# 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup

The 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup was the seventh edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 22 to 29 October 2017.
As in previous editions, a total of six teams competed for the title. England, New Zealand as well as Pakistan who competed previously, were absent from the tournament. The teams were replaced by Great Britain, India and United States.

## Participating nations

Including the host nation, 6 teams competed in the tournament.
* Australia
* Great Britain
* India
* Japan
* Malaysia (host nation)
* United States

## Umpires

A total of seven umpires were appointed by the FIH and National Association to officiate the tournament.
* Tim Bond (NZL)
* Anand Dangi (IND)
* Ian Diamond (GBR)
* Ben Hocking (AUS)
* Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)
* Kinoshita Hideki (JPN)
* Benjamin Peters (USA)

## Results

The schedule was released on 7 September 2017. All times are in Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

### Pool matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 15 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 8 | +24 | 12 | Advance to Final |
| 3 | India | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9 | +22 | 9 | Third-place match |
| 4 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 4 | Third-place match |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 4 | Fifth-place match |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 84 | −84 | 0 | Fifth-place match |
* 22 October 2017 16:05
| India | 3–2 | Japan |
| Dilpreet 11', 53' Sukhjeet 41' | Report | Ogawa 23', 31' |
* Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)
* 22 October 2017 18:05
| Australia | 19–0 | United States |
| Scanlon 6', 22' Steffens 10', 53' Ephraums 10', 12', 42', 46', 49' Rintala 15', 33', 34' Green 21' Farmilo 44', 48', 55', 57' Flynn 50' Anderson 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Ian Diamond (GBR)
* 22 October 2017 20:35
| Great Britain | 1–0 | Malaysia |
| Scott 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Anand (IND)
* 23 October 2017 16:05
| Australia | 4–0 | Japan |
| Ephraums 33' Stewart 36' Flynn 39' Scanlon 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anand (IND) Ian Diamond (GBR)
* 23 October 2017 18:05
| United States | 0–11 | Great Britain |
| | Report | Golden 6', 44' Scott 15', 40', 41' Francis 45', 46' Mackenize 47' Sutcliffe 54' Way 56' Blumfield 59' |
* Umpires: Faqarudin Kadir (MAS) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 23 October 2017 20:35
| India | 2–1 | Malaysia |
| Dilpreet 20', 43' | Report | Firdaus 3' |
* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Benjamin Peters (USA)
* 25 October 2017 16:05
| Great Britain | 4–2 | Australia |
| Park 25' Mackenzie 41' Way 43' Scott 57' | Report | Busiko 26' Ephraums 28' |
* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 25 October 2017 18:05
| United States | 0–22 | India |
| | Report | Pratap 2' Vishal 2', 30', 44' Dilpreet 3', 54', 59' Rabichandra 7' Harmanjit 25', 26', 40', 45', 52' Abhishek 28', 37', 38', 45' Raushan 37' Maninder 42', 43' Shilanand 47' Vivek 48' |
* Umpires: Faqarudin Kadir (MAS) Ian Diamond (GBR)
* 25 October 2017 20:35
| Malaysia | 1–1 | Japan |
| Akhimullah 17' | Report | Ineyama 32' |
* Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Anand (IND)
* 26 October 2017 16:05
| India | 3–4 | Australia |
| Sanjay 9' Dilpreet 30', 47' | Report | Rintala 3' Green 36' Bretherton 45' Ephraums 49' |
* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Ian Diamond (GBR)
* 26 October 2017 18:05
| Malaysia | 18–0 | United States |
| Aiman 4', 5', 21', 22', 59' Akhimullah 6', 23', 41', 56' Zaidi 17' Firdaus 18', 32', 54' Abu 33', 50', 55' Luqman 40' Hassan 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anand (IND) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 26 October 2017 20:35
| Japan | 1–3 | Great Britain |
| Watanabe 30' | Report | Way 45' Mackenzie 54' Wallace 59' |
* Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Benjamin Peters (USA)
* 28 October 2017 16:05
| Great Britain | 2–1 | India |
| Sorsby 20' Waller 52' | Report | Raushan 25' |
* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Ben Hocking (AUS)
* 28 October 2017 18:05
| Australia | 3–1 | Malaysia |
| Stewart 15+' Anderson 33' Scanlon 57' | Report | Abu 51' |
* Umpires: Ian Diamond (GBR) Benjamin Peters (USA)
* 28 October 2017 20:35
| Japan | 14–0 | United States |
| Ogawa 1', 22', 22' Tamekuni 8' Ikeda 17' Sugiyama 21' Fujishima 26' Sugino 28' Ozawa 29', 41' Kamezaki 36', 42' Kato 55' Morishita 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anand (IND) Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)

### Classification matches
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 29 October 2017 15:35
| Japan | 11–0 | United States |
| Kato 2', 7', 25', 55' Morishita 10' Kamezaki 13' Sugiyama 14', 44', 45' Watanabe 37' Chiba 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anand (IND) Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)

#### Third and fourth place

* 29 October 2017 18:05
| India | 4–0 | Malaysia |
| Vivek 11' Vishal 15', 25' Shilanand 21' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ian Diamond (GBR) Ben Hocking (AUS)

#### Final

* 29 October 2017 20:35 MST
| Great Britain | 0–2 | Australia |
| | Report | Rintala 4' Ephraums 35' |
* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

## Awards

Five awards were awarded at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer(s) | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
| Vivek Prasad | Nathan Ephraums Dilpreet Singh | Chris Wyver |
| Player of the Final | Nathan Ephraums Dilpreet Singh | Play the Whistle (Fair Play) |
| Nathanael Stewart | Nathan Ephraums Dilpreet Singh | United States |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Australia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8 | +26 | 15 | Gold medal |
| | Great Britain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 15 | Silver medal |
| | India | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | +26 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Malaysia (H) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 4 | |
| 5 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 7 | |
| 6 | United States | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 95 | −95 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 140 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 7.78 goals per match.
9 goals
* Nathan Ephraums
* Dilpreet Singh
5 goals
* Joel Rintala
* Duncan Scott
* Vishal Antil
* Harmanjit Singh
* Ryosei Kato
* Kyohei Ogawa
* Akhimullah Anuar
* Aiman Rozemi
4 goals
* Isaac Farmilo
* Andrew Scanlon
* Abhishek Nain
* Atushi Sugiyama
* Abu Kamal Azrai
* Firdaus Omar
3 goals
* Callum Mackenzie
* Edward Way
* Shinichi Kamezaki
2 goals
* Jacob Anderson
* Liam Flynn
* Coby Green
* Damon Steffens
* Nathanael Stewart
* Benjamin Francis
* Cameron Golden
* Raushan Kumar
* Shilanand Lakra
* Vivek Prasad
* Maninder Singh
* Yuta Morishita
* Kota Ozawa
* Ramu Watanabe
1 goal
* Joshua Bretherton
* Lachlan Busiko
* Alexander Blumfield
* Nicholas Park
* Thomas Sorsby
* James Sutcliffe
* Zachary Wallace
* Jack Waller
* Pratap Lakra
* Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem
* Sanjay Rana
* Sukhjeet Singh
* Takehiro Chiba
* Raiki Fujishima
* Mizuki Ikeda
* Takumi Ineyawa
* Kyohei Sugino
* Ryuji Tamekuni
* Muhammad Hassan
* Luqman Ahmad Shukran
* Muhammad Zaidi
Source: FIH