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1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 4th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, an invitational international field hockey tournament. It took place in Ipoh, Malaysia at the Azlan Shah Stadium from 28 July to 3 August 1991.

1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Dates28 July - 3 August
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions1st place, gold medalist(s)  India (2nd title)
Runner-up2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan
Third place3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored67 (4.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pakistan Tahir Zaman (9 goals)
Best playerIndia Pargat Singh
← 1987 (previous) (next) 1994 →

This was the first time the tournament was held after a period of four years with the previous three editions held after every two years. India won its second title remaining unbeaten in the round-robin format.[1] India became the first team to regain the tournament after having won their first title in 1985.

Participating nations

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Six countries participated in the 1991 tournament:[2]

Results

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Round-robin

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1   India 5 5 0 0 12 1 +11 10 Champions
2   Pakistan 5 4 0 1 28 9 +19 8 Runner-up
3   Soviet Union 5 1 2 2 9 12 -3 4 Third place
4   New Zealand 5 1 1 3 5 12 -7 3
5   Malaysia 5 1 1 3 10 18 -8 3
6   South Korea 5 0 2 3 3 15 -12 2

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Fixtures

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28 July
8:00
New Zealand   1–7   Pakistan
Daji   15' Report Shahbaz Sr.   5'
Bashir   25'
Irfan   42'
Zaman   55', 62', 66'
Feroz   60'
28 July
17:00
Malaysia   1–4   India
Nawawi   28' Report D'Souza   11', 14'
Mascarenhas   30'
Ahmed   67'
28 July
19:00
South Korea   1–1   Soviet Union
Shin-heum   51' Report Atanov   40'
29 July
17:00
Soviet Union   4–5   Pakistan
Seksenbayev   21', 47', 51'
Atanov   56' 		Report Feroz   3'
Bashir   28', 60', 66'
Zaman   31'
29 July
19:00
Malaysia   2–1   New Zealand
Embaraj   14'
Hadi   45' 		Report Thornton   30'
30 July
17:00
India   2–0   South Korea
Jagdev   34', 47' Report
31 July
8:00
Soviet Union   1–1   New Zealand
Report
31 July
17:00
Malaysia   2–2   South Korea
Hadi   3'
Embaraj   48' 		Report Seok-gyo   17', 38'
31 July
19:00
Pakistan   0–1   India
Report Kumar   5'
1 August
17:00
Malaysia   2–3   Soviet Union
Nawawi   12'
Zaini   60' 		Report Atanov   5', 42'
Seksenbayev   34'
2 August
8:00
New Zealand   0–2   India
Report Jagdev   7'
Ahmed   53'
2 August
17:00
Pakistan   8–0   South Korea
Bashir   2'
Ejaz   5'
Zaman   9', 17', 37', 67'
Shahbaz Sr.   10'
Feroz   64' 		Report
3 August
8:00
India   3–0   Soviet Union
Jagdev   14'
Kumar   22'
Mascarenhas   50' 		Report
3 August
15:00
New Zealand   2–0   South Korea
C. Russ   1'
G. Russ   5' 		Report
3 August
17:00
Malaysia   3–8   Pakistan
Embaraj   30'
Hadi   58'
Fidelis   68' 		Report Ejaz   12'
Shahbaz Jr.   14'
Feroz   37', 50'
Zaman   40'
Bashir   48', 63'
Shahbaz Sr.   65'

Final ranking

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Position Team
1   India
2   Pakistan
3   Soviet Union
4   New Zealand
5   Malaysia
6   South Korea

References

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  1. ^ "The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. ^ "Previous winners". azlanshahcup.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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