# 2014 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2014 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 23rd edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 13 to 23 March.
As with the previous tournament, six teams competed. India, New Zealand and Pakistan, who competed previously, did not join this edition and were replaced by Canada, China, and South Africa.

## Participating nations

Six countries participated in the 2014 tournament:
* Malaysia (Host)
* Australia
* Canada
* China
* South Korea
* South Africa

## Umpires

* Javed Shaikh (IND)
* David Sweetman (SCO)
* Ben de Young (AUS)
* Deric Leung (CAN)
* Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
* Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)
* Tao Zhinan (CHN)
* John Wright (RSA)

## Results

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

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | +28 | 15 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 10 | Advance to Final |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | Third place match |
| 4 | China | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 3 | Third place match |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 | Fifth place match |
| 6 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 3 | Fifth place match |
* 13 March 2014 18:05 MST
| Australia | 7 –0 | China |
| Budgeon 3', 56', 65' Mitton 20' Dwyer 34' Whetton 37' Ford 47' | Report | |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)
* 13 March 2014 20:05 MST
| South Africa | 2–3 | Malaysia |
| Eustice 16', 57' | Report | Shahril 10' Rashid 42' Faizal 63' |
* Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Tao Zhinan (CHN)
* 14 March 2014 18:05 MST
| South Korea | 3–0 | Canada |
| Jang 7' Kang Moon-kw. 11', 16' | Report | |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
* 14 March 2014 20:05 MST
| China | 5–0 | South Africa |
| Dong 3' Sun 7' Wang B. 14' Zhang 20' Meng W. 27' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Deric Leung (CAN)
* 16 March 2014 16:05 MST
| Australia | 6–0 | Canada |
| Simpson 10' Hayward 26' Budgeon 35' Ford 46' Whetton 53', 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 16 March 2014 20:05 MST
| South Korea | 2–2 | Malaysia |
| Oh 10', 30' | Report | Shahril 58' Faizal 65' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Ben de Young (AUS)
* 17 March 2014 16:05 MST
| South Africa | 0–7 | Australia |
| | Report | Mitton 30' Dwyer 34', 46' Budgeon 35' Ciriello 52' Beale 55' Knowles 62' |
* Umpires: Deric Leung (CAN) Tao Zhinan (CHN)
* 17 March 2014 18:05 MST
| China | 2–3 | South Korea |
| Zhang 32' Du T. 37' | Report | Kim S. 19' Jang 50', 66' |
* Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) John Wright (RSA)
* 17 March 2014 20:05 MST
| Malaysia | 3–1 | Canada |
| Faizal 4', 46' Kazamirul 67' | Report | Froese 15' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)
* 19 March 2014 18:05 MST
| Canada | 2–3 | South Africa |
| Tupper 12' Guest 49' | Report | Drummond 28' Tsolekile 33' Hykes 67' |
* Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Tao Zhinan (CHN)
* 19 March 2014 20:05 MST
| Malaysia | 7–3 | China |
| Marhan 6' Azlan 9' Izad 24' Ahmad 26' Shahril 30' Fitri 45' Firhan 62' | Report | E 44' Du T. 61', 66' |
* Umpires: Deric Leung (CAN) David Sweetman (SCO)
* 20 March 2014 18:05 MST
| Canada | 4–3 | China |
| Guest 1', 15' Johnston 33' Smythe 64' | Report | Guo 3' Yue 46' Du T. 59' |
* Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)
* 20 March 2014 20:05 MST
| South Korea | 1–5 | Australia |
| Jang 32' | Report | Mitton 10' Budgeon 35' Hayward 59' Gohdes 63', 70' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) John Wright (RSA)
* 22 March 2014 18:05 MST
| Australia | 6–2 | Malaysia |
| Budgeon 17' Ciriello 38', 59' Ford 42' Beale 43' Hayward 46' | Report | Faizal 61', 70' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 22 March 2014 18:05 MST
| South Africa | 2–5 | South Korea |
| Malgraff 18' B. Panther 69' | Report | Jung 22' Kang Moon-kw. 26' Hyun 42' Kang Moon-ky. 68' Jang 70' |
* Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) David Sweetman (SCO)

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

* 23 March 2014 15:35 MST
| Canada | 2–0 | South Africa |
| Froese 62' Curran 66' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

#### Third and fourth place

* 23 March 2014 18:05 MST
| South Korea | 3–2 | China |
| Kim Y. 20' Jang 24', 70' | Report | Du T. 31' Sun 39' |
* Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Deric Leung (CAN)

#### Final

* 23 March 2014 20:05 MST
| Australia | 8–3 | Malaysia |
| Ciriello 6', 17', 42', 52' Ockenden 11' Budgeon 46' Gohdes 65' White 68' | Report | Shahril 24' Rashid 40' Fitri 67' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| | Australia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | +33 | 18 | Gold Medal |
| | Malaysia (H) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 10 | Silver Medal |
| | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 13 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | China | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 3 | |
| 5 | Canada | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 6 | |
| 6 | South Africa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 3 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.94 goals per match.
8 goals
* Nicholas Budgeon
7 goals
* Christopher Ciriello
* Jang Jong-hyun
6 goals
* Faizal Saari
5 goals
* Du Talake
4 goals
* Shahril Saabah
3 goals
* Jamie Dwyer
* Russell Ford
* Matthew Gohdes
* Jeremy Hayward
* Trent Mitton
* Jacob Whetton
* Matthew Guest
* Kang Moon-kweon
2 goals
* Daniel Beale
* Adam Froese
* Sun Long
* Zhang Zhixuan
* Rashid Baharom
* Fitri Saari
* Jethro Eustice
* Oh Dae-keun
1 goal
* Mark Knowles
* Edward Ockenden
* Glenn Simpson
* Tristan White
* Taylor Curran
* Gordon Johnston
* Iain Smythe
* Scott Tupper
* Wang Bowen
* E Liguang
* Meng Wei
* Guo Xiaoping
* Dong Yang
* Huang Yue
* Firhan Ashaari
* Izad Hakimi Jamaluddin
* Marhan Jalil
* Azlan Misron
* Kazamirul Nasruddin
* Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
* Timothy Drummond
* Julian Hykes
* Ignatius Malgraff
* Brandon Panther
* Lungile Tsolekile
* Hyun Hye-sung
* Jung Man-jae
* Kang Moon-kyu
* Kim Seong-kyu
* Kim Young-jin
Source: FIH