2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Dates29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)–6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
Teams6
Venue(s)Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions Great Britain (2nd title)
Runner-up Australia
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored73 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Thomas Craig
Australia Trent Mitton
India Mandeep Singh (5 goals)
Best playerAustralia Thomas Craig
All statistics are correct as of 6 May 2017
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The 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 26th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 29 April – 6 May 2017.[1][2]

The number of teams for this year’s cup had decreased by one compared to last year’s tournament where seven teams competed. Pakistan and Canada, who competed previously, would not join this edition and Great Britain had been invited.

Great Britain defeated Australia 4–3 in the final to win the cup.

Participating nations

Six countries are participating in this year's tournament:

Umpires

  1. Sean Rapaport (RSA)
  2. Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
  3. Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
  4. Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
  5. Nichol Bevan (NZL)
  6. Steve Rogers (AUS)
  7. Paul Walker (GBR)
  8. Bruce Bale (ENG) - Video Umpire

Squads

Main article: 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup squads

Results

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

Pool

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 3 1 1 14 7 +7 10 Advance to Final
2  Great Britain 5 3 1 1 12 9 +3 10
3  India 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 7 Third place match
4  New Zealand 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 7
5  Japan 5 1 1 3 12 15 −3 4 Fifth place match
6  Malaysia (H) 5 1 1 3 3 9 −6 4
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
29 April 2017
16:05 MST
Great Britain  2–2  India
T. Carson field hockey ball 25'
Forsyth field hockey ball 52' 		Report Akashdeep field hockey ball 19'
Mandeep field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
29 April 2017
18:05 MST
New Zealand  1–1  Australia
Newman field hockey ball 52' Report T. Craig field hockey ball 32'
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
29 April 2017
20:35 MST
Malaysia  1–1  Japan
Razie field hockey ball 8' Report Yamada field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
30 April 2017
16:05 MST
India  3–0  New Zealand
Mandeep field hockey ball 23'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 27', 47' 		Report
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
30 April 2017
18:05 MST
Japan  3–5  Great Britain
Ke. Tanaka field hockey ball 14', 38'
Watanabe field hockey ball 49' 		Report Middleton field hockey ball 3'
Goodfield field hockey ball 12'
Ward field hockey ball 15'
T. Carson field hockey ball 32'
Forsyth field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
30 April 2017
20:35 MST
Australia  6–1  Malaysia
T. Craig field hockey ball 11', 38', 45'
Mitton field hockey ball 23', 27', 58' 		Report Faizal field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Paul Walker (GBR)
2 May 2017
16:05 MST
India  1–3  Australia
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 26' Report Ockenden field hockey ball 30'
T. Craig field hockey ball 34'
Wickham field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Paul Walker (GBR)
2 May 2017
18:05 MST
New Zealand  3–2  Japan
Russell field hockey ball 18', 32'
Lane field hockey ball 35' 		Report Yamada field hockey ball 9', 50'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
2 May 2017
20:35 MST
Malaysia  0–1  Great Britain
Report Forsyth field hockey ball 26'
Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
3 May 2017
16:05 MST
Japan  3–4  India
Murata field hockey ball 10'
Yoshihara field hockey ball 43'
Mitani field hockey ball 45' 		Report Rupinder Pal field hockey ball 6'
Mandeep field hockey ball 45', 51', 58'
Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
3 May 2017
18:05 MST
Great Britain  1–2  Australia
Gleghorne field hockey ball 51' Report Mitton field hockey ball 44'
Dawson field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
3 May 2017
20:35 MST
New Zealand  1-0  Malaysia
Russell field hockey ball 25' Report
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
5 May 2017
16:05 MST
Great Britain  3–2  New Zealand
Ward field hockey ball 9'
Roper field hockey ball 39'
Gleghorne field hockey ball 49' 		Report Newman field hockey ball 30'
Russell field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
5 May 2017
18:05 MST
Australia  2–3  Japan
Kleinschmidt field hockey ball 7'
Mitton field hockey ball 31' 		Report Yamada field hockey ball 44'
Yamasaki field hockey ball 56', 57'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
5 May 2017
20:35 MST
India  0–1  Malaysia
Report Shahril field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Paul Walker (GBR)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

6 May 2017
15:40 MST
Japan  1–3  Malaysia
Ka. Tanaka field hockey ball 28' Report Haziq field hockey ball 8'
Firhan field hockey ball 11'
Faizal field hockey ball 34'
Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Paul Walker (GBR)

Third and fourth place

6 May 2017
18:05 MST
India  4–0  New Zealand
Rupinder Pal field hockey ball 17', 27'
Sunil field hockey ball 48'
Talwinder field hockey ball 60' 		Report
Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Final

6 May 2017
20:35 MST
Australia  3–4  Great Britain
Ockenden field hockey ball 28'
Pollard field hockey ball 34'
Wotherspoon field hockey ball 48' 		Report Forsyth field hockey ball 8'
Goodfield field hockey ball 11', 43'
Willars field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

Awards

The following five awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Player of the Final Fairplay Award
Three Players (see list below) Australia Thomas Craig Japan Suguru Shimmoto United Kingdom Alan Forsyth  New Zealand

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain 6 4 1 1 16 12 +4 13 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 6 3 1 2 17 11 +6 10 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  India 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 10 Bronze Medal
4  New Zealand 6 2 1 3 7 13 −6 7
5  Malaysia (H) 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7
6  Japan 6 1 1 4 13 18 −5 4
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 73 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.06 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

  1. ^ "Sultan Azlan Shah Cup handed huge sponsorship boost".
  2. ^ "Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. ^ "Awards". Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2017-05-06.