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2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

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2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Dates29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)–6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
Teams6
VenueAzlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions Great Britain (2nd title)
Runner-up Australia
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored73 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Thomas Craig
Australia Trent Mitton
India Mandeep Singh (5 goals)
Best playerAustralia Thomas Craig
Best goalkeeperJapan Suguru Shimmoto
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

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Six countries are participating in this year's tournament:

Umpires

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  1. Sean Rapaport (RSA)
  2. Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
  3. Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
  4. Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
  5. Nichol Bevan (NZL)
  6. Steve Rogers (AUS)
  7. Paul Walker (GBR)
  8. Bruce Bale (ENG) - Video Umpire

Squads

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Results

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All times are in Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool

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

Classification

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Fifth and sixth place

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Third and fourth place

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Final

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Awards

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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) Australia Thomas Craig Japan Suguru Shimmoto United Kingdom Alan Forsyth  New Zealand

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain 6 4 1 1 16 12 +4 13 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 6 3 1 2 17 11 +6 10 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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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

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  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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