Malaysia men's national field hockey team

Malaysia
Nickname Malaysian Hockey Tigers(Speddy Tigers)
Association Malaysian Hockey Confederation
(Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia)
Confederation ASHF (Asia)
Coach Roelant Oltmans
Manager Nasihin Ibrahim
Captain Sukri Mutalib
FIH ranking
Current 12 Steady (July 2018)

The Malaysia national field hockey team (nicknamed Speedy Tigers) is made up of the best field hockey players in Malaysia. As of 10 December 2017, the team is ranked 12th in the world, and 2nd in Asia, by the International Hockey Federation.[1] The governing body for the sports is the Malaysian Hockey Confederation.

Malaysia vs. India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Delhi.

Competition history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Malaysia and best results"

Junior team

Junior World Cup
Year Host city Position
1979 France Versailles, France 4th
1982 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4th
1985 Canada Vancouver, Canada 10th
1989 Malaysia Ipoh, Malaysia 12th
1993 Spain Terrassa, Spain 6th
1997 England Milton Keynes, England DNQ
2001 Australia Hobart, Australia 12th
2005 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands 10th
2009 Malaysia Johor Bahru, Malaysia & Singapore Singapore 12th
2013 India New Delhi, India 4th
2016 India Lucknow, India 11th

Players

Current squad

Roster for the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. Head coach: Stephen van Huizen

No. Player Pos. Age
1 Haziq Samsul FW 22
6 Marhan Jalil MF 27
7 Fitri Saari MF 24
10 Faizal Saari FW 26
11 Syed Mohd Syafiq Syed Cholan DF 21
12 Sukri Mutalib (captain) DF 31
13 Firhan Ashaari FW 24
15 Nabil Fiqri MF 30
16 Kumar Subramaniam GK 37
No. Player Pos. Age
17 Razie Rahim(Vice-Captain) DF 29
18 Faiz Helmi Jali DF 25
19 Azri Hassan MF 25
20 Meor Muhamad Azuan Hasan MF 23
21 Hafizuddin Othman GK 25
23 Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin FW 31
24 Nik Muhammad Aiman FW 20
25 Najmi Farizal Jazlan DF 22
26 Shahril Saabah FW 23

Records

Most Caps
# Player Caps Career
1Kuhan Shanmuganathan330[2]1994–2007
2Chua Boon Huat337[3]1998–2013
3Azlan Misron3502002–
4Nor Saiful Zaini329[4]1985–2001
5Mirnawan Nawawi327[5]1989–2002

Notable former players

Coaches

  1. First foreign coach.
  2. First Malayan coach for 1956 Olympic Games but did not go to Melbourne.
  3. 1 2 Served as tactical coach for 1958 Asian Games, test match against Korea in 1960 and home international against Singapore in 1961.
  4. First Malaysian coach.
  5. Coach the Malaysian team for three-month only.
  6. Coach the Malaysian team for 1966 Asian Games, return in December 1967 for 1968 Olympics.
  7. Handled the national team for a month in 1994, in charge for 1995 Southeast Asian Games.

See also

References

  1. "FIH Men's World Rankings – 10 December 2012" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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