2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

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Tournament details
Host country Malaysia
City Ipoh, Perak
Teams 6
Venue(s) Azlan Shah Stadium
Top three teams
Champions  New Zealand
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  India
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 96 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jamie Dwyer (8 goals)
Best player Australia Mark Knowles
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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.[1]

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.[2]

Participating nations

Six countries participated in this year's tournament:

Results

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

Pool

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 54012091112
 New Zealand 5311159610
 South Korea 5221131308
 India 5212141227
 Malaysia 5203131306
 Canada 5005524–190
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 Ramadan  20'
Abdullah  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 Ashaari  57'
Tajuddin  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 Saari  17'
Haziq  35'
Abdullah  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
Saari  32'
Rahim  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
Haziq  5', 43'
Noor  6'
Tajuddin  38'		 Report Sarmento  40'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Anil Kumar (IND)

Classification

Fifth and sixth

12 April 2015
15:40
Malaysia  4–4  Canada
Rahim  2'
Saari  19', 37'
Ashaari  23'		 Report Ho-Garcia  16', 26', 33'
Sarmento  49'
Penalties
Saari
Noor
Ashaari
Haziq 		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

Final ranking

  1.  New Zealand
  2.  Australia
  3.  India
  4.  South Korea
  5.  Canada
  6.  Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ "Dwyer on brink of record-breaking return to international stage". fih.ch. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Black Sticks men beat Australia to win hockey's Sultan Azlan Shah Cup". stuff.co.nz. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

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