2000 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2000 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	95 (3.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yeo Woon-kon (7 goals)
Best player	Yeo Woon-kon
Best young player	Ibrahim Suhaimi
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The 2000 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the tenth edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pakistan won their successive second title after beating South Korea 1-0 with a late minute goal by Kamran Ashraf in the final becoming the first side to retain the Azlan Shah Cup since its inaugural edition. Pakistan's captain and goalkeeper Ahmed Alam was voted as player of the tournament.

Participating nations

Seven countries participated in the tournament:

• Canada
• Malaysia
• Pakistan
• New Zealand
• South Korea
• India
• Germany

Results

Preliminary round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	5	1	0	17	8	+9	16	Final
2	Pakistan	6	5	1	0	15	8	+7	16
3	Malaysia (H)	6	3	0	3	16	14	+2	9	Third place match
4	India	6	3	0	3	10	10	0	9
5	Germany	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7	Fifth place match
6	New Zealand	6	0	2	4	8	16	−8	2
7	Canada	6	0	1	5	8	14	−6	1

Source: Field Hockey Canada
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

16 February 2000 16:05 India 1–2 Germany Pillay  18' Report Wein  1' Bechmann  9'

16 February 2000 18:05 Malaysia 3–1 Canada Ibrahim  2', 29', 69' Report Milkovich  32'

16 February 2000 20:05 New Zealand 1–4 South Korea Russ  3' Report Yeo  39', 53' Song  60', 68'

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17 February 2000 16:05 Germany 1–2 Malaysia Bechmann  39' Report Kuhan  33', 67'

17 February 2000 18:05 South Korea 1–1 Pakistan Yeo  16' Report Bashir  33'

17 February 2000 20:05 Canada 1–1 New Zealand Short  20' Report Reynolds  35'

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18 February 2000 18:05 Pakistan 2–1 India Raza  7' Jawwad  28' Report Baljit  52'

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19 February 2000 16:05 New Zealand 2–4 Malaysia Archibald  19' Russ  68' Report Chairil  3', 7' Saiful  43' Ibrahim  53'

19 February 2000 18:05 India 3–2 Canada Pillay  7', 37' Deepak  33' Report Short  6' Kullar  53'

19 February 2000 20:05 Germany 0–3 South Korea Report Song  13', 50' Kang Ky.  25'

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20 February 2000 18:05 New Zealand 1–3 Pakistan Parag  12' Report Raza  23' Bashir  29' Yousuf  33'

20 February 2000 20:05 Germany 3–2 Canada Bechmann  7' Domke  43', 53' Report Short  18' Kullar  51'

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21 February 2000 18:05 India 1–2 South Korea Baljit  53' Report Ji  25' Yeo  42'

21 February 2000 20:05 Malaysia 2–3 Pakistan Chua  58' Kuhan  60' Report Yousuf  5', 63' Ashraf  13'

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22 February 2000 16:05 South Korea 2–1 Canada Kim Ky.  5' Hwang  8' Report Milkovich  24'

22 February 2000 18:05 Germany 2–2 New Zealand Domke  50' Kunz  61' Report Leaver  7' Burrows  46'

22 February 2000 20:05 Malaysia 1–2 India Ibrahim  11' Report Baljit  19' Deepak  32'

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23 February 2000 18:05 Pakistan 4–2 Germany Ashraf  15' Jawwad  29' Yousuf  54' Bashir  57' Report Kunz  7' Crone  52'

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24 February 2000 16:05 Canada 1–2 Pakistan Campbell  25' Report Yousuf  34' Sarwar  50'

24 February 2000 18:05 South Korea 5–4 Malaysia Yeo  10', 33', 67' Seo J.  25' Kang Ke.  51' Report Kuhan  19', 21' Chairil  48', 56'

24 February 2000 20:05 New Zealand 1–2 India Parag  22' Report Deepak  26' Pillay  28'

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

26 February 2000 08:05 Germany 3–2 (a.e.t.) New Zealand Witthaus  20' Emmerling  56' Keller  85' Report Burrows  32' Smith  52'

Third and fourth place

26 February 2000 17:05 Malaysia 1–4 India Kuhan  3' Report Baljit  6', 67' Pillay  17' Tirkey  54'

Final

26 February 2000 19:35 South Korea 0–1 Pakistan Report Ashraf  70' Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ARG) Blaise Monteiro (IND)

Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Player of the Final	Fair Play Trophy	Most Promising Player
Yeo Woon-kon	Yeo Woon-kon	Ahmed Alam	India	Ibrahim Suhaimi

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Pakistan	7	6	1	0	16	8	+8	19	Gold medal
2	South Korea	7	5	1	1	17	9	+8	16	Silver medal
3	India	7	4	0	3	14	11	+3	12	Bronze medal
4	Malaysia (H)	7	3	0	4	17	18	−1	9
5	Germany	7	3	1	3	13	16	−3	10
6	New Zealand	7	0	2	5	10	19	−9	2
7	Canada	6	0	1	5	8	14	−6	1

Source: Field Hockey Canada
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 95 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.96 goals per match.

7 goals

• Yeo Woon-kon

6 goals

• Kuhan Shanmuganathan

5 goals

• Dhanraj Pillay
• Baljit Singh Dhillon
• Ibrahim Suhaimi
• Imran Yousuf

4 goals

• Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
• Song Seung-tae

3 goals

• Robert Short
• Christoph Bechmann
• Oliver Domke
• Deepak Thakur
• Kamran Ashraf
• Atif Bashir

2 goals

• Bindi Kullar
• Peter Milkovich
• Florian Kunz
• Phillip Burrows
• Umesh Parag
• Craig Russ
• Kashif Jawwad
• Ali Raza

1 goal

• Sean Campbell
• Philipp Crone
• Björn Emmerling
• Florian Keller
• Christian Wein
• Matthias Witthaus
• Dilip Tirkey
• Saiful Azli bin Abdul Rahman
• Chua Boon Huat
• Ryan Archibald
• Brett Leaver
• Craig Reynolds
• Darren Smith
• Muhammad Sarwar
• Kim Kyung-seok
• Kang Keon-wook
• Kang Kyong-won
• Seo Jong-ho
• Hwang Jong-hyun
• Ji Seong-hwan

External links

• Official website