2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Dates23–30 November
Teams6 (from 4 confederations)
VenueAzlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up India
Third place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored107 (5.94 per match)
Top scorer Sam Lane (9 goals)
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The 2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 31st edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, the annual men's invitational international field hockey tournament hosted by Malaysia. It was held at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia from 23 to 30 November 2025.[1][2][3]

The defending champions, Japan, did not receive an invitation to participate in the tournament.[3] Belgium won their first Sultan Azlan Shah Cup title by defeating India 1–0 in the final.[4] New Zealand won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Malaysia 6–1.[5]

Teams

The following six teams were invited by the Malaysian Hockey Confederation to participate in the tournament.[1][3]

Team FIH Ranking[6] Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Belgium 3 2nd 2008 6th place (2008)
 Canada 20 11th 2024 4th place (1995, 1999, 2019)
 India 7 23rd 2019 Champions (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010)
 South Korea 15 23rd 2022 Champions (1996, 2010, 2019)
 Malaysia 13 31st 2024 Champions (2022)
 New Zealand 11 17th 2024 Champions (2012, 2015)

Preliminary round

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 5 4 1 0 24 7 +17 13 Final
2  India 5 4 0 1 24 11 +13 12
3  New Zealand 5 2 1 2 12 13 −1 7 Third place match
4  Malaysia (H) 5 1 1 3 12 21 −9 4
5  Canada 5 1 1 3 11 24 −13 4 Fifth place match
6  South Korea 5 1 0 4 9 16 −7 3
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

Fixtures

23 November 2025
18:30
New Zealand  2–2  Malaysia
Lane  26'
Thomas  58' 		Report Silverius  10'
Cholan  22'
Umpires:
Haroon Rashid (PAK)
Kim Jiyong (KOR)
23 November 2025
20:30
Belgium  1–1  Canada
Stockbroekx  57' Report Sarmento  27'
Umpires:
Ben Grant (NZL)
Balaji Kumar (IND)
23 November 2025
22:15
India  1–0  South Korea
Raheel  15' Report
Umpires:
Coen Van Bunge (NED)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
24 November 2025
16:00
South Korea  1–3  New Zealand
Kim Hyeon-hong  30+' Report Lane  18', 49'
Lidstone  51'
Umpires:
Thipak Kanabathu (MAS)
Haroon Rashid (PAK)
24 November 2025
21:55
Malaysia  3–2  Canada
Anuar  5'
Azrai  20'
Faizal  25' 		Report Davis  13'
Sarmento  17'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Lucien Vanderborght (BEL)
25 November 2025
10:00
Belgium  3–2  India
Duvekot  17', 46'
De Kerpel  45' 		Report Abhishek  33'
Shilanand  57'
Umpires:
Coen Van Bunge (NED)
Mohd Ismady Alis (MAS)
26 November 2025
16:00
Canada  2–4  New Zealand
Guraliuk  32'
McCulloch  49' 		Report Baker  16', 32'
Lane  20'
Houlbrooke  31'
Umpires:
Balaji Kumar (IND)
Lucien Vanderborght (BEL)
26 November 2025
18:00
South Korea  2–6  Belgium
Kim Hyeon-hong  30', 60' Report Hendrickx  11', 37'
Boon  18', 46', 49'
Stockbroekx  49'
Umpires:
Ben Grant (NZL)
Thipak Kanabathu (MAS)
26 November 2025
20:00
India  4–3  Malaysia
Selvam  7'
Sukhjeet  21'
Amit  39'
Sanjay  53' 		Report Faizal  13'
Fitri  36'
Jalil  45'
Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Kim Jiyong (KOR)
27 November 2025
16:00
South Korea  2–3  Canada
Park Cheoleon  31'
Yang Ji-hun  56' 		Report Davis  17'
McCulloch  53'
Sarmento  57'
Umpires:
Haroon Rashid (PAK)
Mohd Ismady Alis (MAS)
27 November 2025
18:00
India  3–2  New Zealand
Amit  4'
Sanjay  32'
Selvam  54' 		Report Baker  42', 48'
Umpires:
Coen Van Bunge (NED)
Lucien Vanderborght (BEL)
27 November 2025
20:00
Malaysia  1–9  Belgium
Faizal  13' Report Boon  8', 38'
Crols  11'
Stockbroekx  15'
Duvekot  24', 54'
Hendrickx  27'
Willems  30+'
Foubert  41'
Umpires:
Ben Grant (NZL)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
29 November 2025
16:00
Canada  3–14  India
Guraliuk  11'
Sarmento  35'
Sidhu  55' 		Report Sharma  4'
Rajinder  10', 24'
Jugraj  12', 26', 39', 50'
Amit  15', 46'
Dilpreet  25'
Selvam  43'
Sanjay  56'
Abhishek  57', 59'
Umpires:
Thipak Kanabathu (MAS)
Kim Jiyong (KOR)
29 November 2025
18:00
New Zealand  1–5  Belgium
Thomas  56' Report Van Dessel  2'
Stockbroekx  19', 26'
Foubert  25'
Boon  52'
Umpires:
Mohd Ismady Alis (MAS)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
29 November 2025
20:00
Malaysia  3–4  South Korea
Faizal  54'
Azrai  55', 58' 		Report Oh Seyong  4'
Park Cheoleon  5'
Yang Ji-hun  47'
Kim Hyeon-hong  58'
Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Balaji Kumar (IND)

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

30 November 2025
16:00
Canada  4–3  South Korea
Davis  15', 49'
Guraliuk  43', 53' 		Report Yang Ji-hun  18'
Kim Hyeon-hong  58', 60'

Third and fourth place

30 November 2025
18:15
New Zealand  6–1  Malaysia
Lane  5', 7', 33', 34', 41'
Hickson  29' 		Report Faizal  43'

Final

30 November 2025
20:30
Belgium  1–0  India
Stockbroekx  34' Report

Statistics

Final standings

  1.  Belgium
  2.  India
  3.  New Zealand
  4.  Malaysia
  5.  Canada
  6.  South Korea

Goalscorers

There have been 107 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.94 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "31st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2025 (M)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Pakistan snubbed from 2025 Sultan Azlan Shah cup despite runner-up finish". msn.com. MSN. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Pakistan, Japan excluded from Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey 2025". thenews.com.pk. The News International. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2025: India fall short by a goal in fighting defeat to Belgium". indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. 25 November 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  5. ^ Singh, Aftar (30 November 2025). "Malaysia fall 6-1 to New Zealand, finish fourth in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  6. ^ "OUTDOOR RANKINGS". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. ^ "FIH General Tournament Regulations" (PDF). February 2024.
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