The 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup was the seventh edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 22 to 29 October 2017.

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2017 Sultan of Johor Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Johor Bahru
Dates	22–29 October 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Taman Daya Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Great Britain
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	140 (7.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nathan Ephraums Dilpreet Singh (9 goals)
Best player	Vivek Prasad
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As in previous editions, a total of six teams competed for the title. England, New Zealand as well as Pakistan who competed previously, were absent from the tournament. The teams were replaced by Great Britain, India and United States.

Including the host nation, 6 teams competed in the tournament.

A total of seven umpires were appointed by the FIH and National Association to officiate the tournament.

The schedule was released on 7 September 2017.^[1] All times are in Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool matches

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	21	4	+17	15	Advance to Final
2	Australia	5	4	0	1	32	8	+24	12
3	India	5	3	0	2	31	9	+22	9	Third-place match
4	Malaysia (H)	5	1	1	3	21	7	+14	4
5	Japan	5	1	1	3	18	11	+7	4	Fifth-place match
6	United States	5	0	0	5	0	84	−84	0

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Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

More information India, 3–2 ...

22 October 2017 16:05 India  3–2  Japan Dilpreet  11', 53' Sukhjeet  41' Report Ogawa  23', 31' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)

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More information Australia, 19–0 ...

22 October 2017 18:05 Australia  19–0  United States Scanlon  6', 22' Steffens  10', 53' Ephraums  10', 12', 42', 46', 49' Rintala  15', 33', 34' Green  21' Farmilo  44', 48', 55', 57' Flynn  50' Anderson  57' Report Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Ian Diamond (GBR)

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More information Great Britain, 1–0 ...

22 October 2017 20:35 Great Britain  1–0  Malaysia Scott  49' Report Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Anand (IND)

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More information Australia, 4–0 ...

23 October 2017 16:05 Australia  4–0  Japan Ephraums  33' Stewart  36' Flynn  39' Scanlon  44' Report Umpires: Anand (IND) Ian Diamond (GBR)

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More information United States, 0–11 ...

23 October 2017 18:05 United States  0–11  Great Britain Report Golden  6', 44' Scott  15', 40', 41' Francis  45', 46' Mackenize  47' Sutcliffe  54' Way  56' Blumfield  59' Umpires: Faqarudin Kadir (MAS) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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More information India, 2–1 ...

23 October 2017 20:35 India  2–1  Malaysia Dilpreet  20', 43' Report Firdaus  3' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Benjamin Peters (USA)

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More information Great Britain, 4–2 ...

25 October 2017 16:05 Great Britain  4–2  Australia Park  25' Mackenzie  41' Way  43' Scott  57' Report Busiko  26' Ephraums  28' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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More information United States, 0–22 ...

25 October 2017 18:05 United States  0–22  India Report Pratap  2' Vishal  2', 30', 44' Dilpreet  3', 54', 59' Rabichandra  7' Harmanjit  25', 26', 40', 45', 52' Abhishek  28', 37', 38', 45' Raushan  37' Maninder  42', 43' Shilanand  47' Vivek  48' Umpires: Faqarudin Kadir (MAS) Ian Diamond (GBR)

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More information Malaysia, 1–1 ...

25 October 2017 20:35 Malaysia  1–1  Japan Akhimullah  17' Report Ineyama  32' Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Anand (IND)

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More information India, 3–4 ...

26 October 2017 16:05 India  3–4  Australia Sanjay  9' Dilpreet  30', 47' Report Rintala  3' Green  36' Bretherton  45' Ephraums  49' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Ian Diamond (GBR)

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More information Malaysia, 18–0 ...

26 October 2017 18:05 Malaysia  18–0  United States Aiman  4', 5', 21', 22', 59' Akhimullah  6', 23', 41', 56' Zaidi  17' Firdaus  18', 32', 54' Abu  33', 50', 55' Luqman  40' Hassan  58' Report Umpires: Anand (IND) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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More information Japan, 1–3 ...

26 October 2017 20:35 Japan  1–3  Great Britain Watanabe  30' Report Way  45' Mackenzie  54' Wallace  59' Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Benjamin Peters (USA)

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More information Great Britain, 2–1 ...

28 October 2017 16:05 Great Britain  2–1  India Sorsby  20' Waller  52' Report Raushan  25' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Ben Hocking (AUS)

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More information Australia, 3–1 ...

28 October 2017 18:05 Australia  3–1  Malaysia Stewart  15+' Anderson  33' Scanlon  57' Report Abu  51' Umpires: Ian Diamond (GBR) Benjamin Peters (USA)

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More information Japan, 14–0 ...

28 October 2017 20:35 Japan  14–0  United States Ogawa  1', 22', 22' Tamekuni  8' Ikeda  17' Sugiyama  21' Fujishima  26' Sugino  28' Ozawa  29', 41' Kamezaki  36', 42' Kato  55' Morishita  59' Report Umpires: Anand (IND) Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)

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Classification matches

Fifth and sixth place

More information Japan, 11–0 ...

29 October 2017 15:35 Japan  11–0  United States Kato  2', 7', 25', 55' Morishita  10' Kamezaki  13' Sugiyama  14', 44', 45' Watanabe  37' Chiba  42' Report Umpires: Anand (IND) Faqarudin Kadir (MAS)

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Third and fourth place

More information India, 4–0 ...

29 October 2017 18:05 India  4–0  Malaysia Vivek  11' Vishal  15', 25' Shilanand  21' Report Umpires: Ian Diamond (GBR) Ben Hocking (AUS)

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Final

More information Great Britain, 0–2 ...

29 October 2017 20:35 MST Great Britain  0–2  Australia Report Rintala  4' Ephraums  35' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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Five awards were awarded at the conclusion of the tournament.^[2]

More information Player of the Tournament, Top Goalscorer(s) ...

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer(s)	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Vivek Prasad	Nathan Ephraums Dilpreet Singh	Chris Wyver
Player of the Final		Play the Whistle (Fair Play)
Nathanael Stewart		United States

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There were 140 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 7.78 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH