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 10 December 2017, the team is ranked 11th 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	Malaysian Hockey Tigers (Speedy Tigers)
Association	Malaysian Hockey Confederation (Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia)
Confederation	AHF (Asia)
Coach	Arul Selvaraj
Assistant coach(es)	Amin Rahim
Manager	Stephen van Huizen
Captain	Sukri Mutalib
Most caps	Kuhan Shanmuganathan (342)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	11 (21 December 2020)[1]
Highest	10 (2003)
Lowest	15 (2008–2010)
Olympic Games
Appearances	9 (first in 1956)
Best result	8th (1972)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1973)
Best result	4th (1975)
Asian Games
Appearances	16 (first in 1958)
Best result	2nd (2010, 2018)
Asia Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1982)
Best result	2nd (2017)

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 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 15th place World League FIH Hockey World League Year Round 2012–13 11th place 2014–15 12th place 2016–17 9th 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 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Year Round 1998 2006 2010 Eighth place 2014 Seventh place 2018 Fifth place Asian Games Asian Games Year Round 1958 Fourth place 1962 1966 Fourth place 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 Fourth place 1990 1994 Fifth place 1998 Fifth place 2002 2006 Sixth place 2010 2014 Fourth place 2018

Hockey 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 Asian Champions Trophy Asian Champions Trophy record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 2011 Third place 3/6 6 3 1 2 15 12 2012 Third place 3/6 6 4 1 1 20 11 2013 Third place 3/6 6 3 0 3 17 12 2016 Third place 3/6 6 3 1 1 18 8 2018 Third place 3/6 7 3 3 1 20 10 Total Best results: Third Place Appearances: 5/5 31 16 6 8 90 54 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 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

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 18 players were named on 19 April 2019 for 2018–19 FIH Series Finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
21	GK	Hafizuddin Othman	7 January 1992	58	Terengganu
29	GK	Hairi Rahman	19 January 1990	41	TNB Thunderbolts
11	DF	Syed Cholan	12 May 1995	64	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
12	DF	Sukri Mutalib	24 February 1986	314	UniKL
17	DF	Razie Rahim (Captain)	25 August 1987	264	UniKL
18	DF	Faiz Jali	18 February 1992	145	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
25	DF	Jazlan Najmi	4 April 1995	67	UniKL
6	MF	Marhan Jalil	5 March 1990	242	UniKL
7	MF	Fitri Saari	4 March 1993	143	Terengganu
8	MF	Ashran Hamsani	20 April 1995	15	UniKL
20	MF	Azuan Hasan	16 February 1994	128	Maybank
24	MF	Aiman Rozemi	19 July 1996	85	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
3	FW	Norsyafiq Sumantri	17 June 1996	44	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
4	FW	Abu Kamal Azrai	3 October 1999	6	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
10	FW	Faizal Saari	13 January 1991	232	Terengganu
13	FW	Firhan Ashaari	9 March 1993	154	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
23	FW	Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin	5 January 1986	280	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
27	FW	Akhimullah Anuar	2 May 2000	0	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	Mat Deris Zaimi	18 September 1997	2	Maybank	2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
GK	Kumar Subramiam	26 November 1979	310	Tenaga Nasional Berhad	2018 World Cup
DF	Luqman Ahmad Shukran	23 April 1997	7	Terengganu	2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
DF	Arif Ishak	22 January 2000	6	Tenaga Nasional Berhad	2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
MF	Amirol Arshad	12 April 1995	50	Tenaga Nasional Berhad	2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
MF	Joel van Huizen	11 November 1992	84	NurInsafi	2018 World Cup
FW	Shahril Saabah	28 March 1994	120	Tenaga Nasional Berhad	2018 Asian Champions Trophy

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

Records

Most Caps

#	Player	Caps	Career
1	Kuhan Shanmuganathan	330[4]	1994–2007
2	Chua Boon Huat	337[5]	1998–2013
3	Azlan Misron	350	2002–
4	Nor Saiful Zaini	329[6]	1985–2001
5	Mirnawan Nawawi	327[7]	1989–2002

Notable former players

• Azlan Misron
• Baljit Singh Charun
• Chairil Anwar
• Chua Boon Huat
• Gary Vernon Fidelis
• Harnahal Singh
• Zam Ariffin Ali Piah
• Ismail Bakri Mohd Noor
• Abdul Ranni Mohd Noor
• Jiwa Mohan
• Keevan Raj
• Kevin Nunis
• Kuhan Shanmuganathan
• Logan Raj
• Maninderjit Singh
• Nizam Nordin
• Mirnawan Nawawi
• Mohamad Bin Abdul Hadi
• Mohammad Zainal Bin Hussin
• Mohd Saiyuti Bin Abd Samat
• Nor Azlan Bakar
• Nor Saiful Zaini
• Peter van Huizen
• Poon Fook Loke
• Khairuddin Zainal
• R. Yogeswaran
• Rodhanizam Mat Radzi
• Roslan Jamaluddin
• Sarjit Singh
• Shahrun Nabil
• Stephen van Huizen
• Tai Beng Hai
• Wallace Tan
• Mazran Ramli
• Soon Mustafa Karim
• Kevinder Singh
• Harvinder Singh

Coaches

Period Coach 1955 Gian Singh[decimal 1] 1956 Ted Higgins[decimal 2] 1958 & 1960 M Anwar Beg Moghal[decimal 3] 1961 Chua Eng Cheng 1961 M Anwar Beg Moghal[decimal 3] 1962 Nabi Ahmed Kalat 1963 Chua Eng Cheng[decimal 4] 1964 Randhir Singh Gentle[decimal 5] 1964 Kishan Lal 1966, 1967–68 Venky Naidu[decimal 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[decimal 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 Huizan 2018– Roelant Oltmans

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

• Malaysia women's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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)

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile