Malaysia men's national field hockey team

Malaysia
Nickname(s)	Malaysian Hockey Tigers (Speedy Tigers)
Association	Malaysian Hockey Confederation (Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia)
Confederation	AHF (Asia)
Head Coach	Sarjit Singh
Assistant coach(es)	Azrul Bistamam; Sukri Mutalib; S. Kumar
Manager	Dato' Najmi Razak
Captain	Marhan Jalil
Most caps	Kuhan Shanmuganathan (341)
Top scorer	Razie Rahim (107)
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	13 (19 December 2024)
Highest	9 (2023)
Lowest	15 (2008–2010)
Olympic Games
Appearances	9 (first in 1956)
Best result	8th (1972)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1973)
Best result	4th (1975)
Asian Games
Appearances	17 (first in 1958)
Best result	(2010, 2018)
Asia Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1982)
Best result	(2017, 2022)
Medal record
Asian Games
Asia Cup
Asian Champions Trophy
Commonwealth Games
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The Malaysia men's national field hockey team (nicknamed Speedy Tigers) represents Malaysia in international field hockey competitions. As of August 2023, the team is ranked 9th in the world, and 2nd in Asia, by the International Hockey Federation.^[2] The governing body for the sports is the Malaysian Hockey Confederation.

History

Hockey has a long-standing history in Malaysia, with the first formal match taking place in Kuala Lumpur on November 30, 1898, between Harris' XI and Whitley's XI, just 12 years after the first regulated game was played in England in 1886.^[3] Malaysia's first international game occurred in 1932 against the Indian Olympic squad, who had recently clinched Olympic gold. Predictably, the visitors emerged victorious with a 7-0 scoreline. Malaysia formed a national hockey body in 1947, and in 1956, they represented Malaya (as it was then known) at the Melbourne Olympics, finishing ninth. Their most notable Olympic performance to date was at the 1972 Games, where they secured eighth place and recorded victories against Spain and Argentina.^{[citation needed]}

Malaysia has qualified for the Hockey World Cup on seven occasions, including the most recent edition. Their best finish to date was in 1975 when they hosted the tournament and achieved a remarkable fourth-place finish, which included a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands.^[4]

In recent years, the Malaysian national hockey team has faced challenges in maintaining their past success. They have struggled to replicate their previous achievements at major international tournaments. However, the team has remained competitive in the Asian region.^{[citation needed]}

The crown jewel of Malaysian hockey is the annual Sultan Azlan Shah tournament, held in Kuala Lumpur. Named after the ninth King of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah, a devoted hockey enthusiast, this invitation-only event has been a key highlight since 1983, becoming an annual affair in 2003. In 2022, Malaysia won their first Sultan Azlan Shah Cup after defeating South Korea 3-2.^[5]

Kuala Lumpur had the honor of hosting the first Commonwealth Games to include hockey as a sport in 1998. Malaysia's national team showcased their talent by securing a silver medal, narrowly losing 4-0 to Australia in the final. Another significant achievement was Malaysia's hosting of the 2002 World Cup, which featured 16 nations, making it the only single World Cup to adopt this format. This edition also permitted squads of 18 players instead of the usual 16, accommodating the hot and humid conditions.^[6]

Malaysia has also played host to the Junior World Cup three times, with the most recent occurrence in 2009. Although Malaysia has achieved fourth place on four occasions, they continue to strive for further success in this prestigious tournament.^[7]

The team's development and performance are supported by the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) and its efforts to promote the sport at various levels, including grassroots development and talent identification programs.^{[citation needed]}

Competition history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Malaysia and best results"

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics
Year	Round
1956	Ninth place
1960	did not qualify
1964	Ninth place
1968	Fifteenth place
1972	Eighth place
1976	Ninth place
1980	did not participate
1984	Eleventh place
1988	did not qualify
1992	Ninth place
1996	Eleventh place
2000	Eleventh place
2004	did not qualify
2008	did not qualify
2012	did not qualify
2016	did not qualify
2020	did not qualify
2024	did not qualify

World Cup

World Cup
Year	Round
1971	did not qualify
1973	Eleventh place
1975	Fourth place
1978	Tenth place
1982	Tenth place
1986	did not qualify
1990	did not qualify
1994	did not qualify
1998	Eleventh place
2002	Eighth place
2006	did not qualify
2010	did not qualify
2014	Twelfth place
2018	Fifteenth place
2023	Thirteenth place

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year	Round
1958	Fourth place
1962
1966	Fourth place
1970	Fourth place
1974
1978
1982
1986	Fourth place
1990
1994	Fifth place
1998	Fifth place
2002
2006	Sixth place
2010
2014	Fourth place
2018
2022	Sixth place

Asia Cup

Asia Cup
Year	Round
1982	Fourth place
1985	Fifth place
1989	Sixth place
1993	Fourth place
1999	Fourth place
2003	Fifth place
2007	Third place
2009	Fourth place
2013	Fourth place
2017	Runner-up
2022	Runner-up

Asian Champions Trophy

Asian Champions Trophy record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Ordos, China	3rd	6	3	1	2	15	12
2012	Doha, Qatar	3rd	6	4	1	1	20	11
2013	Kakamigahara, Japan	3rd	6	3	0	3	17	12
2016	Kuantan, Malaysia	3rd	6	3	1	1	18	8
2018	Muscat, Oman	3rd	7	3	3	1	20	10
2021	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Withdrew
2023	Chennai, India	2nd	7	5	0	2	21	14
2024	Hulunbuir, China	Qualified
Total		2nd place	38	21	6	10	111	68

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games
Year	Round
1998
2006
2010	Eighth place
2014	Seventh place
2018	Fifth place
2022	Withdrew

World League

FIH Hockey World League
Year	Round
2012–13	Eleventh place
2014–15	Twelfth place
2016–17	Ninth place

Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Year	Round
2022	Fourth place
2023–24	Seventh place

Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy
Year	Round
1993	Sixth place
2007	Eighth place

Champions Challenge

Champions Challenge
Year	Round
2001	Fourth place
2003	Sixth place
2011	Fifth place
2012	Fourth place
2014	Third place

Champions Challenge II

Champions Challenge II
Year	Round
2009	Fourth place

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Year	Round
1983	Fourth place
1985
1987	Fourth place
1994	Fourth place
1999
2000	Fourth place
2007
2008	Seventh place
2009
2010	Fourth place
2011	Seventh place
2012	Sixth place
2013
2014
2015	Sixth place
2016	Fourth place
2017	Fifth place
2018	Fourth place
2019
2022
2024	Fourth place

Hockey Asean Cup

Asean Cup
Year	Round
2009
2011

Southeast Asian Games

SEA Games
Year	Round
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981	Hockey not featured
1983
1985	Hockey not featured
1987
1989
1991	Hockey not featured
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Hockey not featured
2005	Hockey not featured
2007
2009	Hockey not featured
2011	Hockey not featured
2013
2015
2017
2019	Hockey not featured
2021	Hockey not featured
2023

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 29 December 2022 for the 2023 World Cup in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023.^[8]^[9]

Head coach: Arul Selvaraj

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	MF	Najib Hassan	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)	51	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
4	FW	Ramadan Rosli	(1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)	92
6	DF	Marhan Jalil (Captain)	(1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 34)	278	Terengganu
8	MF	Ashran Hamsani	(1995-04-20) 20 April 1995 (age 29)	50	Maybank
10	FW	Faizal Saari	(1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33)	266	Schaerweijde
12	DF	Aminudin Zain	(1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 (age 29)	11
13	MF	Firhan Ashari	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31)	186	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
15	FW	Shello Silverius	(1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25)	20	Terengganu
17	DF	Razie Rahim	(1987-08-25) 25 August 1987 (age 37)	306	Maybank
18	MF	Faiz Jali	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 32)	191	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
19	GK	Adrian Albert	(1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27)	10	UiTM HA
20	MF	Azuan Hassan	(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30)	174	Maybank
21	GK	Hafizuddin Othman	(1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 32)	85	Terengganu
22	FW	Norsyafiq Sumantri	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28)	86	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
25	DF	Najmi Farizal	(1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 29)	102	Maybank
26	FW	Shahril Saabah	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30)	148	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
28	DF	Zulpidaus Mizun	(1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 (age 28)	26	UiTM HA
29	DF	Azmirul Azahar	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 24)	11
28		Shahmie Irfan Suhaimi	(2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22)	4

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Mohd Mat	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 27)	1		2022 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

DF	Syarman Mat	(2001-07-15) 15 July 2001 (age 23)	3		2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup
DF	Syafiq Hassan	(1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 (age 25)	15	Maybank	2022 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
DF	Syed Cholan	(1995-05-12) 12 May 1995 (age 29)	95	Tenaga Nasional Berhad	2022 Asia Cup
DF	Arif Syafie	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24)	16	Terengganu	v. Australia, 28 April 2022

MF	Aiman Rozemi	(1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 28)	126	Tenaga Nasional Berhad	2022 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

FW	Azrai Aizad	(1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 25)	51	Tenaga Nasional Berhad	2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup
FW	Tengku Nasrul Ikmal	(2001-02-24) 24 February 2001 (age 23)	12	Tenaga Nasional Berhad	2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup
FW	Muhajir Abdu	(2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 24)	1	Maybank	v. Australia, 26 April 2022

Malaysia vs. India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Delhi.

Records

Most Caps
#	Player	Caps	Career
1	Kuhan Shanmuganathan	330^[10]	1994–2007
2	Chua Boon Huat	337^[11]	1998–2013
3	Azlan Misron	350	2002–
4	Nor Saiful Zaini	329^[12]	1985–2001
5	Mirnawan Nawawi	327^[13]	1989–2002

Notable former players

Coaches

Period	Coach
1955	Gian Singh^[1]
1956	Ted Higgins^[2]
1958 & 1960	M Anwar Beg Moghal^[3]
1961	Chua Eng Cheng
1961	M Anwar Beg Moghal^[3]
1962	Nabi Ahmed Kalat
1963	Chua Eng Cheng^[4]
1964	Randhir Singh Gentle^[5]
1964	Kishan Lal
1966, 1967–68	Venky Naidu^[6]
1969	M. Shanmughanathan
1970	Datuk Ho Koh Chye
1971	Datuk R. Yogeswaran
1971	Michael Arulraj
1972	Ismail Bakri
1973	Datuk Ho Koh Chye
1973	Michael Arulraj
1974	Datuk Ho Koh Chye
1974	Mohamed Sidek Othman
1975	Datuk Ho Koh Chye
1976	Mohamed Sidek Othman
1977	Datuk R. Yogeswaran
1978	Datuk Ho Koh Chye
1979	Randhir Singh
1980–1981	C. Thavanayagam
1981–1982	Datuk R. Yogeswaran
1982–1986	C. Paramalingam
1987–1988	Datuk Sri Shanmuganathan
1988–1989	Datuk R. Yogeswaran
1990–1993	Terry Walsh
1994 & 1995	Stephen van Huizen^[7]
1994–1998	Volker Knapp
1998–1999	Paul Lissek
Oct 1998– Mar 2001	Stephen van Huizen
Mar 2001–2004	Paul Lissek
2004–2006	Wallace Tan
2006–2008	Sarjit Singh
2009	Tai Beng Hai
2010	Stephen van Huizen
2011	Tai Beng Hai
2012–2014	Paul Revington
2014	Muhammad Dhaarma Raj Abdullah
2015	Tai Beng Hai
2016–2018	Stephen van Huizen
2018–2020	Roelant Oltmans
2020–2024	Arul Selvaraj
2024–Present	Sarjit Singh

^ First foreign coach.
^ First Malayan coach for 1956 Olympic Games but did not go to Melbourne.
^ ^a ^b Served as tactical coach for 1958 Asian Games, test match against Korea in 1960 and home international against Singapore in 1961.
^ First Malaysian coach.
^ Coach the Malaysian team for three-month only.
^ Coach the Malaysian team for 1966 Asian Games, return in December 1967 for 1968 Olympics.
^ Handled the national team for a month in 1994, in charge for 1995 Southeast Asian Games.

References

^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
^ "FIH Men's World Rankings – 10 December 2012" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ "The History". MHC. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Malaysian men's hockey team has history on its side". FIH. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Malaysia lift Sultan Azlan Shah Cup for first time after beating South Korea". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "World Cup". FIH. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Junior World Cup". FIH. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ Singh, Aftar (29 December 2022). "Captain Marhan is back". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Team Roster Malaysia". tms.fih.ch. 13 January 2023. p. 11. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Sapura skipper Kuhan needed in defence and attack". Archived from the original on 2 August 2013.
^ "Fédération Internationale de Hockey | Official Website".
^ http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2001&dt=1205&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=su_02.htm ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

[r1-14] First foreign coach.

[r2-15] First Malayan coach for 1956 Olympic Games but did not go to Melbourne.

[r3-16] Served as tactical coach for 1958 Asian Games, test match against Korea in 1960 and home international against Singapore in 1961.

[r4-17] First Malaysian coach.

[r5-18] Coach the Malaysian team for three-month only.

[r6-19] Coach the Malaysian team for 1966 Asian Games, return in December 1967 for 1968 Olympics.

[r7-20] Handled the national team for a month in 1994, in charge for 1995 Southeast Asian Games.

[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

[2] "FIH Men's World Rankings – 10 December 2012" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[3] "The History". MHC. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[4] "Malaysian men's hockey team has history on its side". FIH. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[5] "Malaysia lift Sultan Azlan Shah Cup for first time after beating South Korea". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[6] "World Cup". FIH. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[7] "Junior World Cup". FIH. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[8] Singh, Aftar (29 December 2022). "Captain Marhan is back". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[9] "Team Roster Malaysia". tms.fih.ch. 13 January 2023. p. 11. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[10] "Sapura skipper Kuhan needed in defence and attack". Archived from the original on 2 August 2013.

[11] "Fédération Internationale de Hockey | Official Website".

[12] ttp://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2001&dt=1205&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=su_02.htm ^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[13] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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