At press time, the TNB Cup final between Tenaga and Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club had yet to start.
Sapura and Maybank were at 2-2 when the match was abandoned at the 58th minute due to heavy rain and the Malaysian Hockey Confederation technical committee decided to declare them as joint champions.
Maybank took a 2-0 lead off Muhammad Irfan (12th) and Hafi Hafiz (23rd) but Sapura drew level with a brace from Izwan Firdaus (46th, 54th) to share the spoils.
"We decided to declare Sapura and Maybank as joint champions and they will share combine the third placing prize of RM30,000 and the fourth prize of RM20,000 and share it," said Tournament Director V. Rajamanickam.
The President's Cup final was also abandoned with four minutes remaining on the clock when Johor HA were leading 4-2.
After 45 minutes the rain did not stop and Johor HA were declared as champions in their MHL debut.
Johor HA assistant team manager Hashim Yusof said his players and officials will share the RM30,000 purse.
"It was indeed a historic moment for Johor HA as we won the President's Cup in our maiden attempt itself.
"And that is why the Johor HA management decided that the players and officials will share the prize money," said Hashim.
Johor HA, who finished fourth in the League, will start early preparations for next season.
"The silverware will spur us to prepare early and we should have a much better team to go for a double next season," said Hashim.
Johor shocked Armed Forces by taking the lead in the fourth minute through Samiullah Saleem. However Armed Forces got back into the game when Zaini Sarip scored a freak goal in the 7th minute.
Armed Forces re-took the lead in the 27th minute through Syafiq Yaacob off a penalty corner drag flick.
But Johor levelled the score in the 31st minute when Zaki Ismail pounced on a loose ball to make it 2-2, and the score stood till halftime.
Johor surged ahead after the break when Nor Hafiq Ghaffar scored off a penalty corner in the 38th while Zaki Ismail made it 4-2 in the 51st minute and pouring rain handed them the title without playing for the last four minutes of the match.
RESULTS: TNB Cup Final: KLHC x Tenaga Nasional x; Third-Fourth: Sapura 2 Maybank 2 (match abandoned, joint champions).
President’s Cup Final: Johor HA 4 Armed Forces 2; Third-Fourth: Thunderbolts 5 Bukit Jalil 3.
ROLL-OF-HONOUR: Most Promising Player: xx; Best Player: xx; Best Goalkeeper: xx; Top Scorer: Faizal Saari (Tenaga, 20 goals); Fair Play: Nur Insafi.
