# 2012 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2012 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is the 21st edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held from 24 May to 3 June 2012 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. New Zealand won their first ever title by defeating Argentina with 1–0 in the final, while five-time champions India took the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain scoring 3–1.

## Participating nations

Seven countries participated in this year's tournament:
* Argentina
* Great Britain
* India
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Pakistan

## Results

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | Argentina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 12 | Final |
| 3 | Great Britain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 11 | Third Place Match |
| 4 | India | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 9 | Third Place Match |
| 5 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 8 | Fifth Place Match |
| 6 | Malaysia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 | Fifth Place Match |
| 7 | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | |
* 24 May 2012 16:05
| Pakistan | 4–2 | Argentina |
| Irfan 34' Abbas 50' Khan 65' Waqas 69' | Report | Peillat 53' Paredes 62' |
* Umpires: Paco Jazquez (ESP) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 24 May 2012 18:05
| New Zealand | 5–1 | India |
| S. Child 1' Hayward 35' Wilson 58' Jenness 61' L’Huillier 65' | Report | Shivendra 6' |
* Umpires: Daniel Barstow (GBR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 24 May 2012 20:05
| Malaysia | 1–1 | South Korea |
| Faizal 56' | Report | Seo 7' |
* Umpires: Kamran Hussain (PAK) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* 25 May 2012 16:05
| Argentina | 2–5 | New Zealand |
| Cammareri 3' L. Vila 53' | Report | Burrows 32' Petherick 44' Hayward 57' Neal 59' Panchia 64' |
* Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Hong Lae-Kim (KOR)
* 25 May 2012 18:05
| Great Britain | 3–3 | Malaysia |
| Kirkham 6' Jackson 20' Moore 25' | Report | Azlan 9' Faizal 67', 68' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 25 May 2012 20:05
| South Korea | 1–2 | India |
| Nam 66' | Report | Sandeep 12' Uthappa 68' |
* Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Kamran Hussain (PAK)
* 27 May 2012 16:05
| New Zealand | 3–1 | Pakistan |
| Archibald 8' Hayward 11' Wilson 40' | Report | Khan 44' |
* Umpires: Pankaj Tyagi (MAS) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
* 27 May 2012 18:05
| South Korea | 3–4 | Argentina |
| Nam 4' Jang J. 42', 48' | Report | L. Vila 10' Mazzilli 34' Callioni 46', 70' |
* Umpires: Paco Jazquez (ESP) Daniel Barstow (GBR)
* 27 May 2012 20:05
| India | 2–3 | Great Britain |
| Raghunath 55' Sunil 59' | Report | Kirkham 28' Hawes 43' Catlin 62' |
* Umpires: Hong Lae-Kim (KOR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 28 May 2012 16:05
| Pakistan | 0–4 | South Korea |
| | Report | Nam 18', 44' You 49' Hyun H. 61' |
* Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 28 May 2012 18:05
| Great Britain | 2–3 | Argentina |
| Jackson 39', 65' | Report | Paredes 8', 41' Cammareri 49' |
* Umpires: Hong Lae-Kim (KOR) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 28 May 2012 20:05
| India | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| Mujtaba 9' Shivendra 11' Khandekar 40' | Report | Rahim 39' Fitri 59' |
* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Kamran Hussain (PAK)
* 30 May 2012 16:05
| Argentina | 3–2 | India |
| Paredes 37' Montelli 38' Peillat 58' | Report | Sardar 49' Raghunath 62' |
* Umpires: Paco Jazquez (ESP) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
* 30 May 2012 18:05
| Great Britain | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Jackson 18' Daly 27' | Report | Hayward 62' |
* Umpires: Pankaj Tyagi (IND) Hong Lae-Kim (KOR)
* 30 May 2012 20:05
| Malaysia | 3–2 | Pakistan |
| Amir 35' Faizal 48' Razie 70' | Report | Bhutta 4' Rasool 12' |
* Umpires: Daniel Barstow (GBR) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 31 May 2012 16:05
| South Korea | 1–1 | Great Britain |
| Yoon 23' | Report | Clarke 50' |
* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* 31 May 2012 18:05
| India | 2–1 | Pakistan |
| Sandeep 31' Sunil 69' | Report | Abbas 60' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
* 31 May 2012 20:05
| Malaysia | 1–4 | New Zealand |
| Hafifi 45' | Report | Archibald 5' McAleese 16' Wilson 34' Neal 61' |
* Umpires: Kamran Hussain (PAK) Paco Jazquez (ESP)
* 2 June 2012 16:05
| New Zealand | 0–1 | South Korea |
| | Report | Jang J. 68' |
* Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 2 June 2012 18:05
| Pakistan | 1–2 | Great Britain |
| Khan 15' | Report | Middleton 47' Jackson 66' |
* Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 2 June 2012 20:05
| Argentina | 1–0 | Malaysia |
| Ibarra 40' | Report | |
* Umpires: Hong Lae-Kim (KOR) Paco Jazquez (ESP)

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

* 3 June 2012 15:35
| South Korea | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| Hyun 1' Jang J. 42' You 50' | Report | Hafifi 17' Faizal 63' |
* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Kamran Hussain (PAK)

#### Third and fourth place

* 3 June 2012 18:05
| Great Britain | 1–3 | India |
| Jackson 35' | Report | Shivendra 43' Sandeep 52' Khandekar 69' |
* Umpires: Richmand Attipoe (GHA) David Tomlinson (NZL)

#### Final

* 3 June 2012 20:35
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Argentina |
| Hayward 18' | Report | |
* Umpires: Daniel Barstow (GBR) Paco Jazquez (ESP)

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Award | Player of the Final |
| Sardara Singh | Ashley Jackson | Kyle Pontifex | Great Britain | Kyle Pontifex |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | New Zealand | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 15 | Gold Medal |
| | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| | India | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 12 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Great Britain | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 11 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 11 | |
| 6 | Malaysia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 5 | |
| 7 | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 98 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.08 goals per match.
6 goals
* Ashley Jackson
5 goals
* Faizal Saari
* Andrew Hayward
4 goals
* Matías Paredes
* Nam Hyun-Woo
* Jang Jong-Hyun
3 goals
* Sandeep Singh
* Shivendra Singh
* Nicholas Wilson
* Abdul Haseem Khan
2 goals
* Facundo Callioni
* Lucas Cammareri
* Gonzalo Peillat
* Lucas Vila
* Glenn Kirkham
* Tushar Khandekar
* V. R. Raghunath
* S. V. Sunil
* Hafifi Hanafi
* Ryan Archibald
* Shay Neal
* Sohail Abbas
* Hyun Hye-Sung
* You Hyo-Sik
1 goal
* Pedro Ibarra
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Santiago Montelli
* Nicholas Catlin
* Jonathon Clarke
* Matthew Daly
* Benjamin Hawes
* Barry Middleton
* Robert Moore
* Danish Mujtaba
* S. K. Uthappa
* Sardar Singh
* Amir Fuzi
* Azlan Misron
* Amin Rahim
* Razie Rahim
* Fitri Saari
* Phil Burrows
* Simon Child
* Stephen Jenness
* Matthew L'Huillier
* Shea McAleese
* Arun Panchia
* Richard Petherick
* Muhammad Umar Bhutta
* Muhammad Irfan
* Shafqat Rasool
* Muhammad Waqas
* Seo Jong-Ho
* Yoon Sung-Hoon