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3 unusual facts about Hockey World Cup


1994 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1994 Hockey World Cup, was the eighth tournament of the Hockey World Cup, for men held from November 23 to December 4, 1994.

Australia–India relations

Australia has found success mainly since the late 1970s, with the men's and women's teams winning gold medals at Olympic Games, World Cup, Champion's Trophy and Commonwealth Games meets.

Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool

One of his sons, Akhtar Rasool is also an international hockey player who skippered the Pakistani Hockey Team in the 1982 World Cup competition and won a gold medal for Pakistan by defeating India in the finals.


Japan national field hockey team

The team, ranked 10th in the world on 30 June 2008, participated in the first World Cup in 1971.

Wally Foreman

During his career, he covered a wide range of domestic and international sporting events including four Olympic Games, five Commonwealth Games, the Australian Open tennis tournament, World Cup athletics, Hockey World Cup tournaments and the Pacific Conference Games.


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Charles Cornelius

Charles Cornelius is an Olympic Medalist and Former Indian Hockey Goal Keeper who represented the Indian national hockey team in the 1973 Hockey World Cup and the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.