2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	3 March 2018–10 March 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (10th title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	87 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Peillat (8 goals)
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Last updated December 31, 2021

The 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 27th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 3 to 10 March 2018.^[1]^[2]

Participating nations

Six countries participated in this year's tournament:

Results

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

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	18	6	+12	15	Advance to Final
2	England	5	2	2	1	14	9	+5	8	Advance to Final
3	Argentina	5	2	1	2	11	11	0	7	Third place match
4	Malaysia (H)	5	2	0	3	10	17	−7	6	Third place match
5	India	5	1	1	3	12	12	0	4	Fifth place match
6	Ireland	5	1	0	4	9	19	−10	3	Fifth place match

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

3 March 2018
16:00 MST

Argentina	3–2	India
Peillat 13', 24', 33'	Report	Rohidas 26', 31'

Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Rohizan Ramli (MAS)

3 March 2018
18:00 MST

Australia	4–1	England
Wotherspoon 15' Govers 19' Kleinschmidt 28' Sharp 39'	Report	Roper 25'

Umpires:
Ben Goentgen (GER)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)

3 March 2018
20:30 MST

Malaysia	4–1	Ireland
Razie 4', 24', 44' Ahmad 9'	Report	Shimmins 53'

Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Gurbaj Singh (IND)

4 March 2018
16:00 MST

India	1–1	England
Lakra 14'	Report	M. Gleghorne 52'

Umpires:
Kris Cholewa (IRL)
Ben Goentgen (GER)

4 March 2018
18:00 MST

Ireland	3–5	Argentina
O'Donoghue 12' Murray 17' Magee 52'	Report	Peillat 20', 23', 47' Vila 22' Gilardi 30'

Umpires:
Rohizan Ramli (MAS)
James Unkles (AUS)

4 March 2018
20:30 MST

Malaysia	1–3	Australia
Marhan 53'	Report	Weyer 10' Wotherspoon 29' Kleinschmidt 43'

Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Gurbaj Singh (IND)

6 March 2018
16:00 MST

England	4–1	Ireland
Middleton 15', 60' Ward 37', 51'	Report	Dale 39'

Umpires:
Gabriel Labate (ARG)
James Unkles (AUS)

6 March 2018
18:00 MST

India	2–4	Australia
Ramandeep 52', 53'	Report	Knowles 28' Zalewski 35' Beale 38' Govers 40'

Umpires:
Rohizan Ramli (MAS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

6 March 2018
20:30 MST

Malaysia	2–1	Argentina
Ahmad 20' Najmi 28'	Report	Paz 32'

Umpires:
Kris Cholewa (IRL)
Paul Walker (ENG)

7 March 2018
16:00 MST

Australia	4–1	Ireland
Whetton 11' Beale 14' Govers 21' Harvie 50'	Report	O'Donoghue 57'

Umpires:
Gurbaj Singh (IND)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)

7 March 2018
18:00 MST

Argentina	1–1	England
Gilardi 40'	Report	Condon 56'

Umpires:
Kris Cholewa (IRL)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

7 March 2018
20:30 MST

India	5–1	Malaysia
Lakra 10' Gurjant 42', 57' Kumar 48' Ramandeep 51'	Report	Faizal 33'

Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Ben Goentgen (GER)

9 March 2018
16:00 MST

Argentina	1–3	Australia
Peillat 21'	Report	Kleinschmidt 25', 56' Mitton 55'

Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Ben Goentgen (GER)

9 March 2018
18:00 MST

Ireland	3–2	India
O'Donoghue 24' Murray 36' Cole 42'	Report	Ramandeep 10' Rohidas 26'

Umpires:
Rohizan Ramli (MAS)
James Unkles (AUS)

9 March 2018
20:30 MST

England	7–2	Malaysia
M. Gleghorne 10', 48' Willars 11' Middleton 15', 31' Ward 38', 41'	Report	Ahmad 50' Marhan 52'

Umpires:
Gabriel Labate (ARG)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

10 March 2018
15:30 MST

India	4–1	Ireland
Kumar 5', 32' Lakra 28' Gurjant 37'	Report	Dale 48'

Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)

Third and fourth place

10 March 2018
18:00 MST

Argentina	3–2	Malaysia
Lopez 1' Peillat 11' P. Ibarra 49'	Report	van Huizen 24' Faizal 27'

Umpires:
Kris Cholewa (IRL)
Gurbaj Singh (IND)

Final

10 March 2018
20:30 MST

Australia	2–1	England
Govers 38' Sharp 53'	Report	Ward 54'

Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Ben Goentgen (GER)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	CM	Total
1	Gonzalo Peillat	Argentina	3	3	0	0	1	1	8
2	Sam Ward	England	0	0	2	0	2	1	5
3	Aaron Kleinschmidt	Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	4
	Blake Govers	Australia	1	0	1	1	0	1	4
	Barry Middleton	England	0	0	2	0	2	0	4
	Ramandeep Singh	India	0	0	2	1	1	0	4
7	Mark Gleghorne	England	0	1	0	0	2	0	3
	Amit Rohidas	India	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
	Shilanand Lakra	India	0	1	0	1	0	1	3
	Gurjant Singh	India	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
	Shane O'Donoghue	Ireland	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
	Razie Rahim	Malaysia	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin	Malaysia	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
14	Juan Gilardi	Argentina	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
	Dylan Wotherspoon	Australia	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
	Daniel Beale	Australia	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
	Lachlan Sharp	Australia	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
	Varun Kumar	India	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	Sean Murray	Ireland	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
	Julian Dale	Ireland	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
	Marhan Jalil	Malaysia	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
	Faizal Saari	Malaysia	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
23	Lucas Vila	Argentina	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Diego Paz	Argentina	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Juan Lopez	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Pedro Ibarra	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Corey Weyer	Australia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Mark Knowles	Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Aran Zalewski	Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Jake Whetton	Australia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Jake Harvie	Australia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Trent Mitton	Australia	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Phil Roper	England	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	David Condon	England	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Ollie Willars	England	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Sumit Kumar	India	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Kirk Shimmins	Ireland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Eugene Magee	Ireland	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Lee Cole	Ireland	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Najmi Jazlan	Malaysia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

Final standings

Awards

Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were:

Fairplay: Australia
Best Player: Daniel Beale
Man of the Match (Final): Mark Knowles
Best Goalkeeper: George Pinner
Top Scorer: Gonzalo Peillat (8 goals)

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References

↑ "Daunting task awaits Malaysian Tigers". NST Online. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
↑ "Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

External links

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[1] "Daunting task awaits Malaysian Tigers". NST Online. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[2] "Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

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