# 2000 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2000 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the tenth edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pakistan won their successive second title after beating South Korea 1-0 with a late minute goal by Kamran Ashraf in the final becoming the first side to retain the Azlan Shah Cup since its inaugural edition. Pakistan's captain and goalkeeper Ahmed Alam was voted as player of the tournament.

## Participating nations

Seven countries participated in the tournament:
* Canada
* Malaysia
* Pakistan
* New Zealand
* South Korea
* India
* Germany

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 16 | Final |
| 2 | Pakistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 16 | Final |
| 3 | Malaysia (H) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 9 | Third place match |
| 4 | India | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | Third place match |
| 5 | Germany | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 7 | Fifth place match |
| 6 | New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 2 | Fifth place match |
| 7 | Canada | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 1 | |

#### Fixtures

* 16 February 2000 16:05
| India | 1–2 | Germany |
| Pillay 18' | Report | Wein 1' Bechmann 9' |
* 16 February 2000 18:05
| Malaysia | 3–1 | Canada |
| Ibrahim 2', 29', 69' | Report | Milkovich 32' |
* 16 February 2000 20:05
| New Zealand | 1–4 | South Korea |
| Russ 3' | Report | Yeo 39', 53' Song 60', 68' |
* 17 February 2000 16:05
| Germany | 1–2 | Malaysia |
| Bechmann 39' | Report | Kuhan 33', 67' |
* 17 February 2000 18:05
| South Korea | 1–1 | Pakistan |
| Yeo 16' | Report | Bashir 33' |
* 17 February 2000 20:05
| Canada | 1–1 | New Zealand |
| Short 20' | Report | Reynolds 35' |
* 18 February 2000 18:05
| Pakistan | 2–1 | India |
| Raza 7' Jawwad 28' | Report | Baljit 52' |
* 19 February 2000 16:05
| New Zealand | 2–4 | Malaysia |
| Archibald 19' Russ 68' | Report | Chairil 3', 7' Saiful 43' Ibrahim 53' |
* 19 February 2000 18:05
| India | 3–2 | Canada |
| Pillay 7', 37' Deepak 33' | Report | Short 6' Kullar 53' |
* 19 February 2000 20:05
| Germany | 0–3 | South Korea |
| | Report | Song 13', 50' Kang Ky. 25' |
* 20 February 2000 18:05
| New Zealand | 1–3 | Pakistan |
| Parag 12' | Report | Raza 23' Bashir 29' Yousuf 33' |
* 20 February 2000 20:05
| Germany | 3–2 | Canada |
| Bechmann 7' Domke 43', 53' | Report | Short 18' Kullar 51' |
* 21 February 2000 18:05
| India | 1–2 | South Korea |
| Baljit 53' | Report | Ji 25' Yeo 42' |
* 21 February 2000 20:05
| Malaysia | 2–3 | Pakistan |
| Chua 58' Kuhan 60' | Report | Yousuf 5', 63' Ashraf 13' |
* 22 February 2000 16:05
| South Korea | 2–1 | Canada |
| Kim Ky. 5' Hwang 8' | Report | Milkovich 24' |
* 22 February 2000 18:05
| Germany | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| Domke 50' Kunz 61' | Report | Leaver 7' Burrows 46' |
* 22 February 2000 20:05
| Malaysia | 1–2 | India |
| Ibrahim 11' | Report | Baljit 19' Deepak 32' |
* 23 February 2000 18:05
| Pakistan | 4–2 | Germany |
| Ashraf 15' Jawwad 29' Yousuf 54' Bashir 57' | Report | Kunz 7' Crone 52' |
* 24 February 2000 16:05
| Canada | 1–2 | Pakistan |
| Campbell 25' | Report | Yousuf 34' Sarwar 50' |
* 24 February 2000 18:05
| South Korea | 5–4 | Malaysia |
| Yeo 10', 33', 67' Seo J. 25' Kang Ke. 51' | Report | Kuhan 19', 21' Chairil 48', 56' |
* 24 February 2000 20:05
| New Zealand | 1–2 | India |
| Parag 22' | Report | Deepak 26' Pillay 28' |

### Classification round
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 26 February 2000 08:05
| Germany | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | New Zealand |
| Witthaus 20' Emmerling 56' Keller 85' | Report | Burrows 32' Smith 52' |

#### Third and fourth place

* 26 February 2000 17:05
| Malaysia | 1–4 | India |
| Kuhan 3' | Report | Baljit 6', 67' Pillay 17' Tirkey 54' |

#### Final

* 26 February 2000 19:35
| South Korea | 0–1 | Pakistan |
| | Report | Ashraf 70' |
* Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ARG) Blaise Monteiro (IND)

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Player of the Final | Fair Play Trophy | Most Promising Player |
| Yeo Woon-kon | Yeo Woon-kon | Ahmed Alam | India | Ibrahim Suhaimi |

## Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Pakistan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 19 | Gold medal |
| 2 | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 16 | Silver medal |
| 3 | India | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Malaysia (H) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 9 | |
| 5 | Germany | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 10 | |
| 6 | New Zealand | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 2 | |
| 7 | Canada | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 1 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 95 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.96 goals per match.
7 goals
* Yeo Woon-kon
6 goals
* Kuhan Shanmuganathan
5 goals
* Dhanraj Pillay
* Baljit Singh Dhillon
* Ibrahim Suhaimi
* Imran Yousuf
4 goals
* Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
* Song Seung-tae
3 goals
* Robert Short
* Christoph Bechmann
* Oliver Domke
* Deepak Thakur
* Kamran Ashraf
* Atif Bashir
2 goals
* Bindi Kullar
* Peter Milkovich
* Florian Kunz
* Phillip Burrows
* Umesh Parag
* Craig Russ
* Kashif Jawwad
* Ali Raza
1 goal
* Sean Campbell
* Philipp Crone
* Björn Emmerling
* Florian Keller
* Christian Wein
* Matthias Witthaus
* Dilip Tirkey
* Saiful Azli bin Abdul Rahman
* Chua Boon Huat
* Ryan Archibald
* Brett Leaver
* Craig Reynolds
* Darren Smith
* Muhammad Sarwar
* Kim Kyung-seok
* Kang Keon-wook
* Kang Kyong-won
* Seo Jong-ho
* Hwang Jong-hyun
* Ji Seong-hwan