# 2001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 11th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

## Participating nations

Seven countries participated in the tournament:
* Australia
* England
* Germany
* India
* Malaysia
* Pakistan
* South Korea

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 18 | Final |
| 2 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 13 | Final |
| 3 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 10 | Third Place Match |
| 4 | Pakistan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 10 | Third Place Match |
| 5 | India | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 4 | Fifth Place Match |
| 6 | England | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 | Fifth Place Match |
| 7 | Malaysia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 2 | |

#### Fixtures

* 2 August 2001 16:05
| Australia | 5–3 | Pakistan |
| M. Smith 10', 49' McCann 17' Elder 38', 44' | Report | Abbas 13' Bashir 51' Nadeem 66' |
* 2 August 2001 18:05
| South Korea | 2–0 | England |
| Yeo 14' Hwang 47' | Report | |
* 2 August 2001 20:05
| Malaysia | 2–2 | India |
| Madzli 11' Maninderjit 57' | Report | Tirkey 32' Baljit 63' |
* 3 August 2001 16:05
| Pakistan | 2–2 | South Korea |
| Nadeem 10' Abbas 40' | Report | Yoo M. 7' Seo 22' |
* 3 August 2001 18:05
| India | 0–2 | Germany |
| | Report | Domke 3' Weß 61' |
* 3 August 2001 20:05
| England | 0–0 | Malaysia |
| | Report | |
* 4 August 2001 18:05
| Germany | 6–2 | Australia |
| Michel 4', 44' Domke 28', 56' Witthaus 31' Mülders 60' | Report | Elder 24', 47' |
* 5 August 2001 16:05
| Australia | 1–1 | England |
| Taylor 24' | Report | Parnham 33' |
* 5 August 2001 18:05
| Pakistan | 4–3 | India |
| Jawwad 18', 36' Shabbir 27' Abbas 60' | Report | Baljit 28' Deepak 32' Jugraj 54' |
* 5 August 2001 20:05
| Malaysia | 1–4 | South Korea |
| Zhaffan 48' | Report | Yeo 25' Hwang 26' Kim J. 54', 58' |
* 6 August 2001 18:05
| England | 3–4 | Pakistan |
| Hall 25', 63' Bertram 68' | Report | Abbas 5', 60' Jawwad 30' Sarwar 43' |
* 6 August 2001 20:05
| Germany | 5–1 | Malaysia |
| Michel 16', 20', 43', 65' Domke 60' | Report | Chairil 68' |
* 7 August 2001 18:05
| South Korea | 2–5 | Germany |
| Yeo 26' Kim K. 42' | Report | Michel 33', 38', 70' Kunz 58' Reinelt 64' |
* 7 August 2001 20:05
| India | 2–3 | Australia |
| Deepak 14', 64' | Report | Dwyer 17' M. Smith 37' Elder 70' |
* 8 August 2001 16:05
| England | 1–2 | India |
| Hall 51' | Report | Baljit 13' Deepak 67' |
* 8 August 2001 18:05
| Malaysia | 3–4 | Pakistan |
| Maninderjit 23' Kuhan 37' Krishnamurthy 50' | Report | Abbas 7', 62', 62' Bashir 66' |
* 8 August 2001 20:05
| South Korea | 3–0 | Australia |
| Hwang 6', 11' Kim J. 65' | Report | |
* 9 August 2001 18:05
| Pakistan | 3–5 | Germany |
| Jawwad 4', 40' Abbas 32' | Report | Domke 3', 28' Reinelt 9' Kunz 19' Weß 21' |
* 10 August 2001 16:05
| Germany | 2–1 | England |
| Witthaus 31' Domke 46' | Report | Pearn 18' |
* 10 August 2001 18:05
| India | 0–3 | South Korea |
| | Report | Sin 32' Song 37' Yeo 45' |
* 10 August 2001 20:05
| Australia | 7–1 | Malaysia |
| Commens 21' Dwyer 32' Elder 37', 40', 55' Taylor 46' McCann 47' | Report | Logan 17' |

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

* 12 August 2001 08:05
| India | 2–0 | England |
| Tejbir 21' Tirkey 30' | Report | |

#### Third and fourth place

* 12 August 2001 17:05
| Australia | 4–3 | Pakistan |
| Elder 8' Taylor 11' Davis 35' Dwyer 50' | Report | Khalid 15', 64' Abbas 51' |

#### Final

* 12 August 2001 19:35
| Germany | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Hentschel 30' Kunz 53' Eimer 63' | Report | Song 9' Kim K. 31' |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | Germany | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 21 | Gold Medal |
| | South Korea | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 13 | Silver Medal |
| | Australia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 13 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Pakistan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 10 | |
| 5 | India | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 7 | |
| 6 | England | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | |
| 7 | Malaysia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 2 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 116 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.
10 goals
* Sohail Abbas
9 goals
* Troy Elder
* Björn Michel
7 goals
* Oliver Domke
5 goals
* Kashif Jawwad
4 goals
* Deepak Thakur
* Hwang Jong-Hyun
* Yeo Woon-Kon
3 goals
* Jamie Dwyer
* Matthew Smith
* Benjamin Taylor
* Daniel Hall
* Florian Kunz
* Baljit Singh Dhillon
* Kim Jung-Chul
2 goals
* Michael McCann
* Sascha Reinelt
* Timo Weß
* Matthias Witthaus
* Dilip Tirkey
* Maninderjit Singh
* Atif Bashir
* Muhammad Khalid
* Muhammad Nadeem
* Kim Kyung-Seok
* Song Seung-Tae
1 goal
* Adam Commens
* Gavin Davis
* Thomas Bertram
* Craig Parnham
* Mark Pearn
* Christoph Eimer
* Tobias Hentschel
* Jamilon Mülders
* Jugraj Singh
* Tejbir Singh
* Chairil Anwar
* Krishnamurthy Gobinathan
* Madzli Ikmar
* Zhaffan Mat Radzi
* Logan Raj
* Kuhan Shanmuganathan
* Muhammad Sarwar
* Muhammad Shabbir
* Seo Jong-Ho
* Yoo Moon-Ki
* Sin Seok-Gyo