Malaysia men's national field hockey team

The Malaysia national field hockey team (nicknamed Speedy Tigers) is made up of the best field hockey players in Malaysia. As of 16 October 2021, the team is ranked 10th in the world, and 2nd in Asia, by the International Hockey Federation.[2] The governing body for the sports is the Malaysian Hockey Confederation.

Malaysia
Nickname(s)Malaysian Hockey Tigers (Speedy Tigers)
AssociationMalaysian Hockey Confederation (Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia)
ConfederationAHF (Asia)
Head CoachArul Selvaraj
Assistant coach(es)Amin Rahim
ManagerStephen van Huizen
CaptainSukri Mutalib
Most capsKuhan Shanmuganathan (341)
Top scorerRazie Rahim (107)
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 10 1 (3 November 2021)[1]
Highest10 (2003)
Lowest15 (2008–2010)
Olympic Games
Appearances9 (first in 1956)
Best result8th (1972)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1973)
Best result4th (1975)
Asian Games
Appearances16 (first in 1958)
Best result2nd (2010, 2018)
Asia Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1982)
Best result2nd (2017)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 0 2 7
Asia Cup 0 1 1
Asian Champions Trophy 0 0 5
Commonwealth Games 0 1 1
Total 0 4 14
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam
2018 JakartaTeam
1962 JakartaTeam
1970 BangkokTeam
1974 TehranTeam
1978 BangkokTeam
1982 New DelhiTeam
1990 BeijingTeam
2002 BusanTeam
Asia Cup
2017 Dhaka
2007 Chennai
Asian Champions Trophy
2011 Ordos
2012 Doha
2013 Kakamigahara
2016 Kuantan
2018 Muscat
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala LumpurTeam
2006 MelbourneTeam

Competition history

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

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

World Cup
World Cup
Year Round
1971Did not qualify
1973Eleventh place
1975Fourth place
1978Tenth place
1982Tenth place
1986Did not qualify
1990Did not qualify
1994Did not qualify
1998Eleventh place
2002Eighth place
2006Did not qualify
2010Did not qualify
2014Twelfth place
201815th place

World League
FIH Hockey World League
Year Round
2012–1311th place
2014–1512th place
2016–179th place

Champions Trophy
Champions Trophy
Year Round
1993Sixth place
2007Eighth place

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

Champions Challenge II
Champions Challenge II
Year Round
2009Fourth place

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

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

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

Asian Champions Trophy
Asian Champions Trophy record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
2011Third place3/663121512
2012Third place3/664112011
2013Third place3/663031712
2016Third place3/66311188
2018Third place3/673312010
TotalBest results: Third PlaceAppearances: 5/53116689054

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

Hockey Asean Cup
Asean Cup
Year Round
2009
2011

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

Summer Youth Olympics
Summer Youth Olympics
Year Round
2018

Junior team
Junior World Cup
Year Host city Position
1979 Versailles, France 4th
1982 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4th
1985 Vancouver, Canada 10th
1989 Ipoh, Malaysia 12th
1993 Terrassa, Spain 6th
1997 Milton Keynes, England DNQ
2001 Hobart, Australia 12th
2005 Rotterdam, Netherlands 10th
2009 Johor Bahru, Malaysia & Singapore 12th
2013 New Delhi, India 4th
2016 Lucknow, India 11th

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were named on 14 April 2021 for Tri-Nations Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Head coach: Arul Selvaraj

Caps updated as of 30 March 2019, after the match against Canada.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
21 GK Muhammad Hafizuddin Othman (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 58 Terengganu
GK Adrian Andy Albert (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 UniKL
GK Muhammad Zaimi Mat Deris (1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 2 Maybank
29 GK Mohammad Hairi Abdul Rahman (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 41 TNB Thunderbolts
17 DF Muhammad Razie Abdul Rahim (1987-08-25) 25 August 1987 264 UniKL
6 DF Muhammad Marhan Mohd. Jalil (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 242 UniKL
DF Zulpidaus Mizun UniKL
11 DF Syed Mohamad Syafiq Syed Cholan (1995-05-12) 12 May 1995 64 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
DF Muhammad Najib Abu Hassan (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
DF Muhammad Aminuddin Mohd Zain (1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
DF Muhammad Azri Hassan (1992-02-20) 20 February 1992 UniKL
DF Muhammad Najmi Farizal Jazlan (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 Maybank
24 MF Nik Muhammad Aiman Nik Rozemi (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 85 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
MF Faiz Helmi Jali (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
MF Muhamad Ramadan Rosli (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
8 MF Mohamad Ashran Hamsani (1995-04-20) 20 April 1995 15 UniKL
20 MF Meor Muhammad Azuan Hassan (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 128 Maybank
3 FW Norsyafiq Sumantri (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 44 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
13 FW Muhammad Firhan Ashaari (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 154 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
26 FW Muhammad Shahril Saabah (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 120 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
10 FW Faizal Saari (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 232 Terengganu
23 FW Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin Tengku Abdul Jalil (1986-01-05) 5 January 1986 280 Tenaga Nasional Berhad

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 Muhammad Zaimi Mat Deris (1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 2 Maybank 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
GK Kumar Subramaniam (1979-11-26) 26 November 1979 310 Tenaga Nasional Berhad 2018 World Cup
DF Luqman Ahmad Shukran (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997 7 Terengganu 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
DF Arif Ishak (2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 6 Tenaga Nasional Berhad 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
DF Sukri Mutalib (1986-02-24) 24 February 1986 314 UniKL 2018-19 FIH Series Finals
DF Faiz Jali (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 145 Tenaga Nasional Berhad 2018-19 FIH Series Finals
DF Jazlan Najmi (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 67 UniKL 2018-19 FIH Series Finals
MF Fitri Saari (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 143 Terengganu 2018-19 FIH Series Finals
MF Amirol Arshad (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 50 Tenaga Nasional Berhad 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
MF Joel van Huizen (1992-11-11) 11 November 1992 84 NurInsafi 2018 World Cup
FW Abu Kamal Azrai (1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 6 Tenaga Nasional Berhad 2018-19 FIH Series Finals
FW Akhimullah Anuar (2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 0 Tenaga Nasional Berhad 2018-19 FIH Series Finals
Malaysia vs. India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Delhi.

Records
Most Caps
# Player Caps Career
1Kuhan Shanmuganathan330[4]1994–2007
2Chua Boon Huat337[5]1998–2013
3Azlan Misron3502002–
4Nor Saiful Zaini329[6]1985–2001
5Mirnawan Nawawi327[7]1989–2002

Notable former players

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

See also

References
  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. "FIH Men's World Rankings – 10 December 2012" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. Ali, Nurjannah (19 April 2019). "Fih Siri Akhir Lelaki Kuala Lumpur 2019: Keyakinan Saya Cukup Tinggi Pada Mereka — Roelant". mhc.org.my (in Malay). Malaysian Hockey Confederation. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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