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) Thomas Craig
Trent Mitton
Mandeep Singh (5 goals)
Best player 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.

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  25'
Forsyth  52' 		Report Akashdeep  19'
Mandeep  47'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
29 April 2017
18:05 MST
New Zealand  1–1  Australia
Newman  52' Report T. Craig  32'
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
29 April 2017
20:35 MST
Malaysia  1–1  Japan
Razie  8' Report Yamada  40'
Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
30 April 2017
16:05 MST
India  3–0  New Zealand
Mandeep  23'
Harmanpreet  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  14', 38'
Watanabe  49' 		Report Middleton  3'
Goodfield  12'
Ward  15'
T. Carson  32'
Forsyth  52'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
30 April 2017
20:35 MST
Australia  6–1  Malaysia
T. Craig  11', 38', 45'
Mitton  23', 27', 58' 		Report Faizal  42'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Paul Walker (GBR)
2 May 2017
16:05 MST
India  1–3  Australia
Harmanpreet  26' Report Ockenden  30'
T. Craig  34'
Wickham  51'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Paul Walker (GBR)
2 May 2017
18:05 MST
New Zealand  3–2  Japan
Russell  18', 32'
Lane  35' 		Report Yamada  9', 50'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
2 May 2017
20:35 MST
Malaysia  0–1  Great Britain
Report Forsyth  26'
Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
3 May 2017
16:05 MST
Japan  3–4  India
Murata  10'
Yoshihara  43'
Mitani  45' 		Report Rupinder Pal  6'
Mandeep  45', 51', 58'
Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
3 May 2017
18:05 MST
Great Britain  1–2  Australia
Gleghorne  51' Report Mitton  44'
Dawson  52'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
3 May 2017
20:35 MST
New Zealand  1-0  Malaysia
Russell  25' Report
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
5 May 2017
16:05 MST
Great Britain  3–2  New Zealand
Ward  9'
Roper  39'
Gleghorne  49' 		Report Newman  30'
Russell  58'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
5 May 2017
18:05 MST
Australia  2–3  Japan
Kleinschmidt  7'
Mitton  31' 		Report Yamada  44'
Yamasaki  56', 57'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
5 May 2017
20:35 MST
India  0–1  Malaysia
Report Shahril  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  28' Report Haziq  8'
Firhan  11'
Faizal  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  17', 27'
Sunil  48'
Talwinder  60' 		Report
Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Final

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

Awards

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

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

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
 Great Britain 6 4 1 1 16 12 +4 13 Gold Medal
 Australia 6 3 1 2 17 11 +6 10 Silver Medal
 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.