Austria	0
					France	1

Crossover

23 March 1974 13:00 Belgium  6–0  Austria Report Umpires: M. Ernst (NED) P. Blanchard (ESP)

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23 March 1974 15:00 France  0–2  Spain Report Umpires: E. Farke (FRG) M. Bruyneel (BEL)

Seventh and eighth place

24 March 1974 11:00 Austria  0–1  France Report Umpires: B. Frank (FRG) R. Spits (NED)

Fifth and sixth place

24 March 1974 13:00 Belgium  2–0  Spain Report Umpires: G. Kedinger (ARG) G. E. Völkers (NED)

First to fourth place classification

	Semifinals				Final
	22 March 1974
	India	0
					24 March 1974
	Argentina	1
					Argentina	0
	22 March 1974
					Netherlands	1
	West Germany	0
	Netherlands	1
					Third Place
					24 March 1974
					India	0
					West Germany	2

Semi-finals

22 March 1974 13:00 West Germany  0–1  Netherlands Report De Wilde  48' Umpires: E. Rodríguez (ARG) Angela Larío (ESP)

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22 March 1974 15:00 India  0–1  Argentina Report Alfonso  ?' Umpires: Sophia Molendijk (NED) V. Weber (FRG)

Third and fourth place

24 March 1974 15:00 India  0–2  West Germany Report Drescher  ?' Klimpel-Raabe  ?' Umpires: Sophia Molendijk (NED) E. Rodríguez (ARG)

Final

24 March 1974 17:00 Argentina  0–1  Netherlands Report Van Kollenburg  29' Umpires: M. Bruyneel (BEL) Angela Larío (ESP)

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
	A	Netherlands	6	5	0	1	7	1	+6	15	Gold Medal
	B	Argentina	6	4	0	2	20	5	+15	12	Silver Medal
	B	West Germany	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	15	Bronze Medal
4	A	India	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9	Fourth place
5	A	Belgium	6	4	1	1	13	2	+11	13	Eliminated in group stage
6	A	Spain	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7
7	B	France (H)	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1	9
8	B	Austria	6	1	0	5	2	22	−20	3
9	B	Switzerland	5	0	1	4	3	19	−16	1
10	A	Mexico	5	0	1	4	2	14	−12	1

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

References