Venue : National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia
Pool A :
Netherlands, Pakistan, Germany, Argentina, Spain, South Africa, Belgium, New
Zealand
Pool B : South Korea, Australia, England, Cuba, Malaysia, Poland, India,
Japan
India's Match Results :
| Stage | Date | Matchup | Goal Scorers (India) |
| League | Feb 24 | India 2 - Japan 2 | Dhanraj Pillai (40 m,
PC) Deepak Thakur (46 m) |
| Feb 26 | Korea 2 - India 1 | Jugraj Singh (70 m) | |
| Feb 27 | Malaysia 3 - India 2 | Daljeet Dhillon (52 m) Prabhjyot Singh (57 m) |
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| Mar 1 | England 3 - India 2 | Dileep Tirkey (42 m) Baljeet Dhillon (57 m) |
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| Mar 2 | India 4 - Cuba 0 | Dileep Tirkey (9 m) Daljeet Dhillon (14 m) Deepak Thakur (16 m) Baljeet Dhillon (52 m) |
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| Mar 4 | India 4 - Poland 1 | Daljeet Dhillon (5 m) Baljeet Dhillon (16 m) Prabhjyot Singh (26 m) Dhanraj Pillai (68 m) |
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| Mar 5 | Australia 4 - India 3 | Jugraj Singh (19 m) Daljeet Dhillon (43 m) Prabhjyot Singh (67 m) |
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| 9/12 Placings | Mar 7 | India 3 - Spain 0 |
Baljeet Dhillon (6 m) Jugraj Singh (19 m) Deepak Thakur (27 m) |
| 9/10 Placings | Mar 8 | New Zealand 2 - India 1 | Deepak Thakur (10 m) |
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Germany won the World Cup beating Australia 2-1 in the final. This was
Germany's first World Championship in 9 consecutive appearances in
the World Cup semi-finals.
- German captain Florian Kunz got the Man of the Final award, while Troy Elder was declared
the Player of the Tournament. Penalty corner specialists Sohail Abbas of
Pakistan and Jorge Lombi of Argentina were the joint top-scorers of the
tournament with 10 goals apiece. South Africa won the Fairplay Trophy.
- This world title was due to the efficient German system of producing
top quality players. Germany had won 4 Junior World Cup titles before
finally winning the
2002 World Cup.
- The final positions : 1. Germany; 2. Australia; 3. Netherlands; 4. South Korea; 5. Pakistan; 6. Argentina; 7. England; 8. Malaysia; 9. New Zealand; 10. India; 11. Spain; 12. Japan; 13. South Africa; 14. Belgium; 15. Poland; 16. Cuba.
Indian Team :
Goalkeepers: Jude Menezes, Devesh Chauhan
Defenders: Dileep Tirkey, Lajarus Barla, Kanwalpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh
Midfielders: Sukhbir Singh Gill, Ignace Tirkey, Selvaraj Thirumalvalavan, Arjun Halappa, Baljeet Singh Saini
Forwards: Dhanraj Pillai, Sabu Varkey, Baljit Singh Dhillon (captain), Daljeet Singh Dhillon, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjyot Singh, Bipin Fernandez
Chief Coach : Cedric D'Souza (replaced by assistant coach C. R. Kumar after 4 matches)