2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 30th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, the annual men's invitational international field hockey tournament hosted by Malaysia. The tournament returned after a one-year hiatus after it was postponed in 2023 due to the packed calendar.^[1] It was held at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia from 4 to 11 May 2024. The tournament consisted of six teams.^[2]

2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	4–11 May
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	88 (4.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abu Kamal Azrai (8 goals)
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The hosts Malaysia were the defending champions after winning their first title at the 2022 edition.^[3] They were not able to defend their title as they did not qualify for the final. The final was played between Japan and Pakistan, where Japan beat Pakistan 3–1 in the shoot-out following a 2–2 draw in regulation time. It was the first Sultan Azlan Shah Cup title for Japan.^[4] New Zealand won the bronze medal after defeating Malaysia 3–2.^[5]

Teams

The following six teams participated in the tournament:^[6]

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Canada	10th	2019	4th (1995, 1999, 2019)
Japan	6th	2022	4th (2022)
Malaysia	30th	2022	1st (2022)
New Zealand	18th	2017	1st (2012, 2015)
Pakistan	22nd	2022	1st (1999, 2000, 2003)
South Korea	22nd	2022	1st (1996, 2010, 2019)

Preliminary round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	5	4	1	0	12	5	+7	13	Final
2	Pakistan	5	3	2	0	16	10	+6	11
3	Malaysia (H)	5	3	0	2	18	13	+5	9	Third place match
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	17	13	+4	7
5	South Korea	5	1	0	4	3	11	−8	3	Fifth place match
6	Canada	5	0	0	5	8	22	−14	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

Results

4 May 2024 16:00 New Zealand  7–1  Canada Boyde  1', 60' Baker  16', 42', 59' Smith  26', 45' Report Childs  47' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Yaser Khurshid (PAK)

4 May 2024 18:15 South Korea  1–2  Japan Lim  52' Report T. Tanaka  13' Yamada  20' Umpires: Sourabh Rajput (IND) Azhar Abiddin Nor (MAS)

4 May 2024 20:30 Malaysia  4–5  Pakistan Abu  13', 28', 45' Shello  59' Report S. Khan  9', 50', 59' Hayat  53' Mahmood  60' Umpires: Alex Miles (CAN) Deepak Joshi (IND)

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5 May 2024 16:00 New Zealand  1–4  Japan Cosslett  55' Report Kimura  13' Fujishima  23' T. Tanaka  43' Nagayoshi  60' Umpires: Kim Ji-yong (KOR) Deepak Joshi (IND)

5 May 2024 18:15 South Korea  0–4  Pakistan Report Shahid  3' Liaqat  20' Ali  27' S. Khan  60' Umpires: Ahmad Berhaumidin (MAS) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

5 May 2024 20:30 Canada  2–6  Malaysia Noronha-Teixeira  12', 42' Report Fitri  13' Abu  14' Azimuddin  19' Aiman  31' Syed  48' Faizal  49' Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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7 May 2024 16:00 Canada  0–1  South Korea Report Oh  13' Umpires: Azhar Abiddin Nor (MAS) Salim Lucky (BAN)

7 May 2024 18:15 Pakistan  1–1  Japan Rana  59' Report Nagayoshi  33' Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Sourabh Rajput (IND)

7 May 2024 20:30 Malaysia  6–4  New Zealand Faizal  2' Abu  5', 14', 60' Azimuddin  6' Muhajir  52' Report Smith  19' Elmes  28' Houlbrooke  58', 60' Umpires: Yaser Khurshid (PAK) Alex Miles (CAN)

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8 May 2024 16:00 Pakistan  5–4  Canada Mahmood  28', 29' Liaqat  36' Rana  44' Ali  45' Report Davis  5', 45' H. Sidhu  17' Buttar  50' Umpires: Ahmad Berhaumidin (MAS) Kim Ji-yong (KOR)

8 May 2024 18:15 South Korea  1–4  New Zealand Sim  39' Report Baker  4' Elmes  18' Smith  23' Houlbrooke  53' Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Sourabh Rajput (IND)

8 May 2024 20:30 Japan  2–1  Malaysia Matsumoto  24' Ooka  50' Report Faizal  31' Umpires: Yaser Khurshid (PAK) Deepak Joshi (IND)

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10 May 2024 16:00 New Zealand  1–1  Pakistan Holmes  35' Report Mahmood  43' Umpires: Kim Jiyong (KOR) Kinoshita hideki (JPN)

10 May 2024 18:15 Japan  3–1  Canada Saito  43' T. Tanaka  56' Kawabe  60' Report Davis  42' Umpires: Berhaumidin Ahmed (MAS) Abiddin Nor Azhar (MAS)

10 May 2024 20:30 Malaysia  1–0  South Korea Anuar  7' Report Umpires: Burki Khan (PAK) Kassim Faisal (MAS)

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

11 May 2024 16:00 South Korea  4–1  Canada Kong  15' Lim  16' Seo  17' Jung  24' Report Sidhu  50' Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Ben Grant (NZL)

Third and fourth place

11 May 2024 18:15 Malaysia  2–3  New Zealand Azrai  3' Fitri  60' Report Cosslett  5' Elmes  10' Lett  48' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Yaser Khurshid (PAK)

Final

11 May 2024 20:30 Japan  2–2  Pakistan S. Tanaka  12' Matsumoto  47' Report Ahmad  34' Rehman  37' Penalties Kawabe Ooka S. Tanaka Matsumoto 4–1 Rana Liaqat Butt Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Sourabh Rajput (IND)

Statistics

Final standing

Pos	Team
	Japan
	Pakistan
	New Zealand
4	Malaysia (H)
5	South Korea
6	Canada

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.89 goals per match.

8 goals

• Abu Kamal Azrai

4 goals

• George Baker
• Jake Smith
• Sufyan Khan
• Abu Mahmood

3 goals

• Sean Davis
• Tsubasa Tanaka
• Faizal Saari
• Jonty Elmes
• Isaac Houlbrooke

2 goals

• Devohn Noronha-Teixeira
• Harbir Sidhu
• Kazumasa Matsumoto
• Ken Nagayoshi
• Azimuddin Kamaruddin
• Fitri Saari
• Scott Boyde
• Scott Cosslett
• Ghazanfar Ali
• Arshad Liaqat
• Waheed Rana
• Lim Do-hyun

1 goal

• Avjot Buttar
• Rowan Childs
• Raiki Fujishima
• Kosei Kawabe
• Naru Kimura
• Ryoma Ooka
• Hiro Saito
• Seren Tanaka
• Shota Yamada
• Akhimullah Anuar
• Syed Cholan
• Muhajir Abdu Rauf
• Aiman Rozemi
• Shello Silverius
• Luke Holmes
• Dane Lett
• Rehman Abdul
• Ajaz Ahmad
• Zikriya Hayat
• Hannan Shahid
• Jung Hyun-ho
• Kong Yoon-ho
• Oh Se-yong
• Seo In-woo
• Sim Jae-won

Source: FIH