The 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 26th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 29 April – 6 May 2017. The number of teams for this year’s cup has decreased by one compared to last year’s tournament where seven teams competed. Pakistan and Canada, who competed previously, will not join this edition and Great Britain had been invited. Great Britain defeated Australia 4–3 in the final to win the cup.

Participating nations

Six countries are participating in this year's tournament: * (Host) * * * * *

Umpires

# Sean Rapaport (RSA) # Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) # Shigeki Kodama (JPN) # Eric Koh Kim Lai (MAS) # Nichol Bevan (NZL) # Steve Rogers (AUS) # Paul Walker (GBR) # Bruce Bale (ENG) - Video Umpire

Squads

Results

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Pool

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Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Goalscorers

Awards

Five awards were awarded during the tournament, they were: *Fairplay: *Best Player: Tom Craig *Man of the Match (Final):

Alan Forsyth Alan Forsyth (born 5 April 1992) is a Scottish field hockey player who plays as a forward for HGC and the Scotland and Great Britain national teams. He is the son of Derek Forsyth, the head coach of Scotland. Club career Forsyth plays club hoc ...

*Best Goalkeeper: Suguru Shimmoto *Top Scorer: Tom Craig,

Trent Mitton Trent Grant Mitton (born 26 November 1990) is an Australian field hockey player who plays for the WA Thundersticks and the Kookaburras. Mitton is a striker. Mitton first joined the Australian team as part of the 19-member Champions Trophy sq ...

Mandeep Singh Mandeep Singh (born 18 December 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Punjab in the top-flight of Indian cricket. A right-hand batsman who also occasionally bowls right arm medium pace, Mandeep has also played for India Blue, and North ...

(5 goals)

Final standings

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References

External links

Official website
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