Tournament: | 1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series |
Dates: | 3 February 1999 - 24 February 1999 |
City: | New Delhi, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Chennai Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi |
Champions: | Pakistan won the series 6-3 |
Top Scorer: | Sohail Abbas |
Top Scorer Goals: | 10 |
Venues: | 8 in 8 host cities |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Matches: | 9 |
Next Tournament: | 2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Previous Tournament: | 1998 India-Pakistan field hockey test series |
The 1999 Indo-Pak series (known as the Pepsi hockey series for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th series of bilateral field hockey matches between India and Pakistan.
The series consisted of nine matches with India hosting the first leg of four matches and Pakistan hosting the second leg of five matches from 3 February 1999 to 24 February 1999.
Pakistan won the series 6–3.[1]
India went into the series as Asian Games Champions having defeated South Korea in the final of the 1998 Asian Games in December last year. Pakistan had finished runner-ups in the 1998 Champions Trophy in Lahore a month before that.[2]
Match | Location | Stadium Name | Date | |
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First | New Delhi | Dhyan Chand National Stadium | 3 February | |
Second | Bhopal | Aish Bag Stadium | 5 February | |
Third | Hyderabad | Begumpeth Hockey Stadium | 8 February | |
Fourth | Chennai | Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium | 10 February | |
Fifth | Lahore | National Hockey Stadium | 16 February | |
Sixth | Karachi | Hockey Club of Pakistan | 18 February | |
Seventh | Peshawar | Lala Ayub Stadium | 20 February | |
Eighth | Rawalpindi | Army Stadium | 22 February | |
Ninth | Lahore | National Hockey Stadium | 24 February |
India | Pakistan | |
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Coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran | Coach Shahnaz Sheikh |
1 | 3 February | India 3-4 (AET) Pakistan | New Delhi | |
2 | 5 February | India 1-4 Pakistan | Bhopal | |
3 | 8 February | India 2-5 Pakistan | Hyderabad | |
4 | 10 February | India 3-0 Pakistan | Chennai |
1 | 16 February | Pakistan 4-2 India | Lahore | |
2 | 18 February | Pakistan 4-2 India | Karachi | |
3 | 20 February | Pakistan 1-2 India | Peshawar | |
4 | 22 February | Pakistan 3-3 (11-10) India | Rawalpindi | |
5 | 24 February | Pakistan 2-3 India | Lahore |
Match 1Match 2Match 3Match 4
Match 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 5
Pakistan - Total goals scored 27
India - Total goals scored 21
There were 48 goals scored in 9 matches for an average of 5.33 goals per match