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Pakistan has dominated the Hockey World Cup with four wins (1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994), the highest so far   —   The Netherlands have won three titles (1973, 1990 and 1998), the only team closest to Pakistan's reign   —   The Netherlands is the only country to have won the international tournament on their home ground, twice   —   Germany and Pakistan have each won two tournaments consecutively   —   India and Australia have each claimed the trophy only once    —   Belarus, Ghana and Italy have each made an appearance only once at the Hockey World Cup tournament    —   Except for the first tournament in 1971, Germany has reached the semifinals of every World Cup!    —   New Zealand's Men's Hockey team is also known as Black Sticks Men    —   Australia's Men's Hockey team is also known as Kookaburras    —   Spain is one of the few countries that competed in every World Cup since the first edition in 1971    —   England is yet to win a World Cup, their best placing so far is as runners-up to Australia in 1986    —   Pakistan's Men's Hockey team is also known as the Green Shirts    —   Field Hockey is the national sport of the dominant team Pakistan    —   Team India is the first non-European team to participate in the World Cup    —   Pakistan and The Netherlands have encountered each other at the finals on three occasions (1978, 1990 and 1994)    —   Only Germany and Australia reached the finals of the last two World Cups (2002 and 2006)    —   One of the top 10 ranking teams that failed to qualify this year is Belgium    —   Another top 10 ranking team that failed to qualify this year is China    —   Kiel Brown, a midfielder from Australia, has an older sister Hope Munro who plays for the Australian women's team    —   German forward, Philip Witte, comes from a hockey family. Both his mother and brother are noted hockey players    —   Max Weinhold, Germany's goalkeeper, was responsible for leading his team to win the Olympic Games after 16 years. He saved 3 penalty shots!    —   England's Alastair Wilson's father is an international umpire for the FIH    —   Michael Green, a former defender for Germany, was FIH Men's Player of the Year 2002. He is currently a surgeon    —   Teun de Nooijer, striker of The Netherlands is the first man to have won the FIH Player of the Year award thrice (2003, 2005 and 2006)    —   Jamie Dwyer, a striker from Australia, is the only other player to have received the FIH Player of the Year award three times (2004, 2007 and 2009)    —   India's Dhyan Chand's stick was once broken apart by suspicious officials in search of a hidden magnet    —   Pakistan's Shabbaz Ahmed is the only player to be named Player of the Tournament at two consecutive World Cups (1990 and 1994)    —   Carsten Fischer, a stalwart of the German hockey team, who suffered from type one diabetes, has played 259 international fixtures and scored an incredible 154 goals    —   Jay Stacy, known as 'Joey', was an impeccable penalty goal-scorer from Australia. He was their most-capped player with 319 appearances    —   New Zealand's Hayden Shaw was an imposing defender most feared for his deadly drag-flick. He was the top scorer for the 2002 Commonwealth Games    —   German striker, Christopher Zeller, was the driving force behind Germany's many gold medals. Zeller was honoured with the FIH Young Player of the Year award in 2006    —   South Korea's defender, Jang Jong-Hyun, scored five goals for his team at the 2006 World Cup, unfortunately the team missed the Silver medal that year    —   Jeroen Delmee was captain of the Netherlands since 2000, leading them to three Champions Trophy titles (2002, 2003 and 2006)    —   One of Spain's key-defenders, Rodrigo Garza, was ranked 3rd at the 2006 World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany    —   Spaniard Santi Freixa, the Young Player of the Year 2004, names Dutch midfielder Teun de Nooijer as his favourite player    —   German Sebastian Biederlack was named in the World All Star side announced by FIH at the end of 2008    —   Rehan Butt is regarded as one of the Pakistan's finest drag flickers alongside compatriot Sohail Abbas    —   Timo Wess, former captain of Germany, was ranked first in two World Cups (2002 and 2006)    —   Barry Middleton, born in 1984, was already considered a veteran after making his debut in 2003    —   Simon Child, born 16 April 1988, was the second youngest player ever to represent New Zealand at senior level    —   Spaniard Pablo Amat was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award four times (2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008)    —   Germany's forward, Moritz Fürste, was known for his uncanny knack of scoring decisive goals. He led the country to win the 2006 World Cup    —   Robert van der Horst, defender for The Netherlands and FIH Young Player of the Year 2004 was equally exceptional at football, but chose hockey as a career    —   Spaniard Sergi Enrique burst onto the international hockey scene as a 17-year-old and four years later was nominated for the 2007 FIH Young Player of the Year award    —   Germany's Ulrich Bubolz is regarded as one of the world's top goalkeepers. His heroic saves in the 2006 World Cup allowed Germany to repeat its championship stint    —   Dilawar Hussain of Pakistan is a left-sided player who was shortlisted for the 2007 World Player of the Year award    —   New Zealand captain Ryan Archibald, is an outstanding midfielder who is known variously as 'Scratchy' or 'Eric'    —   South Korean forward Seo Jong-Ho spent his 19th birthday playing for a gold medal in the 1999 Champions Trophy    —   Germany's Matthias Witthaus is the youngest player to represent Germany at his debut against Belgium in March 1999    —   Germany's midfielder, Tibor 'Tibs' Weissenborn, has won two Champions Trophy titles, two European Championships, two World Cups and an Olympic Games bronze medal    —   Dutch defender Taeke Taekema has led the country to win four Champions Trophy titles (2000, 2002, 2003 and 2006)    —   Dilip Tirkey, also known as 'The Rock', was India's only inclusion in the 2007 FIH All-Star team    —   Veteran goalkeeper Guus Vogels of The Netherlands received the Best Goalkeeper award at the 2007 Champions Trophy
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