2023 Sultan of Johor Cup

The 2023 Sultan of Johor Cup was the eleventh edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup, an international men's under–21 field hockey tournament in Malaysia. It was held at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from 27 October to 4 November 2023.^[1][2]

2023 Sultan of Johor Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Johor Bahru
Dates	27 October – 4 November
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Taman Daya Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	107 (5.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amandeep Lakra (6 goals)
Best player	Matteo Poljaric
Best goalkeeper	Joshua Onyekwue
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Germany won their second title by defeating Australia 3–1 in a shoot-out after the match finished 0–0. The defending champions India won the bronze medal by defeating Pakistan 6–5 in a shoot-out after the match finished 3–3.^[3]

Participating nations

Including the host nation, 8 teams competed in the tournament.^[4][5]

Country	FIH Junior Ranking[6]	Previous Best Appearance	Best FIH Junior World Cup Finish
Australia	9	Champions (2016, 2017)	Champions (1997)
India	3	Champions (2013, 2014, 2022)	Champions (2001, 2016)
Germany	2	Champions (2012)	Champions (1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 2009, 2013)
Great Britain*	15	Champions (2015, 2018, 2019)	Fourth Place (1997, 2001)
Malaysia	8	Champions (2011)	Fourth Place (1979, 1982, 2013)
New Zealand	13	Fourth Place (2014)	Fourth Place (2009)
Pakistan	12	Runners-Up (2016)	Champions (1979)
South Africa	10	Fifth Place (2022)	Ninth Place (2021)

* = includes results representing England, Scotland and Wales

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	7
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[7]

27 October 2023 18:05 Australia  3–0  Great Britain Foster  14', 18' Chappell  35' Report Umpires: Khalid Hussain (HKG) Mohit (IND)

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28 October 2023 16:05 Germany  6–1  South Africa Holdermann  18' Poljaric  21' Hoechemer  31' Sperling  37' Hasbach  38', 54' Report Oliphant  58' Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)

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30 October 2023 16:05 South Africa  1–2  Great Britain De Klerk  54' Report Sturch-Hibbitt  43' Penrose  58' Umpires: Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS) Khalid Hussain (HKG)

30 October 2023 18:05 Australia  2–2  Germany Downey  10' Burns  11' Report Glander  51' Hoechemer  59' Umpires: Mohit (IND) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

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31 October 2023 16:05 Germany  4–3  Great Britain Brilla  20' Glander  33' Struthoff  52' Sperling  56' Report Sturch-Hibbitt  4' Moorhouse  50' Markham  52' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Kugannan Segaran (MAS)

31 October 2023 18:05 South Africa  0–4  Australia Report Burns  15', 51' Mathison  24' Downey  41' Umpires: Fahad Ali Khan (PAK) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	9	7	+2	7
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3
4	Malaysia (H)	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[7]
(H) Hosts

27 October 2023 16:05 India  3–3  Pakistan Amandeep L.  30' Aditya  56' Uttam  59' Report Ahmad  31', 58' Shahid  49' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

27 October 2023 20:35 Malaysia  2–3  New Zealand Faris  7', 24' Report Aldred  6' Cosslett  15' Hickson  33' Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

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28 October 2023 18:05 Pakistan  3–2  New Zealand Ahmad  7' B. Ali  30' Khan  47' Report Nelson  58' Ward  59' Umpires: Kugannan Segaran (MAS) Chad Fourie (RSA)

28 October 2023 20:35 Malaysia  1–3  India Shahmie Irfan  13' Report Aditya  28' Amandeep L.  37' Rohit  54' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Fahad Ali Khan (PAK)

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30 October 2023 20:35 India  6–2  New Zealand Amandeep L.  2', 7', 35' Arun  12', 53' Poovanna  52' Report Aldred  29', 60' Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

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31 October 2023 20:35 Pakistan  3–2  Malaysia Abuzar  13' Ahmad  21' Khan  24' Report Shahmie Irfan  47' Shafiq Ikhmal  51' Umpires: Chad Fourie (RSA) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	2 November
	New Zealand	3
					4 November
	South Africa	1
					New Zealand	3
	2 November
					Great Britain	5
	Great Britain	7
	Malaysia	4
					Seventh place
					3 November
					South Africa	2
					Malaysia	3

Cross-overs

2 November 2023 18:05 New Zealand  3–1  South Africa J. Elmes  15' Lints  36' Nelson  47' Report Mbata  14' Umpires: Kevin Roberts (WAL) Kugannan Segaran (MAS)

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2 November 2023 20:35 Great Britain  7–4  Malaysia Hughson  5' Graves  9' Douglas  15' Payton  36', 42' Markham  49' Penrose  54' Report Faris  22', 44' Andywalfian  24' Harris  27' Umpires: Khalid Hussain (HKG) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

3 November 2023 15:35 South Africa  2–3  Malaysia Mbata  10' Le Forestier  49' Report Nur Aqilrullah  12' Harris  39' Mughni  56' Umpires: Shahbaz Ali (BAN) Fahad Ali Khan (PAK)

Fifth and sixth place

4 November 2023 15:35 New Zealand  3–5  Great Britain Whittleston  2' Lints  58' J. Elmes  58' Report Markham  3', 54' Sturch-Hibbitt  23' Stone  33' Tully  37' Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 November
	India	3
					4 November
	Germany	6
					Germany (p.s.o.)	0 (3)
	3 November
					Australia	0 (1)
	Australia	2
	Pakistan	1
					Third place
					4 November
					India (p.s.o.)	3 (6)
					Pakistan	3 (5)

Semi-finals

3 November 2023 16:05 India  3–6  Germany Amandeep L.  35' Uttam  58' Rohit  60' Report Franz  16' Berendts  29', 45' Hinrichs  43', 48' Sperling  49' Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

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3 November 2023 20:35 Australia  2–1  Pakistan Burns  18' Foster  29' Report Shahid  59' Umpires: Mohit (IND) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

Third and fourth place

4 November 2023 16:05 India  3–3  Pakistan Arun  11' Poovanna  42' Uttam  52' Report Khan  33' Qayyum  50' Shahid  57' Penalties Vishnukant Rajinder Angad Uttam Amandeep Vishnukant Angad 6–5 Liaqat Shahid Rehman Aslam Yaqoob Liaqat Shahid Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) Kugannan Segaran (MAS)

Final

4 November 2023 20:35 Germany  0–0  Australia Report Penalties Sperling Struthoff Von Montgelas Poljaric 3–1 Burns Marais Henderson Czinner Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Chad Fourie (RSA)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team
1	Germany
2	Australia
3	India
4	Pakistan
5	Great Britain
6	New Zealand
7	Malaysia (H)
8	South Africa

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.35 goals per match.

6 goals

• Amandeep Lakra

4 goals

• Cooper Burns
• Henry Markham
• Faris Harizan
• Arbaz Ahmad

3 goals

• Brodee Foster
• Florian Sperling
• Jonny Sturch-Hibbitt
• Arun Sahani
• Uttam Singh
• Luke Aldred
• Sufyan Khan
• Hannan Shahid

2 goals

• Dylan Downey
• Nikas Berendts
• Paul Glander
• Ben Hasbach
• Peer Hinrichs
• Luis Hoechemer
• Jacob Payton
• Rory Penrose
• Poovanna BC
• Aditya Lalage
• Rohit
• Harris Osman
• Shahmie Irfan Suhaimi
• Jonty Elmes
• Sam Lints
• Gus Nelson
• Viwe Mbata

1 goal

• Diarmid Chappell
• Will Mathison
• Jakob Brilla
• Christian Franz
• Liam Holdermann
• Matteo Poljaric
• Michel Struthoff
• Ali Douglas
• Ted Graves
• Matthew Hughson
• Tom Moorhouse
• Harrison Stone
• Felix Tully
• Nur Aqilrullah Che
• Andywalfian Jeffrynus
• Mughni Kamal
• Shafiq Ikhmal Daniel
• Scott Cosslett
• James Hickson
• Patrick Ward
• Jordan Whittleston
• Abuzar
• Basharat Ali
• Abdul Qayyum
• Josh de Klerk
• Cameron Le Forestier
• Caleb Oliphant

Source: FIH