# 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 16th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

## Participating nations

Eight countries participated in the tournament:
* India
* Malaysia
* Australia
* Pakistan
* Argentina
* China
* Canada
* South Korea

## Fixtures and results

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

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 0 | |
* 5 May 2007 16:05
| Australia | 1–0 | India |
| Ockenden 50' | Report | |
* 6 May 2007 16:05
| Argentina | 1–0 | Australia |
| Rossi 48' | Report | |
* 6 May 2007 20:05
| India | 5–4 | China |
| Prabhjot 5' Raghunath 19', 43' Rajpal 35' Lakra 60' | Report | Yu 4' Song Y. 20', 62' Hu 37' |
* 7 May 2007 18:05
| Argentina | 3–2 | China |
| Vila 13', 32' Rossi 63' | Report | Liu X. 25' Song Y. 59' |
* 9 May 2007 18:05
| Australia | 7–2 | China |
| Ford 15', 47' Naylor 19' Livermore 35' Schubert 37', 52', 63' | Report | Meng 42' Song Y. 70' |
* 9 May 2007 20:05
| India | 2–0 | Argentina |
| Chhikara 66' Khandekar 69' | Report | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |
* 5 May 2007 18:05
| South Korea | 1–0 | Canada |
| Jeong 44' | Report | |
* 5 May 2007 20:05
| Pakistan | 2–2 | Malaysia |
| I. Khan 13' Warsi 42' | Report | Zulkifli 6' Ismail 29' |
* 6 May 2007 18:05
| Malaysia | 2–0 | Canada |
| Mohan 10' Shahrun 70' | Report | |
* 8 May 2007 18:05
| Pakistan | 2–0 | Canada |
| S. Khan 4' Ali 33' | Report | |
* 8 May 2007 20:05
| Malaysia | 1–0 | South Korea |
| Ismail 59' | Report | |
* 9 May 2007 16:05
| South Korea | 4–2 | Pakistan |
| Kang M. 9' Jeong 24', 47' Hong 61' | Report | Aziz 4' Imran 13' |

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 10 May 2007 | 10 May 2007 |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 12 May 2007 | 12 May 2007 |
| Canada | 0 | 12 May 2007 | 12 May 2007 |
| Canada | 0 | Argentina | 4 |
| 10 May 2007 | 10 May 2007 | | Argentina | 4 |
| 10 May 2007 | 10 May 2007 | Pakistan | 2 |
| Pakistan | 3 | Pakistan | 2 |
| China | 1 | | |
| China | 1 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 12 May 2007 | 12 May 2007 |
| | | Canada | 2 |
| | | China | 4 |

##### Crossover

* 10 May 2007 18:05
| Argentina | 3–0 | Canada |
| Corradini 29' Gilardi 31' Ibarra 66' | Report | |
* 10 May 2007 20:05
| Pakistan | 3–1 | China |
| | Report | |

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 12 May 2007 15:35
| Canada | 2–4 | China |
| Fernandes 27' Wettlaufer 34' | Report | Liu X. 17', 66', 69' Song 27' |

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 12 May 2007 18:05
| Argentina | 4–2 | Pakistan |
| Ibarra 11', 65' Rossi 16' Garreta 24' | Report | I. Khan 47' Butt 61' |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 May 2007 | 11 May 2007 |
| Australia | 6 |
| Australia | 6 | 13 May 2007 | 13 May 2007 |
| South Korea | 2 | 13 May 2007 | 13 May 2007 |
| South Korea | 2 | Australia | 3 |
| 11 May 2007 | 11 May 2007 | | Australia | 3 |
| 11 May 2007 | 11 May 2007 | Malaysia | 1 |
| Malaysia | 2 | Malaysia | 1 |
| India | 1 | | |
| India | 1 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 13 May 2007 | 13 May 2007 |
| | | South Korea | 0 |
| | | India | 1 |

##### Semi-finals

* 11 May 2007 18:05
| Australia | 6–2 | South Korea |
| Abbott 9', 68' A. Smith 14' De Young 37', 60' Matheson 51' | Report | Jeong 12' Lee S. 51' |
* 11 May 2007 20:05
| Malaysia | 2–1 | India |
| Tengku 11' Kelvinder 40' | Report | Shivendra 14' |

##### Third and Fourth place

* 13 May 2007 15:35
| South Korea | 0–1 | India |
| | Report | Sardar 56' |

##### Final

* 13 May 2007 18:05
| Australia | 3–1 | Malaysia |
| Ockenden 39', 41' Ford 53' | Report | Mohan 70' |

## Final standings

* 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 | Australia |
| 2 | Malaysia |
| 3 | India |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 6 | Pakistan |
| 7 | China |
| 8 | Canada |

## Goalscorers

There were 78 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.
5 goals
* Song Yi
4 goals
* Liu Xiantang
* Jeong Yun-sang
3 goals
* Pedro Ibarra
* Lucas Rossi
* Russell Ford
* Edward Ockenden
* Grant Schubert
2 goals
* Rodrigo Vila
* Desmond Abbott
* Liam de Young
* Vokkaliga Ramachandra Raghunath
* Ismail Abu
* Mohan Jiwa
* Ihsan Ullah Khan
1 goal
* Agustín Corradini
* Juan Garreta
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Brent Livermore
* Eli Matheson
* Matthew Naylor
* Andrew Smith
* Wayne Fernandes
* Paul Wettlaufer
* Hu Huiren
* Meng Lizhi
* Yu Yang
* Bimal Lakra
* Bharat Chhikara
* Tushar Khandekar
* Prabhjot Singh
* Rajpal Singh
* Sardara Singh
* Shivendra Singh
* Shahrun Nabil
* Zulkifli Rejab
* Kelvinder Singh
* Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
* Akhtar Ali
* Tariq Aziz
* Rehan Butt
* Muhammad Imran
* Shabbir Khan
* Syed Imran Ali Warsi
* Hong Eun-seong
* Kang Moon-kweon
* Lee Sung-min