2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)–6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
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)	Thomas Craig Trent Mitton Mandeep Singh (5 goals)
Best player	Thomas Craig
All statistics are correct as of 6 May 2017 ← 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 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:

•   Malaysia (Host)
•   Australia
•   Great Britain
•   India
•   Japan
•   New Zealand

Umpires

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

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: ^[3]

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

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

External links

• Official website