2017 Sultan of Johor Cup

2017 Sultan of Johor Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Johor Bahru
Dates	22–29 October 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Taman Daya Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Great Britain
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	140 (7.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nathan Ephraums; Dilpreet Singh (9 goals)
← 2016 (previous)	(next) 2018 →

The 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup was the seventh edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 22 to 29 October 2017.

As in previous editions, a total of six teams competed for the title. England, New Zealand as well as Pakistan who competed previously, were absent from the tournament. The teams were replaced by Great Britain, India and United States.

Participating nations

Including the host nation, 6 teams competed in the tournament.

Umpires

A total of seven umpires were appointed by the FIH and National Association to officiate the tournament.

Tim Bond (NZL)
Anand Dangi (IND)
Ian Diamond (GBR)
Ben Hocking (AUS)
Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)
Kinoshita Hideki (JPN)
Benjamin Peters (USA)

Results

The schedule was released on 7 September 2017.^[1] All times are in Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool Matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	21	4	+17	15	Advance to Final
2	Australia	5	4	0	1	32	8	+24	12	Advance to Final
3	India	5	3	0	2	31	9	+22	9	Third place match
4	Malaysia (H)	5	1	1	3	21	7	+14	4	Third place match
5	Japan	5	1	1	3	18	11	+7	4	Fifth place match
6	United States	5	0	0	5	0	84	−84	0	Fifth place match

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

22 October 2017
16:05 MST

India	3–2	Japan
Dilpreet 11', 53' Sukhjeet 41'	Report	Ogawa 23', 31'

Umpires:
Benjamin Peters (USA)
Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)

22 October 2017
18:05 MST

Australia	19–0	United States
Scanlon 6', 22' Steffens 10', 53' Ephraums 10', 12', 42', 46', 49' Rintala 15', 33', 34' Green 21' Farmilo 44', 48', 55', 57' Flynn 50' Anderson 57'	Report

Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Ian Diamond (GBR)

22 October 2017
20:35 MST

Great Britain	1–0	Malaysia
Scott 49'	Report

Umpires:
Ben Hocking (AUS)
Anand (IND)

23 October 2017
16:05 MST

Australia	4–0	Japan
Ephraums 33' Stewart 36' Flynn 39' Scanlon 44'	Report

Umpires:
Anand (IND)
Ian Diamond (GBR)

23 October 2017
18:05 MST

United States	0–11	Great Britain
	Report	Golden 6', 44' Scott 15', 40', 41' Francis 45', 46' MacKenzie 47' Sutcliffe 54' Way 56' Blumfield 59'

Umpires:
Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

23 October 2017
20:35 MST

India	2–1	Malaysia
Dilpreet 20', 43'	Report	Firdaus 3'

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Benjamin Peters (USA)

25 October 2017
16:05 MST

Great Britain	4–2	Australia
Park 25' MacKenzie Way 43' Scott 57'	Report	Busiko 26' Ephraums 28'

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

25 October 2017
18:05 MST

United States	0–22	India
	Report	P. Lakra 2' Vishal 2', 30', 44' Dilpreet 3', 54', 59' Moirangthem 7' Harmanjit 25', 26', 40', 45', 52' Abhishek 28', 37', 38', 45' Raushan 37' Maninder 42', 43' S. Lakra 47' Prasad 48'

Umpires:
Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)
Ian Diamond (GBR)

25 October 2017
20:35 MST

Malaysia	1–1	Japan
Akhimullah 17'	Report	Ineyama 32'

Umpires:
Ben Hocking (AUS)
Anand (IND)

26 October 2017
16:05 MST

India	3–4	Australia
	Report

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Ian Diamond (GBR)

26 October 2017
18:05 MST

Malaysia	18–0	United States
	Report

Umpires:
Anand (IND)
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

26 October 2017
20:35 MST

Japan	1–3	Great Britain
	Report

Umpires:
Ben Hocking (AUS)
Benjamin Peters (USA)

28 October 2017
16:05 MST

Great Britain	2–1	India
	Report

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Ben Hocking (AUS)

28 October 2017
18:05 MST

Australia	3–1	Malaysia
	Report

Umpires:
Ian Diamond (GBR)
Benjamin Peters (USA)

28 October 2017
20:35 MST

Japan	14–0	United States
	Report

Umpires:
Anand (IND)
Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)

Classification Matches

Fifth and sixth place

29 October 2017
15:35 MST

Japan	11–0	United States
	Report

Umpires:
Anand (IND)
Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)

Third and fourth place

29 October 2017
18:05 MST

India	4–0	Malaysia
	Report

Umpires:
Ian Diamond (GBR)
Ben Hocking (AUS)

Final

29 October 2017
20:35 MST

Great Britain	0–2	Australia
	Report	Rintala 4' Ephraums 35'

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Australia
2	Great Britain
3	India
4	Malaysia
5	Japan
6	United States

Awards

Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were:^[2]

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer(s)	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Vivek Prasad	Nathan Ephraums Dilpreet Singh	Chris Wyver
Player of the Final		Play the Whistle (Fair Play)
Nathanael Stewart		United States

References

^ "Sultan of Johor Cup". www.facebook.com.
^ "Australia retain Sultan of Johor Cup, Malaysia finish fourth - SPORTS247.MY - The Ultimate Malaysian Sports Channel - SPORTS247.MY - The Ultimate Malaysian Sports Channel". www.sports247.my.

External links

Official website

[1] "Sultan of Johor Cup". www.facebook.com.

[2] "Australia retain Sultan of Johor Cup, Malaysia finish fourth - SPORTS247.MY - The Ultimate Malaysian Sports Channel - SPORTS247.MY - The Ultimate Malaysian Sports Channel". www.sports247.my.

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