Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament: Indians are 2nd best Performer

India is 5-time champion of Azlan Shah. Here are the details on how India has performed in Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament since its inception till 2017. Details include Indian record and achievements, overall performances and rankings over the years in Azlan Shah Championships. In 2016, Australia won record 9th championship defeating India in the final. India has won 5 championships. In 2017, Great Britain defeated Aussies in final, while Indians finished 3rd.

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2015: Schedule and Results
Past Winners of Azlan Shah Cup

Overall Performance

Tournaments Played: 20
Matches Played: 119
Won: 57
Lost: 48
Draw: 14
GF: 261
GA: 235

Rankings

Winnner: 5 times
Runners Up: 2 (2008, 2016)
Third Rank: 7 (1983, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017)
Worst Finish: 7th (2004)
Other Ranks: 5th (1996, 2001, 2005, 2013), 6th (2011)

Records

5 – Second highest number of Tournament wins, after Australia’s 9.
Won all– In 1991 India won all the 5 matches.
Lost All No matches won (played 6) by India in 2004.
None Lost– No matches lost by India in 1991 and 2009.

*P=played, W= win, L = Loss, D = Draw, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD= Goal Difference
Indian Performance in Azlan Shah

Sr. No.	Year	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Rank
1	1983	5	1	2	2	10	8	3
2	1985	4	3	0	1	11	8	1
3	1991	5	5	0	0	12	1	1
4	1995	6	3	2	1	8	5	1
5	1996	6	2	4	0	11	14	5
6	2000	7	4	3	0	14	11	3
7	2001	7	2	4	0	11	15	3
8	2004	6	0	5	1	10	19	7
9	2005	7	2	4	1	10	16	5
10	2006	5	3	2	0	12	9	3
11	2007	5	3	2	0	9	7	3
12	2008	7	4	3	0	18	18	2
13	2009	5	3	0	2	12	6	1
14	2010	6	4	1	1	21	14	1
15	2011	6	2	3	1	16	19	6
16	2012	7	4	3	0	15	16	3
17	2013	7	2	3	1	13	13	5
18	2015	6	3	2	1	16	14	3
19	2016	7	4	3	0	18	15	2
20	2017	6	3	2	1	15	8	3
20	All	120	57	48	14	262	236	1(5)