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
Final positions
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	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	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 ranking

References

^ "Dwyer on brink of record-breaking return to international stage". fih.ch. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Black Sticks men beat Australia to win hockey's Sultan Azlan Shah Cup". stuff.co.nz. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Fixtures and Results

[1] "Dwyer on brink of record-breaking return to international stage". fih.ch. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "Black Sticks men beat Australia to win hockey's Sultan Azlan Shah Cup". stuff.co.nz. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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