# 2024 Sultan of Johor Cup

The 2024 Sultan of Johor Cup was the twelfth edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup, an international men's under–21 field hockey tournament in Malaysia. It was held at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from 19 October to 26 October 2024.

## Participating nations

Including the host nation, 6 teams are competing in the tournament.
| Country | FIH Junior Ranking | Previous Best Appearance | Best FIH Junior World Cup Finish |
| Australia | 8 | Champions (2016, 2017) | Champions (1997) |
| Great Britain* | 16 | Champions (2015, 2018, 2019) | Fourth Place (1997, 2001) |
| India | 2 | Champions (2013, 2014, 2022) | Champions (2001, 2016 ) |
| Japan | 18 | Third Place (2012) | Eleventh Place (1997) |
| Malaysia | 11 | Champions (2011) | Fourth Place (1979, 1982, 2013) |
| New Zealand | 13 | Fourth Place (2014) | Fourth Place (2009) |
    * = includes results representing England, Scotland and Wales

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 10 | Final |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 10 | Final |
| 3 | India | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 10 | Third place game |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 9 | Third place game |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 0 | Fifth place game |

### Results

* 19 October 2024 16:05 UTC+08:00
| India | 4–2 | Japan |
| Ali 12' G. Singh 36' Anand 44' Pal 47' | Report | Tanaka 26' Yamanaka 57' |
* Umpires: Jayden Pearson (AUS) Kim Jiyong (KOR)
* 19 October 2024 18:15 UTC+08:00
| Australia | 1–3 | Great Britain |
| Absolom 51' | Report | Draysey 22', 28' Royden 37' |
* Umpires: Mohomead Nawshad (SRI) Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)
* 19 October 2024 20:35 UTC+08:00
| Malaysia | 2–3 | New Zealand |
| Osman 16' Ashraf 55' | Report | Elmes 4', 48' Nelson 56' |
* Umpires: Hussain Al Hasani (OMA) Jamie Telfer (SCO)
* 20 October 2024 16:05 UTC+08:00
| India | 6–4 | Great Britain |
| Dad 7' D. Singh 17', 50' Tiwari 20', 50' M. Singh 26' | Report | Penrose 2', 15' Royden 46', 59' |
* Umpires: Hussain Al Hasani (OMA) Thipak Kanabathu (MAS)
* 20 October 2024 18:15 UTC+08:00
| Australia | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| Pease 23' Stanger 28' | Report | Parr 7' Elmes 8' |
* Umpires: KATO Takuma (JPN) Sumit MOHITE (IND)
* 20 October 2024 20:35 UTC+08:00
| Japan | 4–1 | Malaysia |
| Yamada 39' Higuchi 43' Kawahara 48' Nishida 51' | Report | Ashraf 35' |
* Umpires: Mohomead Nawshad (SRI) Anton Paulin (NZL)
* 22 October 2024 16:05 UTC+08:00
| Japan | 1–5 | Australia |
| Kimura 46' | Report | Downey 17' Grobbelaar 34', 43', 55' Absolom 59' |
* Umpires: Jamie Telfer (SCO) Ismady Alib Mohd (MAS)
* 22 October 2024 18:15 UTC+08:00
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Great Britain |
| Elmes 48' | Report | Graves 56' |
* Umpires: Thipak Kanabathu (MAS) Sumit Mohite (IND)
* 22 October 2024 20:35 UTC+08:00
| Malaysia | 2–4 | India |
| Aiman 8' Osman 9' | Report | Tiwari 11' A. Singh 13' Talem 39' Rohit 40' |
* Umpires: Kim Jiyong (KOR) Jayden Pearson (AUS)
* 23 October 2024 16:05 UTC+08:00
| New Zealand | 3–1 | Japan |
| Elmes 8', 20', 33' | Report | Kawahara 59' |
* Umpires: Jayden Pearson (AUS) Mohomead Nawshad (SRI)
* 23 October 2024 18:15 UTC+08:00
| Australia | 4–0 | India |
| Andrew 29' Stanger 33', 39', 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anton Paulin (NZL) Jamie Telfer (SCO)
* 23 October 2024 20:35 UTC+08:00
| Great Britain | 2–1 | Malaysia |
| Draysey 15' Neave 53' | Report | Che 17' |
* Umpires: Takuma Kato (JPN) Hussain Al Hasani (OMA)
* 25 October 2024 16:05 UTC+08:00
| India | 3–3 | New Zealand |
| G. Singh 6' Rohit 17' Talem 60' | Report | Elmes 17', 32', 45' |
* Umpires: Thipak Kanabathu (MAS) Takuma Kato JPN)
* 25 October 2024 18:15 UTC+08:00
| Great Britain | 3–1 | Japan |
| Draysey 3', 38' Wilcher 27' | Report | Fujiwara 13' |
* Umpires: Anton Paulin (NZL) Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)
* 25 October 2024 20:35 UTC+08:00
| Malaysia | 3–9 | Australia |
| Danial 24' Kamaruddin 29' Osman 50' | Report | Henderson 2', 53' Downey 3' Grobbelaar 7' Absolom 15' Mallon 33' Stanger 37' Andrew 55' Toonen 60' |
* Umpires: Kim Jiyong (KOR) Sumit Mohite (IND)

## Classification round
### Fifth and sixth place

* 26 October 2024 15:35 UTC+08:00
| Japan | 2–2 | Malaysia |
| Higuchi 48' Watanabe 58' | Report | Che 33' Osman 50' |
| Penalties |||
| Higuchi Tanaka Nakajima Kawahara | 3–0 | Osman Che Handzalah |
* Umpires: Jayden Pearson (AUS) Mohomead Nawshad (SRI)

### Third and fourth place

* 26 October 2024 18:05 UTC+08:00
| India | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| D. Singh 11' M. Singh 20' | Report | Brown 51' Elmes 57' |
| Penalties |||
| G. Singh Yadav M. Singh Kushwaha | 3–2 | Elmes Elmes Bax Lints Patel |
* Umpires: Jamie Telfer (SCO) Thipak Kanabathu (MAS)

### Final

* 26 October 2024 20:35 UTC+08:00
| Australia | 2–3 | Great Britain |
| Stanger 10' Downey 13' | Report | Draysey 14' Chihota 40' Penrose 51' |
* Umpires: Hussain Al Hasani (OMA) Anton Paulin (NZL)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team |
| 1 | Great Britain |
| 2 | Australia |
| 3 | India |
| 4 | New Zealand |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Malaysia (H) |

## Squads

| India | Australia | Japan | Great Britain | Malaysia (H) | New Zealand |
| Ali Khan (GK) | Hunter Banyard (GK) | Kisho Kurodo (GK) | Calum Douglas (GK) | Rafaizul Saini (GK) | Hayden Ganley (GK) |
| Bikramjit Singh (GK) | Magnus McCauslund (GK) | Koki Origasa (GK) | James Carleton (GK) | Danish Afnan Faizal (GK) | Matthew Ruetsch (GK) |
| Amir Ali (C) | Toby Mallon | Yamato Kawahara (C) | Rory Penrose | Andywalfian Jeffrynus | Ryan Parr |
| Rohit (VC) | Noah Fahy | Hyoto Yamada | Ted Graves | Danish Danial Abdul Wahab | Dean Clarkson |
| Rosan Kujur | Lucas Toonen | Jun Watanabe | Alex Chihota | Adam Ashraf Johari | Matthew Wilson |
| Shardanand Tiwari | Hayden Pease | Neo Sato | Max Anderson | Addy Jazmi Jamlus | Owen Brown |
| Sukhvinder | Oliver Stebbings | Rakusei Yamanaka | Lewis Wilcher | Danish Aiman Khairil Anuar | Tim Crawford |
| Anmol Ekka | Dylan Downey | Tsubasa Tanaka | Henry Markham | Che Nur Aqilrullah Che Khairulzi Anwar | Javahn Jones |
| Talem Priyobarta | Lachie Rogers | Jota Nakajima | Harrison Stone | Harris Iskandar Osman | Milan Patel |
| Ankit Pal | Liam Henderson | Yuito Matsuzaki | Matthew Hughson | | Luka Clark |
| Manmeet Singh | Nye Roberts Campello | Atsuki Yamanaka | Monty Neave | | Daniel Torr |
| Mukesh Toppo | Sam Lowndes | Shogo Sasaki | Thomas Austin | | Benjamin Culhane |
| Chandan Yadav | Ollie Will | Sota Kato | Nathan Gladman | | Sam Lints |
| Arshdeep Singh | Angus Adamson | Yuto Higuchi | Tom Spreckly | | Bradley Rothwell |
| Sourabh Anand Kushwaha | Max Freedman | Naru Kimura | Kaden Draysey | | Jordan Whittleston |
| Dilraj Singh | Ian Grobbelaar | Koyo Nishida | Cole Pidcock | | Jonty Elmes |
| Mohd. Konain Dad | Patrick Andrew | Ruyuji Tanaka | Michael Royden | | Aiden Bax |
| Gurjot Singh | Jesse Absolom | Yuma Fujiwara | Casper Lea | | Gus Nelson |
Team lists are subject to change following the tournament briefing meeting.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There have been 94 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.22 goals per match (as of 26 October 2024).
11 goals
* Jonty Elmes
6 goals
* Daykin Stanger
* Kaden Draysey
4 goals
* Ian Grobbelaar
* Harris Osman
3 goals
* Jesse Absolom
* Dylan Downey
* Michael Royden
* Rory Penrose
* Shardanand Tiwari
* Dilraj Singh
2 goals
* Patrick Andrew
* Liam Henderson
* Monty Neave
* Gurjot Singh
* Rohit
* Priyobarta Talem
* Manmeet Singh
* Yamato Kawahara
* Yuto Higuchi
* Adam Ashraf
* Nur Aqilrullah Che
1 goal
* Hayden Pease
* Toby Mallon
* Lucas Toonen
* Ted Graves
* Lewis Wilcher
* Alex Chihota
* Amir Ali
* Sourabh Anand Kushwaha
* Ankit Pal
* Mohd. Konain Dad
* Arshdeep Singh
* Tsubasa Tanaka
* Rakusei Yamanaka
* Hyota Yamada
* Koyo Nishida
* Naru Kimura
* Yuma Fujiwara
* Jun Watanabe
* Muhammad Danish Aiman
* Muhammad Danish Danial
* Azimuddin Kamaruddin
* Gus Nelson
* Ryan Parr
* Owen Brown
Source: FIH