# 2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 15th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

## Participating nations

Eight countries participated in the tournament:
* India
* Malaysia
* Australia
* Pakistan
* Argentina
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* South Korea

## 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 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 | |
* 18 June 2006 15:00
| Australia | 4–1 | India |
| Elder 7' Naylor 11', 40' Doerner 64' | Report | Tejbir 23' |
* 18 June 2006 17:00
| South Korea | 2–2 | Malaysia |
* 19 June 2006 15:00
| South Korea | 3–0 | Australia |
| Jang 20', 23' You H. 21' | Report | |
* 19 June 2006 17:00
| India | 5–2 | Malaysia |
* 21 June 2006 15:00
| India | 3–0 | South Korea |
| Tejbir 11' Sandeep 15' Tushar 53' | Report | |
* 21 June 2006 17:00
| Australia | 2–2 | Malaysia |
| Livermore 27' Brooks 41' | Report | Ismail 16' Megat 70' |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
* 18 June 2006 08:30
| Argentina | 2–3 | New Zealand |
| M. Vila 4', 29' | Report | Shaw 38' Brooks 50' Petherick 60' |
* 19 June 2006 08:30
| Netherlands | 2–3 | Pakistan |
* 20 June 2006 15:00
| Argentina | 1–4 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |
* 20 June 2006 17:00
| Pakistan | 3–3 | New Zealand |
| 15', 50', 70' | Report | Shaw 6' McAleese 40' Collier 60' |
* 22 June 2006 15:00
| Pakistan | 0–2 | Argentina |
| | Report | Saladino 47', 48' |
* 22 June 2006 17:00
| Netherlands | 0–0 | New Zealand |
| | Report | |

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

* 24 June 2006 07:30
| Malaysia | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
| Chua 20' Razie 27' | Report | Paredes 31' Almada 47' Argento 79' |

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 24 June 2006 09:30
| South Korea | 1–4 | Pakistan |
| Kang 42' | Report | Abbasi 15' Saqlain 23' Ali 46' Waqas 64' |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 23 June 2006 | 23 June 2006 |
| India | 0 |
| India | 0 | 25 June 2006 | 25 June 2006 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 25 June 2006 | 25 June 2006 |
| Netherlands | 1 | Netherlands | 6 |
| 23 June 2006 | 23 June 2006 | | Netherlands | 6 |
| 23 June 2006 | 23 June 2006 | Australia | 2 |
| New Zealand | 1 | Australia | 2 |
| Australia | 7 | | |
| Australia | 7 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 25 June 2006 | 25 June 2006 |
| | | India | 3 |
| | | New Zealand | 2 |

##### Semi-finals

* 23 June 2006 15:00
| India | 0–1 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Weusthof 64' |
* 23 June 2006 17:00
| New Zealand | 1–7 | Australia |
| Petherick 69' | Report | Schubert 7', 48' Doerner 21', 23' Naylor 38' Brooks 58' Butler 60' |

##### Third and fourth place

* 25 June 2006 15:00
| India | 3–2 | New Zealand |
| Prasad 8', 35' Sandeep 43' | Report | Child 10' Shaw 39' |

##### Final

* 25 June 2006 17:00
| Netherlands | 6–2 | Australia |
| Weusthof 6', 47', 66' Taekema 22' De Nooijer 42' R. Brouwer 52' | Report | Naylor 60' Schubert 69' |

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 | Gold Medal |
| | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 7 | Silver Medal |
| | India | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 9 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 5 | |
| 5 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
| 7 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
| 8 | Malaysia (H) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 2 | |