2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	29 April 2017–6 May 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	73 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tom Craig ; Trent Mitton ; Mandeep Singh (5 goals)
Best player	Tom Craig
← 2016 (previous)	(next) 2018 →

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 has decreased by one compared to last year’s tournament where seven teams competed. Pakistan and Canada, who competed previously, will 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[]

Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
Paul Walker (GBR)
Bruce Bale (ENG) - Video Umpire

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	Advance to Final
3	India	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7	Third place match
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	7	9	−2	7	Third place match
5	Japan	5	1	1	3	12	15	−3	4	Fifth place match
6	Malaysia (H)	5	1	1	3	3	9	−6	4	Fifth place match

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Host

29 April 2017
16:05 MST

Great Britain	2–2	India
T. Carson 25' Forsyth 52'	Report	19' A. Singh 47' Mand. Singh

Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

29 April 2017
18:05 MST

New Zealand	1–1	Australia
Newman 52'	Report	32' T. Craig

Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

29 April 2017
20:35 MST

Malaysia	1–1	Japan
Razie 8'	Report	40' Yamada

Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

30 April 2017
16:05 MST

India	3–0	New Zealand
Mand. Singh 23' Harm. Singh 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	3' Middleton 12' Goodfield 15' Ward 32' T. Carson 52' Forsyth

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	42' Faizal

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Paul Walker (GBR)

2 May 2017
16:05 MST

India	1–3	Australia
Harm. Singh 26'	Report	30' Ockenden 34' T. Craig 51' Wickham

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	9', 50' Yamada

Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

2 May 2017
20:35 MST

Malaysia	0–1	Great Britain
	Report	26' Forsyth

Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

3 May 2017
16:05 MST

Japan	3–4	India
Murata 10' 43' Mitani 45'	Report	6' R. P. Singh 45', 51', 58' Mand. Singh

Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

3 May 2017
18:05 MST

Great Britain	1–2	Australia
Gleghorne 51'	Report	44' Mitton 52' Dawson

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	30' Newman 58' Russell

Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

5 May 2017
18:05 MST

Australia	2–3	Japan
Kleinschmidt 7' Mitton 31'	Report	44' Yamada 56', 57' Yamasaki

Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

5 May 2017
20:35 MST

India	0–1	Malaysia
	Report	51' Shahril

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	8' 11' Firhan 34' Faizal

Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Paul Walker (GBR)

Third and fourth place[]

6 May 2017
18:05 MST

India	4–0	New Zealand
R. P. Singh 17', 27' Sunil 48' T. Singh 60'	Report

Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Final[]

6 May 2017
20:35 MST

Australia	3–4	Great Britain
Ockenden 28' 34' Wotherspoon 48'	Report	8' Forsyth 11', 43' Goodfield 33' Willars

Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

Goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	CM	Total
1	Tom Craig	Australia	1	3	1	0	0	0	5
	Trent Mitton	Australia	0	3	0	1	1	0	5
	Mandeep Singh	India	1	1	0	3	0	0	5
4	Alan Forsyth	Great Britain	1	1	1	0	0	1	4
	Shota Yamada	Japan	1	0	2	0	1	0	4
	Kane Russell	New Zealand	0	0	2	1	1	0	4
7	David Goodfield	Great Britain	0	1	0	0	0	2	3
	Harmanpreet Singh	India	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
	Rupinder Pal Singh	India	0	0	0	1	0	2	3
10	Eddie Ockenden	Australia	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
	Tom Carson	Great Britain	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
	Samuel Ward	Great Britain	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
	Mark Gleghorne	Great Britain	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
	Kenta Tanaka	Japan	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
	Koji Yamasaki	Japan	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
	Faizal Saari	Malaysia	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
	Dominic Newman	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
18	Tom Wickham	Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Matt Dawson	Australia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Aaron Kleinschmidt	Australia	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Joshua Pollard	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Dylan Wotherspoon	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Barry Middleton	Great Britain	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Phil Roper	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Ollie Willars	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Akashdeep Singh	India	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	S. V. Sunil	India	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Talwinder Singh	India	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Kota Watanabe	Japan	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Kazuma Murata	Japan	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
		Japan	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Genki Mitani	Japan	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Kaito Tanaka	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Razie Rahim	Malaysia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Shahril Saabah	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Firhan Ashaari	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Sam Lane	New Zealand	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total			8	18	10	11	11	15	73

As of matches played on 6 May 2017

Awards[]

Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were:^[3]

Fairplay: New Zealand
Best Player: Tom Craig
Man of the Match (Final): Alan Forsyth
Best Goalkeeper:
Top Scorer: Tom Craig, Trent Mitton, Mandeep Singh (5 goals)

Final standings[]

References[]

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

External links[]

Official website

[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.

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