2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	6–16 April 2016
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (9th title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	107 (4.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Arslan Qadir (6 goals)
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The 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 25th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 6–16 April 2016.^[1]

Australia won the title for the ninth time after defeating India 4–0 in final.^[2]

Participating nations

Seven countries are participating in this year's tournament:

Umpires

Peter Wright (RSA)
Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)
Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)
Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)
Deric Leung (CAN)
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Murray Grime (AUS)
Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)

Results

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

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	6	6	0	0	21	3	+18	18	Advance to Final
2	India	6	4	0	2	18	11	+7	12	Advance to Final
3	New Zealand	6	3	2	1	15	10	+5	11	Third place match
4	Malaysia	6	2	2	2	12	19	−7	8	Third place match
5	Pakistan	6	2	0	4	11	17	−6	6	Fifth place match
6	Canada	6	1	2	3	8	13	−5	5	Fifth place match
7	Japan	6	0	0	6	8	20	−12	0

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

6 April 2016
16:05

Pakistan	3–1	Canada
Qadir 27', 28' Arshad 52'	Report	Hildreth 48'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

6 April 2016
18:05

Japan	1–2	India
Kitazato 17'	Report	Harmanpreet 25' Sardar 32'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Deric Leung (CAN)

6 April 2016
20:35

New Zealand	3–3	Malaysia
Wilson 22', 34' Child 55'	Report	Firhan 15' Razie 44' Shahril 48'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)

7 April 2016
16:05

Australia	5–1	India
Govers 5' Whetton 13' Ockenden 20' Orchard 26' Gohdes 53'	Report	Rupinder Pal 8'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

7 April 2016
18:05

Canada	1–1	New Zealand
Johnston 25'	Report	Woods 45'

Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)

7 April 2016
20:35

Malaysia	4–3	Japan
Razie 2', 11' Haziq 14' Fitri 32'	Report	Sakamoto 3' Yamada 54', 60'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Deric Leung (CAN)

9 April 2016
16:05

Canada	3–1	Japan
Pearson 34' Ho-Garcia 35' Tupper 45'	Report	Sakamoto 42'

Umpires:
Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)
Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)

9 April 2016
18:05

New Zealand	5–3	Pakistan
Jenness 11' Child 19' Woods 39', 42' Russell 44'	Report	Qadir 8', 52' Irfan 23'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

9 April 2016
20:35

Malaysia	1–5	Australia
Razie 24'	Report	Whetton 26' Ogilvie 40', 41' Gohdes 40' Craig 55'

Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (MAS)
Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

10 April 2016
16:05

Japan	1–4	New Zealand
Murata 20'	Report	Wilson 4' Child 13' Woods 27' Inglis 58'

Umpires:
Deric Leung (CAN)
Murray Grime (AUS)

10 April 2016
18:05

Pakistan	0–4	Australia
	Report	Govers 24' Craig 41' Dwyer 42' Zalewski 52'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)

10 April 2016
20:35

India	3–1	Canada
Thimmaiah 3' Harmanpreet 41' Talwinder 57'	Report	Pereira 23'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

12 April 2016
16:05

New Zealand	0–1	Australia
	Report	Dwyer 22'

Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Peter Wright (RSA)

12 April 2016
18:05

India	5–1	Pakistan
Manpreet 4' Sunil 10', 41' Talwinder 50' Rupinder Pal 54'	Report	Irfan 7'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

12 April 2016
20:35

Canada	2–2	Malaysia
Tupper 21' Guest 45'	Report	Shahril 29' Nabil 31'

Umpires:
Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)
Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

13 April 2016
16:05

India	1–2	New Zealand
Mandeep 36'	Report	Russell 28' Wilson 41'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

13 April 2016
18:05

Australia	3–1	Japan
Dwyer 17', 36' Govers 30'	Report	Fukuda 37'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)

13 April 2016
20:35

Pakistan	0–1	Malaysia
	Report	Razie 4'

Umpires:
Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)
Deric Leung (CAN)

15 April 2016
16:05

Japan	1–4	Pakistan
Yamada 48'	Report	Shan 20' Ali 24' Qadir 8', 57'

Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)
Nazmi Kamarudin (MAS)

15 April 2016
18:05

Australia	3–0	Canada
Knowles 16' Govers 33' Ogilvie 36'	Report

Umpires:
Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)
Javed Shaikh (IND)

15 April 2016
20:35

Malaysia	1–6	India
Shahril 46'	Report	Thimmaiah 3' Harjeet 7' Ramandeep 25', 39' Mujtaba 27' Talwinder 50'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Deric Leung (CAN)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

16 April 2016
15:40

Pakistan	3–1	Canada
Ahmed 11' Ahmad 27' Arshad 57'	Report	Smythe 51'

Umpires:
Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)
Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

Third and fourth place

16 April 2016
18:05

New Zealand	3–3	Malaysia
Phillips 27' Russell 43', 59'	Report	Ramadan 7' Fitri 11' Shahril 3'
Penalties
Inglis Wilson Neal Coughlan Muir	5–4	Firhan Faiz Shahril Haziq Fitri

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Javed Shaikh (IND)

Final

16 April 2016
20:45

Australia	4–0	India
Craig 25', 35' Gohdes 43', 57'	Report

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Peter Wright (RSA)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	Australia	7	7	0	0	25	3	+22	21	Gold Medal
	India	7	4	0	3	18	15	+3	12	Silver Medal
	New Zealand	7	3	3	1	18	13	+5	12	Bronze Medal
4	Malaysia (H)	7	2	3	2	15	22	−7	9
5	Pakistan	7	3	0	4	14	18	−4	9
6	Canada	7	1	2	4	9	16	−7	5
7	Japan	6	0	0	6	8	20	−12	0