# 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 28th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Malaysia from 23 until 30 March.
The number of teams for this year's cup is the same as last year's tournament where six teams competed. India, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, and South Korea participated in this edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
South Korea won the tournament for the third time after defeating India 4–2 on penalties, after the match ended in a draw at 1–1, in the final.

## Teams

Argentina, Australia, and England who competed in the past tournament did not participate this year due to the 2019 Men's FIH Pro League. Canada, Japan, and South Korea are the teams replacing them.
Ireland withdrew from the tournament a month before it began. Poland was invited to replace South Africa (the team planned to replace Ireland), who were not able to finance flight tickets.
| Team | FIH Ranking (January 2019) | Appearance | Last Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Canada | 10 | 9th | 2016 | 4th (1995, 1999) |
| India | 5 | 22nd | 2018 | 1st (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010) |
| Japan | 18 | 4th | 2017 | 6th (1987, 2017) |
| Malaysia | 13 | 28th | 2018 | 2nd (1985, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014) |
| Poland | 21 | 1st | – | – |
| South Korea | 17 | 20th | 2015 | 1st (1996, 2010) |

## Results

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 13 | Final |
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 13 | Final |
| 3 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 9 | Third place game |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 6 | Third place game |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Poland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 0 | Fifth place game |
* 23 March 2019 16:05
| India | 2–0 | Japan |
| Varun 24' Simranjeet 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
* 23 March 2019 18:05
| Canada | 3–6 | South Korea |
| Sarmento 45' Froese 45+' Boothroyd 50' | Report | Kim Jung-hoo 14' Lee Nam-yong 19', 31', 43' Jang Jong-hyun 20', 44' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Gurbaj Singh (IND)
* 23 March 2019 20:35
| Malaysia | 5–1 | Poland |
| Faizal 20', 30', 45' Fitri 28' Ashran 36' | Report | Kasprzyk 30+' |
* Umpires: Alex Miles (CAN) You Hyo-sik (KOR)
* 24 March 2019 16:05
| India | 1–1 | South Korea |
| Mandeep 28' | Report | Jang Jong-hyun 60' |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Alex Miles (CAN)
* 24 March 2019 18:05
| Canada | 4–0 | Poland |
| Bissett 35' Noronha-Teixeira 47', 59' Johnston 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 24 March 2019 20:35
| Japan | 3–4 | Malaysia |
| Murata 17' Watanabe 37' Yamasaki 54' | Report | Faizal 3', 25' Nik Aiman 7' Razie 53' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
* 26 March 2019 16:05
| Japan | 1–2 | Canada |
| Kato 11' | Report | Panesar 10' Kirkpatrick 41' |
* Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) You Hyo-sik (KOR)
* 26 March 2019 18:05
| Poland | 2–3 | South Korea |
| Hillyer 28' Kurowski 50' | Report | Lee Nam-yong 40' Jung Man-jae 56', 60' |
* Umpires: Gurbaj Singh (IND) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
* 26 March 2019 20:35
| Malaysia | 2–4 | India |
| Razie 21' Firhan 57' | Report | Sumit 17' Kumar 27' Varun 36' Mandeep 58' |
* Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 27 March 2019 16:05
| Poland | 0–3 | Japan |
| | Report | Yamada 20' Fukuda 30' Wakuri 40' |
* Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) Gurbaj Singh (IND)
* 27 March 2019 18:05
| Canada | 3–7 | India |
| Pearson 35' Boothroyd 50' Wallace 57' | Report | Varun 12' Mandeep 20', 27', 29' Amit 39' Vivek 55' Nilakanta 58' |
* Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
* 27 March 2019 20:35
| South Korea | 2–1 | Malaysia |
| Lee Nam-yong 31' Jang Jong-hyun 35' | Report | Razie 46' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Alex Miles (CAN)
* 29 March 2019 16:05
| India | 10–0 | Poland |
| Vivek 1' Kumar 7' Varun 18', 25' Surender 19' Simranjeet 29' Nilakanta 36' Mandeep 50', 51' Amit 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) You Hyo-sik (KOR)
* 29 March 2019 18:05
| South Korea | 4–2 | Japan |
| Jang Jong-hyun 20', 57' Lee Nam-yong 28' Chu Suk-hoon 58' | Report | Murata 19', 42' |
* Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
* 29 March 2019 20:35
| Malaysia | 3–2 | Canada |
| Firhan 6' Razie 17' Fitri 23' | Report | Johnston 15+', 22' |
* Umpires: Gurbaj Singh (IND) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

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

* 30 March 2019 15:40
| Japan | 6–1 | Poland |
| Fukuda 46', 54' Kato 49' Wakuri 51', 57' Hoshi 57' | Report | Gumny 31' |
* Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) Alex Miles (CAN)

#### Third and fourth place

* 30 March 2019 18:05
| Malaysia | 4–2 | Canada |
| Nik Aiman 23' Azrai 29' Tengku 30' Faizal 45' | Report | Pearson 14' Wallace 59' |
* Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

#### Final

* 30 March 2019 20:35
| India | 1–1 | South Korea |
| Simranjeet 9' | Report | Jang Jong-hyun 47' |
| Penalties |||
| Sumit Birendra Varun K. Sumit K. | 2–4 | Ji Woo-cheon Lee Jung-jun Kim Ki-hoon Jung Man-jae Lee Nam-yong |
* Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

## Statistics
### Final standings

* South Korea
* India
* Malaysia
* Canada
* Japan
* Poland

### Goalscorers

There have been 96 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.33 goals per match.
7 goals
* Mandeep Singh
* Jang Jong-hyun
6 goals
* Faizal Saari
* Lee Nam-yong
5 goals
* Varun Kumar
4 goals
* Razie Rahim
3 goals
* Gordon Johnston
* Simranjeet Singh
* Kentaro Fukuda
* Kazuma Murata
* Hirotaka Wakuri
2 goals
* Fin Boothroyd
* Devohn Noronha-Teixeira
* Mark Pearson
* James Wallace
* Amit Rohidas
* Nilakanta Sharma
* Sumit Kumar
* Vivek Prasad
* Ryosei Kato
* Aiman Rozemi
* Firhan Ashaari
* Fitri Saari
* Jung Man-jae
1 goal
* Brenden Bissett
* Adam Froese
* James Kirkpatrick
* Balraj Panesar
* Matthew Sarmento
* Surender Kumar
* Sumit
* Suguru Hoshi
* Kota Watanabe
* Shota Yamada
* Koji Yamasaki
* Ashran Hamsani
* Azrai Abu Kamal
* Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
* Mikolaj Gumny
* Joseph Hillyer
* Michal Kasprzyk
* Jacek Kurowski
* Chu Suk-hoon
* Kim Jung-hoo
Source: FIH

### Awards

Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were:
* Fairplay: Japan
* Best Player: Surender Kumar
* Man of the Match (Final): Jang Jong-hyun
* Best Goalkeeper: Kim Jae-hyeon
* Top Scorer: Mandeep Singh & Jang Jong-hyun (7 goals each)