2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 18th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Malaysia from 5 to 12 April 2009.

2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	5–12 April
Teams	5 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	44 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sandeep Singh (6 goals)
Best player	Sandeep Singh
← 2008 (previous) (next) 2010 →

India won the tournament for the fourth time by defeating the hosts Malaysia 3–1 in the final.

Teams

Five countries participated in the tournament:^[1]

Team	Appearance	Last Appearance	Previous best performance
Egypt	1st	–	–
India	13th	2008	1st (1985, 1991, 1995)
Malaysia	18th	2008	2nd (1985, 2007)
New Zealand	11th	2008	3rd (1995, 2003, 2008)
Pakistan	15th	2008	1st (1999, 2000, 2003)

Results

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	2	2	0	9	5	+4	8	Final
2	Malaysia (H)	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
3	New Zealand	4	1	3	0	7	6	+1	6	Third Place Match
4	Pakistan	4	1	0	3	9	8	+1	3
5	Egypt	4	0	2	2	4	11	−7	2

Source: Azlan Shah Cup^[usurped]
(H) Hosts

5 April 2009 17:00 Egypt  2–2  India Hassan  8' El-Saied  70' Report Sandeep  14' Shivendra  50' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

5 April 2009 19:00 Pakistan  2–3  Malaysia Imran  10' Haider  68' Report Rahim  9' Shahrun  29' Azlan  48' Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Deon Nel (RSA)

---

6 April 2009 17:00 New Zealand  3–2  Pakistan Bhana  5' Haig  43' Couzins  68' Report Imran  6', 23' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

6 April 2009 19:00 Malaysia  4–1  Egypt Ismail  27' Engku  39' Chua  64', 68' Report El-Hakiem  45' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

---

8 April 2009 17:00 Egypt  1–1  New Zealand El-Hakiem  38' Report Edwards  51' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Haider Rasool (PAK)

8 April 2009 19:00 Malaysia  0–3  India Report Halappa  19' Sandeep  31' Gurwinder  62' Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

---

9 April 2009 17:00 India  2–2  New Zealand Sandeep  27', 48' Report Petherick  8' Bartholomew  63' Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Haider Rasool (PAK)

9 April 2009 19:00 Pakistan  4–0  Egypt Imran  14' Abbasi  18', 43', 67' Report Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

---

11 April 2009 17:00 India  2–1  Pakistan Sandeep  28', 60' Report Saqlain  50' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Deon Nel (RSA)

11 April 2009 19:00 New Zealand  1–1  Malaysia Wilson  49' Report Chua  48' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Classification round

Third and fourth place

12 April 2009 17:00 New Zealand  2–1  Pakistan Petherick  12' Baker  13' Report Abbasi  35' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Sayed Del-Rady (EGY)

Final

12 April 2009 19:30 India  3–1  Malaysia Halappa  8' Prabhjot  20' Shivendra  41' Report Azlan  11' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	India	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11	Gold Medal
	Malaysia (H)	5	2	1	2	9	10	−1	7	Silver Medal
	New Zealand	5	2	3	0	9	7	+2	9	Bronze Medal
4	Pakistan	5	1	0	4	10	10	0	3
5	Egypt	4	0	2	2	4	11	−7	2

Source: Azlan Shah Cup^[usurped]
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

6 goals

• Sandeep Singh

4 goals

• Shakeel Abbasi
• Muhammad Imran

3 goals

• Chua Boon Huat

2 goals

• Ahmed El-Hakiem
• Shivendra Singh
• Arjun Halappa
• Azlan Misron
• Richard Petherick

1 goal

• Amr El-Saied
• Mohamed Hussain
• Gurwinder Singh Chandi
• Prabhjot Singh
• Ismail Abu
• Engku Malek
• Shahrun Nabil
• Amin Rahim
• Joel Baker
• Joseph Bartholomew
• Priyesh Bhana
• Dean Couzins
• Steven Edwards
• Nicholas Haig
• Nicholas Wilson
• Abbas Haider
• Muhammad Saqlain