2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityIpoh
Teams7
VenueAzlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up India
Third place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored112 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer Sandeep Singh (9 goals)
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The 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 17th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

Participating nations

Seven countries participated in the tournament:[1]

Results

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

Preliminary round

Pool

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 6 4 2 0 19 8 +11 14 Final
2  India 6 4 0 2 17 16 +1 12
3  Pakistan 6 3 1 2 18 16 +2 10 Third Place Match
4  New Zealand 6 3 0 3 14 14 0 9
5  Belgium 6 2 0 4 15 17 −2 6 Fifth Place Match
6  Canada 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5
7  Malaysia 6 1 1 4 9 16 −7 4
Source: Azlan Shah Cup
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]

Fixtures

8 May 2008
16:00
India  3–4  New Zealand
Sandeep  14', 20', 60' Report Stephenson  22'
Child  32'
Burrows  45'
Brooks  54'
8 May 2008
18:00
Argentina  2–1  Belgium
Sosa  33'
Argento  60'
Report Truyens  54'
8 May 2008
20:00
Pakistan  3–2  Malaysia
Ateeq  22'
Abbasi  28'
Saqlain  60'
Report Kelvinder  1'
Rahim  23'

9 May 2008
16:00
Canada  1–0  Belgium
Guest  51' Report
9 May 2008
18:00
Pakistan  6–3  New Zealand
Butt  11', 30', 60', 70'
Abbasi  14'
Saqlain  28'
Report Burrows  6'
Shaw  33', 47'
9 May 2008
20:00
Argentina  5–1  India
Callioni  11', 44'
Ibarra  31'
Argento  45'
López  53'
Report Sandeep  25'

11 May 2008
16:00
Canada  1–3  India
Fernandes  8' Report Diwakar  44', 51'
Shivendra  53'
11 May 2008
18:00
Malaysia  2–0  New Zealand
Azlan  32'
Selvaraju  43'
Report
11 May 2008
20:00
Pakistan  3–3  Argentina
Zubair  10'
Saqlain  44'
Akbar  63'
Report Ibarra  30'
Gilardi  50'
Bergner  56'

12 May 2008
16:00
Belgium  4–6  India
De Saedeleer  24'
Briels  45', 59'
C. Vandeweghe  61'
Report Shivendra  9', 68'
Diwakar  22'
Sandeep  29', 35'
Sunil  32'
12 May 2008
18:00
Canada  1–2  Pakistan
Kullar  1' Report Butt  62'
Saqlain  65'
12 May 2008
18:00
Malaysia  0–5  Argentina
Report Callioni  19', 28'
Gilardi  46'
Cammareri  54'
Argento  68'

14 May 2008
16:00
New Zealand  1–2  Argentina
Collier  32' Report López  9'
Gilardi  15'
14 May 2008
18:00
Belgium  5–3  Pakistan
Briels  2'
Dohmen  18'
C. Vandeweghe  24'
Dekeyser  37'
L. Vandeweghe  69'
Report Abbasi  4'
Butt  23'
Saqlain  35'
14 May 2008
20:00
Malaysia  2–2  Canada
Chua  19'
Rahim  27'
Report Sukhwinder  23'
Tupper  62'

15 May 2008
16:00
India  2–1  Pakistan
Sandeep  7'
Diwakar  26'
Report Saqlain  59'
15 May 2008
18:00
New Zealand  3–0  Canada
Kosoof  20'
Couzins  48'
Wilson  63'
Report
15 May 2008
20:00
Belgium  4–2  Malaysia
C. Vandeweghe  20', 43'
Dekeyser  52'
Briels  69'
Report Rahim  24', 46'

17 May 2008
16:00
Argentina  2–2  Canada
Callioni  48'
Sosa  60'
Report Sukhwinder  61'
Kahlon  69'
17 May 2008
18:00
India  2–1  Malaysia
Shivendra  24'
Sandeep  53'
Report Rahim  70+'
17 May 2008
20:00
New Zealand  3–1  Belgium
Shaw  9'
Child  22', 45'
Report Dohmen  59'

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

18 May 2008
16:00
Belgium  3–4 (a.e.t.)  Canada
Dekeyser  3', 8'
Luycx  58'
Report Grimes  5'
Kahlon  12'
Kullar  45'
Wright  83'

Third and fourth place

18 May 2008
18:00
Pakistan  1–2  New Zealand
Butt  21' Report Child  23'
Stephenson  47'

Final

18 May 2008
20:00
Argentina  2–1 (a.e.t.)  India
Almada  14', 73' Report Sandeep  10'

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Argentina 7 5 2 0 21 9 +12 17 Gold Medal
 India 7 4 0 3 18 18 0 12 Silver Medal
 New Zealand 7 4 0 3 16 15 +1 12 Bronze Medal
4  Pakistan 7 3 1 3 19 18 +1 10
5  Canada 7 2 2 3 11 15 −4 8
6  Belgium 7 2 0 5 18 21 −3 6
7  Malaysia 6 1 1 4 9 16 −7 4

Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Previous winners". azlanshahcup.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. ^ Regulations