2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
# 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| Canada | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | –19 | 0 |

* 5 April 2015 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 2015 18:10

| South Korea | 2–2 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Hye-sung 25' Seong-kyu 53' | Report | Thimmaiah 11' Raghunath 56' |

* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 5 April 2015 20:10

| New Zealand | 4–2 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Haig 4' Child 5' Hayward 55' Neal 57' | Report | Rosli 20' Shahrun 52' |

* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Deric Leung (CAN)
* 6 April 2015 16:10

| Canada | 1–3 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Richard Hildreth 11' | Report | Seong-kyu 22' Hyun-woo 27' Jong-hyun 54' |

* Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Anil Kumar (IND)
* 6 April 2015 18:10

| New Zealand | 2–1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Child 38' Hayward 55' | Report | A. Singh 43' |

* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Lim Jung-woo (KOR)
* 6 April 2015 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 2015 16:10

| Canada | 0–5 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Hilton 26' Inglis 41', 45' Child 44' Neal 59' |

* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Anil Kumar (IND)
* 8 April 2015 18:10

| South Korea | 2–5 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Seong-kyu 17' Jong-hyun 54' | Report | Dwyer 18', 45', 48' Knowles 22' Ockenden 23' |

* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 8 April 2015 20:10

| India | 2–3 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Sar. Singh 20', 51' | Report | Faizal 17' Samsul 35' Shahrun 58' |

* Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 9 April 2015 16:10

| India | 5–3 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| R. P. Singh 13' Raghunath 32' Ra. Singh 46', 47' Sat. Singh 49' | Report | Scholfield 43' Gill 49' Jameson 52' |

* Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 9 April 2015 18:10

| New Zealand | 1–3 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Hayward 32' | Report | Wotherspoon 17' Dwyer 24' Hayward 28' |

* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Deric Leung (CAN)
* 9 April 2015 20:10

| Malaysia | 2–3 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Faizal 32' Razie 34' | Report | Jun 3' Nam-yong 29' Young-jin 35' |

* Umpires: Anil Kumar (IND) Tim Bond (NZL)
* 11 April 2015 16:10

| Australia | 2–4 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Beale 14' Gohdes 53' | Report | Raghunath 1' Thimmaiah 23', 32', 60' |

* Umpires: Deric Leung (CAN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 11 April 2015 18:10

| South Korea | 3–3 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Hyun-woo 11', 31' Nam-yong 45' | Report | Archibald 4' Haig 41' Simon Child 45' |

* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 11 April 2015 20:10

| Malaysia | 4–1 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Samsul 5', 43' Nabil 6' Ahmad 38' | Report | Sarmento 40' |

* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Anil Kumar (IND)

### Classification

**Fifth and sixth**

* 12 April 2015 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 Samsul | 1–3 | Bissett Panesar Gill Teixeira |

* Umpires: Lim Jung-woo (KOR) Tim Bond (NZL)

**Third and fourth place**

* 12 April 2015 18:10

| South Korea | 2–2 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Hyo-sik 20' Hyun-Woo 29' | Report | Thimmaiah 10' Sat. Singh 22' |
| Penalties |||
| Jong-hyun Kihoon Juhun | 1–4 | A. Singh Sar. Singh R. P. Singh Lakra |

* Umpires: Steve 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

* Fairplay: Canada
* Best Player: Mark Knowles
* Man of the Match of Final: Andy Hayward
* Best Goalkeeper: Devon Manchester
* Top Scorer: Jamie Dwyer (8 goals)

## Final standings

* New Zealand
* Australia
* India
* South Korea
* Canada
* Malaysia
