| Finals played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. | | Game | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | Thu 06.12.56 | 16:00 | India | 1-0 | Pakistan | 0-0 | | 1-0 Raghbir Singh Gentle 42'PC Umpires: M.G. Cowlinshaw (GBR), J. McDowell (AUS). | | India:Shankar Laxmann; Sandhu Bakshish Singh, Radhir Singh Gentle; Leslie Walter Claudius, Amir Kumar, Govind Perumal; Raghbir Lal, Gurdev Singh, Balbir Singh-C, Udham Singh, Raghbir Singh Bhola. | | Pakistan:Hussain Zakir; Ahmed Dar Munir, Manzoor Hussain Atif; Rasul Ghulam, Ahmed Khan Anwar, Hussain Mussarat; Noor Alam, Abdul Hamid, Rehman Habibur, Ahmed Nasir, Ullah Mutih. | | 3-4 | Thu 06.12.56 | 14:30 | West Germany | 3-1 | Great Britain | 2-1 | | 1-0 Wolfgang Nonn 2'; 1-1 John Valentine Conroy 14'; Hugo Budinger 23'; 3-1 Heinz Radzikouski 50' Conroy injured after 20' and was a passenger on the wing until the end. | | Semi-Finals | | 1/2 | Mon 03.12.56 | 14:30 | India | 1-0 | West Germany | 0-0 | | 1-0 Udham Singh | | 1/2 | Mon 03.12.56 | 16:00 | Pakistan | 3-2 | Great Britain | 3-1 |
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| Final Ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | seed | | 1. India |  IND | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38: | 0 | 1. | | 2. Pakistan |  PAK | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10: | 4 | 3. | | 3. West Germany |  FRG | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8: | 6 | 4. | | 4. Great Britain |  GBR | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9: | 10 | 2. | | Group 5-8 | | 5. Australia |  AUS | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14: | 7 | 7. | | 6. New Zealand |  NZL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14: | 13 | 6. | | 7. Belgium |  BEL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9: | 10 | 5. | | 8. Singapore |  SIN | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11: | 20 | 10. | | Group 9-12 | | 9. Malaya |  MAL | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15: | 8 | 8. | | 10.Kenya |  KEN | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16: | 7 | 9. | | 11.Afganistan |  AFG | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6: | 34 | 11. | | 11.United States |  USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3: | 34 | 12. | | Not Competed | | -. Netherlands |  NED | DNS | 2. | | -. Egypt |  EGY | DNS | 11. | | -. Japan |  JPN | DNS | 15. | | -. Portugal |  POR | DNS | 16. |
| Afghanistan is ahead of United States after beating them in Group A. |
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| Format | | 3 groups with 4 teams. | | Winners and 2nd from Group C to elimination 1/2 Finals. | | 2nd from Group A and Group B and 3rd and 4th from Group C to Group 5-8. | | 3rd and 4th from Group A and Group B to Group 9-12. |
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| Group 5-8 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 5. Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8: | 2 | | 6. New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6: | 3 | | 7. Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9: | 5 | | 8. Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0: | 13 |
| Team | Aust | NeZe | Belg | Sing | | Australia | --- | 1:0 | 2:2 | 5:0 | | New Zealand | | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | | Belgium | | | --- | 5:0 | | Singapore | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Mon 03.12.56 | Australia | 2-2 | Belgium | | | Mon 03.12.56 | New Zealand | 3-0 | Singapore | | | Tue 04.12.56 | Australia | 1-0 | New Zealand | | | Tue 04.12.56 | Belgium | 5-0 | Singapore | | | Thu 06.12.56 | New Zealand | 3-2 | Belgium | 1-1 | | Thu 06.12.56 | Australia | 5-0 | Singapore | 4-0 |
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| Group 9-12 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 9. Malaya | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10: | 2 | | 10.Kenya | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14: | 3 | | 11.Afganistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1: | 14 | | 11.United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1: | 7 |
| Team | Ma | Ke | Af | Un | | Malaya | --- | 3:2 | 4:0 | 3:0 | | Kenya | | --- | 9:0 | 3:0 | | Afganistan | | | --- | 1:1 | | United States | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Mon 03.12.56 | Malaya | 4-0 | Afganistan | | | Mon 03.12.56 | Kenya | 3-0 | United States | | | Tue 04.12.56 | Malaya | 3-0 | United States | | | Tue 04.12.56 | Kenya | 9-0 | Afganistan | | | Thu 06.12.56 | Malaya | 3-2 | Kenya | 2-2 | | Thu 06.12.56 | Afganistan | 1-1 | United States | 1-1 |
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| | | Winners and 2nd from Group C to 1/2 Finals. First 4 in FIH Ranking advanced to Semi-Finals. | | 2nd from Group A and Group B and 3rd and 4th from Group C to Group 5-8. | | 3rd and 4th from Group A and Group B to Group 9-12. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. India | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36: | 0 | | 2. Singapore | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11: | 7 | | 3. Afganistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5: | 20 | | 4. United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2: | 27 |
| Team | Indi | Sing | Afga | UnSt | | India | --- | 6:0 | 14:0 | 16:0 | | Singapore | | --- | 5:0 | 6:1 | | Afganistan | | | --- | 5:1 | | United States | | | | --- |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Tue 27.11.56 | 11:30 | Singapore | 6-1 | United States | 3-1 | | Tue 27.11.56 | 14:30 | India | 14-0 | Afganistan | 3-0 | | Balbir Singh 5, Udham Singh 4, Gentle 3, Gurdev Singh 2 | | Wed 28.11.56 | 11:30 | Singapore | 5-0 | Afganistan | 4-0 | | Wed 28.11.56 | 14:30 | India | 16-0 | United States | 6-0 | | Udham Singh 7, Hardyal Singh 4, Gurdev Singh 3, C. Stephen, L. Claudius | | Fri 30.11.56 | 11:30 | India | 6-0 | Singapore | 3-0 | | Udham Singh 2, C. Stephen 2, Hardyal Singh, Gentle | | Fri 30.11.56 | 14:30 | Afganistan | 5-1 | United States | 2-1 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5: | 4 | | 2. Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6: | 4 | | 3. Malaya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5: | 6 | | 4. Kenya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2: | 4 |
| Team | Grea | Aust | Mala | Keny | | Great Britain | --- | 2:1 | 2:2 | 1:1 | | Australia | | --- | 3:2 | 2:0 | | Malaya | | | --- | 1:1 | | Kenya | | | | --- |
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| Great Britain and Australia needed a Play-Off after no tie-break criteria. |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Fri 23.11.56 | 11:30 | Great Britain | 2-2 | Malaya | 1-1 | | Fri 23.11.56 | 14:30 | Australia | 2-0 | Kenya | 1-0 | | Sat 24.11.56 | 16:00 | Great Britain | 1-1 | Kenya | 1-1 | | Mon 26.11.56 | 16:00 | Australia | 3-2 | Malaya | 2-1 | | Wed 28.11.56 | 16:00 | Malaya | 1-1 | Kenya | 0-1 | | Fri 30.11.56 | 16:00 | Great Britain | 2-1 | Australia | 1-0 | | Play-Off | | Sat 01.12.56 | 14:00 | Great Britain | 1-0 | Australia | 0-0 |
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| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7: | 1 | | 2. West Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5: | 4 | | 3. New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8: | 10 | | 4. Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0: | 5 |
| Team | WeGe | Paki | NeZe | Belg | | West Germany | --- | 0:0 | 5:4 | 0:0 | | Pakistan | | --- | 5:1 | 2:0 | | New Zealand | | | --- | 3:0 | | Belgium | | | | --- |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Fri 23.11.56 | 16:00 | Pakistan | 2-0 | Belgium | 1-0 | | Sat 24.11.56 | 14:30 | West Germany | 5-4 | New Zealand | 3-3 | | Tue 27.11.56 | 14:30 | Pakistan | 5-1 | New Zealand | 2-0 | | Tue 27.11.56 | 16:00 | West Germany | 0-0 | Belgium | 0-0 | | Thu 29.11.56 | 14:30 | West Germany | 0-0 | Pakistan | 0-0 | | Thu 29.11.56 | 16:00 | New Zealand | 3-0 | Belgium | 1-0 |
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The 16 countries were selected by the FIH following its ranking.
| Ranking | | 1. India | | 2. Netherlands | | 3. Great Britain | | 4. Pakistan | | 5. West Germany | | 6. Belgium | | 7. New Zealand | | 8. Australia | | 9. Malaya | | 10.Kenya | | 11.Egypt | | 12.Singapore | | 13.Afghanistan | | 14.United States | | 15.Japan | | 16.Portugal | | ----------------- | | 17.France | | 18.Austria | | 19.Switzerland | | 20.Saar | | 21.Italy | | 22.Denmark | | 23.Finland | | 24.Poland | | ........... | | --.Spain |
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After the withdrawl of Netherlands, Singapore, Japan and Portugal, the Groups were reduced to 3.
The ranking was resized and modus of Groups remained the same.
Group C was nominated to send 2 teams to the Final Group, because was the strongest.
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| 1. India | | Shankar Laxmann | | Singh Hardyal | | Radhir Singh Gentle | | Sandhu Bakshish Singh | | Govind Perumal | | Raghbir Lal | | Gurdev Singh | | Leslie Walter Claudius | | Amir Kumar | | Raghbir Singh Bhola | | Balbir Singh - C | | Udham Singh | | Charles Stephen | | Ranganandham Francis |
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| 2. Pakistan | | Hussain Zakir | | Ghulam Rasul | | Manzoor Hussain Atif | | Noor Alam | | Hussein Akhtar | | Nasir Ahmad | | Habibur Rehman | | Hussain Mussarat | | Mutih Ullah | | Latifur Rehman | | Abdul Hamid | | Anwar Ahmad Khan | | Ahmed Dar Munir |
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| 3. West Germany | | Alfred Lücker | | Helmuth Nonn | | Günther Ullerich | | Hugo Budinger | | Günther Brennecke | | Werner Delmes | | Eberhard Ferstl | | Hugo Dollheiser | | Heinz Radzikowski | | Wolfgang Nonn | | Werner Rosenbaum |
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| 4. Great Britain | | David Douglas Archer | | John Anthony Strover | | Denys John Carnill | | John Ashley Cockett | | Francis Howard Davis | | Anthony John Robinson | | Frederick Hugh Scott | | Neil Millward Forster | | David Frederick Thomas | | John Valentine Conroy | | Michael Owen Doughty | | Geoffrey Michael Cutter | | Colin Henry Dale | | Stephen Henry Johnson |
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| 5. Australia | | Louis Henry Hailey | | Desmond William Spackman | | Alan James Barblett | | Kevin Meredith Carton | | Keith Cecil Leeson | | Dennis Arthur Kemp | | Raymond Eric Whiteside | | Ian Robinson Dick | | Maurice Hinton Foley | | Eric Robert Pearce | | Gordon Charles Pearce | | Melville Pearce |
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| 6. New Zealand | | William Paul Schaefer | | David Moss Goldsmith | | John Charles Abrams | | Reginald Johansson | | Brian William Johnston | | Joseph Christopher Tynan | | Murray Clarke Loudon | | Archie Campbell Currie | | Noel Helmore Hobson | | Guy Dalrymple McGregor | | Ivan Desmond Armstrong | | Phillip George Bygrave | | Bruce Alexander Turner |
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| 7. Belgium | | Jean Marcel van Leer | | Jean-Marie Dubois | | Jean Jacques Enderle | | Jacques Vanderstappen | | Roger Goossens | | Luc Henri Decrop | | Jean-Pierre Rensburg | | André Muschs | | Roger Paternoster | | André Carbonnelle | | Franz Lorette | | Yvan Freedman | | Eddy Carbonnelle | | Pierre Dupont |
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| 8. Singapore | | Hamid Abdullah | | Rudolf William Mosbergen | | Edwin Jeyaceilan Doraisamy | | William Douglas Hay | | Sinnaduraj Vellupillai | | Devadas Vellupillai | | Frederick Fernandez | | Arumugam Vijiaratnam | | Percy Milton Pennefather | | Osbert John De Rozario | | Burdette Mathew Coutts | | Chai Hon Yan | | Michael George Wright |
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| 9. Malaya | | Peter van Huizen | | T. Nadarajah | | N. Shanmuganathan | | Wilfred Vias | | Philip Selvaraj Sankey | | S. Selvanayagam | | Michael F. Shepherdson | | Gian Singh | | Sinnathamby Devendran | | Chuah Eng Kim | | Noel Arul | | Sheik Ali | | Gerald David Toft | | Thomas Lawrence | | Amanullah Karim | | Shamsuddin Hamzah | | Chuah Eng Cheng |
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| 10.Kenya | | Roland J. H. Frank | | Anthony Vaz | | Balbir Singh Sidhu | | Rosario S. P. Dalgado | | Surjeet Singh Deol | | Dudley Henry Coulson | | Michael Estavo Pereira | | Tejparkash Singh Brar | | William K. Plenderleith | | Reynold Anthony d'Souza | | Aloysius Edward Mendonca | | Tejinder Singh Rao | | Gursaran Singh Sehmi | | Hardev Singh Kular |
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| 11.Afghanistan | | Ahmad Shah Abouwi | | Abdul Kadir Nooristani | | Ramazan Nooristani | | Nasrullah Totakhail | | Din Mohd Nooristani | | Nour Ullah Nooristani | | Jahan Gulam Nooristani | | Mohd Anees Sher-Zai | | Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal | | Yahya Najam | | Salah-ud-Din Ghazi | | Mohd Amin Nooristani |
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| 11.United States | | Kurt Ucko | | Walter William Stude | | Tjerk Hidde Leegstra | | Henry C. Clifford | | Gerrit Kruize | | Ray Whittlesberger | | Félix Ucko | | Harry Marcoplos | | James Jongeneel | | Kurt Orban | | John Rote | | E. Newbold Black | | Stanley Harris Jr. | | Ciach:: Kurt Orban |
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