2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is the 31st edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, the annual men's invitational international field hockey tournament hosted by Malaysia. It will be 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 3 confederations)
Venue	Azlan Shah Stadium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per match)
Top scorer	Tom Boon (6 goals)
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The defending champions, Japan, did not receive an invitation to participate in the tournament.^[3]

Teams

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

Team	FIH Ranking[4]	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 (Q)	5	4	1	0	24	7	+17	13	Final
2	India (Q)	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

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2025. 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.^[5]
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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 Seyong  4' Cheoleon  5' 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  v  South Korea Report

Third and fourth place

30 November 2025 18:15 New Zealand  v  Malaysia Report

Final

30 November 2025 20:30 Belgium  v  India Report

Goalscorers

There have been 92 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 6.13 goals per match (as of 29 November 2025).

6 goals

• Tom Boon

5 goals

• Thibeau Stockbroekx

4 goals

• George Baker
• Roman Duvekot
• Kim Hyeon-hong
• Samuel Lane
• Amit Rohidas
• Faizal Saari
• Matthew Sarmento
• Jugraj Singh

3 goals

• Abhishek Nain
• Abu Kamal Azrai
• Alexander Hendrickx
• Sanjay Rana
• Karthi Selvam

2 goals

• Sean Davis
• Victor Foubert
• Brendan Guraliuk
• Flynn McCulloch
• Park Cheoleon
• Rajinder Singh
• Dylan Thomas
• Yang Ji-hun

1 goal

• Nicolas de Kerpel
• Thomas Crols
• Arno Van Dessel
• Tommy Willems
• Jyothswaroop Sidhu
• Dilpreet Singh
• Shilanand Lakra
• Nilakanta Sharma
• Mohammed Raheel
• Sukhjeet Singh
• Oh Seyong
• Akhimullah Anuar
• Abu Kamal Azrai
• Syed Cholan
• Marhan Jalil
• Fitri Saari
• Shello Silverius
• Isaac Houlbrooke
• Nicholas Lidstone

Source: FIH