The Azlan Shah Cup is Asias premier annual mens hockey tournament. It is currently held in Ipoh, Malaysia during the first half of each year.
HRH SULTAN AZLAN SHAH
The teams are by invitation and typically include several of the world power-houses of hockey. Besides the host nation Malaysia, teams generally include Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan and South Korea. Holland, Belgium and Egypt together with Argentina have also been represented during previous campaigns.
Australia walked all over Malaysia today in a 6-1 drubbing. Malaysia never really got into the game. They had a goal dis-allowed and also lost 2 players at the same time to reduce the team to 9 players for a while. Australia pounced and tkho full advantage of the situation.
