2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series

The 2004 Indo-Pak series was the 7th series of bilateral field hockey matches between Pakistan and India. The series was played over eight matches on home and away basis.

2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series
Tournament details
CityKarachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Lahore
Delhi, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Hyderabad
Dates24 September 2004 - 10 October 2004
Venue(s)8 in 8 host cities
Final positions
Champions Pakistan won the series 4-2
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored32 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sohail Abbas (8 goals)
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Each side hosted four matches from 24 September 20004 to 10 October 2004. Pakistan won the series 4–2.[1] This was the first time both sides were coached by foreign coaches in a bilateral series with Gerhard Roch of Germany coaching India and Roelant Oltmans of Netherlands coach for Pakistan. During the match in Amritsar of the series Pakistan's Sohail Abbas broke the record of most goals in international men's hockey scoring his 268th goal surpassing Paul Litjens of Netherlands who held the record for 22 years.[2]

Background

Prior to the start of the series Pakistan and India had faced each other 6 times since January 2004. They first met at the 2004 Azlan Shah Cup in Kuala Lumpur with Pakistan winning 3–2.[3] They met twice in the 2004 Olympic Qualifiers in Madrid with Pakistan winning both matches.[4] 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 Olympics in Athens Pakistan defeated India in the crossover rounds to finish 5th while India finished 7th.

Sohail Abbas scored 12 goals against India in these matches including two hat-tricks. This series was also in lead up to the 2004 Champions Trophy to be held in Lahore from December.

Venues
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 1 October
Fifth Delhi, India Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium 4 October
Sixth Chandigarh, India 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.[5] Pakistan announced its squad on 20 September as well. Waseem Ahmed was made captain after former captain Muhammad Nadeem announced his retirement from international hockey after the last months Olympics.[6]

Pakistan India
Coach Roelant Oltmans Coach Gerhard Roch

Results
  • Pakistan won the series 4-2
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
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

First Leg

Match 1

24 September 2004
 Pakistan 2 - 1  India
Abbas  17'
Butt  26'		 Report Halappa  3'
Hockey Club of Pakistan, Karachi

Match 2

27 September 2004
 Pakistan 1 - 4  India
Abbas  69' Report Sandeep  13', 17'
Tirkey  33'
Khandekar  60'
Musa Khan Stadium, Quetta

Match 3

29 September 2004
 Pakistan 3 - 2  India
Mudassar  15'
Abbasi  25'
Abbas  67'		 Report Prasad  48'
Halappa  60'
Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium, Peshawar

Match 4

1 October 2004
 Pakistan 4 - 4  India
Abbas  14', 42'
Ali  57'
Butt  67'		 Report Pillay  15'
Sandeep  39'
Halappa  49'
Tirkey  51'
National Hockey Stadium, Lahore

Second Leg

Match 1

4 October 2004
 India 1 - 3  Pakistan
Michael  50' Report Jawad  6'
Abbas  29', 64'
Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi

Match 2

6 October 2004
 India 1 - 1  Pakistan
Tirkey  33' Report Ali  22'
Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, Chandigarh

Match 3

8 October 2004
 India 1 - 2  Pakistan
Halappa  48' Report Abbas  8'
Butt  47'
Guru Nanak Dev University Stadium, Amritsar

Match 4

10 October 2004
 India 2 - 0  Pakistan
Michael  17'
Khandekar  21'		 Report
Gachibowli Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad

Statistics
Team P W D L GF GA GD
Pakistan 8 4 2 2 16 16 0
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

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References
  1. "Easy win gives Pak series". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  2. "Abbas Sets World Record in Pakistan Win". Arab News. 2004-10-09. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  3. "Sohail Abbas flattens India". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  4. "Pakistan beat India in hockey play-off". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  5. "New-look hockey team for Pakistan series". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  6. "Ahmed to lead Pak hockey team". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
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