# 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 27th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 3 to 10 March 2018.
The number of teams for this year's cup was the same as last year's tournament where six teams competed. Japan and New Zealand, who competed previously, did not join this edition and were replaced by Argentina and Ireland. England was Great Britain's only country that participated in this edition.
Australia clinched their tenth title in this tournament after defeating England 2–1 in the final match.

## Participating nations

Six countries participated in this year's tournament:
* Malaysia (Host)
* Argentina
* Australia
* England
* India
* Ireland

## Results

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

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 15 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 8 | Advance to Final |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | Third place match |
| 4 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 6 | Third place match |
| 5 | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | Fifth place match |
| 6 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 3 | Fifth place match |
* 3 March 2018 16:00 MST
| Argentina | 3–2 | India |
| Peillat 13', 24', 33' | Report | Rohidas 26', 31' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Rohizan Ramli (MAS)
* 3 March 2018 18:00 MST
| Australia | 4–1 | England |
| Wotherspoon 15' Govers 19' Kleinschmidt 28' Sharp 39' | Report | Roper 25' |
* Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Gabriel Labate (ARG)
* 3 March 2018 20:30 MST
| Malaysia | 4–1 | Ireland |
| Razie 4', 24', 44' Ahmad 9' | Report | Shimmins 53' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Gurbaj Singh (IND)
* 4 March 2018 16:00 MST
| India | 1–1 | England |
| Lakra 14' | Report | M. Gleghorne 52' |
* Umpires: Kris Cholewa (IRL) Ben Goentgen (GER)
* 4 March 2018 18:00 MST
| Ireland | 3–5 | Argentina |
| O'Donoghue 12' Murray 17' Magee 52' | Report | Peillat 20', 23', 47' Vila 22' Gilardi 30' |
* Umpires: Rohizan Ramli (MAS) James Unkles (AUS)
* 4 March 2018 20:30 MST
| Malaysia | 1–3 | Australia |
| Marhan 53' | Report | Weyer 10' Wotherspoon 29' Kleinschmidt 43' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Gurbaj Singh (IND)
* 6 March 2018 16:00 MST
| England | 4–1 | Ireland |
| Middleton 15', 60' Ward 37', 51' | Report | Dale 39' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) James Unkles (AUS)
* 6 March 2018 18:00 MST
| India | 2–4 | Australia |
| Ramandeep 52', 53' | Report | Knowles 28' Zalewski 35' Beale 38' Govers 40' |
* Umpires: Rohizan Ramli (MAS) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 6 March 2018 20:30 MST
| Malaysia | 2–1 | Argentina |
| Ahmad 20' Najmi 28' | Report | Paz 32' |
* Umpires: Kris Cholewa (IRL) Paul Walker (ENG)
* 7 March 2018 16:00 MST
| Australia | 4–1 | Ireland |
| Whetton 11' Beale 14' Govers 21' Harvie 50' | Report | O'Donoghue 57' |
* Umpires: Gurbaj Singh (IND) Gabriel Labate (ARG)
* 7 March 2018 18:00 MST
| Argentina | 1–1 | England |
| Gilardi 40' | Report | Condon 56' |
* Umpires: Kris Cholewa (IRL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 7 March 2018 20:30 MST
| India | 5–1 | Malaysia |
| Lakra 10' Gurjant 42', 57' Kumar 48' Ramandeep 51' | Report | Faizal 33' |
* Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Ben Goentgen (GER)
* 9 March 2018 16:00 MST
| Argentina | 1–3 | Australia |
| Peillat 21' | Report | Kleinschmidt 25', 56' Mitton 55' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Ben Goentgen (GER)
* 9 March 2018 18:00 MST
| Ireland | 3–2 | India |
| O'Donoghue 24' Murray 36' Cole 42' | Report | Ramandeep 10' Rohidas 26' |
* Umpires: Rohizan Ramli (MAS) James Unkles (AUS)
* 9 March 2018 20:30 MST
| England | 7–2 | Malaysia |
| M. Gleghorne 10', 48' Willars 11' Middleton 15', 31' Ward 38', 41' | Report | Ahmad 50' Marhan 52' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) David Tomlinson (NZL)

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

* 10 March 2018 15:30 MST
| India | 4–1 | Ireland |
| Kumar 5', 32' Lakra 28' Gurjant 37' | Report | Dale 48' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Gabriel Labate (ARG)

#### Third and fourth place

* 10 March 2018 18:00 MST
| Argentina | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| Lopez 1' Peillat 11' P. Ibarra 49' | Report | van Huizen 24' Faizal 27' |
* Umpires: Kris Cholewa (IRL) Gurbaj Singh (IND)

#### Final

* 10 March 2018 20:30 MST
| Australia | 2–1 | England |
| Govers 38' Sharp 53' | Report | Ward 54' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Ben Goentgen (GER)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Player of the Final | Fairplay Award |
| Gonzalo Peillat | Daniel Beale | George Pinner | Mark Knowles | Australia |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| | Australia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 18 | Gold Medal |
| | England | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 8 | Silver Medal |
| | Argentina | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Malaysia (H) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 6 | |
| 5 | India | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 7 | |
| 6 | Ireland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 87 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.
8 goals
* Gonzalo Peillat
5 goals
* Samuel Ward
4 goals
* Blake Govers
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
* Barry Middleton
* Ramandeep Singh
3 goals
* Mark Gleghorne
* Shilanand Lakra
* Amit Rohidas
* Gurjant Singh
* Shane O'Donoghue
* Razie Rahim
* Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
2 goals
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Daniel Beale
* Lachlan Sharp
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Varun Kumar
* Julian Dale
* Sean Murray
* Marhan Jalil
* Faizal Saari
1 goal
* Pedro Ibarra
* Juan Martín López
* Diego Paz
* Lucas Vila
* Jake Harvie
* Mark Knowles
* Trent Mitton
* Corey Weyer
* Jacob Whetton
* Aran Zalewski
* David Condon
* Phillip Roper
* Oliver Willars
* Sumit Kumar
* Lee Cole
* Eugene Magee
* Kirk Shimmins
* Joel van Huizen
* Najmi Jazlan
Source: FIH