All the 6 participating nations have two goalkeepers each and a head coach. Kiwis with focus on attack has the youngest player (19 year) of tournament in Sam Lane, while hosts Malaysia have the oldest player (37 years) in goalkeeper Subramaniam. India is the only team to have a foreigner as coach, while the Kiwis team is led by an Indian origin player. Check squads and age group of all the six teams for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2017.
Azlan Shah 2017: Schedule and Results, Points Tally
Team: India
Age Group: 21-31
- Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans[
Captain: P. R. Shreejesh
Goalkeepers: P. R. Shreejesh, Suraj Karkera
Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Talwinder Singh, S. V. Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Affan Yousuf
Midfielder: Manpreet Singh, Sardara Singh, Sumit, Manpreet, Harjeet Singh, hinglensana Singh
Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Gurinder Singh, Surender Kumar, Pardeep Mor
Team: Malaysia
Age Group: 20-37
- Head Coach: Stephen van Huizen
Captain: Sukri Mutalib
Goalkeepers: Kumar Subramaniam, Hafizuddin Othman
Forwards: Haziq Samsul, Faizal Saari, Firhan Ashaari, Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin, Nik Muhammad Aiman, Shahril Saabah
Midfielder: Marhan Jalil, Fitri Saari, Nabil Fiqri, Azri Hassan, Meor Muhamad Azuan Hasan
Defenders: Sukri Mutalib, Syed Mohd Syafiq Syed Cholan, Razie Rahim, Faiz Helmi Jali, Najmi Farizal Jazlan
Team: Australia
Age Group: 21-30
- Head Coach: Colin Batch
Captain:
Goalkeepers: Tyler Lovell, Andrew Charter
Forwards: Tom Craig, Tom Wickham, Jake Whetton, Flynn Ogilvie, Trent Mitton, Dylan Wotherspoon, Jeremy Hayward
Midfielder: Jeremy Edwards, Eddie Ockenden, Matthew Willis, Joshua Pollard
Defenders: Matt Dawson, Aaron Kleinschmidt, Matthew Swann, Benjamin Craig, Andrew Philpott
Team: Great Britain
Great Britain has Alan from Scotland, Daniel from Wales and rest from England.
Age Group: 21-33
- Head Coach: Bobby Crutchley
Captain: Barry Middleton
Goalkeepers: Harry Gibson, Chris Wyver
Forwards: Alan Forsyth, Samuel Ward, Mark Gleghorne, Phil Roper, Tom Carson, Chris Griffiths
Midfielder: Barry Middleton, Henry Weir, Ian Sloan, David Goodfield,
Defenders: Brendan Creed, Ollie Willars, James Gall, Liam Sanford, Jonty Griffiths, Daniel Kyriakides
Team: Japan
- Head Coach: Yamabori Takahiko
Age Group: 20-28
Captain: Yamashita Manabu
Goalkeepers: Yoshikawa Takashi, Shimmoto Suguru
Forwards: Yamasaki Koji, Tanaka Kenta, Yoshihara Heita, Fukuda Kentaro, Watanabe Kota
Midfielder: Mitani Genki, Tanaka Seren, Murata Kazuma, Hoshi Suguru, Tanaka Kaito,
Defenders: Yamashita Manabu, Yamada Shota, Sasaki Takuro, Ohashi Masaki, Zendana Hirotaka, Kameyama Koyo
Team: New Zealand
Age Group: 19-27
- Head Coach: Darren Smith[
Captain: Arun Panchia
Goalkeepers: Richard Joyce, Devon Manchester
Forwards: Kim Kingstone, Sam Lane, Jonty Keaney, Leo Mitai-Wells, Stephen Jenness, Mackenzie Wilcox
Midfielder: Arun Panchia, Nick Ross, Nick Elder, Dominic Newman, George Muir
Defenders: Cory Bennett, David Brydon, Harry Miskimmin, Alex Shaw
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