# 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 24th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held from 5 April to 12 April 2015 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
New Zealand won the tournament for the second time after defeating Australia 1–3 on penalties, after the match ended in a draw at 2–2, in the final.

## Participating nations

Six countries participated in this year's tournament:
* Australia
* India
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Canada

## Results

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

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 10 | Final |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 | Third Place Match |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 7 | Third Place Match |
| 5 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | Fifth Place Match |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 | Fifth Place Match |
* 5 April 2016 16:10
| Australia | 7–0 | Canada |
| Cross 12' Wotherspoon 13' Ockenden 43' Dwyer 52' Mitton 53' Simpson 54' Whetton 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 5 April 2016 18:10
| South Korea | 2–2 | India |
| Hyun 25' Kim S. 53' | Report | Thimmaiah 11' Raghunath 56' |
* Umpires: Timothy Bond (NZL) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 5 April 2016 20:10
| Malaysia | 2–4 | New Zealand |
| Ramadan 20' Shahrun 52' | Report | Haig 4' Child 5' Hayward 55' Neal 57' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Deric Leung (CAN)
* 6 April 2016 16:10
| Canada | 1–3 | South Korea |
| Hildreth 11' | Report | Kim S. 22' Nam 27' Jang 54' |
* Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Anil Kumar (IND)
* 6 April 2016 18:10
| New Zealand | 2–1 | India |
| Child 38' Hayward 55' | Report | Akashdeep 43' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Lim Jung-woo (KOR)
* 6 April 2016 20:10
| Australia | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| Dwyer 43', 53' Wotherspoon 59' | Report | Firhan 57' Ahmad 59' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Deric Leung (CAN)
* 8 April 2016 16:10
| New Zealand | 5–0 | Canada |
| Hilton 26' Inglis 41', 45' Child 44' Neal 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Anil Kumar (IND)
* 8 April 2016 18:10
| South Korea | 2–5 | Australia |
| Kim S. 17' Jang 54' | Report | Dwyer 18', 45', 48' Knowles 22' Ockenden 23' |
* Umpires: Timothy Bond (NZL) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 8 April 2016 20:10
| India | 2–3 | Malaysia |
| Sardar 20', 51' | Report | Faizal 17' Samsul 35' Shahrun 58' |
* Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 9 April 2016 16:10
| Canada | 3–5 | India |
| Scholfield 43' Gill 49' Jameson 52' | Report | Rupinder Pal 13' Raghunath 32' Ramandeep 46', 47' Satbir 49' |
* Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 9 April 2016 18:10
| Australia | 3–1 | New Zealand |
| Wotherspoon 17' Dwyer 24' Hayward 28' | Report | Hayward 32' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Deric Leung (CAN)
* 9 April 2016 20:10
| Malaysia | 2–3 | South Korea |
| Faizal 32' Razie 34' | Report | Lee J. 3' Lee N. 29' Kim Y. 35' |
* Umpires: Anil Kumar (IND) Timothy Bond (NZL)
* 11 April 2016 16:10
| India | 4–2 | Australia |
| Raghunath 1' Thimmaiah 23', 32', 60' | Report | Beale 14' Gohdes 53' |
* Umpires: Deric Leung (CAN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 11 April 2016 18:10
| New Zealand | 3–3 | South Korea |
| Archibald 4' Haig 41' Child 45' | Report | Nam 11', 31' Lee N. 45' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 20:10
| Malaysia | 4–1 | Canada |
| Haziq 5', 43' Nabil 6' Tengku 38' | Report | Sarmento 40' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Anil Kumar (IND)

### Classification
#### Fifth and sixth

* 11 April 2016 15:40
| Malaysia | 4–4 | Canada |
| Razie 2' Faizal 19', 37' Firhan 23' | Report | Ho-Garcia 16', 26', 33' Sarmento 49' |
| Penalties |||
| Faizal Nabil Firhan Haziq | 1–3 | Bissett Panesar Gill Teixeira |
* Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Timothy Bond (NZL)

#### Third and fourth place

* 12 April 2015 18:10
| South Korea | 2–2 | India |
| You 20' Nam 29' | Report | Thimmaiah 10' Satbir 22' |
| Penalties |||
| Jang Kim K. Kim Ju. | 1–4 | Akashdeep Sardara Rupinder Pal Lakra |
* Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

#### Final

* 12 April 2015 20:45
| Australia | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| Dwyer 50' Knowles 60' | Report | Hayward 5', 58' |
| Penalties |||
| Beale Whetton Ockenden Zalewski | 1–3 | Inglis Hilton Archibald Child |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Player of the Final | Fairplay Award |
| Jamie Dwyer | Mark Knowles | Devon Manchester | Andrew Hayward | Canada |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| | New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 11 | Gold Medal |
| | Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 13 | Silver Medal |
| | India | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 8 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 9 | |
| 5 | Canada | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 28 | −19 | 1 | |
| 6 | Malaysia (H) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 7 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.33 goals per match.
8 goals
* Jamie Dwyer
5 goals
* Nikkin Thimmaiah
* Andrew Hayward
4 goals
* Faizal Saari
* Simon Child
* Nam Hyun-woo
3 goals
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Gabriel Ho-García
* Vokkaliga Raghunath
* Haziq Samsul
* Kim Seong-kyu
2 goals
* Mark Knowles
* Edward Ockenden
* Matthew Sarmento
* Ramandeep Singh
* Sardar Singh
* Satbir Singh
* Firhan Ashaari
* Shahrun Nabil
* Razie Rahim
* Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
* Nicholas Haig
* Hugo Inglis
* Shay Neal
* Jang Jong-hyun
* Lee Nam-yong
1 goal
* Daniel Beale
* Timothy Cross
* Matthew Gohdes
* Jeremy Hayward
* Trent Mitton
* Glenn Simpson
* Jacob Whetton
* Jagdish Gill
* Richard Hildreth
* David Jameson
* Oliver Scholfield
* Akashdeep Singh
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* Nabil Noor
* Ramadan Rosli
* Ryan Archibald
* Blair Hilton
* Hyun Hye-sung
* You Hyo-sik
* Lee Jung-jun
* Kim Young-jin
Source: FIH