2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	81 (4.5 per match)
Best player	Roderick Weusthof
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The 2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 15th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

Participating nations

Eight countries participated in the tournament:^[1]

•  India
•  Malaysia
•  Australia
•  Pakistan
•  Argentina
•  Netherlands
•  New Zealand
•  South Korea

Results

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

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Malaysia (H)	3	0	2	1	6	9	−3	2

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[2]
(H) Hosts

18 June 2006 15:00 Australia  4–1  India Elder  7' Naylor  11', 40' Doerner  64' Report Tejbir  23'

18 June 2006 17:00 South Korea  2–2  Malaysia

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19 June 2006 15:00 South Korea  3–0  Australia Jang  20', 23' You H.  21' Report

19 June 2006 17:00 India  5–2  Malaysia

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21 June 2006 15:00 India  3–0  South Korea

21 June 2006 17:00 Australia  2–2  Malaysia Livermore  27' Brooks  41' Report Ismail  16' Megat  70'

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Argentina	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[2]

18 June 2006 08:30 Argentina  2–3  New Zealand M. Vila  4', 29' Report Shaw  38' Brooks  50' Petherick  60'

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19 June 2006 08:30 Netherlands  2–3  Pakistan

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20 June 2006 15:00 Argentina  1–4  Netherlands Report

20 June 2006 17:00 Pakistan  3–3  New Zealand  15', 50', 70' Report Shaw  6' McAleese  40' Collier  60'

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22 June 2006 15:00 Pakistan  0–2  Argentina Report Saladino  47', 48'

22 June 2006 17:00 Netherlands  0–0  New Zealand Report

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh and eighth place

24 June 2006 07:30 Malaysia  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Chua  20' Razie  27' Report Paredes  31' Almada  47' Argento  79'

Fifth and sixth place

24 June 2006 09:30 South Korea  1–4  Pakistan Kang  42' Report Abbasi  15' Saqlain  23' Ali  46' Waqas  64'

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 June 2006
	India	0
					25 June 2006
	Netherlands	1
					Netherlands	6
	23 June 2006
					Australia	2
	New Zealand	1
	Australia	7
					Third Place
					25 June 2006
					India	3
					New Zealand	2

Semi-finals

23 June 2006 15:00 India  0–1  Netherlands Report Weusthof  64'

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23 June 2006 17:00 New Zealand  1–7  Australia Petherick  69' Report Schubert  7', 48' Doerner  21', 23' Naylor  38' Brooks  58' Butler  60'

Third and fourth place

25 June 2006 15:00 India  3–2  New Zealand Prasad  8', 35' Sandeep  43' Report Child  10' Shaw  39'

Final

25 June 2006 17:00 Netherlands  6–2  Australia Weusthof  6', 47', 66' Taekema  22' De Nooijer  42' R. Brouwer  52' Report Naylor  60' Schubert  69'

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	13	6	+7	10	Gold Medal
	Australia	5	2	1	2	15	13	+2	7	Silver Medal
	India	5	3	0	2	12	9	+3	9	Bronze Medal
4	New Zealand	5	1	2	2	9	15	−6	5
5	Pakistan	4	2	1	1	10	8	+2	7
6	South Korea	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	4
7	Argentina	4	2	0	2	8	9	−1	6
8	Malaysia (H)	4	0	2	2	8	12	−4	2

References

External links

• Official website