2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Teams	7
Venue	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)
Top scorer	Sandeep Singh (9 goals)
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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 Zubair  10'
Saqlain  44'
Akbar  63' Report Ibarra  30'
Gilardi  50'
Bergner  56'

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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'

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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 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'

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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 C. 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 Shaw  9'
Child  22', 45' Report Dohmen  59'

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

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

18 May 2008
18:00

Pakistan 1–2 New Zealand Butt  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'

Statistics

Final standings

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

Source: Azlan Shah Cup

Goalscorers

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

9 goals

• Sandeep Singh

6 goals

• Rehan Butt
• Muhammad Saqlain

5 goals

• Facundo Callioni
• Amin Rahim

4 goals

• Thomas Briels
• Jérôme Dekeyser
• Charles Vandeweghe
• Diwakar Ram
• Shivendra Singh
• Simon Child
• Shakeel Abbasi

3 goals

• Tomás Argento
• Juan Ignacio Gilardi
• Hayden Shaw

2 goals

• Mario Almada
• Pedro Ibarra
• Juan Martín López
• Martín Sosa
• John-John Dohmen
• Ravi Kahlon
• Bindi Kullar
• Sukhwinder Singh
• Phil Burrows
• Lloyd Stephenson

1 goal

• Ignacio Bergner
• Lucas Cammareri
• Alexandre de Saedeleer
• Maxime Luycx
• Jérôme Truyens
• Loïc Vandeweghe
• Wayne Fernandes
• Connor Grimes
• Matthew Guest
• Scott Tupper
• Phillip Wright
• S. V. Sunil
• Chua Boon Huat
• Azlan Misron
• Selvaraju Sandrakasi
• Kelvinder Singh
• Gareth Brooks
• Benjamin Collier
• Dean Couzins
• David Kosoof
• Nicholas Wilson
• Waqas Akbar
• Muhammad Ateeq
• Muhammad Zubair

External links

• Official website