| The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup | |
| Current Season: | 2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup |
| Last Season: | 2022 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup |
| Upcoming Season: | 2025 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup |
| Sport: | Field hockey |
| Inaugural: | 1983 |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Venue: | Azlan Shah Stadium |
| Champion: | (1st title) |
| Champ Season: | 2024 |
| Most Champs: | (10 titles) |
The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual invitational international men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. It began in 1983 as a biennial contest. The tournament became an annual event after 1998, following its growth and popularity. The tournament is named after the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah, a supporter of field hockey.[1]
Since 2007 the tournament has been held at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Perak. Kuala Lumpur and Penang have also hosted the tournament.
| Year | Host | Teams | Final | Third place match | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Winner | width=10% | Score | width=15% | Runner-up | width=15% | Third place | width=10% | Score | width=15% | Fourth place |
| 1983 Details | Kuala Lumpur | 5 | 1–0 | round-robin | |||||||
| 1985 Details | Ipoh | 4 | round-robin | round-robin | |||||||
| 1987 Details | 6 | round-robin | round-robin | ||||||||
| 1991 Details | 6 | round-robin | round-robin | ||||||||
| 1994 Details | Penang | 5 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p.s.o.) | 4–0 | |||||||
| 1995 Details | Kuala Lumpur | 6 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p.s.o.) | 3–1 | |||||||
| 1996 Details | Ipoh | 6 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p.s.o.) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.s.o.) | |||||||
| 1998 Details | 6 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (10–9 p.s.o.) | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 1999 Details | Kuala Lumpur | 6 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |||||||
| 2000 Details | 7 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||||||||
| 2001 Details | 7 | 3–2 | 4–3 | ||||||||
| 2003 Details | 5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||||||||
| 2004 Details | 7 | 4–3 | 6–5 | ||||||||
| 2005 Details | 7 | 4–3 | 4–2 | ||||||||
| 2006 Details | 8 | 6–2 | 3–2 | ||||||||
| 2007 Details | Ipoh | 8 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |||||||
| 2008 Details | 7 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| 2009 Details | 5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| 2010 Details | 7 | & (Joint Winners) | 5–3 | ||||||||
| 2011 Details | 7 | 3–2 (a.e.t) | 4–2 | ||||||||
| 2012 Details | 7 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 2013 Details | 6 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| 2014 Details | 6 | 8–3 | 3–2 | ||||||||
| 2015 Details | 6 | 2–2 (3–1 p.s.o.) | 2–2 (4–1 p.s.o.) | ||||||||
| 2016 Details | 7 | 4–0 | 3–3 (5–4 p.s.o.) | ||||||||
| 2017 Details | 6 | 4–3 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| 2018 Details | 6 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||||||||
| 2019 Details | 6 | 1–1 (4–2 p.s.o.) | 4–2 | ||||||||
| 2020 Details | 6 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] | Cancelled | ||||||||
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] | Cancelled | |||||||||
| 2022 Details | 6 | 3–2 | 5–3 | ||||||||
| 2024 Details | 6 | 2–2 (4–1 p.s.o.) | 3–2 | ||||||||
Below is a list of teams that have finished in the top four positions in the tournament:
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 10 (1983, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018) | 4 (1996, 2006, 2015, 2017) | 3 (1994, 2001, 2010) | ||
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 5 (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010^) | 3 (2008, 2016, 2019) | 7 (1983, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017) | ||
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 3 (1999, 2000, 2003) | 7 (1983, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2024) | 3 (1985, 2005, 2022) | 3 (2001, 2008, 2009) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 3 (1996, 2010^, 2019) | 5 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2022) | 4 (1998, 2004, 2013, 2014) | 3 (2003, 2007, 2015) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 2 (1987, 2001) | 3 (1995,1998, 2003) | 1 (1999) | 1 (2004) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 2 (1994*, 2017) | 1 (2018*) | 2 (1987*, 2011) | 2 (1996, 2012) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 2 (2012, 2015) | 6 (1995, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2024) | 7 (1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2017) | ||
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 1 (2022) | 5 (1985, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014) | 2 (1996, 2019) | 8 (1983, 1987, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 1 (2008) | 1 (2012) | 1 (2018) | ||
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 1 (2024) | 1 (2022) | |||
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 1 (2006) | ||||
| 1 (1991) | ||||||
| 3 (1995, 1999, 2019) | ||||||
| 1 (1985) | ||||||
| 1 (2014) |
* = Played as England in those tournaments
^ = Title was shared between two teams
| Team | 83 | 85 | 87 | 91 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 24 | Total | ||||||||||||||
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| Total | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Zone | Best performance | |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | 13 titles, won by India (5), Pakistan (3), South Korea (3), Malaysia (1) and Japan (1) | |
| Oceania | 12 titles, won by Australia (10) and New Zealand (2) | |
| Europe | 5 titles, won by Germany (2), Great Britain (2) and the Netherlands (1) | |
| Americas | 1 title, won by Argentina | |
| Africa | Fifth place, achieved by Egypt (2) |