# 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 17th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

## Participating nations

Seven countries participated in the tournament:
* India
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* Argentina
* Belgium
* Canada

## Results

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

### Preliminary round
#### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 14 | Final |
| 2 | India | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 12 | Final |
| 3 | Pakistan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 10 | Third Place Match |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | Third Place Match |
| 5 | Belgium | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 6 | Fifth Place Match |
| 6 | Canada | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | Fifth Place Match |
| 7 | Malaysia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | |

#### Fixtures

* 8 May 2008 16:00
| India | 3–4 | New Zealand |
| Sandeep 14', 20', 60' | Report | Stephenson 22' Child 32' Burrows 45' Brooks 54' |
* 8 May 2008 18:00
| Argentina | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Sosa 33' Argento 60' | Report | Truyens 54' |
* 8 May 2008 20:00
| Pakistan | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| Ateeq 22' Abbasi 28' Saqlain 60' | Report | Kelvinder 1' Rahim 23' |
* 9 May 2008 16:00
| Canada | 1–0 | Belgium |
| Guest 51' | Report | |
* 9 May 2008 18:00
| Pakistan | 6–3 | New Zealand |
| Butt 11', 30', 60', 70' Abbasi 14' Saqlain 28' | Report | Burrows 6' Shaw 33', 47' |
* 9 May 2008 20:00
| Argentina | 5–1 | India |
| Callioni 11', 44' Ibarra 31' Argento 45' López 53' | Report | Sandeep 25' |
* 11 May 2008 16:00
| Canada | 1–3 | India |
| Fernandes 8' | Report | Diwakar 44', 51' Shivendra 53' |
* 11 May 2008 18:00
| Malaysia | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| Azlan 32' Selvaraju 43' | Report | |
* 11 May 2008 20:00
| Pakistan | 3–3 | Argentina |
| Zubair 10' Saqlain 44' Akbar 63' | Report | Ibarra 30' Gilardi 50' Bergner 56' |
* 12 May 2008 16:00
| Belgium | 4–6 | India |
| De Saedeleer 24' Briels 45', 59' C. Vandeweghe 61' | Report | Shivendra 9', 68' Diwakar 22' Sandeep 29', 35' Sunil 32' |
* 12 May 2008 18:00
| Canada | 1–2 | Pakistan |
| Kullar 1' | Report | Butt 62' Saqlain 65' |
* 12 May 2008 18:00
| Malaysia | 0–5 | Argentina |
| | Report | Callioni 19', 28' Gilardi 46' Cammareri 54' Argento 68' |
* 14 May 2008 16:00
| New Zealand | 1–2 | Argentina |
| Collier 32' | Report | López 9' Gilardi 15' |
* 14 May 2008 18:00
| Belgium | 5–3 | Pakistan |
| Briels 2' Dohmen 18' C. Vandeweghe 24' Dekeyser 37' L. Vandeweghe 69' | Report | Abbasi 4' Butt 23' Saqlain 35' |
* 14 May 2008 20:00
| Malaysia | 2–2 | Canada |
| Chua 19' Rahim 27' | Report | Sukhwinder 23' Tupper 62' |
* 15 May 2008 16:00
| India | 2–1 | Pakistan |
| Sandeep 7' Diwakar 26' | Report | Saqlain 59' |
* 15 May 2008 18:00
| New Zealand | 3–0 | Canada |
| Kosoof 20' Couzins 48' Wilson 63' | Report | |
* 15 May 2008 20:00
| Belgium | 4–2 | Malaysia |
| C. Vandeweghe 20', 43' Dekeyser 52' Briels 69' | Report | Rahim 24', 46' |
* 17 May 2008 16:00
| Argentina | 2–2 | Canada |
| Callioni 48' Sosa 60' | Report | Sukhwinder 61' Kahlon 69' |
* 17 May 2008 18:00
| India | 2–1 | Malaysia |
| Shivendra 24' Sandeep 53' | Report | Rahim 70+' |
* 17 May 2008 20:00
| New Zealand | 3–1 | Belgium |
| Shaw 9' Child 22', 45' | Report | Dohmen 59' |

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

* 18 May 2008 16:00
| Belgium | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
| Dekeyser 3', 8' Luycx 58' | Report | Grimes 5' Kahlon 12' Kullar 45' Wright 83' |

#### Third and fourth place

* 18 May 2008 18:00
| Pakistan | 1–2 | New Zealand |
| Butt 21' | Report | Child 23' Stephenson 47' |

#### Final

* 18 May 2008 20:00
| Argentina | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | India |
| Almada 14', 73' | Report | Sandeep 10' |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | Argentina | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 17 | Gold Medal |
| | India | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| | New Zealand | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 12 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Pakistan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 10 | |
| 5 | Canada | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 8 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 6 | |
| 7 | Malaysia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.
9 goals
* Sandeep Singh
6 goals
* Rehan Butt
* Muhammad Saqlain
5 goals
* Facundo Callioni
* Amin Rahim
4 goals
* Thomas Briels
* Jérôme Dekeyser
* Charles Vandeweghe
* Diwakar Ram
* Shivendra Singh
* Simon Child
* Shakeel Abbasi
3 goals
* Tomás Argento
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Hayden Shaw
2 goals
* Mario Almada
* Pedro Ibarra
* Juan Martín López
* Martín Sosa
* John-John Dohmen
* Ravi Kahlon
* Bindi Kullar
* Sukhwinder Singh
* Phil Burrows
* Lloyd Stephenson
1 goal
* Ignacio Bergner
* Lucas Cammareri
* Alexandre de Saedeleer
* Maxime Luycx
* Jérôme Truyens
* Loïc Vandeweghe
* Wayne Fernandes
* Connor Grimes
* Matthew Guest
* Scott Tupper
* Phillip Wright
* S. V. Sunil
* Chua Boon Huat
* Azlan Misron
* Selvaraju Sandrakasi
* Kelvinder Singh
* Gareth Brooks
* Benjamin Collier
* Dean Couzins
* David Kosoof
* Nicholas Wilson
* Waqas Akbar
* Muhammad Ateeq
* Muhammad Zubair