# 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 19th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, a field hockey tournament held between 6–16 May 2010. Due to bad weather, the final between India and Korea was abandoned after 6 minutes and 14 seconds of play. After discussions and consultations between the Tournament Director Paul Richards, the Organising Committee, with the consent of Sultan Azlan Shah, decided that India and Korea would be joint champions for the 19th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was the 5th title for India and the 2nd for Korea.

## Participating nations

Seven countries participated in this year's tournament:
* Australia
* India
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* China
* Pakistan
* Egypt

## Results

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

### First round
#### Pool stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 13 | Final |
| 2 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 11 | Final |
| 3 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 11 | Third place game |
| 4 | Malaysia (H) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 11 | Third place game |
| 5 | Pakistan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 8 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | China | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 7 | Egypt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 33 | −29 | 0 | |
* 6 May 2010 16:05 MST
| South Korea | 6–0 | Egypt |
| Nam Hyun-woo 6', 28', 60' Kim Young-jin 12' Lee Nam-young 35' You Hyo-sik 39' | | |
* 6 May 2010 18:05 MST
| China | 1–1 | India |
| Sun T. 13' | | Ravi 69' |
* 6 May 2010 20:05 MST
| Malaysia | 3–3 | Pakistan |
| Hafiz 19', 51' Amin 50' | | Rasool 4' Irfan 56' Zubair 70' |
* 7 May 2010 16:05 MST
| Australia | 4–0 | Egypt |
| Schubert 18' Ciriello 49' Gohdes 59' Govers 64' | | |
* 7 May 2010 18:05 MST
| India | 4–2 | Pakistan |
| Sardar 26' Antil 47' Gurbaj 53' Khandekar 56' | | Imran 37' Ali 66' |
* 7 May 2010 20:05 MST
| Malaysia | 1–1 | South Korea |
| Azlan 51' | | Oh Dae-keun 13' |
* 9 May 2010 16:05 MST
| India | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Halappa 10' Khandekar 55' Shivendra 60' | | Nam Hyun-woo 13', 70' |
* 9 May 2010 18:05 MST
| Pakistan | 6–2 | China |
| Imran 17' Khan 30', 42' Zubair 45', 47' Rizwan Sr. 61' | | Yu 18' Sun L. 40' |
* 9 May 2010 20:05 MST
| Malaysia | 1–2 | Australia |
| Azlan 5' | | Ciriello 2' Gohdes 59' |
* 10 May 2010 16:05 MST
| South Korea | 5–3 | China |
| Cho Suk-hoon 25' Nam Hyun-woo 29' You Hyo-sik 32' Yoon Sung-hoon 39' Lee Seung-il 46' | | Sun L. 3' Yu 37' Meng 59' |
* 10 May 2010 18:05 MST
| India | 4–3 | Australia |
| Khandekar 19', 33' Rajpal 21' Shivendra 61' | | Mitton 38' Ciriello 40' Paterson 69' |
* 10 May 2010 20:05 MST
| Malaysia | 5–0 | Egypt |
| Azlan 24', 41' Faizal 33' Amin 40' Tengku 56' | | |
* 12 May 2010 16:05 MST
| Australia | 5–5 | Pakistan |
| Bates 11' Schubert 17', 61' Ciriello 26', 40' | | Rizwan Sr. 21' Irfan 53' Imran 58', 69' Umar 64' |
* 12 May 2010 18:05 MST
| China | 5–1 | Egypt |
| Liu 15' Cui 23' Na 35' Sun L. 41' Luo 43' | | Gobran 12' |
* 12 May 2010 20:05 MST
| Malaysia | 5–2 | India |
| Amin 27', 48' Tengku 39' Razie 41' Rizal 60' | | Mujtaba 44' Ravi 68' |
* 13 May 2010 16:05 MST
| Pakistan | 6–2 | Egypt |
| Mossen 12' Zubair 19' Imran 29' Khan 40', 52' Waqas 42' | | Hassan 51', 70' |
* 13 May 2010 18:05 MST
| Australia | 2–2 | South Korea |
| Govers 5' Gohdes 46' | | Nam Hyun-woo 25' Ro Jong-hwan 58' |
* 13 May 2010 20:05 MST
| Malaysia | 2–1 | China |
| Amin 37' Azlan 61' | | Liu 56' |
* 15 May 2010 16:05 MST
| Australia | 4–0 | China |
| Govers 3', 21' Ciriello 50' Schubert 51' | | |
* 15 May 2010 18:05 MST
| South Korea | 4–2 | Pakistan |
| Lee Nam-yong 38', 46' Nam Hyun-woo 66', 68' | | Zubair 32' Imran 57' |
* 15 May 2010 20:05 MST
| India | 7–1 | Egypt |
| Mahadik 34', 40', 42' Rajpal 44' Rupinder Pal 48' Khandekar 49' Sarvanjit 70' | | El Hakim 68' |

### Second round
#### Classification matches
##### Fifth and sixth place

* 16 May 2010 15:35 MST
| Pakistan | 1–1 | China |
| Rasool 43' | | Na 24' |
| Penalties |||
| | 6–5 | |

##### Third and fourth place

* 16 May 2010 18:05 MST
| Australia | 5–3 | Malaysia |
| Swann 34' Ford 43' Govers 50' Ciriello 55' Schubert 65' | | Hafiz 14' Amin 48' Tengku 70' |

##### Final

* 16 May 2010 20:35 MST
| India | 0–0 | South Korea |
Match abandoned after 6 minutes and 14 seconds due to bad weather, both teams declared joint winners.

## Awards
### XI Team of the Tournament

| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Kumar Subramaniam | Sardar Singh | Baljit Singh | Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin |
| | Gurbaj Singh | Hong Eun-seong | You Hyo-sik |
| | Lee Nam-yong | Arjun Halappa | Kieran Govers |
| | Muhammad Imran | | |

### Champions

* India
* South Korea

### Fairplay

* Egypt

### Player of the Tournament

* Sardar Singh

### Goalkeeper of the Tournament

* Kumar Subramaniam

### Top Scorer

* Nam Hyun-woo (9 goals)

## Final ranking

* This ranking does not reflect the actual performance of the team as the ranking issued by the International Hockey Federation. This is just a benchmark ranking in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup only.
| Position | Team |
| 1 | India and South Korea |
| 2 | - |
| 3 | Australia |
| 4 | Malaysia |
| 5 | Pakistan |
| 6 | China |
| 7 | Egypt |