# 1999 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 1999 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the ninth edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pakistan won their maiden title defeating South Korea 3-1 in the final after having finished runner-ups in four out of their last eight appearances. Sohail Abbas was the competition's top scorer with 12 goals.

## Participating nations

Six countries participated in the year's tournament:
* Pakistan
* Malaysia
* Germany
* Canada
* South Korea
* New Zealand

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 15 | Final |
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 9 | Final |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 9 | Third Place Match |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 6 | Third Place Match |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 6 | Fifth Place Match |
| 6 | Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 0 | Fifth Place Match |
Fixtures
* 2 April 1999 16:05
| Malaysia | 1 – 4 | New Zealand |
| Kuhan 48' | Report | Hari 12', 53' Bradley 35' Archibald 56' |
* 2 April 1999 18:05
| Pakistan | 6 – 3 | Canada |
| Bashir 10', 20', 37', 52' Abbas 24', 46' | Report | Bird 33' Milkovich 48' Wettlaufer 50' |
* 2 April 1999 20:05
| Germany | 4 – 3 | South Korea |
| Tewes 49' Weibenbor 54' Michel 66', 69' | Report | Keon-wook 6', 39' Kyung-seok 14' |
* 3 April 1999 17:35
| Malaysia | 1 – 2 | Canada |
| Kuhan 4' | Report | Pereira 55' Campbell 64' |
* 3 April 1999 19:35
| Pakistan | 6 – 2 | South Korea |
| Abbas 5', 41' Sarwar 17' Bashir 57' Shahbaz Jr. 46', 66' | Report | Seung-tae 11' Keon-Wook 52' |
* 4 April 1999 18:05
| New Zealand | 0 – 3 | Germany |
| | Report | Reinelt 18' Kopp 45' Wein 68' |
* 5 April 1999 16:05
| South Korea | 5 – 2 | Canada |
| Jong-ha 2' Seung-tae 39' Hwang 50' Jeong-seon 56' Keon-wook 61' | Report | Pereira 54' Griffiths 66' |
* 5 April 1999 18:05
| New Zealand | 2 – 5 | Pakistan |
| Radonovich 22' Hari 38' | Report | Abbas 24', 53', 59' Sarwar 51' Bashir 63' |
* 5 April 1999 20:05
| Germany | 4 – 3 | Malaysia |
| Wein 20' Michel 25', 55' Saliger 27' | Report | Anwar 1' Suhaimi 33' Kuhan 45' |
* 6 April 1999 18:05
| Pakistan | 5 – 1 | Malaysia |
| Asim 5' Shahbaz Jr. 23' Hussain 37' Abbas 47', 60' | Report | Kuhan 40' |
* 7 April 1999 17:35
| Canada | 2 – 1 | Germany |
| Campbell 39' Griffiths 68' | Report | Saliger 57' |
* 7 April 1999 19:35
| South Korea | 5 – 1 | New Zealand |
| Woon-kon 37' Jong-ha 39', 65' Keon-wook 51' Min-sik 56' | Report | Buckley 70' |
* 8 April 1999 16:05
| Germany | 2 – 4 | Pakistan |
| Michel 39', 47' | Report | Abbas 18', 43' Sarwar 19' Shahbaz Jr. 69' |
* 8 April 1999 18:05
| Malaysia | 1 – 3 | South Korea |
| Kuhan 50' | Report | Yong-bae 13' Woon-kon 23', 58' |
* 8 April 1999 20:05
| Canada | 2 – 3 | New Zealand |
| Griffiths 8' Yule 32' | Report | Archibald 19', 65' Hari 50' |

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

* 10 April 1999 8:00
| New Zealand | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Malaysia |
| Archibald 24' | Report | Kuhan 54' Saiful Azli 85' |

#### Third and fourth place

* 10 April 1999 16:05
| Germany | 3 – 2 | Canada |
| Reinelt 19' Gemmerig 23' Michel 39' | Report | Milkovich 30' Fernandes 53' |

### Final

* 10 April 1999 18:35
| Pakistan | 3 – 1 | South Korea |
| Abbas 30' Saqlain 61' Shahbaz Jr. 67' | Report | Woon-kon 16' |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Position | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| | Pakistan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 18 | Champions |
| | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 9 | Runner-up |
| | Germany | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 12 | Third place |
| 4 | Canada | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Malaysia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 2 | |
| 6 | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 6 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 18 matches for an average of 4.78 goals per match
12 goals
* Sohail Abbas
7 goals
* Björn Michel
6 goals
* Kuhan Shanmuganathan
* Atif Bashir
5 goals
* Muhammad Shahbaz
* Kang Keon-wook
4 goals
* Ryan Archibald
* Yeo Woon-kon
* Muhammad Sarwar
* Bevan Hari
3 goals
* Jeon Jong-ha
* Andrew Griffiths
2 goals
* Stefan Saliger
* Christian Wein
* Sascha Reinelt
* Song Seung-tae
* Ken Pereira
* Sean Campbell
* Peter Milkovich
1 goal
* Lee Young Hwang
* Lee Jeon-seon
* John Radonovich
* Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
* Ibrahim Suhaimi
* Naveed Asim
* Kim Min-sik
* Andrew Buckley
* Kim Yong-bae
* David Yule
* Muhammad Saqlain
* Frank Gemmerig
* Wayne Fernandes
* Saiful Azli bin Abdul Rahman
* Bradly Apted
* Ian Bird
* Paul Wettlaufer
* Jan-Peter Tewes
* Kim Kyung-seok
* Benjamin Kopp
* Tibor Weibenbor