# 1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 4th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, an invitational international field hockey tournament. It took place in Ipoh, Malaysia at the Azlan Shah Stadium from 28 July to 3 August 1991.
This was the first time the tournament was held after a period of four years with the previous three editions held after every two years. India won its second title remaining unbeaten in the round-robin format. India became the first team to regain the tournament after having won their first title in 1985.

## Participating nations

Six countries participated in the 1991 tournament:
* Soviet Union
* Malaysia
* Pakistan
* New Zealand
* South Korea
* India

## Results
### Round-robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | India | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 10 | Champions |
| 2 | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 8 | Runner-up |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 4 | Third place |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 3 | |
| 5 | Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 3 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 2 | |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

#### Fixtures

* 28 July 8:00
| New Zealand | 1–7 | Pakistan |
| Daji 15' | Report | Shahbaz Sr. 5' Bashir 25' Irfan 42' Zaman 55', 62', 66' Feroz 60' |
* 28 July 17:00
| Malaysia | 1–4 | India |
| Nawawi 28' | Report | D'Souza 11', 14' Mascarenhas 30' Ahmed 67' |
* 28 July 19:00
| South Korea | 1–1 | Soviet Union |
| Shin-heum 51' | Report | Atanov 40' |
* 29 July 17:00
| Soviet Union | 4–5 | Pakistan |
| Seksenbayev 21', 47', 51' Atanov 56' | Report | Feroz 3' Bashir 28', 60', 66' Zaman 31' |
* 29 July 19:00
| Malaysia | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Embaraj 14' Hadi 45' | Report | Thornton 30' |
* 30 July 17:00
| India | 2–0 | South Korea |
| Jagdev 34', 47' | Report | |
* 31 July 8:00
| Soviet Union | 1–1 | New Zealand |
| | Report | |
* 31 July 17:00
| Malaysia | 2–2 | South Korea |
| Hadi 3' Embaraj 48' | Report | Seok-gyo 17', 38' |
* 31 July 19:00
| Pakistan | 0–1 | India |
| | Report | Kumar 5' |
* 1 August 17:00
| Malaysia | 2–3 | Soviet Union |
| Nawawi 12' Zaini 60' | Report | Atanov 5', 42' Seksenbayev 34' |
* 2 August 8:00
| New Zealand | 0–2 | India |
| | Report | Jagdev 7' Ahmed 53' |
* 2 August 17:00
| Pakistan | 8–0 | South Korea |
| Bashir 2' Ejaz 5' Zaman 9', 17', 37', 67' Shahbaz Sr. 10' Feroz 64' | Report | |
* 3 August 8:00
| India | 3–0 | Soviet Union |
| Jagdev 14' Kumar 22' Mascarenhas 50' | Report | |
* 3 August 15:00
| New Zealand | 2–0 | South Korea |
| C. Russ 1' G. Russ 5' | Report | |
* 3 August 17:00
| Malaysia | 3–8 | Pakistan |
| Embaraj 30' Hadi 58' Fidelis 68' | Report | Ejaz 12' Shahbaz Jr. 14' Feroz 37', 50' Zaman 40' Bashir 48', 63' Shahbaz Sr. 65' |

## Final ranking

* This ranking does not reflect the actual performance of the team as the ranking issued by the International Hockey Federation. This is just a benchmark ranking in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup only.
| Position | Team |
| 1 | India |
| 2 | Pakistan |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
| 4 | New Zealand |
| 5 | Malaysia |
| 6 | South Korea |