2018 Women's Australian Hockey League

2018 Women's Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Gold Coast (finals venue)
Dates	6 – 28 October
Teams	8
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	NSW Arrows (10th title)
Runner-up	QLD Scorchers
Third place	Canberra Strikers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	155 (6.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rebecca Greiner; Jodie Kenny; Emily Hurtz (9 goals)
← 2017 (previous)	(next) 2019 →

The 2018 Women's Australian Hockey League is the 26th edition women's field hockey tournament. The 2018 edition of the tournament will be held between 6 – 28 October, and will feature a new format from previous editions.^[1]

The finals phase of the 2018 tournament will be held in the Queensland city of the Gold Coast, from the 25 – 28 October.^[2]

NSW Arrows won the tournament for the tenth time, after defeating the QLD Scorchers 7–6 in the gold medal match.^[3] Canberra Strikers won the bronze medal after defeating VIC Vipers 2–0 in a penalty shoot-out following a 4–4 draw.

Competition Format

Unlike previous editions of the Women's Australian Hockey League, the 2018 edition will include a very different format. Instead of the tournament being held at a single venue, the teams will play at least one home and away match during the pool stage, before converging on a singular venue for the Classification Round.^[4]

The teams will be divided into two Pool A and Pool B, both consisting of four teams, with each team playing each other once. The teams will then progress to the Classification round, with each team playing a qualifying match, before progressing to either the fifth to eighth place playoffs, or the first to fourth place playoffs.

Rule Innovations

As well as a new format, the 2018 AHL brought in new rule innovations from standard international hockey.^[5]

Field Goal Conversions

When a field goal is scored the same athlete will have an automatic one-on-one shootout with the goalkeeper for an extra goal.

Power Plays

Each team possesses a five-minute Power Play to use at the end of either the second or fourth quarters, when teams are reduced to nine players each and where that team’s goals are worth double.

The allocation of Power Plays will be decided by the team which wins a pre-game coin toss. For example, if the coin toss winner elects to take their Power Play at end of the fourth quarter, the opposition must use at theirs at the end of the second quarter.

In the second and fourth quarters, the clock is initially set for 10 minutes, then re-set for a further five minutes for the Power Play. Play will re-commence with a centre pass taken by the team in possession of the Power Play.

Point Allocation

All matches must have an outright result so drawn matches will be decided in a penalty shoot-out. Match points will be as follows:

· 5 points for a win
· 2 points to each team in the event of a draw
· 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out
· 0 points to the loser of the match

Participating teams

Venues

Sydney	Melbourne	Perth
Sydney Olympic Park	State Netball and Hockey Centre	Perth Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 6,000

Adelaide	Brisbane Gold Coast Adelaide Sydney Canberra Melbourne Perth Darwin Hobart
State Hockey Centre
Capacity: 4,000

Brisbane
Queensland State Hockey Centre
Capacity: 1,000

Canberra	Hobart	Darwin
National Hockey Centre	Tasmanian Hockey Centre	Marrara Hockey Centre
Gold Coast
Finals Venue: Gold Coast Hockey Centre

Results

Preliminary Round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	QLD Scorchers	3	2	1	23	6	+17	10
2	NSW Arrows	3	2	1	13	6	+7	10
3	Canberra Strikers	3	2	1	6	5	+1	10
4	Tassie Van Demons	3	0	3	1	26	−25	0

Source: Hockey Australia

6 October 2018
14:00 (AEST)

NSW Arrows	5–3	QLD Scorchers
Smith 4', 4' Watterson 38' Stewart 50', 50'	Report	Kenny 27' Greiner 58', 58'

Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Umpires:
Kylie Seymour (AUS)
Michelle Farnill (AUS)

6 October 2018
17:30 (AEST)

Tassie Van Demons	0–3	Canberra Strikers
	Report	Evans 12' M. Bone 55', 56'

Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Umpires:
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)

14 October 2018
13:00 (AEST)

Tassie Van Demons	1–8	NSW Arrows
Lawrence 60'	Report	Watterson 13', 13' Jenner 26' Stewart 30', 30', 55', 55' Johnston 54'

Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Umpires:
Caroline Davis (AUS)
Michelle Farnill (AUS)

14 October 2018
13:00 (AEST)

Canberra Strikers	1–5	QLD Scorchers
Taseska 10'	Report	Taylor 22', 40' Greiner 60', 60', 60'

National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Umpires:
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

20 October 2018
14:00 (AEST)

Canberra Strikers	2–0	NSW Arrows
Middleton 28', 28'	Report

National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)

20 October 2018
18:00 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	15–0	Tassie Van Demons
Kershaw 3', 3' Malone 10', 10', 27', 27', 27', 46', 46' Greiner 23', 23' Kenny 28', 28', 28' Holzberger 39'	Report

Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Tamara Leonard (AUS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	VIC Vipers	3	3	0	15	0	+15	15
2	SA Suns	3	2	1	6	3	+3	10
3	WA Diamonds	3	1	2	7	5	+2	5
4	NT Pearls	3	0	3	1	21	−20	0

Source: Hockey Australia

7 October 2018
14:00 (ACST)

SA Suns	3–2	WA Diamonds
Welstead 28', 28', 28'	Report	Rogers-Uff 41' Tonkin 54'

State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
Umpires:
Nicola Brown (AUS)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

7 October 2018
17:00 (ACST)

NT Pearls	0–13	VIC Vipers
	Report	Utri 7', 42', 42' Brazel 7' Hurtz 11', 15', 44', 44' Gravenall 30' Ratcliffe 30', 40', 40' Hammond 45'

Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
Umpires:
Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)
Lauren Berndt (AUS)

13 October 2018
15:45 (AEST)

VIC Vipers	1–0	WA Diamonds
Ratcliffe 60'	Report

State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne
Umpires:
Nicola Brown (AUS)
Cassigy Gallagher (AUS)

13 October 2018
17:00 (ACST)

SA Suns	3–0	NT Pearls
McMahon 30', 30', 41'	Report

State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
Umpires:
Tamara Leonard (AUS)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

20 October 2018
16:00 (AWST)

WA Diamonds	5–1	NT Pearls
Squibb 40', 40', 56', 56' Slattery 43'	Report	Martin-Brown 8'

Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

21 October 2018
14:00 (AEST)

VIC Vipers	1–0	SA Suns
Gravenall 45'	Report

State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne
Umpires:
Michelle Farnill (AUS)
Nicola Brown (AUS)

Classification Round

Quarterfinals		Semi-finals		Final

25 October 2018

QLD Scorchers	13
		27 October 2018
NT Pearls	0
		QLD Scorchers	2
25 October 2018
		Canberra Strikers	1
SA Suns	0 (2)
				28 October 2018
Canberra Strikers (p.s.o)	0 (4)
				QLD Scorchers	6
25 October 2018
				NSW Arrows	7
NSW Arrows	6
		27 October 2018
WA Diamonds	0
		NSW Arrows	4
25 October 2018
		VIC Vipers	3	Third place match
VIC Vipers	6
				28 October 2018
Tassie Van Demons	0
				Canberra Strikers (p.s.o)	4 (2)

				VIC Vipers	4 (0)

Quarterfinals

25 October 2018
13:00 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	13–0	NT Pearls
Kenny 15+', 43', 49' Greiner 22', 22' Wilkinson 24', 24' Eleison 25' Kershaw 28', 29', 49', 49' M. Fitzpatrick 33'	Report

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Michelle Farnill (AUS)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

25 October 2018
14:45 (AEST)

SA Suns	0–0	Canberra Strikers
	Report
Penalties
Spano Evans Welstead Claxton	2–4	Taseska Middleton Tice Evans E. Bone

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)
Tamara Leonard (AUS)

25 October 2018
16:30 (AEST)

VIC Vipers	6–0	Tassie Van Demons
Padget 5', 5' Ratcliffe 18', 41', 41' Brazel 20'	Report

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Kristy Robertson (AUS)
Caroline Davis (AUS)

25 October 2018
18:15 (AEST)

NSW Arrows	6–0	WA Diamonds
Jenner 11', 28', 28' Smith 31', 31' Stewart 34'	Report

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Nicola Brown (AUS)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover		Fifth place match

27 October 2018

NT Pearls	0
		28 October 2018
SA Suns	5
		SA Suns	2 (3)
27 October 2018
		WA Diamonds (p.s.o)	2 (4)
WA Diamonds	10

Tassie Van Demons	0
		Seventh place match

		28 October 2018

		NT Pearls	5

		Tassie Van Demons	3

Crossover

October 2018
08:45 (AEST)

NT Pearls	0–5	SA Suns
	Report	Talbot 17', 17' Spano 26' Grist 53', 54'

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Caroline Davis (AUS)

October 2018
10:30 (AEST)

WA Diamonds	10–0	Tassie Van Demons
Slattery 4', 46', 46' Broek 11', 59', 59', 59' Squibb 20' Bestall 27', 27'	Report

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Tamara Leonard (AUS)
Michelle Farnill (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

October 2018
08:45 (AEST)

NT Pearls	5–3	Tassie Van Demons
J. Graf 18', 18' Lidbetter 33', 33' G. Graf 41'	Report	Gunn 6', 6' Arthur 55'

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Nicola Brown (AUS)
Caroline Davis (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

October 2018
08:45 (AEST)

SA Suns	2–2	WA Diamonds
Grist 15', 60'	Report	Broek 58', 58'
Penalties
McMahon Welstead Evans Claxton Spano —— McMahon	3–4	Malan Squibb Rockliff Broek Slattery —— Slattery

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)
Michelle Farnill (AUS)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

27 October 2018
12:30 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	2–1	Canberra Strikers
Holzberger 14' Kenny 25'	Report	Bailey-Price 48'

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Nicola Brown (AUS)

27 October 2018
14:00 (AEST)

NSW Arrows	4–3	VIC Vipers
Smith 30', 30' Williams 36', 36'	Report	Hurtz 47', 47', 55'

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)

Third and fourth place

28 October 2018
12:30 (AEST)

Canberra Strikers	4–4	VIC Vipers
Gaughan 23', 23' E. Bone 34' Tice 45'	Report	Brazel 17', 17' Hurtz 57', 57'
Penalties
Taseska Middleton Tice	2–0	Hurtz Ratcliffe Brazel Bates

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Tamara Leonard (AUS)
Kristy Robertson (AUS)

Final

28 October 2018
15:30 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	6–7	NSW Arrows
S. Fitzpatrick 12', 12', 56' Kenny 33' Kershaw 59', 59'	Report	Williams 5', 5' Hayes 21', 21' Farrell 35' Stewart 49' Wilson 53'

Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast
Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Player of the Final	Play the Whistle
	Rebecca Greiner Jodie Kenny Emily Hurtz

Statistics

Final Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	NSW Arrows	6	5	0	0	1	30	15	+15	25	Gold Medal
	QLD Scorchers	6	4	0	0	2	44	14	+30	20	Silver Medal
	Canberra Strikers	6	2	2	0	2	11	11	0	16	Bronze Medal
4	VIC Vipers	6	4	0	1	1	28	8	+20	22

5	WA Diamonds	6	2	1	0	3	19	13	+6	13
6	SA Suns	6	3	0	2	1	13	5	+8	19
7	NT Pearls	6	1	0	0	5	6	42	−36	5
8	Tassie Van Demons	6	0	0	0	6	4	47	−43	0

Source: Hockey Australia

Goalscorers

9 Goals

8 Goals

7 Goals

6 Goals

5 Goals

Penny Squibb

4 Goals

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References

^ "2018 AHL Schedule & Details Announced Ahead Of 2019 Revamp". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "2018 Women's Australian Hockey League (AHL)". haockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
^ "NSW Arrows Claim Last-Ever AHL Title In Thriller". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "2018 AHL Fixture" (PDF). Hockey Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "A Simple Breakdown Of The 2018 AHL Rule Innovations". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

External links

[1] "2018 AHL Schedule & Details Announced Ahead Of 2019 Revamp". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[2] "2018 Women's Australian Hockey League (AHL)". haockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[3] "NSW Arrows Claim Last-Ever AHL Title In Thriller". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[4] "2018 AHL Fixture" (PDF). Hockey Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[5] "A Simple Breakdown Of The 2018 AHL Rule Innovations". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

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v t e Australian Hockey League
Men's	Melbourne 2004 Brisbane 2005 Hobart 2006 Perth 2007 Canberra 2008 Hobart 2009 Brisbane 2010 Sydney 2011 Canberra 2012 Melbourne 2013 Adelaide 2014 Darwin 2015 Perth 2016 Perth 2017 Gold Coast 2018
Women's	Brisbane 1998 Canberra 1999 Sydney 2000 Brisbane 2001 Adelaide 2002 Hobart 2003 Perth 2004 Canberra 2005 Adelaide 2006 Brisbane 2007 Perth 2008 Melbourne 2009 Adelaide 2010 Darwin 2011 Perth 2012 Hobart 2013 Brisbane 2014 Sydney 2015 Perth 2016 Perth 2017 Gold Coast 2018

v t e Field hockey in Australia
Governing bodies	Australia Australian Capital Territory‎ New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania‎ Victoria Western Australia
National teams	Men U21 Women U21 Indoor
Men's competitions	Hockey One Australian Hockey League Ric Charlesworth Classic Country Intervarsity Under 21 Under 18 Under 13 East Gippsland
Women's competitions	Hockey One Australian Hockey League Ric Charlesworth Classic Country Intervarsity Under 21 Under 18 Under 13 East Gippsland
See also	Women's field hockey in Australia