1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	28 July - 3 August
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	67 (4.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tahir Zaman (9 goals)
Best player	Pargat Singh
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The 1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 4th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, an invitational international field hockey tournament. It took place in Ipoh, Malaysia at the Azlan Shah Stadium from 28 July to 3 August 1991.

This was the first time the tournament was held after a period of four years with the previous three editions held after every two years. India won its second title remaining unbeaten in the round-robin format. ^[1] India became the first team to regain the tournament after having won their first title in 1985.

Participating nations

Six countries participated in the 1991 tournament: ^[2]

•   Soviet Union
•   Malaysia
•   Pakistan
•   New Zealand
•   South Korea
•   India

Results

Round-robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	India	5	5	0	0	12	1	+11	10	Champions
2	Pakistan	5	4	0	1	28	9	+19	8	Runner-up
3	Soviet Union	5	1	2	2	9	12	-3	4	Third place
4	New Zealand	5	1	1	3	5	12	-7	3
5	Malaysia	5	1	1	3	10	18	-8	3
6	South Korea	5	0	2	3	3	15	-12	2

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

Fixtures

28 July 8:00 New Zealand  1–7   Pakistan Daji   15' Report Shahbaz Sr.   5' Bashir   25' Irfan   42' Zaman   55',  62',  66' Feroz   60'

28 July 17:00 Malaysia  1–4   India Nawawi   28' Report D'Souza   11',  14' Mascarenhas   30' Ahmed   67'

28 July 19:00 South Korea  1–1   Soviet Union Shin-heum   51' Report Atanov   40'

29 July 17:00 Soviet Union  4–5   Pakistan Seksenbayev   21',  47',  51' Atanov   56' Report Feroz   3' Bashir   28',  60',  66' Zaman   31'

29 July 19:00 Malaysia  2–1   New Zealand Embaraj   14' Hadi   45' Report Thornton   30'

30 July 17:00 India  2–0   South Korea Jagdev   34',  47' Report

31 July 8:00 Soviet Union  1–1   New Zealand Report

31 July 17:00 Malaysia  2–2   South Korea Hadi   3' Embaraj   48' Report Seok-gyo   17',  38'

31 July 19:00 Pakistan  0–1   India Report Kumar   5'

1 August 17:00 Malaysia  2–3   Soviet Union Nawawi   12' Zaini   60' Report Atanov   5',  42' Seksenbayev   34'

2 August 8:00 New Zealand  0–2   India Report Jagdev   7' Ahmed   53'

2 August 17:00 Pakistan  8–0   South Korea Bashir   2' Ejaz   5' Zaman   9',  17',  37',  67' Shahbaz Sr.   10' Feroz   64' Report

3 August 8:00 India  3–0   Soviet Union Jagdev   14' Kumar   22' Mascarenhas   50' Report

3 August 15:00 New Zealand  2–0   South Korea C. Russ   1' G. Russ   5' Report

3 August 17:00 Malaysia  3–8   Pakistan Embaraj   30' Hadi   58' Fidelis   68' Report Ejaz   12' Shahbaz Jr.   14' Feroz   37',  50' Zaman   40' Bashir   48',  63' Shahbaz Sr.   65'

Final ranking

• This ranking does not reflect the actual performance of the team as the ranking issued by the International Hockey Federation. This is just a benchmark ranking in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup only.

Position	Team
1	India
2	Pakistan
3	Soviet Union
4	New Zealand
5	Malaysia
6	South Korea

References

External links

• Official website