2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
# 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 26th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 29 April – 6 May 2017.

The number of teams for this year’s cup has decreased by one compared to last year’s tournament where seven teams competed. Pakistan and Canada, who competed previously, will not join this edition and Great Britain had been invited.

Great Britain defeated Australia 4–3 in the final to win the cup.

## Participating nations

Six countries are participating in this year's tournament:

* Malaysia (Host)
* Australia
* Great Britain
* India
* Japan
* New Zealand

## Umpires

* Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
* Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
* Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS)
* Nichol Bevan (NZL)
* Steve Rogers (AUS)
* Paul Walker (GBR)
* Bruce Bale (ENG) - Video Umpire

## 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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to Final |
| 3 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | Third place match |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Third place match |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 4 | Fifth place match |
| 6 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | Fifth place match |

* 29 April 2017 16:05 MST

| Great Britain | 2–2 | India |
| - | - | - |
| T. Carson 25' Forsyth 52' | Report | 19' A. Singh 47' Mand. Singh |

* Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 29 April 2017 18:05 MST

| New Zealand | 1–1 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Newman 52' | Report | 32' T. Craig |

* Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
* 29 April 2017 20:35 MST

| Malaysia | 1–1 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Razie 8' | Report | 40' Yamada |

* Umpires: Nichol Bevan (NZL) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 30 April 2017 16:05 MST

| India | 3–0 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Mand. Singh 23' Harm. Singh 27', 47' | Report | |

* Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 30 April 2017 18:05 MST

| Japan | 3–5 | Great Britain |
| - | - | - |
| Ke. Tanaka 14', 38' Watanabe 49' | Report | 3' Middleton 12' Goodfield 15' Ward 32' T. Carson 52' Forsyth |

* Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) Nichol Bevan (NZL)
* 30 April 2017 20:35 MST

| Australia | 6–1 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| T. Craig 11', 38', 45' Mitton 23', 27', 58' | Report | 42' Faizal |

* Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Paul Walker (GBR)
* 2 May 2017 16:05 MST

| India | 1–3 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Harm. Singh 26' | Report | 30' Ockenden 34' T. Craig 51' Wickham |

* Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Paul Walker (GBR)
* 2 May 2017 18:05 MST

| New Zealand | 3–2 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Russell 18', 32' Lane 35' | Report | 9', 50' Yamada |

* Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 2 May 2017 20:35 MST

| Malaysia | 0–1 | Great Britain |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | 26' Forsyth |

* Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 3 May 2017 16:05 MST

| Japan | 3–4 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Murata 10' Yoshihara 43' Mitani 45' | Report | 6' R. P. Singh 45', 51', 58' Mand. Singh |

* Umpires: Nichol Bevan (NZL) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 3 May 2017 18:05 MST

| Great Britain | 1–2 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Gleghorne 51' | Report | 44' Mitton 52' Dawson |

* Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 3 May 2017 20:35 MST

| New Zealand | 1-0 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Russell 25' | Report | |

* Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
* 5 May 2017 16:05 MST

| Great Britain | 3–2 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Ward 9' Roper 39' Gleghorne 49' | Report | 30' Newman 58' Russell |

* Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 5 May 2017 18:05 MST

| Australia | 2–3 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Kleinschmidt 7' Mitton 31' | Report | 44' Yamada 56', 57' Yamasaki |

* Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 5 May 2017 20:35 MST

| India | 0–1 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | 51' Shahril |

* Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Paul Walker (GBR)

### Classification

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 6 May 2017 15:40 MST

| Japan | 1–3 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Ka. Tanaka 28' | Report | 8' Haziq 11' Firhan 34' Faizal |

* Umpires: Nichol Bevan (NZL) Paul Walker (GBR)

**Third and fourth place**

* 6 May 2017 18:05 MST

| India | 4–0 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| R. P. Singh 17', 27' Sunil 48' T. Singh 60' | Report | |

* Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Steve Rogers (AUS)

**Final**

* 6 May 2017 20:35 MST

| Australia | 3–4 | Great Britain |
| - | - | - |
| Ockenden 28' Pollard 34' Wotherspoon 48' | Report | 8' Forsyth 11', 43' Goodfield 33' Willars |

* Umpires: Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | CM | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tom Craig | Australia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | Trent Mitton | Australia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | Mandeep Singh | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Alan Forsyth | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Shota Yamada | Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Kane Russell | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | David Goodfield | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Harmanpreet Singh | India | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Rupinder Pal Singh | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Eddie Ockenden | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Tom Carson | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Samuel Ward | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Mark Gleghorne | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kenta Tanaka | Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Koji Yamasaki | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Faizal Saari | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Dominic Newman | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Tom Wickham | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Matt Dawson | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Aaron Kleinschmidt | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Joshua Pollard | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Dylan Wotherspoon | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Barry Middleton | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Phil Roper | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ollie Willars | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Akashdeep Singh | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | S. V. Sunil | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Talwinder Singh | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Kota Watanabe | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Kazuma Murata | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Heita Yoshihara | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Genki Mitani | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Kaito Tanaka | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Razie Rahim | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Shahril Saabah | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Haziq Samsul | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Firhan Ashaari | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Sam Lane | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 73 |

    As of matches played on 6 May 2017

## Awards

Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were:

* Fairplay: New Zealand
* Best Player: Tom Craig
* Man of the Match (Final): Alan Forsyth
* Best Goalkeeper: Suguru Shimmoto
* Top Scorer: Tom Craig, Trent Mitton, Mandeep Singh (5 goals)

## Final standings

* Great Britain
* Australia
* India
* New Zealand
* Malaysia
* Japan
