2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	3 March 2018–10 March 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	England
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	87 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Peillat (8 goals)
← 2017 (previous)	(next) 2019 →

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.[1][2]

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:

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

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Host.

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)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	CM	Total
1	Gonzalo Peillat	Argentina	3	3	0	0	1	1	8
2	Sam Ward	England	0	0	2	0	2	1	5
3	Aaron Kleinschmidt	Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	4
	Blake Govers	Australia	1	0	1	1	0	1	4
	Barry Middleton	England	0	0	2	0	2	0	4
	Ramandeep Singh	India	0	0	2	1	1	0	4
7	Mark Gleghorne	England	0	1	0	0	2	0	3
	Amit Rohidas	India	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
	Shilanand Lakra	India	0	1	0	1	0	1	3
	Gurjant Singh	India	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
	Shane O'Donoghue	Ireland	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
	Razie Rahim	Malaysia	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin	Malaysia	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
14	Juan Gilardi	Argentina	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
	Dylan Wotherspoon	Australia	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
	Daniel Beale	Australia	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
	Lachlan Sharp	Australia	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
	Varun Kumar	India	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	Sean Murray	Ireland	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
	Julian Dale	Ireland	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
	Marhan Jalil	Malaysia	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
	Faizal Saari	Malaysia	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
23	Lucas Vila	Argentina	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Diego Paz	Argentina	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Juan Lopez	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Pedro Ibarra	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Corey Weyer	Australia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Mark Knowles	Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Aran Zalewski	Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Jake Whetton	Australia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Jake Harvie	Australia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Trent Mitton	Australia	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Phil Roper	England	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	David Condon	England	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Ollie Willars	England	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Sumit Kumar	India	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Kirk Shimmins	Ireland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Eugene Magee	Ireland	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Lee Cole	Ireland	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Najmi Jazlan	Malaysia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Australia
2	England
3	Argentina
4	Malaysia
5	India
6	Ireland

Awards

Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were:

Fairplay: Australia
Best Player: Daniel Beale
Man of the Match (Final): Mark Knowles
Best Goalkeeper: George Pinner
Top Scorer: Gonzalo Peillat (8 goals)

References

"Daunting task awaits Malaysian Tigers". NST Online. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
"Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

External links

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[1] "Daunting task awaits Malaysian Tigers". NST Online. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[2] "Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-14.