2004 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2004 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 13th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

2004 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Teams	7 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	Malaysia National Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	120 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sohail Abbas (10 goals)
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Participating nations

Seven countries participated in the tournament:^[1]

•  Australia
•  Germany
•  India
•  Malaysia
•  Pakistan
•  South Korea
•  Spain

Results

Preliminary round

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	6	4	2	0	18	12	+6	14	Final
2	Australia	6	3	2	1	15	12	+3	11
3	South Korea	6	3	1	2	15	11	+4	10	Third Place Match
4	Germany	6	3	1	2	18	16	+2	10
5	Spain	6	2	2	2	17	17	0	8	Fifth Place Match
6	Malaysia	6	0	3	3	11	17	−6	3
7	India	6	0	1	5	10	19	−9	1

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

Fixtures

8 January 2004 16:05 South Korea  2–4  Pakistan Seo  35' Lee J.  43' Report Butt  14', 42' Nadeem  39' Hussain  68'

8 January 2004 18:05 India  1–3  Germany Sandeep  18' Report Michel  4', 44' Kunz  7'

8 January 2004 20:05 Malaysia  3–3  Spain Kuhan  9', 37', 70' Report Amat  2' Freixa  17', 44'

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9 January 2004 16:05 Pakistan  3–2  India Abbas  13', 27', 51' Report Baljit  15' Rajpal  18'

9 January 2004 18:05 Spain  3–1  Australia Sojo  13' Freixa  49', 58' Report Brooks  26'

9 January 2004 20:05 Germany  4–2  Malaysia Michel  17', 66' Emmerling  58' Hentschel  68' Report Ismail  21' Rahim  44'

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10 January 2004 18:05 Australia  1–1  South Korea Elder  61' Report Lee J.  64'

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11 January 2004 16:05 South Korea  1–2  Germany Song  34' Report Michel  27' Bechmann  68'

11 January 2004 18:05 Malaysia  2–2  India Krishnamurthy  32' Ismail  64' Report Aiyappa  21' Halappa  62'

11 January 2004 20:05 Pakistan  4–2  Spain Hussain  6' Jawwad  17', 45', 66' Report Amat  43' Ribas  62'

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12 January 2004 18:05 Australia  3–2  Malaysia Brooks  12' Elder  31', 52' Report Keevan  18' Azlan  56'

12 January 2004 20:05 Germany  3–4  Pakistan Witthaus  34' Köpp  45' Michel  53' Report Abbas  42', 51', 59' Nadeem  65'

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13 January 2004 18:05 South Korea  4–1  Spain Lee J.  17', 66' Seo  42' Yeo  65' Report Escarré  41'

13 January 2004 20:05 India  2–4  Australia Pillay  15', 16' Report Woodhouse  27' Elder  42' Taylor  50' Schubert  65'

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14 January 2004 16:05 Spain  4–4  Germany Freixa  4', 31', 34' Amat  27' Report Köpp  10' Kunz  51', 66' Michel  69'

14 January 2004 18:05 Pakistan  1–1  Malaysia Abbas  48' Report Kuhan  43'

14 January 2004 20:05 India  2–3  South Korea Aiyappa  17' Halappa  64' Report Yoon  25' Yeo  29', 37'

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15 January 2004 18:05 Australia  2–2  Pakistan De Young  13' Boyce  54' Report Abbas  37' Khalid  51'

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16 January 2004 16:05 Spain  4–1  India Freixa  6' Ribas  21' Sojo  42' Escarré  69' Report Aiyappa  66'

16 January 2004 18:05 Germany  2–4  Australia Witthaus  32', 68' Report McCann  14' Brooks  36' Schubert  64', 67'

16 January 2004 20:05 Malaysia  1–4  South Korea Kuhan  70' Report Lee J.  1', 2', 4' Ji  39'

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

18 January 2004 08:05 Spain  2–1  Malaysia Freixa  49' Velázquez  58' Report Chua  18'

Third and fourth place

18 January 2004 15:35 South Korea  3–3  Germany Lee J.  38', 51' Seo  57' Report Weißenborn  21' Witthaus  23' Bechmann  47' Penalties Yeo Kim Ky. Lee J. Seo 3–2 Scharowsky Kunz Emmerling Bechmann Weißenborn

Final

18 January 2004 18:05 Pakistan  3–4  Australia Jawwad  30' Abbas  44', 65' Report Brooks  21', 29' Boyce  32' Elder  57'

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Australia	7	4	2	1	19	15	+4	14	Gold Medal
	Pakistan	7	4	2	1	21	16	+5	14	Silver Medal
	South Korea	7	3	2	2	18	14	+4	11	Bronze Medal
4	Germany	7	3	2	2	21	19	+2	11
5	Spain	7	3	2	2	19	18	+1	11
6	Malaysia	7	0	3	4	12	19	−7	3
7	India	6	0	1	5	10	19	−9	1

Source: Hockey Australia

Goalscorers

There were 120 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

10 goals

• Sohail Abbas

9 goals

• Lee Jeong-Seon
• Santiago Freixa

7 goals

• Björn Michel

5 goals

• Travis Brooks
• Troy Elder
• Kuhan Shanmuganathan

4 goals

• Matthias Witthaus
• Kashif Jawwad

3 goals

• Grant Schubert
• Florian Kunz
• Len Aiyappa
• Seo Jong-Ho
• Yeo Woon-Kon
• Pol Amat

2 goals

• Michael Boyce
• Christoph Bechmann
• Benjamin Köpp
• Arjun Halappa
• Dhanraj Pillay
• Ismail Abu
• Rehan Butt
• Shabbir Hussain
• Muhammad Nadeem
• Juan Escarré
• Xavier Ribas
• Víctor Sojo

1 goal

• Michael McCann
• Benjamin Taylor
• Tristram Woodhouse
• Liam de Young
• Björn Emmerling
• Tobias Hentschel
• Tibor Weißenborn
• Baljit Singh Dhillon
• Rajpal Singh
• Sandeep Singh
• Chua Boon Huat
• Krishnamurthy Gobinathan
• Azlan Misron
• Amin Rahim
• Keevan Raj
• Saleem Khalid
• Ji Seung-Hwan
• Song Seung-Tae
• Yoon Young-Sik
• Alberto Velázquez