2023 Sultan of Johor Cup

2023 Sultan of Johor Cup

Tournament details

Host country

Malaysia

City

Dates

27 October – 4 November

Teams

8 (from 4 confederations)

Venue

Taman Daya Hockey Stadium

Final positions

Champions

Germany (2nd title)

Runner-up

Third place

Tournament statistics

Matches played

20

Goals scored

107 (5.35 per match)

Top scorer

Amandeep Lakra (6 goals)

Best player

Matteo Poljaric

Best goalkeeper

Joshua Onyekwue

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The 2023 Sultan of Johor Cup was the eleventh edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup, an international men's under–21 field hockey tournament in Malaysia. It was held at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from 27 October to 4 November 2023.^[1]^[2]

Germany won their second title by defeating Australia 3–1 in a shoot-out after the match finished 0–0. The defending champions India won the bronze medal by defeating Pakistan 6–5 in a shoot-out after the match finished 3–3.^[3]

Participating nations

Including the host nation, 8 teams competed in the tournament.^[4]^[5]

Country	FIH Junior Ranking^[6]	Previous Best Appearance	Best FIH Junior World Cup Finish
Australia	9	Champions (2016, 2017)	Champions (1997)
India	3	Champions (2013, 2014, 2022)	Champions (2001, 2016)
Germany	2	Champions (2012)	Champions (1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 2009, 2013)
Great Britain*	15	Champions (2015, 2018, 2019)	Fourth Place (1997, 2001)
Malaysia	8	Champions (2011)	Fourth Place (1979, 1982, 2013)
New Zealand	13	Fourth Place (2014)	Fourth Place (2009)
Pakistan	12	Runners-Up (2016)	Champions (1979)
South Africa	10	Fifth Place (2022)	Ninth Place (2021)

* = includes results representing England, Scotland and Wales

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	7	Semi-finals
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[7]

27 October 2023
18:05

3–0

Great Britain

Foster

14', 18'
Chappell

35'

Umpires:
Khalid Hussain (HKG)
Mohit (IND)

28 October 2023
16:05

6–1

Holdermann

21'
Hoechemer

37'
Hasbach

38', 54'

Oliphant

58'

Umpires:
Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)

30 October 2023
16:05

1–2

Great Britain

De Klerk

54'

Sturch-Hibbitt

43'
Penrose

58'

Umpires:
Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)
Khalid Hussain (HKG)

30 October 2023
18:05

2–2

10'
Burns

11'

Glander

51'
Hoechemer

59'

Umpires:
Mohit (IND)
Kevin Roberts (WAL)

31 October 2023
16:05

4–3

Great Britain

Brilla

20'
Glander

56'

Sturch-Hibbitt

4'
Moorhouse

50'
Markham

52'

Umpires:
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Kugannan Segaran (MAS)

31 October 2023
18:05

0–4

15', 51'
Mathison

24'
Downey

41'

Umpires:
Fahad Ali Khan (PAK)
Ole Ingwersen (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	9	7	+2	7	Semi-finals
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3
4	Malaysia (H)	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[7]
(H) Hosts

27 October 2023
16:05

3–3

30'
Aditya

56'
Uttam

59'

31', 58'
Shahid

49'

Umpires:
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Kevin Roberts (WAL)

27 October 2023
20:35

2–3

Faris

7', 24'

Aldred

15'
Hickson

33'

Umpires:
Ole Ingwersen (GER)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

28 October 2023
18:05

3–2

7'
B. Ali

30'
Khan

47'

58'
Ward

59'

Umpires:
Kugannan Segaran (MAS)
Chad Fourie (RSA)

28 October 2023
20:35

1–3

Shahmie Irfan

13'

28'
Amandeep L.

37'
Rohit

54'

Umpires:
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Fahad Ali Khan (PAK)

30 October 2023
20:35

6–2

2', 7', 35'
Arun

12', 53'
Poovanna

52'

Aldred

29', 60'

Umpires:
Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
Ole Ingwersen (GER)

31 October 2023
20:35

3–2

Abuzar

13'
Ahmad

21'
Khan

24'

Shahmie Irfan

47'
Shafiq Ikhmal

51'

Umpires:
Chad Fourie (RSA)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

	Cross-overs				Fifth place

	2 November

	New Zealand	3
					4 November
	South Africa	1
					New Zealand	3
	2 November
					Great Britain	5
	Great Britain	7

	Malaysia	4
					Seventh place

					3 November

					South Africa	2

					Malaysia	3

Cross-overs

2 November 2023
18:05

3–1

15'
Lints

36'
Nelson

47'

Mbata

14'

Umpires:
Kevin Roberts (WAL)
Kugannan Segaran (MAS)

2 November 2023
20:35

Great Britain

7–4

Hughson

5'
Graves

15'
Payton

36', 42'
Markham

49'
Penrose

54'

Faris

22', 44'
Andywalfian

24'
Harris

27'

Umpires:
Khalid Hussain (HKG)
Timothy Sheahan (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

3 November 2023
15:35

2–3

Mbata

10'
Le Forestier

49'

Nur Aqilrullah

12'
Harris

39'
Mughni

56'

Umpires:
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)
Fahad Ali Khan (PAK)

Fifth and sixth place

4 November 2023
15:35

3–5

Great Britain

Whittleston

2'
Lints

58'

Markham

3', 54'
Sturch-Hibbitt

23'
Stone

33'
Tully

37'

Umpires:
Ole Ingwersen (GER)
Mohd Ismady Alib (MAS)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final

	3 November

	India	3
					4 November
	Germany	6
					Germany (p.s.o.)	0 (3)
	3 November
					Australia	0 (1)
	Australia	2

	Pakistan	1
					Third place

					4 November

					India (p.s.o.)	3 (6)

					Pakistan	3 (5)

Semi-finals

3 November 2023
16:05

3–6

35'
Uttam

58'
Rohit

60'

Franz

16'
Berendts

29', 45'
Hinrichs

43', 48'
Sperling

49'

Umpires:
Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
Kevin Roberts (WAL)

3 November 2023
20:35

2–1

18'
Foster

29'

59'

Umpires:
Mohit (IND)
Ole Ingwersen (GER)

Third and fourth place

4 November 2023
16:05

3–3

Arun

11'
Poovanna

42'
Uttam

52'

33'
Qayyum

50'
Shahid

57'

Rajinder

Angad

Amandeep

Angad

6–5

Liaqat

Rehman

Aslam

Yaqoob

Liaqat

Umpires:
Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
Kugannan Segaran (MAS)

Final

4 November 2023
20:35

0–0

3–1

Umpires:
Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Chad Fourie (RSA)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team
1	Germany
2	Australia
3	India
4	Pakistan
5	Great Britain
6	New Zealand
7	Malaysia (H)
8	South Africa

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.35 goals per match.

6 goals

Amandeep Lakra

4 goals

Cooper Burns
Henry Markham
Faris Harizan
Arbaz Ahmad

3 goals

Brodee Foster
Florian Sperling
Jonny Sturch-Hibbitt
Arun Sahani
Uttam Singh
Luke Aldred
Sufyan Khan
Hannan Shahid

2 goals

Dylan Downey
Nikas Berendts
Paul Glander
Ben Hasbach
Peer Hinrichs
Luis Hoechemer
Jacob Payton
Rory Penrose
Poovanna BC
Aditya Lalage
Rohit
Harris Osman
Shahmie Irfan Suhaimi
Jonty Elmes
Sam Lints
Gus Nelson
Viwe Mbata

1 goal

Diarmid Chappell
Will Mathison
Jakob Brilla
Christian Franz
Liam Holdermann
Matteo Poljaric
Michel Struthoff
Ali Douglas
Ted Graves
Matthew Hughson
Tom Moorhouse
Harrison Stone
Felix Tully
Nur Aqilrullah Che
Andywalfian Jeffrynus
Mughni Kamal
Shafiq Ikhmal Daniel
Scott Cosslett
James Hickson
Patrick Ward
Jordan Whittleston
Abuzar
Basharat Ali
Abdul Qayyum
Josh de Klerk
Cameron Le Forestier
Caleb Oliphant

Source: FIH

References

↑ "Fixtures & Results – Sultan Johor Cup". Sultan of Johor Cup. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
↑ "No ranking points for 2023 SOJ – Sultan Johor Cup". Retrieved 2023-09-25.
↑ "India beats Pakistan in penalty shootout, wins bronze at Sultan of Johor Cup 2023". Sportstar.
↑ "Burras team announced for 11th Sultan of Johor Cup". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
↑ "SA Hockey U21 Men Named for 2023 Sultan of Johor Cup". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
↑ "JUNIOR OUTDOOR RANKINGS". FIH. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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