2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 17th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Teams7
Venue(s)Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up India
Third place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored112 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Sandeep Singh (9 goals)
2007 (previous) (next) 2009

Participating nations

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Seven countries participated in the tournament:[1]

Results

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

Preliminary round

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Pool

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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.[2]

Fixtures

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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'

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'

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
Zubair   10'
Saqlain   44'
Akbar   63'
Report Ibarra   30'
Gilardi   50'
Bergner   56'

12 May 2008
16:00
Belgium   4–6   India
De Saedeleer   24'
Briels   45'59'
C. 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 Butt   62'
Saqlain   65'
12 May 2008
18:00
Malaysia   0–5   Argentina
Report Callioni   19'28'
Gilardi   46'
Cammareri   54'
Argento   68'

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
Briels   2'
Dohmen   18'
C. Vandeweghe   24'
Dekeyser   37'
L. Vandeweghe   69'
Report Abbasi   4'
Butt   23'
Saqlain   35'
14 May 2008
20:00
Malaysia   2–2   Canada
Chua   19'
Rahim   27'
Report Sukhwinder   23'
Tupper   62'

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
C. Vandeweghe   20'43'
Dekeyser   52'
Briels   69'
Report Rahim   24'46'

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
Shaw   9'
Child   22'45'
Report Dohmen   59'

Classification round

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Fifth and sixth place

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18 May 2008
16:00
Belgium   3–4 (a.e.t.)   Canada
Dekeyser   3'8'
Luycx   58'
Report Grimes   5'
Kahlon   12'
Kullar   45'
Wright   83'

Third and fourth place

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

Final

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

Statistics

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Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    Argentina 7 5 2 0 21 9 +12 17 Gold Medal
    India 7 4 0 3 18 18 0 12 Silver Medal
    New Zealand 7 4 0 3 16 15 +1 12 Bronze Medal
4   Pakistan 7 3 1 3 19 18 +1 10
5   Canada 7 2 2 3 11 15 −4 8
6   Belgium 7 2 0 5 18 21 −3 6
7   Malaysia 6 1 1 4 9 16 −7 4

Goalscorers

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There were 112 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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