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2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 26th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 29 April – 6 May 2017.[1][2]

2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Dates29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)–6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
Teams6
Venue(s)Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions Great Britain (2nd title)
Runner-up Australia
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored73 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Thomas Craig
Australia Trent Mitton
India Mandeep Singh (5 goals)
Best playerAustralia Thomas Craig
All statistics are correct as of 6 May 2017
← 2016 (previous) (next) 2018 →

The number of teams for this year’s cup had decreased by one compared to last year’s tournament where seven teams competed. Pakistan and Canada, who competed previously, would not join this edition and Great Britain had been invited.

Great Britain defeated Australia 4–3 in the final to win the cup.

Participating nations

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Six countries are participating in this year's tournament:

Umpires

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  1. Sean Rapaport (RSA)
  2. Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
  3. Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
  4. Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
  5. Nichol Bevan (NZL)
  6. Steve Rogers (AUS)
  7. Paul Walker (GBR)
  8. Bruce Bale (ENG) - Video Umpire

Squads

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Main article: 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup squads

Results

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All times are in Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 5 3 1 1 14 7 +7 10 Advance to Final
2   Great Britain 5 3 1 1 12 9 +3 10
3   India 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 7 Third place match
4   New Zealand 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 7
5   Japan 5 1 1 3 12 15 −3 4 Fifth place match
6   Malaysia (H) 5 1 1 3 3 9 −6 4
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
29 April 2017
16:05 MST
Great Britain   2–2   India
T. Carson   25'
Forsyth   52' 		Report Akashdeep   19'
Mandeep   47'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
29 April 2017
18:05 MST
New Zealand   1–1   Australia
Newman   52' Report T. Craig   32'
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
29 April 2017
20:35 MST
Malaysia   1–1   Japan
Razie   8' Report Yamada   40'
Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
30 April 2017
16:05 MST
India   3–0   New Zealand
Mandeep   23'
Harmanpreet   27', 47' 		Report
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
30 April 2017
18:05 MST
Japan   3–5   Great Britain
Ke. Tanaka   14', 38'
Watanabe   49' 		Report Middleton   3'
Goodfield   12'
Ward   15'
T. Carson   32'
Forsyth   52'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
30 April 2017
20:35 MST
Australia   6–1   Malaysia
T. Craig   11', 38', 45'
Mitton   23', 27', 58' 		Report Faizal   42'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Paul Walker (GBR)
2 May 2017
16:05 MST
India   1–3   Australia
Harmanpreet   26' Report Ockenden   30'
T. Craig   34'
Wickham   51'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Paul Walker (GBR)
2 May 2017
18:05 MST
New Zealand   3–2   Japan
Russell   18', 32'
Lane   35' 		Report Yamada   9', 50'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
2 May 2017
20:35 MST
Malaysia   0–1   Great Britain
Report Forsyth   26'
Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
3 May 2017
16:05 MST
Japan   3–4   India
Murata   10'
Yoshihara   43'
Mitani   45' 		Report Rupinder Pal   6'
Mandeep   45', 51', 58'
Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
3 May 2017
18:05 MST
Great Britain   1–2   Australia
Gleghorne   51' Report Mitton   44'
Dawson   52'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
3 May 2017
20:35 MST
New Zealand   1-0   Malaysia
Russell   25' Report
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
5 May 2017
16:05 MST
Great Britain   3–2   New Zealand
Ward   9'
Roper   39'
Gleghorne   49' 		Report Newman   30'
Russell   58'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
5 May 2017
18:05 MST
Australia   2–3   Japan
Kleinschmidt   7'
Mitton   31' 		Report Yamada   44'
Yamasaki   56', 57'
Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
5 May 2017
20:35 MST
India   0–1   Malaysia
Report Shahril   51'
Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Paul Walker (GBR)

Classification

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Fifth and sixth place

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6 May 2017
15:40 MST
Japan   1–3   Malaysia
Ka. Tanaka   28' Report Haziq   8'
Firhan   11'
Faizal   34'
Umpires:
Nichol Bevan (NZL)
Paul Walker (GBR)

Third and fourth place

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6 May 2017
18:05 MST
India   4–0   New Zealand
Rupinder Pal   17', 27'
Sunil   48'
Talwinder   60' 		Report
Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Final

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6 May 2017
20:35 MST
Australia   3–4   Great Britain
Ockenden   28'
Pollard   34'
Wotherspoon   48' 		Report Forsyth   8'
Goodfield   11', 43'
Willars   33'
Umpires:
Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

Awards

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The following five awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Player of the Final Fairplay Award
Three Players (see list below)   Thomas Craig   Suguru Shimmoto   Alan Forsyth   New Zealand

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
    Great Britain 6 4 1 1 16 12 +4 13 Gold Medal
    Australia 6 3 1 2 17 11 +6 10 Silver Medal
    India 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 10 Bronze Medal
4   New Zealand 6 2 1 3 7 13 −6 7
5   Malaysia (H) 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7
6   Japan 6 1 1 4 13 18 −5 4
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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There were 73 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.06 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "Sultan Azlan Shah Cup handed huge sponsorship boost".
  2. ^ "Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. ^ "Awards". Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
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