2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 17th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	112 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sandeep Singh (9 goals)
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Participating nations

Seven countries participated in the tournament:^[1]

•  India
•  Malaysia
•  New Zealand
•  Pakistan
•  Argentina
•  Belgium
•  Canada

Results

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

Preliminary round

Pool

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

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

Fixtures

8 May 2008 16:00 India  3–4  New Zealand Sandeep  14', 20', 60' Report Stephenson  22' Child  32' Burrows  45' Brooks  54'

8 May 2008 18:00 Argentina  2–1  Belgium Sosa  33' Argento  60' Report Truyens  54'

8 May 2008 20:00 Pakistan  3–2  Malaysia Ateeq  22' Abbasi  28' Saqlain  60' Report Kelvinder  1' Rahim  23'

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9 May 2008 16:00 Canada  1–0  Belgium Guest  51' Report

9 May 2008 18:00 Pakistan  6–3  New Zealand Butt  11', 30', 60', 70' Abbasi  14' Saqlain  28' Report Burrows  6' Shaw  33', 47'

9 May 2008 20:00 Argentina  5–1  India Callioni  11', 44' Ibarra  31' Argento  45' López  53' Report Sandeep  25'

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11 May 2008 16:00 Canada  1–3  India Fernandes  8' Report Diwakar  44', 51' Shivendra  53'

11 May 2008 18:00 Malaysia  2–0  New Zealand Azlan  32' Selvaraju  43' Report

11 May 2008 20:00 Pakistan  3–3  Argentina Zubair  10' Saqlain  44' Akbar  63' Report Ibarra  30' Gilardi  50' Bergner  56'

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12 May 2008 16:00 Belgium  4–6  India De Saedeleer  24' Briels  45', 59' C. Vandeweghe  61' Report Shivendra  9', 68' Diwakar  22' Sandeep  29', 35' Sunil  32'

12 May 2008 18:00 Canada  1–2  Pakistan Kullar  1' Report Butt  62' Saqlain  65'

12 May 2008 18:00 Malaysia  0–5  Argentina Report Callioni  19', 28' Gilardi  46' Cammareri  54' Argento  68'

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14 May 2008 16:00 New Zealand  1–2  Argentina Collier  32' Report López  9' Gilardi  15'

14 May 2008 18:00 Belgium  5–3  Pakistan Briels  2' Dohmen  18' C. Vandeweghe  24' Dekeyser  37' L. Vandeweghe  69' Report Abbasi  4' Butt  23' Saqlain  35'

14 May 2008 20:00 Malaysia  2–2  Canada Chua  19' Rahim  27' Report Sukhwinder  23' Tupper  62'

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15 May 2008 16:00 India  2–1  Pakistan Sandeep  7' Diwakar  26' Report Saqlain  59'

15 May 2008 18:00 New Zealand  3–0  Canada Kosoof  20' Couzins  48' Wilson  63' Report

15 May 2008 20:00 Belgium  4–2  Malaysia C. Vandeweghe  20', 43' Dekeyser  52' Briels  69' Report Rahim  24', 46'

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17 May 2008 16:00 Argentina  2–2  Canada Callioni  48' Sosa  60' Report Sukhwinder  61' Kahlon  69'

17 May 2008 18:00 India  2–1  Malaysia Shivendra  24' Sandeep  53' Report Rahim  70+'

17 May 2008 20:00 New Zealand  3–1  Belgium Shaw  9' Child  22', 45' Report Dohmen  59'

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

18 May 2008 16:00 Belgium  3–4 (a.e.t.)  Canada Dekeyser  3', 8' Luycx  58' Report Grimes  5' Kahlon  12' Kullar  45' Wright  83'

Third and fourth place

18 May 2008 18:00 Pakistan  1–2  New Zealand Butt  21' Report Child  23' Stephenson  47'

Final

18 May 2008 20:00 Argentina  2–1 (a.e.t.)  India Almada  14', 73' Report Sandeep  10'

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Argentina	7	5	2	0	21	9	+12	17	Gold Medal
	India	7	4	0	3	18	18	0	12	Silver Medal
	New Zealand	7	4	0	3	16	15	+1	12	Bronze Medal
4	Pakistan	7	3	1	3	19	18	+1	10
5	Canada	7	2	2	3	11	15	−4	8
6	Belgium	7	2	0	5	18	21	−3	6
7	Malaysia	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4

Source: Azlan Shah Cup

Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.

9 goals

• Sandeep Singh

6 goals

• Rehan Butt
• Muhammad Saqlain

5 goals

• Facundo Callioni
• Amin Rahim

4 goals

• Thomas Briels
• Jérôme Dekeyser
• Charles Vandeweghe
• Diwakar Ram
• Shivendra Singh
• Simon Child
• Shakeel Abbasi

3 goals

• Tomás Argento
• Juan Ignacio Gilardi
• Hayden Shaw

2 goals

• Mario Almada
• Pedro Ibarra
• Juan Martín López
• Martín Sosa
• John-John Dohmen
• Ravi Kahlon
• Bindi Kullar
• Sukhwinder Singh
• Phil Burrows
• Lloyd Stephenson

1 goal

• Ignacio Bergner
• Lucas Cammareri
• Alexandre de Saedeleer
• Maxime Luycx
• Jérôme Truyens
• Loïc Vandeweghe
• Wayne Fernandes
• Connor Grimes
• Matthew Guest
• Scott Tupper
• Phillip Wright
• S. V. Sunil
• Chua Boon Huat
• Azlan Misron
• Selvaraju Sandrakasi
• Kelvinder Singh
• Gareth Brooks
• Benjamin Collier
• Dean Couzins
• David Kosoof
• Nicholas Wilson
• Waqas Akbar
• Muhammad Ateeq
• Muhammad Zubair