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]

•  India
•  Malaysia
•  New Zealand
•  Pakistan
•  Argentina
•  Belgium
•  Canada

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

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