2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 28th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Malaysia from 23 until 30 March.

2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	23–30 March
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (3rd title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	96 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mandeep Singh Jang Jong-hyun (7 goals)
Best player	Surender Kumar
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The number of teams for this year's cup is the same as last year's tournament where six teams competed. India, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, and South Korea participated in this edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

South Korea won the tournament for the third time after defeating India 4–2 on penalties, after the match ended in a draw at 1–1, in the final.^[1]

Teams

Argentina, Australia, and England who competed in the past tournament did not participate this year due to the 2019 Men's FIH Pro League. Canada, Japan, and South Korea are the teams replacing them.

Ireland withdrew from the tournament a month before it began. Poland was invited to replace South Africa (the team planned to replace Ireland), who were not able to finance flight tickets.^[2][3]

Team	FIH Ranking (January 2019)[4]	Appearance	Last Appearance	Previous best performance
Canada	10	9th	2016	4th (1995, 1999)
India	5	22nd	2018	1st (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010)
Japan	18	4th	2017	6th (1987, 2017)
Malaysia	13	28th	2018	2nd (1985, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014)
Poland	21	1st	–	–
South Korea	17	20th	2015	1st (1996, 2010)

Results

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

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	5	4	1	0	24	6	+18	13	Final
2	South Korea	5	4	1	0	16	9	+7	13
3	Malaysia (H)	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	9	Third place game
4	Canada	5	2	0	3	14	17	−3	6
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	9	12	−3	3	Fifth place game
6	Poland	5	0	0	5	3	25	−22	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

23 March 2019 16:05 India  2–0  Japan Varun  24' Simranjeet  56' Report Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

23 March 2019 18:05 Canada  3–6  South Korea Sarmento  45' Froese  45+' Boothroyd  50' Report Kim Jung-hoo  14' Lee Nam-yong  19', 31', 43' Jang Jong-hyun  20', 44' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Gurbaj Singh (IND)

23 March 2019 20:35 Malaysia  5–1  Poland Faizal  20', 30', 45' Fitri  28' Ashran  36' Report Kasprzyk  30+' Umpires: Alex Miles (CAN) You Hyo-sik (KOR)

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24 March 2019 16:05 India  1–1  South Korea Mandeep  28' Report Jang Jong-hyun  60' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Alex Miles (CAN)

24 March 2019 18:05 Canada  4–0  Poland Bissett  35' Noronha-Teixeira  47', 59' Johnston  55' Report Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Steve Rogers (AUS)

24 March 2019 20:35 Japan  3–4  Malaysia Murata  17' Watanabe  37' Yamasaki  54' Report Faizal  3', 25' Nik Aiman  7' Razie  53' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

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26 March 2019 16:05 Japan  1–2  Canada Kato  11' Report Panesar  10' Kirkpatrick  41' Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) You Hyo-sik (KOR)

26 March 2019 18:05 Poland  2–3  South Korea Hillyer  28' Kurowski  50' Report Lee Nam-yong  40' Jung Man-jae  56', 60' Umpires: Gurbaj Singh (IND) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

26 March 2019 20:35 Malaysia  2–4  India Razie  21' Firhan  57' Report Sumit  17' Kumar  27' Varun  36' Mandeep  58' Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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27 March 2019 16:05 Poland  0–3  Japan Report Yamada  20' Fukuda  30' Wakuri  40' Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) Gurbaj Singh (IND)

27 March 2019 18:05 Canada  3–7  India Pearson  35' Boothroyd  50' Wallace  57' Report Varun  12' Mandeep  20', 27', 29' Amit  39' Vivek  55' Nilakanta  58' Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

27 March 2019 20:35 South Korea  2–1  Malaysia Lee Nam-yong  31' Jang Jong-hyun  35' Report Razie  46' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Alex Miles (CAN)

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29 March 2019 16:05 India  10–0  Poland Vivek  1' Kumar  7' Varun  18', 25' Surender  19' Simranjeet  29' Nilakanta  36' Mandeep  50', 51' Amit  55' Report Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) You Hyo-sik (KOR)

29 March 2019 18:05 South Korea  4–2  Japan Jang Jong-hyun  20', 57' Lee Nam-yong  28' Chu Suk-hoon  58' Report Murata  19', 42' Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

29 March 2019 20:35 Malaysia  3–2  Canada Firhan  6' Razie  17' Fitri  23' Report Johnston  15+', 22' Umpires: Gurbaj Singh (IND) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

30 March 2019 15:40 Japan  6–1  Poland Fukuda  46', 54' Kato  49' Wakuri  51', 57' Hoshi  57' Report Gumny  31' Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) Alex Miles (CAN)

Third and fourth place

30 March 2019 18:05 Malaysia  4–2  Canada Nik Aiman  23' Azrai  29' Tengku  30' Faizal  45' Report Pearson  14' Wallace  59' Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Final

30 March 2019 20:35 India  1–1  South Korea Simranjeet  9' Report Jang Jong-hyun  47' Penalties Sumit Birendra Varun K. Sumit K. 2–4 Ji Woo-cheon Lee Jung-jun Kim Ki-hoon Jung Man-jae Lee Nam-yong Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

Statistics

Final standings

1.  South Korea
2.  India
3.  Malaysia
4.  Canada
5.  Japan
6.  Poland

Goalscorers

There have been 96 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.33 goals per match.

7 goals

• Mandeep Singh
• Jang Jong-hyun

6 goals

• Faizal Saari
• Lee Nam-yong

5 goals

• Varun Kumar

4 goals

• Razie Rahim

3 goals

• Gordon Johnston
• Simranjeet Singh
• Kentaro Fukuda
• Kazuma Murata
• Hirotaka Wakuri

2 goals

• Fin Boothroyd
• Devohn Noronha-Teixeira
• Mark Pearson
• James Wallace
• Amit Rohidas
• Nilakanta Sharma
• Sumit Kumar
• Vivek Prasad
• Ryosei Kato
• Aiman Rozemi
• Firhan Ashaari
• Fitri Saari
• Jung Man-jae

1 goal

• Brenden Bissett
• Adam Froese
• James Kirkpatrick
• Balraj Panesar
• Matthew Sarmento
• Surender Kumar
• Sumit
• Suguru Hoshi
• Kota Watanabe
• Shota Yamada
• Koji Yamasaki
• Ashran Hamsani
• Azrai Abu Kamal
• Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
• Mikolaj Gumny
• Joseph Hillyer
• Michal Kasprzyk
• Jacek Kurowski
• Chu Suk-hoon
• Kim Jung-hoo

Source: FIH

Awards

Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were:

• Fairplay:  Japan
• Best Player: Surender Kumar
• Man of the Match (Final): Jang Jong-hyun
• Best Goalkeeper: Kim Jae-hyeon
• Top Scorer: Mandeep Singh & Jang Jong-hyun (7 goals each)

See also

• 2019 Sultan of Johor Cup