Nickname: The Green Shirts

Notable honours: Olympic gold medallists (1960, 1968, 1984), FIH World Cup winners (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994), Asian Games gold medallists (1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 2010), Asia Cup champions (1982, 1985, 1989).

Rank in previous Olympic editions: 1948 – 4th, 1952 – 4th, 1956 – 2nd, 1960 – 1st, 1964 – 2nd, 1968 – 1st, 1972 – 2nd, 1976 – 3rd, 1984 – 1st, 1988 – 5th, 1992 – 3rd, 1996 – 6th, 2000 – 4th, 2004 – 5th, 2008 – 8th, 2012 – 7th