1991 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	28 July - 3 August
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	67 (4.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tahir Zaman (9 goals)
Best player	Pargat Singh
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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.^[1] India became the first team to regain the tournament after having won their first title in 1985.

Six countries participated in the 1991 tournament:^[2]

•  Soviet Union
•  Malaysia
•  Pakistan
•  New Zealand
•  South Korea
•  India

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	India	5	5	0	0	12	1	+11	10	Champions
2	Pakistan	5	4	0	1	28	9	+19	8	Runner-up
3	Soviet Union	5	1	2	2	9	12	-3	4	Third place
4	New Zealand	5	1	1	3	5	12	-7	3
5	Malaysia	5	1	1	3	10	18	-8	3
6	South Korea	5	0	2	3	3	15	-12	2

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

28 July 8:00 New Zealand  1–7  Pakistan Daji  15' Report Shahbaz Sr.  5' Bashir  25' Irfan  42' Zaman  55', 62', 66' Feroz  60'

28 July 17:00 Malaysia  1–4  India Nawawi  28' Report D'Souza  11', 14' Mascarenhas  30' Ahmed  67'

28 July 19:00 South Korea  1–1  Soviet Union Shin-heum  51' Report Atanov  40'

29 July 17:00 Soviet Union  4–5  Pakistan Seksenbayev  21', 47', 51' Atanov  56' Report Feroz  3' Bashir  28', 60', 66' Zaman  31'

29 July 19:00 Malaysia  2–1  New Zealand Embaraj  14' Hadi  45' Report Thornton  30'

30 July 17:00 India  2–0  South Korea Jagdev  34', 47' Report

31 July 8:00 Soviet Union  1–1  New Zealand Report

31 July 17:00 Malaysia  2–2  South Korea Hadi  3' Embaraj  48' Report Seok-gyo  17', 38'

31 July 19:00 Pakistan  0–1  India Report Kumar  5'

1 August 17:00 Malaysia  2–3  Soviet Union Nawawi  12' Zaini  60' Report Atanov  5', 42' Seksenbayev  34'

2 August 8:00 New Zealand  0–2  India Report Jagdev  7' Ahmed  53'

2 August 17:00 Pakistan  8–0  South Korea Bashir  2' Ejaz  5' Zaman  9', 17', 37', 67' Shahbaz Sr.  10' Feroz  64' Report

3 August 8:00 India  3–0  Soviet Union Jagdev  14' Kumar  22' Mascarenhas  50' Report

3 August 15:00 New Zealand  2–0  South Korea C. Russ  1' G. Russ  5' Report

3 August 17:00 Malaysia  3–8  Pakistan Embaraj  30' Hadi  58' Fidelis  68' Report Ejaz  12' Shahbaz Jr.  14' Feroz  37', 50' Zaman  40' Bashir  48', 63' Shahbaz Sr.  65'

• This ranking does not reflect the actual performance of the team as the ranking issued by the International Hockey Federation. This is just a benchmark ranking in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup only.

Position	Team
1	India
2	Pakistan
3	Soviet Union
4	New Zealand
5	Malaysia
6	South Korea

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