2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh, Perak
Teams	6
Venue	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (2nd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	96 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer	Jamie Dwyer (8 goals)
Best player	Mark Knowles
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The 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 24th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held from 5 April to 12 April 2015 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. ^[1]

New Zealand won the tournament for the second time after defeating Australia 1–3 on penalties, after the match ended in a draw at 2–2, in the final. ^[2]

Participating nations

Six countries participated in this year's tournament:

•   Australia
•   India
•   South Korea
•   Malaysia
•   New Zealand
•   Canada

Results

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

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	4	0	1	20	9	+11	12	Final
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	15	9	+6	10
3	South Korea	5	2	2	1	13	13	0	8	Third Place Match
4	India	5	2	1	2	14	12	+2	7
5	Malaysia (H)	5	2	0	3	13	13	0	6	Fifth Place Match
6	Canada	5	0	0	5	5	24	−19	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[3]
(H) Hosts

5 April 2015 16:10 Australia   7–0   Canada Cross  12' Wotherspoon  13' Ockenden  43' Dwyer  52' Mitton  53' Simpson  54' Whetton  56' Report Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

5 April 2015 18:10 South Korea   2–2   India Hyun  25' Kim S.  53' Report Thimmaiah  11' Raghunath  56' Umpires: Timothy Bond (NZL) Stephen Rogers (AUS)

5 April 2015 20:10 Malaysia   2–4   New Zealand Ramadan  20' Shahrun  52' Report Haig  4' Child  5' Hayward  55' Neal  57' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Deric Leung (CAN)

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6 April 2015 16:10 Canada   1–3   South Korea Hildreth  11' Report Kim S.  22' Nam  27' Jang  54' Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Anil Kumar (IND)

6 April 2015 18:10 New Zealand   2–1   India Child  38' Hayward  55' Report Akashdeep  43' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Lim Jung-woo (KOR)

6 April 2015 20:10 Australia   3–2   Malaysia Dwyer  43', 53' Wotherspoon  59' Report Firhan  57' Ahmad  59' Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Deric Leung (CAN)

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8 April 2015 16:10 New Zealand   5–0   Canada Hilton  26' Inglis  41', 45' Child  44' Neal  59' Report Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Anil Kumar (IND)

8 April 2015 18:10 South Korea   2–5   Australia Kim S.  17' Jang  54' Report Dwyer  18', 45', 48' Knowles  22' Ockenden  23' Umpires: Timothy Bond (NZL) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

8 April 2015 20:10 India   2–3   Malaysia Sardar  20', 51' Report Faizal  17' Samsul  35' Shahrun  58' Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Stephen Rogers (AUS)

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9 April 2015 16:10 Canada   3–5   India Scholfield  43' Gill  49' Jameson  52' Report Rupinder Pal  13' Raghunath  32' Ramandeep  46', 47' Satbir  49' Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

9 April 2015 18:10 Australia   3–1   New Zealand Wotherspoon  17' Dwyer  24' Hayward  28' Report Hayward  32' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Deric Leung (CAN)

9 April 2015 20:10 Malaysia   2–3   South Korea Faizal  32' Razie  34' Report Lee J.  3' Lee N.  29' Kim Y.  35' Umpires: Anil Kumar (IND) Timothy Bond (NZL)

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11 April 2015 16:10 India   4–2   Australia Raghunath  1' Thimmaiah  23', 32', 60' Report Beale  14' Gohdes  53' Umpires: Deric Leung (CAN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

11 April 2015 18:10 New Zealand   3–3   South Korea Archibald  4' Haig  41' Child  45' Report Nam  11', 31' Lee N.  45' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Stephen Rogers (AUS)

11 April 2015 20:10 Malaysia   4–1   Canada Haziq  5', 43' Nabil  6' Tengku  38' Report Sarmento  40' Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Anil Kumar (IND)

Classification

Fifth and sixth

11 April 2015 15:40 Malaysia   4–4   Canada Razie  2' Faizal  19', 37' Firhan  23' Report Ho-Garcia  16', 26', 33' Sarmento  49' Penalties Faizal Nabil Firhan Haziq 1–3 Bissett Panesar Gill Teixeira Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Timothy Bond (NZL)

Third and fourth place

12 April 2015 18:10 South Korea   2–2   India You  20' Nam  29' Report Thimmaiah  10' Satbir  22' Penalties Jang Kim K. Kim Ju. 1–4 Akashdeep Sardara Rupinder Pal Lakra Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

Final

12 April 2015 20:45 Australia   2–2   New Zealand Dwyer  50' Knowles  60' Report Hayward  5', 58' Penalties Beale Whetton Ockenden Zalewski 1–3 Inglis Hilton Archibald Child Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Player of the Final	Fairplay Award
Jamie Dwyer	Mark Knowles	Devon Manchester	Andrew Hayward	Canada

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	New Zealand	6	3	2	1	17	11	+6	11	Gold Medal
	Australia	6	4	1	1	22	11	+11	13	Silver Medal
	India	6	2	2	2	16	14	+2	8	Bronze Medal
4	South Korea	6	2	3	1	15	15	0	9
5	Canada	6	0	1	5	9	28	−19	1
6	Malaysia (H)	6	2	1	3	17	17	0	7

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.33 goals per match.

8 goals

• Jamie Dwyer

5 goals

• Nikkin Thimmaiah
• Andrew Hayward

4 goals

• Faizal Saari
• Simon Child
• Nam Hyun-woo

3 goals

• Dylan Wotherspoon
• Gabriel Ho-García
• Vokkaliga Raghunath
• Haziq Samsul
• Kim Seong-kyu

2 goals

• Mark Knowles
• Edward Ockenden
• Matthew Sarmento
• Ramandeep Singh
• Sardar Singh
• Satbir Singh
• Firhan Ashaari
• Shahrun Nabil
• Razie Rahim
• Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
• Nicholas Haig
• Hugo Inglis
• Shay Neal
• Jang Jong-hyun
• Lee Nam-yong

1 goal

• Daniel Beale
• Timothy Cross
• Matthew Gohdes
• Jeremy Hayward
• Trent Mitton
• Glenn Simpson
• Jacob Whetton
• Jagdish Gill
• Richard Hildreth
• David Jameson
• Oliver Scholfield
• Akashdeep Singh
• Rupinder Pal Singh
• Nabil Noor
• Ramadan Rosli
• Ryan Archibald
• Blair Hilton
• Hyun Hye-sung
• You Hyo-sik
• Lee Jung-jun
• Kim Young-jin

Source: FIH

References

1. "Dwyer on brink of record-breaking return to international stage". fih.ch. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
2. "Black Sticks men beat Australia to win hockey's Sultan Azlan Shah Cup". stuff.co.nz. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
3. Regulations

External links

• Fixtures and Results