# 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.
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

Six countries are participating in this year's tournament:
* Malaysia (Host)
* Australia
* Great Britain
* India
* Japan
* New Zealand

## Umpires

* Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
* Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
* Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
* Nichol Bevan (NZL)
* Steve Rogers (AUS)
* Paul Walker (GBR)
* Bruce Bale (ENG) - Video Umpire

## 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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to Final |
| 3 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | Third place match |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Third place match |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 4 | Fifth place match |
| 6 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | Fifth place match |
* 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
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 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

* 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

* 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

The following five awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:
| 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

| 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 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 73 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.06 goals per match.
5 goals
* Thomas Craig
* Trent Mitton
* Mandeep Singh
4 goals
* Alan Forsyth
* Shota Yamada
* Kane Russell
3 goals
* David Goodfield
* Harmanpreet Singh
* Rupinder Pal Singh
2 goals
* Edward Ockenden
* Thomas Carson
* Mark Gleghorne
* Samuel Ward
* Kenta Tanaka
* Koji Yamasaki
* Faizal Saari
* Dominic Newman
1 goal
* Matthew Dawson
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
* Joshua Pollard
* Thomas Wickham
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Barry Middleton
* Phillip Roper
* Oliver Willars
* Akashdeep Singh
* Talwinder Singh
* Sowmarpet V. Sunil
* Genki Mitani
* Kazuma Murata
* Kaito Tanaka
* Kota Watanabe
* Heita Yoshihara
* Firhan Ashaari
* Razie Rahim
* Shahril Saabah
* Haziq Samsul
* Samuel Lane
Source: FIH