2003 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2003 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 12th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

2003 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Teams	5
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (3rd title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	48 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hayden Shaw Sohail Abbas (5 goals)
Best player	Sohail Abbas
← 2001 (previous) (next) 2004 →

Participating nations

Five countries participated in the tournament:^[1]

•  New Zealand
•  Malaysia
•  Pakistan
•  Germany
•  South Korea

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	4	4	0	0	11	6	+5	12	Final
2	Pakistan	4	3	0	1	13	6	+7	9
3	New Zealand	4	2	0	2	10	13	−3	6	Third Place Match
4	South Korea	4	1	0	3	4	6	−2	3
5	Malaysia	4	0	0	4	4	11	−7	0

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[2]

Fixtures

22 March 2003 11:00 Pakistan  6–1  New Zealand Jawwad  9', 58' Saqlain  27' Hussain  38' Abbas  43' Butt  51' Report Shaw  33'

22 March 2003 13:00 Malaysia  0–2  South Korea Report You  17' Lee J.  35'

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23 March 2003 11:00 Germany  4–3  Pakistan Landshut  8' Biederlack  22' Weß  34' Köpp  57' Report Abbas  25' Jawwad  42' Butt  65'

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24 March 2003 11:00 New Zealand  4–2  Malaysia Shaw  8' Patel  12' Burrows  34' Parag  67' Report Rahim  29' Nasir  50'

24 March 2003 13:00 South Korea  0–2  Germany Report Weißenborn  42' Landshut  47'

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26 March 2003 11:00 New Zealand  3–2  South Korea Hari  1' Shaw  40' Burrows  51' Report Seo  16' Jang  68'

26 March 2003 13:00 Pakistan  3–1  Malaysia Raza  2' Abbas  3', 57' Report Norazlan  50'

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27 March 2003 11:00 Malaysia  1–2  Germany Azlan  68' Report Scharowsky  56' Bechmann  63'

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28 March 2003 11:00 Germany  3–2  New Zealand Landshut  7' Zeller  13' Bechmann  53' Report Shaw  30' McIndoe  44'

28 March 2003 13:00 South Korea  0–1  Pakistan Report Abbas  4'

Classification round

Third and fourth place

30 March 2003 09:00 New Zealand  3–2  South Korea Shaw  6' Burrows  42' Hari  64' Report Lee J.  9', 17'

Final

30 March 2003 11:30 Germany  0–1  Pakistan Report Hussain  62'

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorers	Most Promising Player
Sohail Abbas	Hayden Shaw Sohail Abbas	Christopher Zeller

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Pakistan	5	4	0	1	14	6	+8	12	Gold Medal
	Germany	5	4	0	1	11	7	+4	12	Silver Medal
	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	13	15	−2	9	Bronze Medal
4	South Korea	5	1	0	4	6	9	−3	3
5	Malaysia	4	0	0	4	4	11	−7	0

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

5 goals

• Hayden Shaw
• Sohail Abbas

3 goals

• Maximilien Landshut
• Phil Burrows
• Kashif Jawwad
• Lee Jeong-Seon

2 goals

• Christoph Bechmann
• Bevan Hari
• Shabbir Hussain
• Rehan Butt

1 goal

• Sebastian Biederlack
• Benjamin Köpp
• Justus Scharowsky
• Tibor Weißenborn
• Timo Weß
• Christopher Zeller
• Azlan Misron
• Amin Rahim
• Norazlan Rahim
• Nasir Riduan
• Wayne McIndoe
• Umesh Parag
• Mitesh Patel
• Ali Raza
• Muhammad Saqlain
• You Hyo-Sik
• Seo Jong-Ho
• Jang Jong-Hyun