Pakistanis, led by cricketer Abdul Hafeez Kardar, protested against India's participation in the Hockey World Cup. When Pakistan invited India to compete in the tournament, a crisis arose. Furthermore, Pakistan and India had been at war with each other only six years earlier. The FIH had inadvertently scheduled the first World Cup to be played in Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War. However, political issues would prevent that first competition from being played in Pakistan.
The FIH decided that the inaugural World Cup would be held in October 1971, in Pakistan.
Their idea was approved on 26 October 1969 and adopted by the FIH Council at a meeting in Brussels on 12 April 1970. He proposed his idea to the FIH through Patrick Rowley, the first editor of World Hockey magazine. The Hockey World Cup was first conceived by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan. The World Cup expanded to 16 teams in 2018, and FIH will evaluate the possibility of increasing it to 24 in 2022. Belgium defeated Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out 3–2 after the match ended in a 0–0 tie to win their first World Cup title. The 2018 tournament was held in Bhubaneswar, India from 28 November to 16 December. Belgium and India have both won the tournament once. The Netherlands and Australia have each won three titles, and Germany has won two titles. Pakistan is the most successful team, having won the tournament four times. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer Olympics. The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Not to be confused with World Cup of Hockey.
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