2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 25th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 6–16 April 2016.^[1]

2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	6 (6)–16 April 2016 (2016-04-16)
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (9th title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	107 (4.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Arslan Qadir (6 goals)
All statistics are correct as of 7 April 2016 ← 2015 (previous) (next) 2017 →

Australia won the title for the ninth time after defeating India 4–0 in final.^[2]

Participating nations

Seven countries are participating in this year's tournament:

•  Australia
•  India
•  Pakistan
•  Japan
•  Malaysia
•  New Zealand
•  Canada

Umpires

• Peter Wright (RSA)
• Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)
• Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)
• Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)
• Deric Leung (CAN)
• Javed Shaikh (IND)
• Simon Taylor (NZL)
• Murray Grime (AUS)
• Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)

Results

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

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	6	6	0	0	21	3	+18	18	Advance to Final
2	India	6	4	0	2	18	11	+7	12
3	New Zealand	6	3	2	1	15	10	+5	11	Third place match
4	Malaysia	6	2	2	2	12	19	−7	8
5	Pakistan	6	2	0	4	11	17	−6	6	Fifth place match
6	Canada	6	1	2	3	8	13	−5	5
7	Japan	6	0	0	6	8	20	−12	0

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

6 April 2016 16:05 Pakistan  3–1  Canada Qadir  27', 28' Arshad  52' Report Hildreth  48' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

6 April 2016 18:05 Japan  1–2  India Kitazato  17' Report Harmanpreet  25' Sardar  32' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Deric Leung (CAN)

6 April 2016 20:35 New Zealand  3–3  Malaysia Wilson  22', 34' Child  55' Report Firhan  15' Razie  44' Shahril  48' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)

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7 April 2016 16:05 Australia  5–1  India Govers  5' Whetton  13' Ockenden  20' Orchard  26' Gohdes  53' Report Rupinder Pal  8' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

7 April 2016 18:05 Canada  1–1  New Zealand Johnston  25' Report Woods  45' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)

7 April 2016 20:35 Malaysia  4–3  Japan Razie  2', 11' Haziq  14' Fitri  32' Report Sakamoto  3' Yamada  54', 60' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Deric Leung (CAN)

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9 April 2016 16:05 Canada  3–1  Japan Pearson  34' Ho-Garcia  35' Tupper  45' Report Sakamoto  42' Umpires: Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS) Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)

9 April 2016 18:05 New Zealand  5–3  Pakistan Jenness  11' Child  19' Woods  39', 42' Russell  44' Report Qadir  8', 52' Irfan  23' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

9 April 2016 20:35 Malaysia  1–5  Australia Razie  24' Report Whetton  26' Ogilvie  40', 41' Gohdes  40' Craig  55' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (MAS) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

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10 April 2016 16:05 Japan  1–4  New Zealand Murata  20' Report Wilson  4' Child  13' Woods  27' Inglis  58' Umpires: Deric Leung (CAN) Murray Grime (AUS)

10 April 2016 18:05 Pakistan  0–4  Australia Report Govers  24' Craig  41' Dwyer  42' Zalewski  52' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)

10 April 2016 20:35 India  3–1  Canada Thimmaiah  3' Harmanpreet  41' Talwinder  57' Report Pereira  23' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

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12 April 2016 16:05 New Zealand  0–1  Australia Report Dwyer  22' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Peter Wright (RSA)

12 April 2016 18:05 India  5–1  Pakistan Manpreet  4' Sunil  10', 41' Talwinder  50' Rupinder Pal  54' Report Irfan  7' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL)

12 April 2016 20:35 Canada  2–2  Malaysia Tupper  21' Guest  45' Report Shahril  29' Nabil  31' Umpires: Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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13 April 2016 16:05 India  1–2  New Zealand Mandeep  36' Report Russell  28' Wilson  41' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

13 April 2016 18:05 Australia  3–1  Japan Dwyer  17', 36' Govers  30' Report Fukuda  37' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)

13 April 2016 20:35 Pakistan  0–1  Malaysia Report Razie  4' Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Deric Leung (CAN)

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15 April 2016 16:05 Japan  1–4  Pakistan Yamada  48' Report Shan  20' Ali  24' Qadir  8', 57' Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SIN) Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)

15 April 2016 18:05 Australia  3–0  Canada Knowles  16' Govers  33' Ogilvie  36' Report Umpires: Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK) Javed Shaikh (IND)

15 April 2016 20:35 Malaysia  1–6  India Shahril  46' Report Thimmaiah  3' Harjeet  7' Ramandeep  25', 39' Mujtaba  27' Talwinder  50' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Deric Leung (CAN)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

16 April 2016 15:40 Pakistan  3–1  Canada Ahmed  11' Ahmad  27' Arshad  57' Report Smythe  51' Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

Third and fourth place

16 April 2016 18:05 New Zealand  3–3  Malaysia Phillips  27' Russell  43', 59' Report Ramadan  7' Fitri  11' Shahril  3' Penalties Inglis Wilson Neal Coughlan Muir 5–4 Firhan Faiz Shahril Haziq Fitri Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND)

Final

16 April 2016 20:45 Australia  4–0  India Craig  25', 35' Gohdes  43', 57' Report Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Peter Wright (RSA)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	Australia	7	7	0	0	25	3	+22	21	Gold Medal
	India	7	4	0	3	18	15	+3	12	Silver Medal
	New Zealand	7	3	3	1	18	13	+5	12	Bronze Medal
4	Malaysia (H)	7	2	3	2	15	22	−7	9
5	Pakistan	7	3	0	4	14	18	−4	9
6	Canada	7	1	2	4	9	16	−7	5
7	Japan	6	0	0	6	8	20	−12	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.46 goals per match.

6 goals

• Arslan Qadir

5 goals

• Razie Rahim

4 goals

• Thomas Craig
• Jamie Dwyer
• Matthew Gohdes
• Blake Govers
• Shahril Saabah
• Nicholas Wilson
• Nicholas Woods
• Kane Russell

3 goals

• Flynn Ogilvie
• Talwinder Singh
• Shota Yamada
• Simon Child

2 goals

• Jacob Whetton
• Scott Tupper
• Harmanpreet Singh
• Ramandeep Singh
• Rupinder Pal Singh
• Somwarpet V. Sunil
• Chandanda Thimmaiah
• Hiroki Sakamoto
• Fitri Saari
• Muhammad Arshad
• Muhammad Irfan

1 goal

• Mark Knowles
• Edward Ockenden
• Simon Orchard
• Aran Zalewski
• Matthew Guest
• Richard Hildreth
• Gabriel Ho-Garcia
• Gordon Johnston
• Mark Pearson
• Keegan Pereira
• Iain Smythe
• Danish Mujtaba
• Harjeet Singh
• Mandeep Singh
• Manpreet Singh
• Sardara Singh
• Kentaro Fukuda
• Kenji Kitazato
• Kazuma Murata
• Firhan Ashaari
• Nabil Noor
• Ramadan Rosli
• Haziq Samsul
• Hugo Inglis
• Stephen Jenness
• Hayden Phillips
• Rizwan Ali
• Fareed Ahmed
• Ajaz Ahmad
• Ali Shan

Source: FIH