Women's Australian Hockey League

Women's Australian Hockey League

Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Women's Australian Hockey League
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1993
No. of teams	10
Continent	Australia (Hockey Australia)
Most recent champion(s)	QLD Scorchers (6th title)
Most titles	NSW Arrows (9 titles)

The Women's Australian Hockey League is highest level field hockey tournament for women in Australia. Until 2016, the annually contested tournament comprised teams from the eight states and territories of Australia.

The 2016 edition of the tournament, held in Perth, Western Australia, included two international teams. Teams from Malaysia and New Zealand competed in the 2016 edition.

Teams

Domestic teams

• Canberra Strikers
• New South Wales Arrows
• NT Pearls
• Queensland Scorchers
• SA Suns
• Tassie Van Demons
• Victorian Vipers
• WA Diamonds

International teams

• New Zealand Futures
• Malaysia Tigress

Results

Summaries

• Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2002 onwards, while the tournament was founded in 1993.

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2002	Adelaide, South Australia		NSW Arrows	4–2	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	3–2	SA Suns
2003	Hobart, Tasmania		VIC Vipers	3–3 (5–4) Penalty Shootout	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	4–3	WA Diamonds
2004	Perth, Western Australia		WA Diamonds	2–1	Canberra Strikers		QLD Scorchers	2–0	NSW Arrows
2005	Canberra, ACT		QLD Scorchers	3–1	WA Diamonds		NSW Arrows	4–0	SA Suns
2006	Adelaide, South Australia		WA Diamonds	4–2	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	2–1	NSW Arrows
2007	Brisbane, Queensland		WA Diamonds	2–1	QLD Scorchers		VIC Vipers	2–1	NSW Arrows
2008	Perth, Western Australia		WA Diamonds	2–0	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	2–0	NSW Arrows
2009	Melbourne, Victoria		NSW Arrows	5–3	QLD Scorchers		WA Diamonds	2–0	Canberra Strikers
2010	Adelaide, South Australia		WA Diamonds	3–1	QLD Scorchers		NSW Arrows	1–0	VIC Vipers
2011 Details	Darwin, NT		SA Suns	1–0	NSW Arrows		WA Diamonds	4–3	QLD Scorchers
2012 Details	Perth, Western Australia		VIC Vipers	5–1	NSW Arrows		QLD Scorchers	3–0	WA Diamonds
2013 Details	Hobart, Tasmania		QLD Scorchers	0–0 (2–0) (penalties)	WA Diamonds		NSW Arrows	5–1	Canberra Strikers
2014 Details	Brisbane, Queensland		NSW Arrows	3–1	QLD Scorchers		VIC Vipers	3–0	WA Diamonds
2015 Details	Sydney, NSW		QLD Scorchers	2–1	VIC Vipers		NSW Arrows	3–1	Canberra Strikers
2016 Details	Perth, Western Australia		QLD Scorchers	3–2	VIC Vipers		NSW Arrows	2–1	Canberra Strikers
2017 Details	Perth, Western Australia						NSW Arrows	3–1	NZL Development

Successful teams

• Note: The following table comprises results from 2002 onwards, while the tournament was founded in 1993.

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
WA Diamonds	5 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)	2 (2005, 2013)	2 (2009, 2011)	3 (2003, 2012, 2014)
QLD Scorchers	4 (2005, 2013, 2015, 2016)	8 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)	2 (2004, 2012)	1 (2011)
NSW Arrows	3 (2002, 2009, 2014)	2 (2011, 2012)	5 (2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)	4 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
VIC Vipers	2 (2003, 2012)	2 (2015, 2016)	2 (2007, 2014)	1 (2010)
SA Suns	1 (2011)			2 (2002, 2005)
Canberra Strikers		1 (2004)	4 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008)	4 (2009, 2013, 2015, 2016)
NZL Development				1 (2017)

Team appearances

• Note: The following table shows team appearances from 2002 onwards, while the tournament was founded in 1993.

Team	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Total
Canberra Strikers	3rd	3rd	2nd	5th	3rd	5th	3rd	4th	6th	5th	5th	4th	5th	4th	4th	6th	16
NSW Arrows	1st	5th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	4th	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	TBD	16
NT Pearls	8th	8th	5th	7th	7th	7th	8th	7th	8th	7th	7th	8th	7th	7th	10th	8th	16
QLD Scorchers	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	TBD	16
SA Suns	4th	6th	6th	4th	5th	8th	5th	6th	5th	1st	6th	6th	6th	6th	9th	7th	16
Tassie Van Demons	7th	7th	8th	8th	8th	6th	6th	8th	7th	8th	8th	7th	8th	8th	8th	10th	16
VIC Vipers	6th	1st	7th	6th	6th	3rd	7th	5th	4th	6th	1st	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	TBD	16
WA Diamonds	5th	4th	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	5th	5th	5th	16
Malaysia Tigress	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	1
NZ Futures	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	TBD	2
IND Development	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	1
Total	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	132