Teams

 
 

Teams at World Cups with Sikh Players

 
 
 
 

1st World Cup, Barcelona 1971

India: 1. Ajit Pal Singh (Capt); 2. Ashok Kumar; 3. Baldev Singh; 4. C. Charles; 5. C. Preira; 6. Francis D'mello; 7. Harcharan Singh; 8. Harmik Singh; 9. Kulwant Singh; 10. M.P.Ganesh; 11. Michael Kindo; 12. P. Krishnamurthy; 13. Rajwinder Singh; 14. Shahid Nor; 15. V. Paes; 16. Vinod Kumar

Manager & Coach: Balbir Singh 'Senior'

Kenya Team: 1. Avtar Singh Sohal (Capt);2. Amarjit Singh Marwa; 3. Brajinder Daved; 4. Davinder Singh Deegan; 5. Harvinder Singh Marwa; 6. Jagjit Singh Kular; 7. Jagmel Singh Rooprai; 8. Leo Fernandes; 9. Ravinder Singh Laly; 10. Resham Singh Bains; 11. Saggia Hezron; 12. Santokh Singh Matharu; 13. Shabir Bhatti; 14. Surjit Singh Panesar; 15. Surjit Singh Rihal; 16. Tarlochan Singh Channa

Manager: Kulwant Singh Bawa
Coach: Hardev Singh Kular

 
 
 
 

2nd World Cup, Amstelveen 1973

India: 1. Ajit Pal Singh; 2. Ajit Singh; 3. Ashok Kumar; 4. B.P. Govinda; 5. Baldev Singh; 6. C. Charles; 7. Chand Singh; 8. Creic Preira; 9. Harcharan Singh; 10. Harmik Singh; 11. M.P. Ganesh (Capt); 12. Michael Kindo; 13. Surjit Singh; 14. V. Bhaskaran; 15. V.J. Philips; 16. Varinder Singh

Manager: R S Gentle
Coach: Balkrishen Singh

Kenya: 1. Amarjit Singh Marwa (G/K); 2. Boniface Riga; 3. Brajinder Daved;4. Davinder Singh Deegan;5. Jagjit Singh Kular; 6. Jagmel Singh Rooprai; 7. Nahar Singh; 8. Naran Dass; 9. Naresh Verma; 10. Nashon Ochieng; 11. Odour Tabais; 12. Ranjit Singh; 13. Reynold Pereira; 14. Surjit Singh Rihal (Capt); 15.Tarlochan Singh Channa

Manager: Maurice Dantas
Coach: Alu Mendonca

 
 
 
 

3rd World Cup, Kuala Lumpur 1975

India: 1. Ajit Pal Singh (Capt); 2. Ashok Diwan; 3. Ashok Kumar; 4. Aslam Sher Khan; 5. B.P. Govinda; 6. Harcharan Singh; 7. Harinder Jit Singh Chimni; 8. Leslie Fernandez; 9. Michael Kindo; 10. Mohinder Singh; 11. Onkar Singh; 12. P.E. Kalaiah; 13. Shivaji Pawar; 14.Surjit Singh; 15. V.J. Phillips; 16. Varinder Singh

Manager: Balbir Singh Sr.
Coach: Gurucharan Singh

 
 
 
 

4th World Cup, Buenos Aires 1978

Canada: 1. Alan Herbrirk (Capt); 2. Antonie Schouten; 3. Dave Bisset; 4. Doug Pready; 5. Fred Hoos; 6. Hash Kanjee; 7. Howard Fernandes; 8. Julian Austin; 9. Kelvin Wood; 10. Mike Mouat; 11. Mohinder Pal Singh; 12. Paramjit Singh Bahia; 13. Paul ' Bubli' Satinder Singh Chohan; 14. Peter Motzek; 15. Reg Plummer; 16. Sarbjit Singh Dusang

Manager: Victor Warren
Coach: John McBryde

England: 1. Alistair Kirk McGinn; 2. Balwant Singh Saini; 3.Bernard Cotton; 4. David Whitaker; 5. Ian Stuart McGinn; 6. Ian Taylor; 7. Ian Thomson; 8. John Andrew Hurst; 9. Norman Hughes; 10. Paul Barber; 11. Peter Freitag; 12. Robert William Smith; 13. Roly Brookeman; 14. Rui Saldanha; 15. Stephen William Long; 16. Sutinder Singh Khehar

Manager: Anthony Ekins
Coach: Trevor Clarke

India: 1. Ashok Kumar; 2. Baldev Singh; 3. Dung Dung; 4. Gopal Bhengra; 5. John Kerketta; 6. M Fredricks;  7. Olympio Fernandes; 8. Robert Clandius; 9. Sukhbir Singh Grewal; 10. Surinder Singh Sodhi; 11. Syed Ali; 12. V Bhaskaran; 13. V J Phillips (Capt); 14. Varinder Singh; 15. Vincent Lakra; 16. Zafar Iqbal

Manager: Kartar Singh
Coach: R S Gentle

Malaysia: 1. Avtar Singh Gill; 2. Azrai Md. Zain; 3. Brian Sta Maria; 4. K Balasingham; 5. K Rajan; 6. Kooi Ow Soon; 7. Loke Poon Fook;  8. Mohinder Singh; 9. N Srishanmuganathan;  10. R Ramakrishnan (Capt); 11. R Utamarajah; 12. Seng Tam Kum; 13. Seong Foo Keat;  14. Spender Oliveiro Lennar; 15. Updesh Singh Gill; 16. Zulkifli Bin Abbas

Manager: P Alagendra
Coach: Chye Moroh

 
 
 
 

5th World Cup, Bombay 1982

England: 1.Chris Rule; 2. David Craig; 3. David Westcott; 4. Ian Taylor (G/K); 5. James Dutchie; 6. John Hurst (G/K); 7. Kulbir Singh Bhaura; 8. Malcolm Wilkinson; 9. Mark Precious; 10. Neil Francis; 11. Norman Hughes (capt); 13. Paul Barber; 13. Richard Dodds; 14. Richard Leman; 15. Rolly Brookman; 16. Sutinder Singh Khehar

Manager: Colin Whalley
Coach: David Whittaker

India: 1. Ashok Devan (G/K); 2. Charanjit Kumar; 3. Gurmail Singh; 4. M K Kaushik; 5. M M Somaya; 6. M R Negi (G/K); 7. Mervyn Fernandes; 8. Mohd Shahid; 9. Onkar Singh; 10. Rajinder Singh; 11. Ravinderpal Singh; 12. Surinder Singh Sodhi; 13. Surjit Singh (capt); 14. Syed Ali; 15. Vineet Kumar; 16. Zafar Iqbal

Manager: Jamal Lal Sharma
Coach: Harmik Singh

Malaysia: 1. A Fadzil (G/K); 2. A Rahim; 3. Abbas (G/K); 4. Avtar Singh Gill; 5. C B Gee; 6. C S Maria; 7. F K Seong; 8. J Murthy; 9. L Oliveiro; 10. M Shurentheran; 11. Mohinder Singh Grewal; 12. O S Kooi (capt); 13. P F Loke; 14. S Prakash; 15. S V Huisen; 16. T C Seng

Manager: Datuk Haji Hohd Nor Bin HJ
Coach: R Yogeswaran

 
 
 
 

6th World Cup, London 1986

Canada: 1. Ajax Dube; 2. Alan Bramst; 3. Cedric Vaz; 4. Douglas Knapp; 5. Guy Manwaring; 6. Hargurnek Singh Sandhu; 7. Ken Goodwin; 8. Kim Ewasechko; 9. Kip Hladky; 10. Mike Muller; 11. Pat Burrows (capt); 12. Pat Caruso; 13. Paul' Bubli' Satinder Singh Chohan; 14. Ross Rutledge; 15. Trevor Porritt; 16. Wayne Grimmerp

Manager: Dennis Crooks
Coach: Shiv Singh Jagday

England: 1. David Faulkner;  2. Ian Taylor (G/KI); 3. Imran Sherwani; 4. John Hurst (G/K);  5. John Shaw; 6. Kulbir Singh Bhaura; 7. Martyn Grimley; 8. Norman Hughes; 9. Paul Barber; 10. Paul Bolland; 11. Richard Dodds (capt); 12. Richard Leman; 13. Robert Clift; 14. Robert Clift; 15. Sean Kerly; 16. Stephen Batchelor

Manager: Colin Whalley
Coach: David Whitaker

India: 1. Abdul Aziz; 2. Balwinder Singh; 3. Hardeep Singh; 4. Joaquim Carvalho; 5. Marcelo Gomes; 6. Mohammed Shahid (capt); 7. Mohinder Pal Singh; 8. Neel Komal Singh; 9. Pargat Singh; 10. Rajinder Singh Rawat; 11. Ram Prakash Singh; 12. Somaya Maney Panda; 13. Subramani Balada Kalaiash; 14. Thoiba Singh; 15. Tikken Singh; 16. Vineet Kumar Sharma

Manager: D.S. Murthy
Coach: Harmik Singh

 
 
 
 

7th World Cup, Lahore 1990

Canada: 1. Andrew Griffiths; 2. Cedric Vaz; 3. Chris Gifford; 4. David Ancrum; 5. Douglas Knapp; 6. Guy Manwaring; 7. Hargurnek Singh Sandhu; 8. Hargurpreet Singh Sandhu; 9. Ken Goodwin; 10. Lee Tamkee; 11. Mike Muller; 12. Pat Burrows; 13. Pat Caruso; 14. Paul 'Bubli'  Satinder Singh Chohan; 15. Peter Milkovich;  16. Ross Rutledge

Manager: Don Bird
Coach: John Sacre

England: 1. Christopher Mayer; 2. David Faulkner; 3. Jon Potter; 4. Julian Halls; 5. Martin Grimley; 6. Nick Thompson; 7. Paul Bolland; 8. Richard Leman; 9. Rob Hill; 10. Robert Clift; 11. Russell Garcia; 12. Sean Kerly; 13. Sean Rowlands (G/K); 14. Soma Singh; 15. Stephen Batchelor; 16. Steve Taylor (G/K)

Manager: Bernard Cotton
Coach: Norman Hughes

India: 1. Ajit Lakra; 2. Ashish Ballal (G/K); 3. Ashok Kumar; 4. B K Subramani; 5. Balwinder Singh; 6. Dhanraj Pillay; 7. Edgar Mascarenhas; 8. Hardeep Singh; 9. Jagbir Singh; 10. Jude Felix; 11. Mark Patterson; 12. Pargat Singh (capt); 13. Ram Prakash Singh; 14. Sujit Kumar; 15. Thoiba Singh; 16. Vivek Singh

Manager: Kumaresh Sen
Coach: M P Ganesh

 
 
 
 

8th World Cup, Sydney 1994

England: 1. Chris Mayer; 2. David Luckes (G/K); 3. Donald Williams; 4. Jason Laslett; 5. John Potter (capt); 6. John Shaw; 7. Julian Halls; 8. Kalbir Singh Takher; 9. Nick Thompson; 10. Phillip McGuire; 11. Robert Crutchley; 12. Russell Garcia; 13. Simon Hazlitt; 14. Simon Mason (G/K); 15. Simon Nicklin; 16. Soma Singh

Manager: David Whittle
Coach: David Whitaker

India: 1. A B Subbaiah; 2. Alexander Anil Aldrin; 3. Alloysias Edwards; 4. Dhanraj Pillay; 5. Edward Arahana; 6. Gavin Ferrera; 7. Harpreet Singh; 8. Jude Felix (capt); 9. K K Pooncha; 10. Mohommed Riaz Nabi; 11. Mukesh Kumar; 12. Ranjnish Mishra; 13. Sandeep Somesh Hamachimana; 14. Sanjeev Kumar; 15. Shakeel Ahmed; 16. Varkey Sabu

Manager: T Jesudanam
Coach: Cedric D'Souza

 
 
 
 

9th World Cup, Utrecht 1998

Canada: 1. Alan Brahmst; 2. Andrew Griffiths; 3. Bindi Singh Kullar; 4. Chris Gifford; 5. Hari Kant (G/K); 6. Ian Bird; 7. Ken Pereira; 8. Marek Gacek; 9. Michael Mahood (G/K); 10. Patrick Burrows; 11. Peter Milkovich; 12. Rick Roberts; 13. Rob Short;  14. Robin Diabreo; 15. Ronnie Singh Jagday; 16. Scott Mosher

Team Manager: Patrick Oswald
Coach: Shiaz Virjee

India: 1. Anil Aldrin;  2. Baljit Singh Saini; 3. Devinder Kumar; 4. Dhanraj Pillay; 5. Dilip Tirkey; 6. Harbhajan Singh; 7. Jagdish Ponnappa; 8. Jude Menezes (G/K); 9. Lazarus Barla;  10. Mohd Riaz;  11. Mukesh Kumar; 12. Rajesh Chauhan; 13. Ramandeep Singh; 14. Sabu Varkey; 15. Samir Dad; 16. Thirumal Valavan

Manager: Ajit Pal Singh
Coach: V Baskaran

Malaysia: 1. Aphthar Singh;  2. Arul Selvaraj Anthonisamy; 3. Brian Jayhan Siva; 4. Calvin Fernandes; 5. Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz; 6. Kaliswaran Muniandy; 7. Keevan Raj Kali Kavandan; 8. Kuhan Shanmuganathan; 9. Lallin Abu Hassan; 10. Maninderjit Singh; 11. Mirnawan Nawawi;  12.Mohd Nasihin Nubi Ibrahim; 13.  Nor Azian Haji Bakar; 14. Nor Saiful Nasiruddin; 15. Paul Lopez (G/K);  16. Shankar Ramu

Manager Kali Kavandan Sinnan
Coach:

 
 
 
 

10th World Cup, Kuala Lumpur 2002

India: 1. Arjun Halappa; 2. Baljit Singh Dhillon (capt); 3. Baljit Singh Saini; 4. Bipin Fernandez; 5. Daljit Singh Dhillon;  6. Deepak Sonkhla Thakur; 7. Devesh Chauchan (G/K); 8. Dhanraj Pillay; 9. Dilip Tirkey; 10. Ignance Tirkey; 11. Jude Menezes (G/K); 12. Jugraj Singh; 13. Kanwalpreet Singh; 14. Lajrus Barla;  15. Prabhjot Singh; 16. Sabu Varkey; 17. Sukbir Singh Gill; 18. Thirumalvalavan Selvarj

Manager: KGS Alva
Coach: Cedric D'Souza (1st 4 matches) & C R Kumar

Malaysia: 1. Boon Huat Chua;  2. Chairal Anwar Abd Aziz; 3. Gobinathan Krishanmurthy;  4. Jiwa Mohan; 5. Keevan Raj Kali Kavandan;  6.Kuhan Shanmuganathan;  7.  Logan Raj Kali Kavandan; 8. Maninderjit Singh Sidhu; 9. Mirnawan Hj. Nawawi (Capt); 10. Mohd Fairuz Ramly;  11. Mohd Madzli Ikmar; 12. Mohd Nasihin Nubli Ibrahim (G/K); 13. Mohd Rodhanizam Mat Radzi; 14. Nor Azlan Haji Bakar;  15. Roslan Jamaluddin (G/K); 16. Shaiful Azli Abd Rahman;  17. Shankar Shanmugam; 18. Tajol Rosli Mohamed

Manager: Data Rajaratnam Yogeswaran
Coach: Paul Lissek (Germany)

 
 
 
 

11th World Cup, Monchengladbach 2006

India: 1. Adrian D'Souza (GK); 2. Arjun Halappa;  3. Bharat Chettri (GK); 4. Dilip Tirkey (Capt); 5. G Hariprasad;  6. Gagan Ajit Singh; 7. Ignace Tirkey; 8. Kanwalpreet Singh; 9. Nitin Kumar; 10. Prabodh Tirkey; 11. Raj Pal Singh; 12. Shivendra Singh; 13. Tejbir Singh; 14. Tushar Khandker;  15. V Raghunath; 16. V S Vinaya; 17. Vikram Pillay; 18. Viren Rasquinha

Manager: S P Dass
Coach: Vasudevan Baskaran

 
 
 
 

12th World Cup, New Delhi 2010

Canada: 1. Connor Grimes; 2. David Carter; 3. David Jameson; 4. Jesse Watson; 5. Keegan Pereira; 6. Ken Pereira; 7. Mark Pearson; 8. Matt Peck; 9. Paul Wettlaufer;  10. Philip Wright; 11. Ranjeev Singh Deol; 12. Richard Hildreth; 13. Rob Short; 14. Scott Sandison; 15. Sukhwinder ‘Gabbar' Singh; 16. Scott Tupper; 17. Taylor Curran; 18. Wayne Fernandes

Manager: Shiaz Virjee
Coach: Alan Brahmst

India: 1. Adrian D'Souza (G/K); 2. Arjun Halappa; 3. Bharat; 4. Danish Mujlaba; 5. Deepak Thakur; 6. Dhananjay Mahakik; 7. Diwakar; 8. Gurbaj Singh;  9. Gurwinder Singh Chandi; 10. Prabhjot Singh; 11. Raj Pal Singh (capt); 12. Sandeep Singh; 13. Sardar Singh; 14. Sarvanjit Singh;  15. Shivendra Singh;  16. Sreejesh Raveendran (G/K); 17. Tushar Khandker; 18. Vikram Pillay

Manager: Harendra Singh
Coach: Jose Brasa

 
 
 
 

13th World Cup, The Hague 2014

India: 1. Akashdeep Singh; 2. Birendra Lakra; 3. Chinglensana Kangujam; 4. Dharamvir Singh; 5. Gurbaj Singh; 6. Harjot Singh (G/K); 7. Jasjit Singh Kular; 8. Kothajit Khadangbam; 9. Lalit Upadhyay; 10. Mandeep Singh; 11. Manpreet Singh; 12. Raghunath Vokhaliga Ramachandra; 13. Rupinder Singh; 14. Sardar Singh (capt); 15. Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran (G/K); 16. Sunil Sowmarpet Vitalacharya; 17. Uthappa Sannuvanda Kushalappa; 18. Yuvraj Walmiki

Manager: Krishon Maharaj Kaushik
Coach: Terry Walsh

 
 
 
 

14th World Cup, Bhubaneswar 2018

Canada: 1. Scott Tupper (capt); 2. Gabriel Ho-Garcia; 3. Keegan Pereira; 4. Balraj Singh Panesar; 5. Gordon Johnston; 6. Mark Pearson; 7. Matthew Sarmento; 8. John Smythe; 9. James Kirkpatrick; 10. Sukhpal (Sukhi) Singh Panesar; 11. David Carter (G/K); 12. Richard Hildreth; 13. Iain Smythe; 14. Oliver Scholfield; 15. James Wallace; 16. Brenden Bissett; 17. Brandon Pereira; 18. Antoni Kindler (G/K)

Manager: Kelly Vanry
Coach: Paul Bundy

India: 1. Harmanpreet Singh; 2. Kothajit Khadangbam; 3. Surender Kumar; 4. Manpreet Singh (capt); 5. Simranjeet Singh; 6. Lalit Upadhyay; 7. Sreejesh Parattu (G/K); 8. Nilakenta Sharma; 9. Varun Kumar; 10. Akashdeep Singh; 11. Chinglensana Kangujam; 12. Dilpreet Singh; 13. Hardik Singh; 14. Mandeep Singh; 15. Sumit; 16. Birendra Larka; 17. Amit Rohidas; 18. Krishan Pathak (G/K)

Manager: Chris Cirello
Coach: Harendra Singh

 
 
 
 

15th World Cup, Bhubaneswar - Rourela 2023

India: 1. Jarmanpreet Singh; 2. Abhisher;  3. Surender Kumar; 4. Manpreet Singh; 5. Hardik Singh 6. Mandeep Singh; 7. Bahadur Pathak Krishan; 8. Harmanpreet Singh (capt); 9. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay; 10. Sanjeep Xess Nilam; 11. Sreejesh Parattu Raveandran; 12. Nilakanta Sharma; 13. Shamsher Singh; 14. Varun Kumar; 15. Akashdeep Singh; 16. Sukhjeet Singh; 17. Amit Rohidas; 18. Sagar Vivek Prasad; 19. Raj Kumar Pal

Manager: Shivendra Singh
Coach: Graham Reid