2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 31st edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, the annual men's invitational international field hockey tournament hosted by Malaysia. It was held at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia from 23 to 30 November 2025.^[1][2][3]

2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	23–30 November
Teams	6 (from 4 confederations)
Venue	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	107 (5.94 per match)
Top scorer	Sam Lane (9 goals)
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The defending champions, Japan, did not receive an invitation to participate in the tournament.^[3] Belgium won their first Sultan Azlan Shah Cup title by defeating India 1–0 in the final.^[4] New Zealand won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Malaysia 6–1.^[5]

Teams

The following six teams were invited by the Malaysian Hockey Confederation to participate in the tournament.^[1][3]

Team	FIH Ranking[6]	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Belgium	3	2nd	2008	6th place (2008)
Canada	20	11th	2024	4th place (1995, 1999, 2019)
India	7	23rd	2019	Champions (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010)
South Korea	15	23rd	2022	Champions (1996, 2010, 2019)
Malaysia	13	31st	2024	Champions (2022)
New Zealand	11	17th	2024	Champions (2012, 2015)

Preliminary round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	24	7	+17	13	Final
2	India	5	4	0	1	24	11	+13	12
3	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	12	13	−1	7	Third place match
4	Malaysia (H)	5	1	1	3	12	21	−9	4
5	Canada	5	1	1	3	11	24	−13	4	Fifth place match
6	South Korea	5	1	0	4	9	16	−7	3

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

Fixtures

23 November 2025 18:30 New Zealand  2–2  Malaysia Lane  26' Thomas  58' Report Silverius  10' Cholan  22' Umpires: Haroon Rashid (PAK) Kim Jiyong (KOR)

23 November 2025 20:30 Belgium  1–1  Canada Stockbroekx  57' Report Sarmento  27' Umpires: Ben Grant (NZL) Balaji Kumar (IND)

23 November 2025 22:15 India  1–0  South Korea Raheel  15' Report Umpires: Coen Van Bunge (NED) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

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24 November 2025 16:00 South Korea  1–3  New Zealand Kim Hyeon-hong  30+' Report Lane  18', 49' Lidstone  51' Umpires: Thipak Kanabathu (MAS) Haroon Rashid (PAK)

24 November 2025 21:55 Malaysia  3–2  Canada Anuar  5' Azrai  20' Faizal  25' Report Davis  13' Sarmento  17' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Lucien Vanderborght (BEL)

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25 November 2025 10:00 Belgium  3–2  India Duvekot  17', 46' De Kerpel  45' Report Abhishek  33' Shilanand  57' Umpires: Coen Van Bunge (NED) Mohd Ismady Alis (MAS)

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26 November 2025 16:00 Canada  2–4  New Zealand Guraliuk  32' McCulloch  49' Report Baker  16', 32' Lane  20' Houlbrooke  31' Umpires: Balaji Kumar (IND) Lucien Vanderborght (BEL)

26 November 2025 18:00 South Korea  2–6  Belgium Kim Hyeon-hong  30', 60' Report Hendrickx  11', 37' Boon  18', 46', 49' Stockbroekx  49' Umpires: Ben Grant (NZL) Thipak Kanabathu (MAS)

26 November 2025 20:00 India  4–3  Malaysia Selvam  7' Sukhjeet  21' Amit  39' Sanjay  53' Report Faizal  13' Fitri  36' Jalil  45' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Kim Jiyong (KOR)

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27 November 2025 16:00 South Korea  2–3  Canada Park Cheoleon  31' Yang Ji-hun  56' Report Davis  17' McCulloch  53' Sarmento  57' Umpires: Haroon Rashid (PAK) Mohd Ismady Alis (MAS)

27 November 2025 18:00 India  3–2  New Zealand Amit  4' Sanjay  32' Selvam  54' Report Baker  42', 48' Umpires: Coen Van Bunge (NED) Lucien Vanderborght (BEL)

27 November 2025 20:00 Malaysia  1–9  Belgium Faizal  13' Report Boon  8', 38' Crols  11' Stockbroekx  15' Duvekot  24', 54' Hendrickx  27' Willems  30+' Foubert  41' Umpires: Ben Grant (NZL) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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29 November 2025 16:00 Canada  3–14  India Guraliuk  11' Sarmento  35' Sidhu  55' Report Sharma  4' Rajinder  10', 24' Jugraj  12', 26', 39', 50' Amit  15', 46' Dilpreet  25' Selvam  43' Sanjay  56' Abhishek  57', 59' Umpires: Thipak Kanabathu (MAS) Kim Jiyong (KOR)

29 November 2025 18:00 New Zealand  1–5  Belgium Thomas  56' Report Van Dessel  2' Stockbroekx  19', 26' Foubert  25' Boon  52' Umpires: Mohd Ismady Alis (MAS) Raghu Prasad (IND)

29 November 2025 20:00 Malaysia  3–4  South Korea Faizal  54' Azrai  55', 58' Report Oh Seyong  4' Park Cheoleon  5' Yang Ji-hun  47' Kim Hyeon-hong  58' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Balaji Kumar (IND)

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

30 November 2025 16:00 Canada  4–3  South Korea Davis  15', 49' Guraliuk  43', 53' Report Yang Ji-hun  18' Kim Hyeon-hong  58', 60'

Third and fourth place

30 November 2025 18:15 New Zealand  6–1  Malaysia Lane  5', 7', 33', 34', 41' Hickson  29' Report Faizal  43'

Final

30 November 2025 20:30 Belgium  1–0  India Stockbroekx  34' Report

Statistics

Final standings

1.  Belgium
2.  India
3.  New Zealand
4.  Malaysia
5.  Canada
6.  South Korea

Goalscorers

There have been 107 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.94 goals per match.

9 goals

• Sam Lane

6 goals

• Tom Boon
• Thibeau Stockbroekx
• Kim Hyeon-hong

5 goals

• Faizal Saari

4 goals

• Roman Duvekot
• Sean Davis
• Brendan Guraliuk
• Matthew Sarmento
• Amit Rohidas
• Jugraj Singh
• George Baker

3 goals

• Alexander Hendrickx
• Abhishek Nain
• Sanjay Rana
• Karthi Selvam
• Abu Kamal Azrai
• Yang Ji-hun

2 goals

• Victor Foubert
• Flynn McCulloch
• Rajinder Singh
• Dylan Thomas
• Park Cheol-eon

1 goal

• Thomas Crols
• Nicolas De Kerpel
• Arno Van Dessel
• Tommy Willems
• Jyothswaroop Sidhu
• Shilanand Lakra
• Mohammed Raheel Mouseen
• Nilakanta Sharma
• Dilpreet Singh
• Sukhjeet Singh
• Akhimullah Anuar
• Syed Cholan
• Marhan Jalil
• Fitri Saari
• Shello Silverius
• James Hickson
• Isaac Houlbrooke
• Nicholas Lidstone
• Oh Se-yong

Source: FIH

See also

• 2025 Sultan of Johor Cup