# 2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 18th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Malaysia from 5 to 12 April 2009.
India won the tournament for the fourth time by defeating the hosts Malaysia 3–1 in the final.

## Teams

Five countries participated in the tournament:
| Team | Appearance | Last Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Egypt | 1st | – | – |
| India | 13th | 2008 | 1st (1985, 1991, 1995) |
| Malaysia | 18th | 2008 | 2nd (1985, 2007) |
| New Zealand | 11th | 2008 | 3rd (1995, 2003, 2008) |
| Pakistan | 15th | 2008 | 1st (1999, 2000, 2003) |

## Results

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | Final |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Final |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Third Place Match |
| 4 | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 | Third Place Match |
| 5 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | |
* 5 April 2009 17:00
| Egypt | 2–2 | India |
| Hassan 8' El-Saied 70' | Report | Sandeep 14' Shivendra 50' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 5 April 2009 19:00
| Pakistan | 2–3 | Malaysia |
| Imran 10' Haider 68' | Report | Rahim 9' Shahrun 29' Azlan 48' |
* Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 6 April 2009 17:00
| New Zealand | 3–2 | Pakistan |
| Bhana 5' Haig 43' Couzins 68' | Report | Imran 6', 23' |
* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 6 April 2009 19:00
| Malaysia | 4–1 | Egypt |
| Ismail 27' Engku 39' Chua 64', 68' | Report | El-Hakiem 45' |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 8 April 2009 17:00
| Egypt | 1–1 | New Zealand |
| El-Hakiem 38' | Report | Edwards 51' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 8 April 2009 19:00
| Malaysia | 0–3 | India |
| | Report | Halappa 19' Sandeep 31' Gurwinder 62' |
* Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 9 April 2009 17:00
| India | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| Sandeep 27', 48' | Report | Petherick 8' Bartholomew 63' |
* Umpires: Sayed Del-Rady (EGY) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 9 April 2009 19:00
| Pakistan | 4–0 | Egypt |
| Imran 14' Abbasi 18', 43', 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 11 April 2009 17:00
| India | 2–1 | Pakistan |
| Sandeep 28', 60' | Report | Saqlain 50' |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 11 April 2009 19:00
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Malaysia |
| Wilson 49' | Report | Chua 48' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

### Classification round
#### Third and fourth place

* 12 April 2009 17:00
| New Zealand | 2–1 | Pakistan |
| Petherick 12' Baker 13' | Report | Abbasi 35' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Sayed Del-Rady (EGY)

#### Final

* 12 April 2009 19:30
| India | 3–1 | Malaysia |
| Halappa 8' Prabhjot 20' Shivendra 41' | Report | Azlan 11' |
* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | India | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Gold Medal |
| | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | Silver Medal |
| | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.
6 goals
* Sandeep Singh
4 goals
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Muhammad Imran
3 goals
* Chua Boon Huat
2 goals
* Ahmed El-Hakiem
* Shivendra Singh
* Arjun Halappa
* Azlan Misron
* Richard Petherick
1 goal
* Amr El-Saied
* Mohamed Hussain
* Gurwinder Singh Chandi
* Prabhjot Singh
* Ismail Abu
* Engku Malek
* Shahrun Nabil
* Amin Rahim
* Joel Baker
* Joseph Bartholomew
* Priyesh Bhana
* Dean Couzins
* Steven Edwards
* Nicholas Haig
* Nicholas Wilson
* Abbas Haider
* Muhammad Saqlain