2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
The 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 28th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Malaysia from 23 until 30 March.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Malaysia | ||
| City | Ipoh | ||
| Dates | 23–30 March | ||
| Teams | 6 (from 3 confederations) | ||
| Venue(s) | Azlan Shah Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  South Korea (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  India | ||
| Third place |  Malaysia | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 18 | ||
| Goals scored | 96 (5.33 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Mandeep Singh Jang Jong-hyun (7 goals) | ||
| Best player | Surender Kumar | ||
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The number of teams for this year's cup is the same as last year's tournament where six teams competed. India, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, and South Korea participated in this edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
South Korea won the tournament for the third time after defeating India 4–2 on penalties, after the match ended in a draw at 1–1, in the final.[1]
Teams
Argentina, Australia, and England who competed in the past tournament did not participate this year due to the 2019 Men's FIH Pro League. Canada, Japan, and South Korea are the teams replacing them.
Ireland withdrew from the tournament a month before it began. Poland was invited to replace South Africa (the team planned to replace Ireland), who were not able to finance flight tickets.[2][3]
| Team | FIH Ranking (January 2019)[4] |
Appearance | Last Appearance |
Previous best performance |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 10 | 9th | 2016 | 4th (1995, 1999) |
| India | 5 | 22nd | 2018 | 1st (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010) |
 Japan | 18 | 4th | 2017 | 6th (1987, 2017) |
| Malaysia | 13 | 28th | 2018 | 2nd (1985, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014) |
 Poland | 21 | 1st | – | – |
| South Korea | 17 | 20th | 2015 | 1st (1996, 2010) |
Results
All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).
Pool
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 13 | Final |
| 2 | South Korea |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 13 | |
| 3 | Malaysia (H) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 9 | Third place game |
| 4 | Canada |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Japan |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Poland |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 0 |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There have been 96 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.33 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- Gordon Johnston
- Simranjeet Singh
- Kentaro Fukuda
- Kazuma Murata
- Hirotaka Wakuri
2 goals
1 goal
- Brenden Bissett
- Adam Froese
- James Kirkpatrick
- Balraj Panesar
- Matthew Sarmento
- Surender Kumar
- Sumit
- Suguru Hoshi
- Kota Watanabe
- Shota Yamada
- Koji Yamasaki
- Ashran Hamsani
- Azrai Abu Kamal
- Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
- Mikolaj Gumny
- Joseph Hillyer
- Michal Kasprzyk
- Jacek Kurowski
- Chu Suk-hoon
- Kim Jung-hoo
Source: FIH
Awards
Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were:
- Fairplay: Japan
- Best Player: Surender Kumar
- Man of the Match (Final): Jang Jong-hyun
- Best Goalkeeper: Kim Jae-hyeon
- Top Scorer: Mandeep Singh & Jang Jong-hyun (7 goals each)
See also
References
- Singh, Jugjet. "Korea upset India for third Azlan Shah Cup crown". www.nst.com.my. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- Avineshwaran, T. "Hockey: South Africa withdraw from SultanAzlan Shah Cup | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- "Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019 : Poland confirms participation". thedragflick.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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