2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	5–12 April
Teams	5 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	44 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sandeep Singh (6 goals)
Best player	Sandeep Singh
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The 2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 18th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Malaysia from 5 to 12 April 2009.

India won the tournament for the fourth time by defeating the hosts Malaysia 3–1 in the final.

Teams

Five countries participated in the tournament: ^[1]

Team	Appearance	Last Appearance	Previous best performance
Egypt	1st	–	–
India	13th	2008	1st ( 1985, 1991, 1995)
Malaysia	18th	2008	2nd ( 1985, 2007)
New Zealand	11th	2008	3rd ( 1995, 2003, 2008)
Pakistan	15th	2008	1st ( 1999, 2000, 2003)

Results

All times are local, MYT ( UTC+8).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	2	2	0	9	5	+4	8	Final
2	Malaysia (H)	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
3	New Zealand	4	1	3	0	7	6	+1	6	Third Place Match
4	Pakistan	4	1	0	3	9	8	+1	3
5	Egypt	4	0	2	2	4	11	−7	2

5 April 2009 17:00 Egypt  2–2   India Hassan   8' El-Saied   70' Report Sandeep   14' Shivendra   50' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

5 April 2009 19:00 Pakistan  2–3   Malaysia Imran   10' Haider   68' Report Rahim   9' Shahrun   29' Azlan   48' Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Deon Nel (RSA)

6 April 2009 17:00 New Zealand  3–2   Pakistan Bhana   5' Haig   43' Couzins   68' Report Imran   6',  23' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

6 April 2009 19:00 Malaysia  4–1   Egypt Ismail   27' Engku   39' Chua   64',  68' Report El-Hakiem   45' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

8 April 2009 17:00 Egypt  1–1   New Zealand El-Hakiem   38' Report Edwards   51' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Haider Rasool (PAK)

8 April 2009 19:00 Malaysia  0–3   India Report Halappa   19' Sandeep   31' Gurwinder   62' Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

9 April 2009 17:00 India  2–2   New Zealand Sandeep   27',  48' Report Petherick   8' Bartholomew   63' Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Haider Rasool (PAK)

9 April 2009 19:00 Pakistan  4–0   Egypt Imran   14' Abbasi   18',  43',  67' Report Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

11 April 2009 17:00 India  2–1   Pakistan Sandeep   28',  60' Report Saqlain   50' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Deon Nel (RSA)

11 April 2009 19:00 New Zealand  1–1   Malaysia Wilson   49' Report Chua   48' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Classification round

Third and fourth place

12 April 2009 17:00 New Zealand  2–1   Pakistan Petherick   12' Baker   13' Report Abbasi   35' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Sayed Del-Rady (EGY)

Final

12 April 2009 19:30 India  3–1   Malaysia Halappa   8' Prabhjot   20' Shivendra   41' Report Azlan   11' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	India	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11	Gold Medal
	Malaysia (H)	5	2	1	2	9	10	−1	7	Silver Medal
	New Zealand	5	2	3	0	9	7	+2	9	Bronze Medal
4	Pakistan	5	1	0	4	10	10	0	3
5	Egypt	4	0	2	2	4	11	−7	2

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

External links

• Official website