1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

{{Infobox field hockey

| tournament = 1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

| other_titles =

| image =

| size =

| caption = Official logo of the tournament

| country = Malaysia

| city = Ipoh

| venues = Azlan Shah Stadium

| teams = 6

| champions = {{gold1}} {{fh|India}}

| second = {{silver2}} {{fh|Pakistan}}

| third = {{bronze3}} {{fh|Soviet Union}}

| count = 2

| matches =15

| goals =67

| top_scorer ={{fhicon|PAK}} Tahir Zaman

| top_scorer_goals =9

| best_player ={{fhicon|IND}} Pargat Singh

| previous_year = 1987

| previous_tournament = 1987 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

| next_year = 1994

| next_tournament = 1994 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

| update =

|dates=28 July - 3 August|confederations=3}}

The 1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 4th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, an invitational international field hockey tournament. It took place in Ipoh, Malaysia at the Azlan Shah Stadium from 28 July to 3 August 1991.

This was the first time the tournament was held after a period of four years with the previous three editions held after every two years. India won its second title remaining unbeaten in the round-robin format.{{Cite web|title=The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19910804&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=2021-10-29|website=news.google.com}} India became the first team to regain the tournament after having won their first title in 1985.

Participating nations

Six countries participated in the 1991 tournament:{{cite web |url=http://www.azlanshahcup.com/index.php/previous-winners |title=Previous winners |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |publisher=azlanshahcup.com |accessdate=17 March 2013 |archive-date=6 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306061321/http://www.azlanshahcup.com/index.php/previous-winners |url-status=usurped }}

  • {{fh|Soviet Union}}
  • {{fh|Malaysia}}
  • {{fh|Pakistan}}
  • {{fh|New Zealand}}
  • {{fh|South Korea}}
  • {{fh|India}}

Results

= Round-robin =

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!Pos

!Team

!Pld

!W

!D

!L

!GF

!GA

!GD

!Pts

!Result

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|1

|{{Fhm|IND}}

|5

|5

|0

|0

|12

|1

| +11

|10

|Champions

2

|{{Fhm|PAK}}

|5

|4

|0

|1

|28

|9

| +19

|8

|Runner-up

3

|{{Fhm|USSR}}

|5

|1

|2

|2

|9

|12

| -3

|4

|Third place

4

|{{Fhm|NZL}}

|5

|1

|1

|3

|5

|12

| -7

|3

| rowspan="3" |

5

|{{Fhm|MAS}}

|5

|1

|1

|3

|10

|18

| -8

|3

6

|{{Fhm|KOR}}

|5

|0

|2

|3

|3

|15

| -12

|2

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

== Fixtures ==

{{Fieldhockeybox|date=28 July|team1={{fh-rt|NZL}}|team2={{fh|PAK}}|score=1–7|time=8:00|goals1=Daji {{fhgoal|FG|15}}|goals2=Shahbaz Sr. {{fhgoal|FG|5}}
Bashir {{fhgoal|PC|25}}
Irfan {{fhgoal|FG|42}}
Zaman {{fhgoal|PC|55|FG|62|FG|66}}
Feroz {{fhgoal|FG|60}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910729&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}{{Fieldhockeybox|date=28 July|team1={{fh-rt|MAS}}|team2={{fh|IND}}|score=1–4|time=17:00|goals2=D'Souza {{fhgoal|FG|11|FG|14}}
Mascarenhas {{fhgoal|PC|30}}
Ahmed {{fhgoal|PS|67}}|goals1=Nawawi {{fhgoal|FG|28}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910729&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}{{Fieldhockeybox|date=28 July|time=19:00|team1={{fh-rt|KOR}}|team2={{fh|USSR}}|score=1–1|goals2=Atanov {{fhgoal|FG|40}}|goals1=Shin-heum {{fhgoal|FG|51}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910729&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}

----{{Fieldhockeybox|date=29 July|time=17:00|team1={{fh-rt|USSR}}|team2={{fh|PAK}}|score=4–5|goals2=Feroz {{fhgoal|FG|3}}
Bashir {{fhgoal|PC|28|PC|60|PC|66}}
Zaman {{fhgoal|FG|31}}|goals1=Seksenbayev {{fhgoal|FG|21|FG|47|FG|51}}
Atanov {{fhgoal|PS|56}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910730&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}{{Fieldhockeybox|date=29 July|time=19:00|team1={{fh-rt|MAS}}|team2={{fh|NZL}}|score=2–1|goals1=Embaraj {{fhgoal|PC|14}}
Hadi {{fhgoal|FG|45}}|goals2=Thornton {{fhgoal|FG|30}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910730&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}

----{{Fieldhockeybox|date=30 July|time=17:00|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}|team2={{fh|KOR}}|score=2–0|goals1=Jagdev {{fhgoal|PC|34|PC|47}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910731&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}

----{{Fieldhockeybox|date=31 July|time=8:00|team1={{fh-rt|USSR}}|team2={{fh|NZL}}|score=1–1|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910801&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}{{Fieldhockeybox|date=31 July|time=17:00|team1={{fh-rt|MAS}}|team2={{fh|KOR}}|score=2–2|goals1=Hadi {{fhgoal|FG|3}}
Embaraj {{fhgoal|PC|48}}|goals2=Seok-gyo {{fhgoal|PC|17|PC|38}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910801&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}{{Fieldhockeybox|date=31 July|time=19:00|team1={{fh-rt|PAK}}|team2={{fh|IND}}|score=0–1|goals2=Kumar {{fhgoal|FG|5}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910801&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}

----{{Fieldhockeybox|date=1 August|time=17:00|score=2–3|team1={{fh-rt|MAS}}|team2={{fh|USSR}}|goals2=Atanov {{fhgoal|PC|5|PC|42}}
Seksenbayev {{fhgoal|FG|34}}|goals1=Nawawi {{fhgoal|PC|12}}
Zaini {{fhgoal|PC|60}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910802&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}

----{{Fieldhockeybox|date=2 August|time=8:00|team1={{fh-rt|NZL}}|team2={{fh|IND}}|score=0–2|goals2=Jagdev {{fhgoal|PC|7}}
Ahmed {{fhgoal|PS|53}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910803&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}{{Fieldhockeybox|date=2 August|time=17:00|team1={{fh-rt|PAK}}|team2={{fh|KOR}}|score=8–0|goals1=Bashir {{fhgoal|PC|2}}
Ejaz {{fhgoal|FG|5}}
Zaman {{fhgoal|FG|9|FG|17|FG|37|FG|67}}
Shahbaz Sr. {{fhgoal|FG|10}}
Feroz {{fhgoal|FG|64}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910803&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}

----{{Fieldhockeybox|date=3 August|time=8:00|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}|team2={{fh|USSR}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910804&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]|score=3–0|goals1=Jagdev {{fhgoal|PC|14}}
Kumar {{fhgoal|FG|22}}
Mascarenhas {{fhgoal|FG|50}}}}{{Fieldhockeybox|date=3 August|time=15:00|team1={{fh-rt|NZL}}|team2={{fh|KOR}}|score=2–0|goals1=C. Russ {{fhgoal|FG|1}}
G. Russ {{fhgoal|FG|5}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910804&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}{{Fieldhockeybox|date=3 August|time=17:00|team1={{fh-rt|MAS}}|team2={{fh|PAK}}|score=3–8|goals2=Ejaz {{fhgoal|FG|12}}
Shahbaz Jr. {{fhgoal|FG|14}}
Feroz {{fhgoal|FG|37|FG|50}}
Zaman {{fhgoal|FG|40}}
Bashir {{fhgoal|PC|48|PC|63}}
Shahbaz Sr. {{fhgoal|FG|65}}|goals1=Embaraj {{fhgoal|PC|30}}
Hadi {{fhgoal|FG|58}}
Fidelis {{fhgoal|FG|68}}|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19910804&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]}}

Final ranking

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Position

!Team

style="background:#FFD700;"

| 1

| {{fh|India}}

style="background:#C0C0C0;"

| 2

| {{fh|Pakistan}}

style="background:#CD7F32;"

| 3

| {{fh|Soviet Union}}

4

| {{fh|New Zealand}}

5

| {{fh|Malaysia}}

6

| {{fh|South Korea}}

References

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