2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	112 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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	Final
3	Pakistan	6	3	1	2	18	16	+2	10	Third Place Match
4	New Zealand	6	3	0	3	14	14	0	9	Third Place Match
5	Belgium	6	2	0	4	15	17	−2	6	Fifth Place Match
6	Canada	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5	Fifth Place Match
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