Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Gegründet	1983; 41 years ago
First season	1983
No. of teams	6
Land	Malaysia
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Most recent; champion(s)	Japan (1st title) ; (2024)
Most titles	Australien (10 titles)
Official website	azlanshahcup.my

The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual invitational international men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. It began in 1983 as a biennial contest. The tournament became an annual event after 1998, following its growth and popularity. The tournament is named after the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah, a supporter of field hockey.^[1]

Since 2007 the tournament has been held at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Perak. Kuala Lumpur and Penang have also hosted the tournament.

Results

Year	Host	Teams	Final			Third place match
Year	Host	Teams	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1983 Details	Kuala Lumpur	5	Australien	1–0	Pakistan	Indien	round-robin	Malaysia
1985 Details	Ipoh	4	Indien	round-robin	Malaysia	Pakistan	round-robin	Spanien
1987 Details		6	West Germany	round-robin	Pakistan	England	round-robin	Malaysia
1991 Details		6	Indien	round-robin	Pakistan	Soviet Union	round-robin	Neuseeland
1994 Details	Penang	5	England	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p.s.o.)	Pakistan	Australien	4–0	Malaysia
1995 Details	Kuala Lumpur	6	Indien	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p.s.o.)	Deutschland	Neuseeland	3–1	Kanada
1996 Details	Ipoh	6	Südkorea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p.s.o.)	Australien	Malaysia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.s.o.)	Great Britain
1998 Details	Ipoh	6	Australien	1–1 (a.e.t.) (10–9 p.s.o.)	Deutschland	Südkorea	1–0	Neuseeland
1999 Details	Kuala Lumpur	6	Pakistan	3–1	Südkorea	Deutschland	3–2	Kanada
2000 Details		7	Pakistan	1–0	Südkorea	Indien	4–1	Malaysia
2001 Details		7	Deutschland	3–2	Südkorea	Australien	4–3	Pakistan
2003 Details		5	Pakistan	1–0	Deutschland	Neuseeland	3–2	Südkorea
2004 Details		7	Australien	4–3	Pakistan	Südkorea	6–5	Deutschland
2005 Details		7	Australien	4–3	Südkorea	Pakistan	4–2	Neuseeland
2006 Details		8	Niederlande	6–2	Australien	Indien	3–2	Neuseeland
2007 Details	Ipoh	8	Australien	3–1	Malaysia	Indien	1–0	Südkorea
2008 Details		7	Argentinien	2–1	Indien	Neuseeland	2–1	Pakistan
2009 Details		5	Indien	3–1	Malaysia	Neuseeland	2–1	Pakistan
2010 Details		7	Indien & Südkorea (Joint Winners)			Australien	5–3	Malaysia
2011 Details		7	Australien	3–2 (a.e.t)	Pakistan	Great Britain	4–2	Neuseeland
2012 Details		7	Neuseeland	1–0	Argentinien	Indien	3–1	Great Britain
2013 Details		6	Australien	3–2	Malaysia	Südkorea	2–1	Neuseeland
2014 Details		6	Australien	8–3	Malaysia	Südkorea	3–2	China
2015 Details		6	Neuseeland	2–2 (3–1 p.s.o.)	Australien	Indien	2–2 (4–1 p.s.o.)	Südkorea
2016 Details		7	Australien	4–0	Indien	Neuseeland	3–3 (5–4 p.s.o.)	Malaysia
2017 Details		6	Great Britain	4–3	Australien	Indien	4–0	Neuseeland
2018 Details		6	Australien	2–1	England	Argentinien	3–2	Malaysia
2019 Details		6	Südkorea	1–1 (4–2 p.s.o.)	Indien	Malaysia	4–2	Kanada
2020 Details		6	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]			Cancelled
2021			Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]			Cancelled
2022 Details		6	Malaysia	3–2	Südkorea	Pakistan	5–3	Japan
2024 Details		6	Japan	2–2 (4–1 p.s.o.)	Pakistan	Neuseeland	3–2	Malaysia

Tournament Summary

Below is a list of teams that have finished in the top four positions in the tournament:

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Australien	10 (1983, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018)	4 (1996, 2006, 2015, 2017)	3 (1994, 2001, 2010)
Indien	5 (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010^)	3 (2008, 2016, 2019)	7 (1983, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017)
Pakistan	3 (1999, 2000, 2003)	7 (1983, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2024)	3 (1985, 2005, 2022)	3 (2001, 2008, 2009)
Südkorea	3 (1996, 2010^, 2019)	5 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2022)	4 (1998, 2004, 2013, 2014)	3 (2003, 2007, 2015)
Deutschland^[a]	2 (1987, 2001)	3 (1995,1998, 2003)	1 (1999)	1 (2004)
Great Britain^[b]	2 (1994*, 2017)	1 (2018*)	2 (1987*, 2011)	2 (1996, 2012)
Neuseeland	2 (2012, 2015)		6 (1995, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2024)	7 (1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2017)
Malaysia	1 (2022)	5 (1985, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014)	2 (1996, 2019)	8 (1983, 1987, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024)
Argentinien	1 (2008)	1 (2012)	1 (2018)
Japan	1 (2024)			1 (2022)
Niederlande	1 (2006)
Soviet Union			1 (1991)
Kanada				3 (1995, 1999, 2019)
Spanien				1 (1985)
China				1 (2014)

* = Played as England in those tournaments

^ = Title was shared between two teams

Team appearances

Team	83	85	87	91	94	95	96	98	99	00	01	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22	24	Total
Argentinien	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	5th	1st	-	-	-	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	5
Australien	1st	-	-	-	3rd	-	2nd	1st	-	-	3rd	-	1st	1st	2nd	1st	-	-	3rd	1st	-	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	-	-	-	17
Belgien	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Kanada	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	4th	7th	-	-	-	-	-	8th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	5th	5th	6th	-	-	4th	-	6th	10
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	6th	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Ägypten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	-	3
Deutschland^[a]	-	-	1st	-	-	2nd	-	2nd	3rd	5th	1st	2nd	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Great Britain^[b]	-	-	3rd	-	1st	-	4th	5th	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	4th	-	-	-	-	1st	2nd	-	-	-	9
Indien	3rd	1st	-	1st	-	1st	5th	-	-	3rd	5th	-	7th	5th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	6th	3rd	5th	-	3rd	2nd	3rd	5th	2nd	-	-	22
Irland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	1
Japan	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	6th	-	5th	4th	1st	6
Malaysia	4th	2nd	4th	5th	4th	6th	3rd	6th	5th	4th	7th	5th	6th	6th	8th	2nd	7th	2nd	4th	7th	6th	2nd	2nd	6th	4th	5th	4th	3rd	1st	4th	30
Niederlande	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Neuseeland	5th	-	-	4th	-	3rd	-	4th	6th	6th	-	3rd	-	4th	4th	-	3rd	3rd	-	4th	1st	4th	-	1st	3rd	4th	-	-	-	3rd	18
Pakistan	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	-	-	-	1st	1st	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	6th	4th	4th	5th	2nd	7th	6th	-	-	5th	-	-	-	3rd	2nd	22
Polen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	1
Südafrika	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	3
Südkorea	-	-	5th	6th	5th	-	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	6th	4th	-	-	1st	5th	5th	3rd	3rd	4th	-	-	-	1st	2nd	5th	22
Soviet Union	-	-	-	3rd	Defunct																										1
Spanien	-	4th	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Total	5	4	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	7	7	8	8	7	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6

Performance by continental zones

Zone	Best performance
Asia	13 titles, won by India (5), Pakistan (3), South Korea (3), Malaysia (1) and Japan (1)
Oceania	12 titles, won by Australia (10) and New Zealand (2)
Europa	5 titles, won by Germany (2), Great Britain (2) and the Netherlands (1)
Americas	1 title, won by Argentina
Africa	Fifth place, achieved by Egypt (2)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Includes results representing West Germany until 1990
^ ^a ^b Includes results representing England

References

^ "Hockey pioneer Sultan Azlan Shah dies aged 86". Firstpost. PTI. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ "Barren year for hockey with Azlan Shah Cup off". thestar.com.my. The Star (Malaysia). 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "Sultan Azlan Shah cup called off". thestar.com.my. The Star (Malaysia). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links

Official website

[Germany-4] Includes results representing West Germany until 1990

[England-5] Includes results representing England

[pioneer-1] "Hockey pioneer Sultan Azlan Shah dies aged 86". Firstpost. PTI. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[2] "Barren year for hockey with Azlan Shah Cup off". thestar.com.my. The Star (Malaysia). 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[3] "Sultan Azlan Shah cup called off". thestar.com.my. The Star (Malaysia). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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