2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 16th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	5–13 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (5th title)
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	78 (3.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Song Yi (5 goals)
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Participating nations

Eight countries participated in the tournament:^[1]

•  India
•  Malaysia
•  Australia
•  Pakistan
•  Argentina
•  China
•  Canada
•  South Korea

Fixtures and 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	Australia	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Semi-finals
2	India	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Argentina	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
4	China	3	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0

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

5 May 2007 16:05 Australia  1–0  India Ockenden  50' Report

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6 May 2007 16:05 Argentina  1–0  Australia Rossi  48' Report

6 May 2007 20:05 India  5–4  China Prabhjot  5' Raghunath  19', 43' Rajpal  35' Lakra  60' Report Yu  4' Song Y.  20', 62' Hu  37'

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7 May 2007 18:05 Argentina  3–2  China Vila  13', 32' Rossi  63' Report Liu X.  25' Song Y.  59'

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9 May 2007 18:05 Australia  7–2  China Ford  15', 47' Naylor  19' Livermore  35' Schubert  37', 52', 63' Report Meng  42' Song Y.  70'

9 May 2007 20:05 India  2–0  Argentina Chhikara  66' Khandekar  69' Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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

5 May 2007 18:05 South Korea  1–0  Canada Jeong  44' Report

5 May 2007 20:05 Pakistan  2–2  Malaysia I. Khan  13' Warsi  42' Report Zulkifli  6' Ismail  29'

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6 May 2007 18:05 Malaysia  2–0  Canada Mohan  10' Shahrun  70' Report

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8 May 2007 18:05 Pakistan  2–0  Canada S. Khan  4' Ali  33' Report

8 May 2007 20:05 Malaysia  1–0  South Korea Ismail  59' Report

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9 May 2007 16:05 South Korea  4–2  Pakistan Kang M.  9' Jeong  24', 47' Hong  61' Report Aziz  4' Imran  13'

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	10 May 2007
	Argentina	3
					12 May 2007
	Canada	0
					Argentina	4
	10 May 2007
					Pakistan	2
	Pakistan	3
	China	1
					Seventh Place
					12 May 2007
					Canada	2
					China	4

Crossover

10 May 2007 18:05 Argentina  3–0  Canada Corradini  29' Gilardi  31' Ibarra  66' Report

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10 May 2007 20:05 Pakistan  3–1  China Report

Seventh and eighth place

12 May 2007 15:35 Canada  2–4  China Fernandes  27' Wettlaufer  34' Report Liu X.  17', 66', 69' Song  27'

Fifth and sixth place

12 May 2007 18:05 Argentina  4–2  Pakistan Ibarra  11', 65' Rossi  16' Garreta  24' Report I. Khan  47' Butt  61'

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 May 2007
	Australia	6
					13 May 2007
	South Korea	2
					Australia	3
	11 May 2007
					Malaysia	1
	Malaysia	2
	India	1
					Third Place
					13 May 2007
					South Korea	0
					India	1

Semi-finals

11 May 2007 18:05 Australia  6–2  South Korea Abbott  9', 68' A. Smith  14' De Young  37', 60' Matheson  51' Report Jeong  12' Lee S.  51'

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11 May 2007 20:05 Malaysia  2–1  India Tengku  11' Kelvinder  40' Report Shivendra  14'

Third and Fourth place

13 May 2007 15:35 South Korea  0–1  India Report Sardar  56'

Final

13 May 2007 18:05 Australia  3–1  Malaysia Ockenden  39', 41' Ford  53' Report Mohan  70'

Final standings

• This ranking does not reflect the actual performance of the team as the ranking issued by the International Hockey Federation. This is just a benchmark ranking in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup only.

Position	Team
1	Australia
2	Malaysia
3	India
4	South Korea
5	Argentina
6	Pakistan
7	China
8	Canada

Goalscorers

There were 78 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.

5 goals

• Song Yi

4 goals

• Liu Xiantang
• Jeong Yun-sang

3 goals

• Pedro Ibarra
• Lucas Rossi
• Russell Ford
• Edward Ockenden
• Grant Schubert

2 goals

• Rodrigo Vila
• Desmond Abbott
• Liam de Young
• Vokkaliga Ramachandra Raghunath
• Ismail Abu
• Mohan Jiwa
• Ihsan Ullah Khan

1 goal

• Agustín Corradini
• Juan Garreta
• Juan Ignacio Gilardi
• Brent Livermore
• Eli Matheson
• Matthew Naylor
• Andrew Smith
• Wayne Fernandes
• Paul Wettlaufer
• Hu Huiren
• Meng Lizhi
• Yu Yang
• Bimal Lakra
• Bharat Chhikara
• Tushar Khandekar
• Prabhjot Singh
• Rajpal Singh
• Sardara Singh
• Shivendra Singh
• Shahrun Nabil
• Zulkifli Rejab
• Kelvinder Singh
• Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
• Akhtar Ali
• Tariq Aziz
• Rehan Butt
• Muhammad Imran
• Shabbir Khan
• Syed Imran Ali Warsi
• Hong Eun-seong
• Kang Moon-kweon
• Lee Sung-min