2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 19th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, a field hockey tournament held between 6–16 May 2010. Due to bad weather, the final between India and Korea was abandoned after 6 minutes and 14 seconds of play. After discussions and consultations between the Tournament Director Paul Richards, the Organising Committee, with the consent of Sultan Azlan Shah, decided that India and Korea would be joint champions for the 19th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was the 5th title for India and the 2nd for Korea.^[1]

2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (5th title) and  South Korea (2nd title)
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	128 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nam Hyun-Woo (9 goals)
Best player	Sardar Singh
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Participating nations

Seven countries participated in this year's tournament:

•  Australia
•  India
•  South Korea
•  Malaysia
•  China
•  Pakistan
•  Egypt

Results

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

First round

Pool stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	6	4	1	1	21	14	+7	13	Final
2	South Korea	6	3	2	1	20	11	+9	11
3	Australia	6	3	2	1	20	12	+8	11	Third place game
4	Malaysia (H)	6	3	2	1	17	9	+8	11
5	Pakistan	6	2	2	2	24	20	+4	8	Fifth place game
6	China	6	1	1	4	12	19	−7	4
7	Egypt	6	0	0	6	4	33	−29	0

Source: azlanshahcup^[usurped]
(H) Hosts

6 May 2010 16:05 MST South Korea  6–0  Egypt Nam Hyun-woo  6', 28', 60' Kim Young-jin  12' Lee Nam-young  35' You Hyo-sik  39'

6 May 2010 18:05 MST China  1–1  India Sun T.  13' Ravi  69'

6 May 2010 20:05 MST Malaysia  3–3  Pakistan Hafiz  19', 51' Amin  50' Rasool  4' Irfan  56' Zubair  70'

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7 May 2010 16:05 MST Australia  4–0  Egypt Schubert  18' Ciriello  49' Gohdes  59' Govers  64'

7 May 2010 18:05 MST India  4–2  Pakistan Sardar  26' Antil  47' Gurbaj  53' Khandekar  56' Imran  37' Ali  66'

7 May 2010 20:05 MST Malaysia  1–1  South Korea Azlan  51' Oh Dae-keun  13'

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9 May 2010 16:05 MST India  3–2  South Korea Halappa  10' Khandekar  55' Shivendra  60' Nam Hyun-woo  13', 70'

9 May 2010 18:05 MST Pakistan  6–2  China Imran  17' Khan  30', 42' Zubair  45', 47' Rizwan Sr.  61' Yu  18' Sun L.  40'

9 May 2010 20:05 MST Malaysia  1–2  Australia Azlan  5' Ciriello  2' Gohdes  59'

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10 May 2010 16:05 MST South Korea  5–3  China Cho Suk-hoon  25' Nam Hyun-woo  29' You Hyo-sik  32' Yoon Sung-hoon  39' Lee Seung-il  46' Sun L.  3' Yu  37' Meng  59'

10 May 2010 18:05 MST India  4–3  Australia Khandekar  19', 33' Rajpal  21' Shivendra  61' Mitton  38' Ciriello  40' Paterson  69'

10 May 2010 20:05 MST Malaysia  5–0  Egypt Azlan  24', 41' Faizal  33' Amin  40' Tengku  56'

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12 May 2010 16:05 MST Australia  5–5  Pakistan Bates  11' Schubert  17', 61' Ciriello  26', 40' Rizwan Sr.  21' Irfan  53' Imran  58', 69' Umar  64'

12 May 2010 18:05 MST China  5–1  Egypt Liu  15' Cui  23' Na  35' Sun L.  41' Luo  43' Gobran  12'

12 May 2010 20:05 MST Malaysia  5–2  India Amin  27', 48' Tengku  39' Razie  41' Rizal  60' Mujtaba  44' Ravi  68'

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13 May 2010 16:05 MST Pakistan  6–2  Egypt Mossen  12' Zubair  19' Imran  29' Khan  40', 52' Waqas  42' Hassan  51', 70'

13 May 2010 18:05 MST Australia  2–2  South Korea Govers  5' Gohdes  46' Nam Hyun-woo  25' Ro Jong-hwan  58'

13 May 2010 20:05 MST Malaysia  2–1  China Amin  37' Azlan  61' Liu  56'

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15 May 2010 16:05 MST Australia  4–0  China Govers  3', 21' Ciriello  50' Schubert  51'

15 May 2010 18:05 MST South Korea  4–2  Pakistan Lee Nam-yong  38', 46' Nam Hyun-woo  66', 68' Zubair  32' Imran  57'

15 May 2010 20:05 MST India  7–1  Egypt Mahadik  34', 40', 42' Rajpal  44' Rupinder Pal  48' Khandekar  49' Sarvanjit  70' El Hakim  68'

Second round

Classification matches

Fifth and sixth place

16 May 2010 15:35 MST Pakistan  1–1  China Rasool  43' Na  24' Penalties 6–5

Third and fourth place

16 May 2010 18:05 MST Australia  5–3  Malaysia Swann  34' Ford  43' Govers  50' Ciriello  55' Schubert  65' Hafiz  14' Amin  48' Tengku  70'

Final

16 May 2010 20:35 MST India  0–0  South Korea

Match abandoned after 6 minutes and 14 seconds due to bad weather, both teams declared joint winners.

Awards

XI Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Kumar Subramaniam	Sardar Singh	Baljit Singh	Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
	Gurbaj Singh	Hong Eun-seong	You Hyo-sik
	Lee Nam-yong	Arjun Halappa	Kieran Govers
	Muhammad Imran

Champions

• India
• South Korea

Fairplay

• Egypt

Player of the Tournament

• Sardar Singh

Goalkeeper of the Tournament

• Kumar Subramaniam

Top Scorer

• Nam Hyun-woo (9 goals)

Scorers

9 goals Nam Hyun Woo 7 goals Christopher Ciriello 6 goals Amin Rahim Muhammad Imran 5 goals Azlan Misron Muhammad Zubair Tushar Khandekar Grant Schubert Kieran Govers 4 goals Abdul Haseem Khan 3 goals Haffihafiz Hanafi Tengku Ahmad Tajudin Dhananjay Mahadik Matt Gohdes Sun Long Lee Nam Yong 2 goals Rajpal Singh Paul Ravi Shivendra Singh You Hyo Sik Muhammad Irfan Muhammad Rizwan Shafqat Rasool Yu Yang Liu Yixian Na Yubo Muhamed Hassan

1 goal Faizal Saari Razie Rahim Rizal Nasir Arjun Halappa Sardar Singh Mandip Antil Gurbaj Singh Mujtaba Danish Rupinder Pal Singh Sarvanjit Singh Timothy Bates Trent Mitton Matthew Swann Russell Ford Lee Seung Il Cho Suk Hoon Yong Sung Hoon Oh Dae Keun Kim Young Jin Ro Jong Hwan Muhammad Umar Kashif Ali Ahmed Mossen Muhammad Waqas Cui Yongxin Luo Fangming Sun Tianjun Meng Jun Hossam Gobran Ahmed El Hakim

Final ranking

• 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	India and  South Korea
2	-
3	Australia
4	Malaysia
5	Pakistan
6	China
7	Egypt