A glittering launch, more then RM1 million in sponsorship
and a world class field are the ingredients that ensures that the 2012 edition
of the Sultan of Johor Cup will be one of the most eagerly anticipated world
hockey tournament this year.
His Royal Highness Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almahrum Sultan
Iskandar graced the launch and received the sponsorship pledges, flanked by HRH
Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, the President of the Malaysian Hockey
Confederation and YAB Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, the Mentri Besar of Johor.
Six teams, namely Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India,
Germany and Malaysia will contest it out for the trophy at the Taman Daya
Hockey Stadium, venue of the 2009 Junior World Cup, from the 11-18 November
2012. It is truly and international field, for the Junior World Cup has been
won by only five nations since its inception in 1979 – Germany, Pakistan,
Australia, India and Argentina.
Germany are by far the most successful nation in junior
hockey having won the Junior World Cup five times, 1979,1982,1985,1989 and
2009, with three of their wins on Malaysian soil – Kuala Lumpur in 1982, Ipoh
in 1989 and Johor Baru in 2009.
Thus it will be somewhat of a homecoming for the number one
junior hockey team in the world.
Pakistan (1979), Australia (1997) and India (2011) have
also emerged World Junior Champions and the only other team to have won the
world title is Argentina (2005).
The Sultan of Johor Cup serves as a perfect platform for
the teams in preparation of the 2013 Junior World Cup that will be held in New
Delhi in December 2013.
THE
SPONSORS
Johor State Government – RM500, 000: Genting Berhad – RM150,
000: UEM Land – RM100, 000: Ministry of Youth & Sports – RM100, 000: Johor
Corporation – RM100, 000. Astro Arena – RM50, 000:Tenaga Nasional Berhad – RM50,
000: SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd – RM50, 000: Iskandar Waterfront – RM50, 000: Central
Malaysian Properties – RM30, 000. F&N Beverages – in kind (100PLUS).
