2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	112 (4.67 per match)
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The 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 17th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

Participating nations

Seven countries participated in the tournament:

• India
• Malaysia
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Argentina
• Belgium
• Canada

Results

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

Preliminary round

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	6	4	2	0	19	8	+11	14	Final
2	India	6	4	0	2	17	16	+1	12
3	Pakistan	6	3	1	2	18	16	+2	10	Third Place Match
4	New Zealand	6	3	0	3	14	14	0	9
5	Belgium	6	2	0	4	15	17	−2	6	Fifth Place Match
6	Canada	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5
7	Malaysia	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4

Source: Azlan Shah Cup
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Fixtures

8 May 2008 16:00 India 3–4 New Zealand Sandeep  14', 20', 60' Report Stephenson  22' Child  32' Burrows  45' Brooks  54'

8 May 2008 18:00 Argentina 2–1 Belgium Sosa  33' Argento  60' Report Truyens  54'

8 May 2008 20:00 Pakistan 3–2 Malaysia Ateeq  22' Abbasi  28' Saqlain  60' Report Kelvinder  1' Rahim  23'

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9 May 2008 16:00 Canada 1–0 Belgium Guest  51' Report

9 May 2008 18:00 Pakistan 6–3 New Zealand Butt  11', 30', 60', 70' Abbasi  14' Saqlain  28' Report Burrows  6' Shaw  33', 47'

9 May 2008 20:00 Argentina 5–1 India Callioni  11', 44' Ibarra  31' Argento  45' López  53' Report Sandeep  25'

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11 May 2008 16:00 Canada 1–3 India Fernandes  8' Report Diwakar  44', 51' Shivendra  53'

11 May 2008 18:00 Malaysia 2–0 New Zealand Azlan  32' Selvaraju  43' Report

11 May 2008 20:00 Pakistan 3–3 Argentina Report

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12 May 2008 16:00 Belgium 4–6 India De Saedeleer  24' Briels  45', 59' Vandeweghe  61' Report Shivendra  9', 68' Diwakar  22' Sandeep  29', 35' Sunil  32'

12 May 2008 18:00 Canada 1–2 Pakistan Kullar  1' Report  62', 65'

12 May 2008 18:00 Malaysia 0–5 Argentina Report Callioni  19', 28' Gilardi  46' Cammareri  54' Argento  68'

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14 May 2008 16:00 New Zealand 1–2 Argentina Collier  32' Report López  9' Gilardi  15'

14 May 2008 18:00 Belgium 5–3 Pakistan Report

14 May 2008 20:00 Malaysia 2–2 Canada Chua  19' Rahim  27' Report Sukhwinder  23' Tupper  62'

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15 May 2008 16:00 India 2–1 Pakistan Sandeep  7' Diwakar  26' Report Saqlain  59'

15 May 2008 18:00 New Zealand 3–0 Canada Kosoof  20' Couzins  48' Wilson  63' Report

15 May 2008 20:00 Belgium 4–2 Malaysia Vandeweghe  20', 43' Dekeyser  52' Briels  69' Report Rahim  24', 46'

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17 May 2008 16:00 Argentina 2–2 Canada Callioni  48' Sosa  60' Report Sukhwinder  61' Kahlon  69'

17 May 2008 18:00 India 2–1 Malaysia Shivendra  24' Sandeep  53' Report Rahim  70+'

17 May 2008 20:00 New Zealand 3–1 Belgium Report

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

18 May 2008 16:00 Belgium 3–4 (a.e.t.) Canada Report

Third and fourth place

18 May 2008 18:00 Pakistan 1–2 New Zealand  21' Report Child  23' Stephenson  47'

Final

18 May 2008 20:00 Argentina 2–1 (a.e.t.) India Almada  14', 73' Report Sandeep  10'

Final ranking

• This ranking does not reflect the actual performance of the team as the ranking issued by the International Hockey Federation. This is just a benchmark ranking in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup only.

Position	Team
1	Argentina
2	India
3	New Zealand
4	Pakistan
5	Canada
6	Belgium
7	Malaysia

External links

• Official website