2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
	Official logo of the tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	5 – 15 May
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (6th title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	115 (4.79 per match)
Best player	Shakeel Abbasi
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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	Final
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	Third Place Match
5	India	6	2	1	3	15	17	−2	7	Fifth Place Match
6	South Korea	6	2	1	3	12	15	−3	7	Fifth Place Match
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 59' Inglis 63'	Report	Rizwan Sr. 3' 24' Khan 51' Bhutta 61'

Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)

5 May 2011
18:05

South Korea	3–2	India
31' Yoon 41' Jang 56'	Report	20' Mujtaba 27'

Umpires:
(GBR)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

5 May 2011
20:05

Great Britain	3–1	Malaysia
Tindall 17' Smith 35' Moore 51'	Report	Tengku 41'

Umpires:
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
Waqas Ahmad Butt (PAK)

6 May 2011
16:05

Pakistan	4–2	South Korea
Butt 21' Abbas 63' Khan 64' Akbar 70'	Report	Hyun 13', 46'

Umpires:
Levi Stephen (AUS)
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)

6 May 2011
18:05

Great Britain	1–3	India
Tindall 62'	Report	Rupinder Pal 10', 55', 57'

Umpires:
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)
Yoon Shin-Dong (KOR)

6 May 2011
20:05

Malaysia	1–2	Australia
Tengku 23'	Report	Orchard 59' Wilson 70'

Umpires:
(SCO)
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

8 May 2011
16:05

Australia	1–1	India
Whetton 14'	Report	Rupinder Pal 23'

Umpires:
Yoon Shin-Dong (KOR)
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)

8 May 2011
18:05

Great Britain	3–2	Pakistan
Moore 8' Clarke 39', 63'	Report	Abbas 31' Khan 64'

Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

8 May 2011
20:05

South Korea	1–1	New Zealand
Jang 58'	Report	Collier 50'

Umpires:
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
Waqas Ahmad Butt (PAK)

9 May 2011
16:05

Pakistan	1–5	Australia
Abbas 28'	Report	Orchard 23', 41' Wilson 34', 55' Ciriello 51'

Umpires:
(GBR)
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)

9 May 2011
18:05

New Zealand	1–3	Great Britain
Neal 60'	Report	R. Mantell 14' Clarke 51' Alexander 55'

Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

9 May 2011
20:05

India	5–2	Malaysia
Minz 8' Antil 18', 69' Rupinder Pal 22' Sunil 35'	Report	34' Shahrun 43'

Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Levi Stephen (AUS)

11 May 2011
16:05

Malaysia	2–3	New Zealand
30' Faizal 68'	Report	Wilson 16' Jenness 57' Edwards 70'

Umpires:
Levi Stephen (AUS)
Yoon Shin-Dong (KOR)

11 May 2011
18:05

Australia	4–2	South Korea
Deavin 8' Paterson 12', 67' Turner 34'	Report	You 15' Hyun 39'

Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Waqas Ahmad Butt (PAK)

11 May 2011
20:05

India	1–3	Pakistan
Rupinder Pal 22'	Report	Bhutta 49' Imran 56' Abbas 57'

Umpires:
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
(GBR)

12 May 2011
16:05

Australia	2–1	Great Britain
Dancer 8' Ciriello 29'	Report	R. Mantell 57'

Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)

12 May 2011
18:05

India	3–7	New Zealand
Sunil 20' Gurwinder 26', 41'	Report	Wilson 24' Hilton 32', 64' Hayward 46', 57' 52' Neal 58'

Umpires:
Levi Stephen (AUS)
Kurupusamy Lingam (MAS)

12 May 2011
20:05

Malaysia	3–1	South Korea
Nabil 43' Faizal 58' 67'	Report	Nam 17'

Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

14 May 2011
16:05

South Korea	3–1	Great Britain
Yoon 10' 23' You 41'	Report	Daly 20'

Umpires:
Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
Karupusamy Lingam (MAS)

14 May 2011
18:05

Pakistan	3–2	Malaysia
Abbas 15' Waqas 21' Abbasi 51'	Report	35' Razie 57'

Umpires:
Levi Stephen (AUS)
Yoon Shin-Dong (KOR)

14 May 2011
20:05

New Zealand	2–4	Australia
Edwards 31' Child 68'	Report	Dancer 12' Turner 15', 16' Ciriello 28'

Umpires:
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
(SCO)

Classification[]

Fifth and sixth place[]

15 May 2011
15:35

India	1–2	South Korea
Vikram 41'	Report	Nam 11' Jang 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 34' Moore 53' Smith 59' Daly 65'	Report	Jenness 20' Hilton 69'

Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Waqas Ahmad Butt (PAK)

Final[]

15 May 2011
20:35

Australia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Pakistan
Ciriello 11', 83' Turner 44'	Report	Abbas 31' Butt 62'

Umpires:
Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
(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
Shakeel Abbasi	Rupinder Pal Singh Sohail Abbas	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
Kumar Subramaniam	Fergus Kavanagh Glenn Kirkham Rupinder Pal Singh Dean Couzins	Simon Orchard Steven Edwards Shakeel Abbasi	Glenn Turner Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin You Hyo-Sik

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Australia	7	6	1	0	21	10	+11	19	Gold Medal
	Pakistan	7	4	0	3	19	18	+1	12	Silver Medal
	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