2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Dates3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)–10 March 2018 (2018-03-10)
Teams6
VenueAzlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (10th title)
Runner-up England
Third place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored87 (4.83 per match)
Top scorerArgentina Gonzalo Peillat (8 goals)
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The 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 27th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 3 to 10 March 2018.[1][2]

The number of teams for this year's cup was the same as last year's tournament where six teams competed. Japan and New Zealand, who competed previously, did not join this edition and were replaced by Argentina and Ireland. England was Great Britain's only country that participated in this edition.

Australia clinched their tenth title in this tournament after defeating England 2–1 in the final match.

Participating nations

Six countries participated in this year's tournament:

Results

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

Pool

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 5 0 0 18 6 +12 15 Advance to Final
2  England 5 2 2 1 14 9 +5 8
3  Argentina 5 2 1 2 11 11 0 7 Third place match
4  Malaysia (H) 5 2 0 3 10 17 −7 6
5  India 5 1 1 3 12 12 0 4 Fifth place match
6  Ireland 5 1 0 4 9 19 −10 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Player of the Final Fairplay Award
Argentina Gonzalo Peillat Australia Daniel Beale England George Pinner Australia Mark Knowles  Australia

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 6 6 0 0 20 7 +13 18 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England 6 2 2 2 15 11 +4 8 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10 Bronze Medal
4  Malaysia (H) 6 2 0 4 12 20 −8 6
5  India 6 2 1 3 16 13 +3 7
6  Ireland 6 1 0 5 10 23 −13 3
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 87 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

  1. ↑ "Daunting task awaits Malaysian Tigers". NST Online. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Fixtures". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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