Finally after a long wait India has managed to win a Championship in Hockey. India beat the host Malaysia by three goals in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hocky Tournament. This is not the first time when India won the Azlan Shah Cup, they had previously won the championship in 1985, 1991 and 1995 but this victory has come after a long wait to the Indian Team and its fans. And this gap of 14 years makes it more significant in all aspects. After being disqualified in Beijing Olympics team was very down and they needed some source of encouragement and this Azlan Shah Cup brings a new life to the India hockey, former senior players of India expressed views like this after this victory.

In this tournament India had beaten Malaysia once before in the earlier group by 3-0. In the final Arjun Halappa was the first to get his team a lead in the 8^th minute but India could not keep that lead for much time as Azlan Misrom scored the first for Malaysia and level the score. In 20^th minute Prabhjot Singh get the lead for India again and in 41^st minute Shivendra Singh scored the third goal for India and till the match time they managed the lead by 3-1.

Game                : India v Malaysia

Competition      : Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2009 Final

Date                   : April 12, 2009

Final score        : India 3-1 Malaysia (Result- India win)

Goal scorers     :  Arjun Halappa 8?, Prabhjot Singh 20?, Shivendra Singh 41?/ Azlan Misrom 11?