500th World Cup Match today
The landmark, 500th world cup match will occur today in the Hero Honda World Cup Hockey.
The first match of Day Three here in the 12th World Cup marks this grand occasion.
Before start of the World Cup here, 24 countries who have participated in the world cup till then had played a whopping 493 matches, producing 1913 goals.
So far in the last two days six matches have taken place, and then now when South Africa takes on England in the first match today, it will mark 500th match.
The break up of number of matches in each edition is as follows:
1. 1971: 30 Matches
2. 1973: 42Matches
3. 1975: 42Matches
4. 1978 55Matches
5. 1981-82: 42Matches
6. 1986: 42Matches
7. 1990: 42Matches
8. 1994: 42Matches
9. 1998: 42Matches
10. 2002: 72Matches
11. 2006: 42Matches
12. 2010: 06 Matches
Total: 500