Rain forces India to share Azlan Shah trophy with Korea
Defending champions India and South Korea were declared joint winners of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament as the summit clash between the two teams was called off due to rain.
|Last Updated: May 16, 2010, 09:03 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Ipoh: Defending champions India and South Korea were declared joint winners of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament as the summit clash between the two teams was called off due to rain.
The final match was abandoned after six minutes of play as the heavy showers lashed the turf.
India had lost only one match, against Malaysia, en route to final.
This is the first time in the history of the tournament, which began in 1983, that there have been joint winners.Indian defender Sardar Singh was adjuged the best player of the tournament.
The Indian team management, when called by the FIH Tournament Director Paul Richards, expressed the desire to be given the winners trophy since they had topped the seven team round-robin league with 13 points as well as having beaten the Koreans 3-2 at that stage.
However, it was decided to give the winners cup to both the teams which gave India their fifth title and the Koreans grabbed their second.India had made six appearances in the final of the tournament and ended on the victorious side on four occasions in 1985, 1991, 1995 and 2009.
They had lost the title clash of the 2008 event to Argentina via golden goal.
PTI
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