2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Official logo of the tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Dates5 – 15 May
Teams7
Venue(s)Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (6th title)
Runner-up Pakistan
Third place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored115 (4.79 per match)
Best playerPakistan Shakeel Abbasi
2010 (previous) (next) 2012

The 2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is the 20th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held from 5–15 May 2011 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.

Participating nations

Seven countries participated in this year's tournament:

Results

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Pool

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 6 5 1 0 18 8 +10 16 Final
2  Pakistan 6 4 0 2 17 15 +2 12
3  Great Britain 6 3 0 3 12 12 0 9 Third Place Match
4  New Zealand 6 2 1 3 16 17 −1 7
5  India 6 2 1 3 15 17 −2 7 Fifth Place Match
6  South Korea 6 2 1 3 12 15 −3 7
7  Malaysia 6 1 0 5 11 17 −6 3
Source: Azlan Shah Cup
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[1]
5 May 2011
16:05
New Zealand  2–4  Pakistan
Hayward field hockey ball 59'
Inglis field hockey ball 63'
Report Rizwan Sr. field hockey ball 3'
Shah field hockey ball 24'
Khan field hockey ball 51'
Bhutta field hockey ball 61'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)
5 May 2011
18:05
South Korea  3–2  India
Cho field hockey ball 31'
Yoon field hockey ball 41'
Jang field hockey ball 56'
Report Diwakar field hockey ball 20'
Mujtaba field hockey ball 27'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (GBR)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
5 May 2011
20:05
Great Britain  3–1  Malaysia
Tindall field hockey ball 17'
Smith field hockey ball 35'
Moore field hockey ball 51'
Report Tengku field hockey ball 41'
Umpires:
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
Waqas Ahmad Butt (PAK)

6 May 2011
16:05
Pakistan  4–2  South Korea
Butt field hockey ball 21'
Abbas field hockey ball 63'
Khan field hockey ball 64'
Akbar field hockey ball 70'
Report Hyun field hockey ball 13'46'
Umpires:
Levi Stephen (AUS)
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
6 May 2011
18:05
Great Britain  1–3  India
Tindall field hockey ball 62' Report Rupinder Pal field hockey ball 10'55'57'
Umpires:
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)
Yoon Shin-Dong (KOR)
6 May 2011
20:05
Malaysia  1–2  Australia
Tengku field hockey ball 23' Report Orchard field hockey ball 59'
Wilson field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

8 May 2011
16:05
Australia  1–1  India
Whetton field hockey ball 14' Report Rupinder Pal field hockey ball 23'
Umpires:
Yoon Shin-Dong (KOR)
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
8 May 2011
18:05
Great Britain  3–2  Pakistan
Moore field hockey ball 8'
Clarke field hockey ball 39'63'
Report Abbas field hockey ball 31'
Khan field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
8 May 2011
20:05
South Korea  1–1  New Zealand
Jang field hockey ball 58' Report Collier field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
Waqas Ahmad Butt (PAK)

9 May 2011
16:05
Pakistan  1–5  Australia
Abbas field hockey ball 28' Report Orchard field hockey ball 23'41'
Wilson field hockey ball 34'55'
Ciriello field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (GBR)
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)
9 May 2011
18:05
New Zealand  1–3  Great Britain
Neal field hockey ball 60' Report R. Mantell field hockey ball 14'
Clarke field hockey ball 51'
Alexander field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
9 May 2011
20:05
India  5–2  Malaysia
Minz field hockey ball 8'
Antil field hockey ball 18'69'
Rupinder Pal field hockey ball 22'
Sunil field hockey ball 35'
Report Azammi field hockey ball 34'
Shahrun field hockey ball 43'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Levi Stephen (AUS)

11 May 2011
16:05
Malaysia  2–3  New Zealand
Izzat field hockey ball 30'
Faizal field hockey ball 68'
Report Wilson field hockey ball 16'
Jenness field hockey ball 57'
Edwards field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Levi Stephen (AUS)
Yoon Shin-Dong (KOR)
11 May 2011
18:05
Australia  4–2  South Korea
Deavin field hockey ball 8'
Paterson field hockey ball 12'67'
Turner field hockey ball 34'
Report You field hockey ball 15'
Hyun field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Waqas Ahmad Butt (PAK)
11 May 2011
20:05
India  1–3  Pakistan
Rupinder Pal field hockey ball 22' Report Bhutta field hockey ball 49'
Imran field hockey ball 56'
Abbas field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
Martin Madden (GBR)

12 May 2011
16:05
Australia  2–1  Great Britain
Dancer field hockey ball 8'
Ciriello field hockey ball 29'
Report R. Mantell field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
12 May 2011
18:05
India  3–7  New Zealand
Sunil field hockey ball 20'
Gurwinder field hockey ball 26'41'
Report Wilson field hockey ball 24'
Hilton field hockey ball 32'64'
Hayward field hockey ball 46'57'
L'huillier field hockey ball 52'
Neal field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Levi Stephen (AUS)
Kurupusamy Lingam (MAS)
12 May 2011
20:05
Malaysia  3–1  South Korea
Nabil field hockey ball 43'
Faizal field hockey ball 58'
Izwan field hockey ball 67'
Report Nam field hockey ball 17'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

14 May 2011
16:05
South Korea  3–1  Great Britain
Yoon field hockey ball 10'
Jeon B. field hockey ball 23'
You field hockey ball 41'
Report Daly field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)
14 May 2011
18:05
Pakistan  3–2  Malaysia
Abbas field hockey ball 15'
Waqas field hockey ball 21'
Abbasi field hockey ball 51'
Report Hafifihafiz field hockey ball 35'
Razie field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Levi Stephen (AUS)
Yoon Shin-Dong (KOR)
14 May 2011
20:05
New Zealand  2–4  Australia
Edwards field hockey ball 31'
Child field hockey ball 68'
Report Dancer field hockey ball 12'
Turner field hockey ball 15'16'
Ciriello field hockey ball 28'
Umpires:
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
Martin Madden (SCO)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

15 May 2011
15:35
India  1–2  South Korea
Vikram field hockey ball 41' Report Nam field hockey ball 11'
Jang field hockey ball 21'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)

Third and fourth place

15 May 2011
18:05
Great Britain  4–2  New Zealand
R. Mantell field hockey ball 34'
Moore field hockey ball 53'
Smith field hockey ball 59'
Daly field hockey ball 65'
Report Jenness field hockey ball 20'
Hilton field hockey ball 69'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Waqas Ahmad Butt (PAK)

Final

15 May 2011
20:35
Australia  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Pakistan
Ciriello field hockey ball 11'83'
Turner field hockey ball 44'
Report Abbas field hockey ball 31'
Butt field hockey ball 62'
Umpires:
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
Martin Madden (GBR)

Awards

Individual awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:

Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorers Goalkeeper of the Tournament Fair Play Award
Pakistan Shakeel Abbasi India Rupinder Pal Singh
Pakistan Sohail Abbas
Malaysia Kumar Subramaniam  India
 Pakistan

All Star team

The following players were named in the Azlan Shah All Star team at the conclusion of the tournament:

Goalkeeper Defense Midfield Forward
Malaysia Kumar Subramaniam Australia Fergus Kavanagh
United Kingdom Glenn Kirkham
India Rupinder Pal Singh
New Zealand Dean Couzins
Australia Simon Orchard
New Zealand Steven Edwards
Pakistan Shakeel Abbasi
Australia Glenn Turner
Malaysia Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
South Korea You Hyo-Sik

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 7 6 1 0 21 10 +11 19 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan 7 4 0 3 19 18 +1 12 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain 7 4 0 3 16 14 +2 12 Bronze Medal
4  New Zealand 7 2 1 4 18 21 −3 7
5  South Korea 7 3 1 3 14 16 −2 10
6  India 7 2 1 4 16 19 −3 7
7  Malaysia 6 1 0 5 11 17 −6 3

Goalscorers

There were 115 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.79 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References