2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 26th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 29 April – 6 May 2017.^[1][2]

2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)–6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	73 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thomas Craig Trent Mitton Mandeep Singh (5 goals)
Best player	Thomas Craig
All statistics are correct as of 6 May 2017 ← 2016 (previous) (next) 2018 →

The number of teams for this year’s cup had decreased by one compared to last year’s tournament where seven teams competed. Pakistan and Canada, who competed previously, would not join this edition and Great Britain had been invited.

Great Britain defeated Australia 4–3 in the final to win the cup.

Participating nations

Six countries are participating in this year's tournament:

•  Malaysia (Host)
•  Australia
•  Great Britain
•  India
•  Japan
•  New Zealand

Umpires

1. Sean Rapaport (RSA)
2. Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
3. Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
4. Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
5. Nichol Bevan (NZL)
6. Steve Rogers (AUS)
7. Paul Walker (GBR)
8. Bruce Bale (ENG) - Video Umpire

Squads

Main article: 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup squads

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	3	1	1	14	7	+7	10	Advance to Final
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	1	12	9	+3	10
3	India	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7	Third place match
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	7	9	−2	7
5	Japan	5	1	1	3	12	15	−3	4	Fifth place match
6	Malaysia (H)	5	1	1	3	3	9	−6	4

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

29 April 2017 16:05 MST Great Britain  2–2  India T. Carson  25' Forsyth  52' Report Akashdeep  19' Mandeep  47' Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

29 April 2017 18:05 MST New Zealand  1–1  Australia Newman  52' Report T. Craig  32' Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

29 April 2017 20:35 MST Malaysia  1–1  Japan Razie  8' Report Yamada  40' Umpires: Nichol Bevan (NZL) Steve Rogers (AUS)

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30 April 2017 16:05 MST India  3–0  New Zealand Mandeep  23' Harmanpreet  27', 47' Report Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Steve Rogers (AUS)

30 April 2017 18:05 MST Japan  3–5  Great Britain Ke. Tanaka  14', 38' Watanabe  49' Report Middleton  3' Goodfield  12' Ward  15' T. Carson  32' Forsyth  52' Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) Nichol Bevan (NZL)

30 April 2017 20:35 MST Australia  6–1  Malaysia T. Craig  11', 38', 45' Mitton  23', 27', 58' Report Faizal  42' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Paul Walker (GBR)

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2 May 2017 16:05 MST India  1–3  Australia Harmanpreet  26' Report Ockenden  30' T. Craig  34' Wickham  51' Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Paul Walker (GBR)

2 May 2017 18:05 MST New Zealand  3–2  Japan Russell  18', 32' Lane  35' Report Yamada  9', 50' Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) Steve Rogers (AUS)

2 May 2017 20:35 MST Malaysia  0–1  Great Britain Report Forsyth  26' Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

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3 May 2017 16:05 MST Japan  3–4  India Murata  10' Yoshihara  43' Mitani  45' Report Rupinder Pal  6' Mandeep  45', 51', 58' Umpires: Nichol Bevan (NZL) Steve Rogers (AUS)

3 May 2017 18:05 MST Great Britain  1–2  Australia Gleghorne  51' Report Mitton  44' Dawson  52' Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

3 May 2017 20:35 MST New Zealand  1-0  Malaysia Russell  25' Report Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

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5 May 2017 16:05 MST Great Britain  3–2  New Zealand Ward  9' Roper  39' Gleghorne  49' Report Newman  30' Russell  58' Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Steve Rogers (AUS)

5 May 2017 18:05 MST Australia  2–3  Japan Kleinschmidt  7' Mitton  31' Report Yamada  44' Yamasaki  56', 57' Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

5 May 2017 20:35 MST India  0–1  Malaysia Report Shahril  51' Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Paul Walker (GBR)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

6 May 2017 15:40 MST Japan  1–3  Malaysia Ka. Tanaka  28' Report Haziq  8' Firhan  11' Faizal  34' Umpires: Nichol Bevan (NZL) Paul Walker (GBR)

Third and fourth place

6 May 2017 18:05 MST India  4–0  New Zealand Rupinder Pal  17', 27' Sunil  48' Talwinder  60' Report Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Steve Rogers (AUS)

Final

6 May 2017 20:35 MST Australia  3–4  Great Britain Ockenden  28' Pollard  34' Wotherspoon  48' Report Forsyth  8' Goodfield  11', 43' Willars  33' Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

Awards

The following five awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:^[3]

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Player of the Final	Fairplay Award
Three Players (see list below)	Thomas Craig	Suguru Shimmoto	Alan Forsyth	New Zealand

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	Great Britain	6	4	1	1	16	12	+4	13	Gold Medal
	Australia	6	3	1	2	17	11	+6	10	Silver Medal
	India	6	3	1	2	14	9	+5	10	Bronze Medal
4	New Zealand	6	2	1	3	7	13	−6	7
5	Malaysia (H)	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
6	Japan	6	1	1	4	13	18	−5	4

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 73 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.06 goals per match.

5 goals

• Thomas Craig
• Trent Mitton
• Mandeep Singh

4 goals

• Alan Forsyth
• Shota Yamada
• Kane Russell

3 goals

• David Goodfield
• Harmanpreet Singh
• Rupinder Pal Singh

2 goals

• Edward Ockenden
• Thomas Carson
• Mark Gleghorne
• Samuel Ward
• Kenta Tanaka
• Koji Yamasaki
• Faizal Saari
• Dominic Newman

1 goal

• Matthew Dawson
• Aaron Kleinschmidt
• Joshua Pollard
• Thomas Wickham
• Dylan Wotherspoon
• Barry Middleton
• Phillip Roper
• Oliver Willars
• Akashdeep Singh
• Talwinder Singh
• Sowmarpet V. Sunil
• Genki Mitani
• Kazuma Murata
• Kaito Tanaka
• Kota Watanabe
• Heita Yoshihara
• Firhan Ashaari
• Razie Rahim
• Shahril Saabah
• Haziq Samsul
• Samuel Lane

Source: FIH