2014 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2014 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 23rd edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 13 to 23 March.

2014 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	13 March 2014 (2014-03-13)–23 March 2014 (2014-03-23)
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (8th title)
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	107 (5.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nicholas Budgeon (8 goals)
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As with the previous tournament, six teams competed. India, New Zealand and Pakistan, who competed previously, did not join this edition and were replaced by Canada, China, and South Africa.

Participating nations

Six countries participated in the 2014 tournament:

•  Malaysia (Host)
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  China
•  South Korea
•  South Africa

Umpires

1. Javed Shaikh (IND)
2. David Sweetman (SCO)
3. Ben de Young (AUS)
4. Deric Leung (CAN)
5. Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
6. Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)
7. Tao Zhinan (CHN)
8. John Wright (RSA)

Results

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

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	31	3	+28	15	Advance to Final
2	Malaysia (H)	5	3	1	1	17	14	+3	10
3	South Korea	5	3	1	1	14	11	+3	10	Third place match
4	China	5	1	0	4	13	21	−8	3
5	Canada	5	1	0	4	7	18	−11	3	Fifth place match
6	South Africa	5	1	0	4	7	22	−15	3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2014. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

13 March 2014 18:05 MST Australia  7 –0  China Budgeon  3', 56', 65' Mitton  20' Dwyer  34' Whetton  37' Ford  47' Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)

13 March 2014 20:05 MST South Africa  2–3  Malaysia Eustice  16', 57' Report Shahril  10' Rashid  42' Faizal  63' Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

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14 March 2014 18:05 MST South Korea  3–0  Canada Jang  7' Kang Moon-kw.  11', 16' Report Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

14 March 2014 20:05 MST China  5–0  South Africa Dong  3' Sun  7' Wang B.  14' Zhang  20' Meng W.  27' Report Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Deric Leung (CAN)

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16 March 2014 16:05 MST Australia  6–0  Canada Simpson  10' Hayward  26' Budgeon  35' Ford  46' Whetton  53', 63' Report Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Javed Shaikh (IND)

16 March 2014 20:05 MST South Korea  2–2  Malaysia Oh  10', 30' Report Shahril  58' Faizal  65' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Ben de Young (AUS)

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17 March 2014 16:05 MST South Africa  0–7  Australia Report Mitton  30' Dwyer  34', 46' Budgeon  35' Ciriello  52' Beale  55' Knowles  62' Umpires: Deric Leung (CAN) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

17 March 2014 18:05 MST China  2–3  South Korea Zhang  32' Du T.  37' Report Kim S.  19' Jang  50', 66' Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) John Wright (RSA)

17 March 2014 20:05 MST Malaysia  3–1  Canada Faizal  4', 46' Kazamirul  67' Report Froese  15' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)

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19 March 2014 18:05 MST Canada  2–3  South Africa Tupper  12' Guest  49' Report Drummond  28' Tsolekile  33' Hykes  67' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

19 March 2014 20:05 MST Malaysia  7–3  China Marhan  6' Azlan  9' Izad  24' Ahmad  26' Shahril  30' Fitri  45' Firhan  62' Report E  44' Du T.  61', 66' Umpires: Deric Leung (CAN) David Sweetman (SCO)

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20 March 2014 18:05 MST Canada  4–3  China Guest  1', 15' Johnston  33' Smythe  64' Report Guo  3' Yue  46' Du T.  59' Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)

20 March 2014 20:05 MST South Korea  1–5  Australia Jang  32' Report Mitton  10' Budgeon  35' Hayward  59' Gohdes  63', 70' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) John Wright (RSA)

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22 March 2014 18:05 MST Australia  6–2  Malaysia Budgeon  17' Ciriello  38', 59' Ford  42' Beale  43' Hayward  46' Report Faizal  61', 70' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

22 March 2014 18:05 MST South Africa  2–5  South Korea Malgraff  18' B. Panther  69' Report Jung  22' Kang Moon-kw.  26' Hyun  42' Kang Moon-ky.  68' Jang  70' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) David Sweetman (SCO)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

23 March 2014 15:35 MST Canada  2–0  South Africa Froese  62' Curran  66' Report Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

Third and fourth place

23 March 2014 18:05 MST South Korea  3–2  China Kim Y.  20' Jang  24', 70' Report Du T.  31' Sun  39' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Deric Leung (CAN)

Final

23 March 2014 20:05 MST Australia  8–3  Malaysia Ciriello  6', 17', 42', 52' Ockenden  11' Budgeon  46' Gohdes  65' White  68' Report Shahril  24' Rashid  40' Fitri  67' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	Australia	6	6	0	0	39	6	+33	18	Gold Medal
	Malaysia (H)	6	3	1	2	20	22	−2	10	Silver Medal
	South Korea	6	4	1	1	17	13	+4	13	Bronze Medal
4	China	6	1	0	5	15	24	−9	3
5	Canada	6	2	0	4	9	18	−9	6
6	South Africa	6	1	0	5	7	24	−17	3

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.94 goals per match.

8 goals

• Nicholas Budgeon

7 goals

• Christopher Ciriello
• Jang Jong-hyun

6 goals

• Faizal Saari

5 goals

• Du Talake

4 goals

• Shahril Saabah

3 goals

• Jamie Dwyer
• Russell Ford
• Matthew Gohdes
• Jeremy Hayward
• Trent Mitton
• Jacob Whetton
• Matthew Guest
• Kang Moon-kweon

2 goals

• Daniel Beale
• Adam Froese
• Sun Long
• Zhang Zhixuan
• Rashid Baharom
• Fitri Saari
• Jethro Eustice
• Oh Dae-keun

1 goal

• Mark Knowles
• Edward Ockenden
• Glenn Simpson
• Tristan White
• Taylor Curran
• Gordon Johnston
• Iain Smythe
• Scott Tupper
• Wang Bowen
• E Liguang
• Meng Wei
• Guo Xiaoping
• Dong Yang
• Huang Yue
• Firhan Ashaari
• Izad Hakimi Jamaluddin
• Marhan Jalil
• Azlan Misron
• Kazamirul Nasruddin
• Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
• Timothy Drummond
• Julian Hykes
• Ignatius Malgraff
• Brandon Panther
• Lungile Tsolekile
• Hyun Hye-sung
• Jung Man-jae
• Kang Moon-kyu
• Kim Seong-kyu
• Kim Young-jin

Source: FIH

References

• FIH

External links

• Official website