2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 15th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	81 (4.5 per match)
Best player	Roderick Weusthof
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Participating nations

Eight countries participated in the tournament:^[1]

•  India
•  Malaysia
•  Australia
•  Pakistan
•  Argentina
•  Netherlands
•  New Zealand
•  South Korea

Results

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

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Malaysia (H)	3	0	2	1	6	9	−3	2

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

18 June 2006 15:00 Australia  4–1  India Elder  7' Naylor  11', 40' Doerner  64' Report Tejbir  23'

18 June 2006 17:00 South Korea  2–2  Malaysia

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19 June 2006 15:00 South Korea  3–0  Australia Jang  20', 23' You H.  21' Report

19 June 2006 17:00 India  5–2  Malaysia

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21 June 2006 15:00 India  3–0  South Korea Tejbir  11' Sandeep  15' Tushar  53' Report

21 June 2006 17:00 Australia  2–2  Malaysia Livermore  27' Brooks  41' Report Ismail  16' Megat  70'

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Argentina	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3

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

18 June 2006 08:30 Argentina  2–3  New Zealand M. Vila  4', 29' Report Shaw  38' Brooks  50' Petherick  60'

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19 June 2006 08:30 Netherlands  2–3  Pakistan

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20 June 2006 15:00 Argentina  1–4  Netherlands Report

20 June 2006 17:00 Pakistan  3–3  New Zealand  15', 50', 70' Report Shaw  6' McAleese  40' Collier  60'

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22 June 2006 15:00 Pakistan  0–2  Argentina Report Saladino  47', 48'

22 June 2006 17:00 Netherlands  0–0  New Zealand Report

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh and eighth place

24 June 2006 07:30 Malaysia  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Chua  20' Razie  27' Report Paredes  31' Almada  47' Argento  79'

Fifth and sixth place

24 June 2006 09:30 South Korea  1–4  Pakistan Kang  42' Report Abbasi  15' Saqlain  23' Ali  46' Waqas  64'

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 June 2006
	India	0
					25 June 2006
	Netherlands	1
					Netherlands	6
	23 June 2006
					Australia	2
	New Zealand	1
	Australia	7
					Third Place
					25 June 2006
					India	3
					New Zealand	2

Semi-finals

23 June 2006 15:00 India  0–1  Netherlands Report Weusthof  64'

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23 June 2006 17:00 New Zealand  1–7  Australia Petherick  69' Report Schubert  7', 48' Doerner  21', 23' Naylor  38' Brooks  58' Butler  60'

Third and fourth place

25 June 2006 15:00 India  3–2  New Zealand Prasad  8', 35' Sandeep  43' Report Child  10' Shaw  39'

Final

25 June 2006 17:00 Netherlands  6–2  Australia Weusthof  6', 47', 66' Taekema  22' De Nooijer  42' R. Brouwer  52' Report Naylor  60' Schubert  69'

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	13	6	+7	10	Gold Medal
	Australia	5	2	1	2	15	13	+2	7	Silver Medal
	India	5	3	0	2	12	9	+3	9	Bronze Medal
4	New Zealand	5	1	2	2	9	15	−6	5
5	Pakistan	4	2	1	1	10	8	+2	7
6	South Korea	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	4
7	Argentina	4	2	0	2	8	9	−1	6
8	Malaysia (H)	4	0	2	2	8	12	−4	2

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts