2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

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2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Dates5–12 April
Teams5 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions India (4th title)
Runner-up Malaysia
Third place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored44 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Sandeep Singh (6 goals)
Best playerIndia Sandeep Singh
2008 (previous) (next) 2010

The 2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 18th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Malaysia from 5 to 12 April 2009.

India won the tournament for the fourth time by defeating the hosts Malaysia 3–1 in the final.

Teams

Five countries participated in the tournament:[1]

Team Appearance Last
Appearance
Previous best performance
 Egypt 1st
 India 13th 2008 1st (1985, 1991, 1995)
 Malaysia 18th 2008 2nd (1985, 2007)
 New Zealand 11th 2008 3rd (1995, 2003, 2008)
 Pakistan 15th 2008 1st (1999, 2000, 2003)

Results

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

Pool

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4 8 Final
2  Malaysia (H) 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7
3  New Zealand 4 1 3 0 7 6 +1 6 Third Place Match
4  Pakistan 4 1 0 3 9 8 +1 3
5  Egypt 4 0 2 2 4 11 −7 2
Source: Azlan Shah Cup
(H) Hosts
5 April 2009
17:00
Egypt  2–2  India
Hassan field hockey ball 8'
El-Saied field hockey ball 70'
Report Sandeep field hockey ball 14'
Shivendra field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
5 April 2009
19:00
Pakistan  2–3  Malaysia
Imran field hockey ball 10'
Haider field hockey ball 68'
Report Rahim field hockey ball 9'
Shahrun field hockey ball 29'
Azlan field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Sayed Del-Rady (EGY)
Deon Nel (RSA)

6 April 2009
17:00
New Zealand  3–2  Pakistan
Bhana field hockey ball 5'
Haig field hockey ball 43'
Couzins field hockey ball 68'
Report Imran field hockey ball 6'23'
Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
6 April 2009
19:00
Malaysia  4–1  Egypt
Ismail field hockey ball 27'
Engku field hockey ball 39'
Chua field hockey ball 64'68'
Report El-Hakiem field hockey ball 45'
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

8 April 2009
17:00
Egypt  1–1  New Zealand
El-Hakiem field hockey ball 38' Report Edwards field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
Haider Rasool (PAK)
8 April 2009
19:00
Malaysia  0–3  India
Report Halappa field hockey ball 19'
Sandeep field hockey ball 31'
Gurwinder field hockey ball 62'
Umpires:
Sayed Del-Rady (EGY)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

9 April 2009
17:00
India  2–2  New Zealand
Sandeep field hockey ball 27'48' Report Petherick field hockey ball 8'
Bartholomew field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Sayed Del-Rady (EGY)
Haider Rasool (PAK)
9 April 2009
19:00
Pakistan  4–0  Egypt
Imran field hockey ball 14'
Abbasi field hockey ball 18'43'67'
Report
Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

11 April 2009
17:00
India  2–1  Pakistan
Sandeep field hockey ball 28'60' Report Saqlain field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Deon Nel (RSA)
11 April 2009
19:00
New Zealand  1–1  Malaysia
Wilson field hockey ball 49' Report Chua field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Classification round

Third and fourth place

12 April 2009
17:00
New Zealand  2–1  Pakistan
Petherick field hockey ball 12'
Baker field hockey ball 13'
Report Abbasi field hockey ball 35'
Umpires:
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
Sayed Del-Rady (EGY)

Final

12 April 2009
19:30
India  3–1  Malaysia
Halappa field hockey ball 8'
Prabhjot field hockey ball 20'
Shivendra field hockey ball 41'
Report Azlan field hockey ball 11'
Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India 5 3 2 0 12 6 +6 11 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Malaysia (H) 5 2 1 2 9 10 −1 7 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 5 2 3 0 9 7 +2 9 Bronze Medal
4  Pakistan 5 1 0 4 10 10 0 3
5  Egypt 4 0 2 2 4 11 −7 2
Source: Azlan Shah Cup
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Previous winners". azlanshahcup.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

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