2008 Women's Australian Hockey League

2008 Women's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Perth
Dates	24 March – 5 April
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Perth Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	WA Diamonds (5th title)
Runner-up	QLD Scorchers
Third place	Canberra Strikers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	144 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sian Smithson (7 goals)
Best player	Madonna Blyth
← 2007 (previous)	(next) 2009 →

The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 16th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 24 March – 5 April 2008.^[1]

WA Diamonds won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2–0 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.^[2]

Participating teams

Competition format

The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.

Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.

Point Allocation

All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were as follows:

· 3 points for a win
· 1 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

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	WA Diamonds	7	6	0	0	1	21	4	+17	18	Semi-finals
2	QLD Scorchers	7	6	0	0	1	21	4	+17	18
3	NSW Arrows	7	6	0	0	1	21	8	+13	18
4	Canberra Strikers	7	3	1	0	3	18	23	−5	11
5	VIC Vipers	7	2	1	1	3	17	16	+1	9
6	Southern Suns	7	2	0	1	4	8	24	−16	7
7	NT Pearls	7	1	0	0	6	14	26	−12	3
8	Tassie Van Demons	7	0	0	0	7	5	20	−15	0

Source: Clearing House
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

Pool matches

25 March 2008
12:00

Canberra Strikers	3–1	Tassie Van Demons
Harrison 14' Allen 33' Young 59'	Report	Blake 55'

Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)

25 March 2008
14:00

Southern Suns	0–5	QLD Scorchers
	Report	Bennett 7' Lambert 27', 53' Faulkner 45' Beattie 58'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Catherine Mok (AUS)

25 March 2008
16:00

VIC Vipers	5–3	NT Pearls
Van Veenendaal 6' O'Conner 20', 46' Trost 36' Merrett 39'	Report	Mountain 9', 47' Gale 53'

Umpires:
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)
Deborah Rollason (AUS)

25 March 2008
18:00

WA Diamonds	0–1	NSW Arrows
	Report	Hollywood 38'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

26 March 2008
12:00

Southern Suns	2–6	Canberra Strikers
Swann 44' Sharland 65'	Report	Taylor 15', 46' Allen 43', 59' Forgesson 58', 60'

Umpires:
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)
Deborah Rollason (AUS)

26 March 2008
14:00

NT Pearls	1–6	WA Diamonds
Young 62'	Report	Liddelow 5' Buckley 31', 66' Ciallella 35' Halliday 43', 45'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Catherine Mok (AUS)

26 March 2008
16:00

Tassie Van Demons	1–5	VIC Vipers
Wilson 30'	Report	Messent 7', 67', 70' Merrett 53' Van Veenendaal 61'

Umpires:
Leah Giddey (AUS)
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

26 March 2008
18:00

NSW Arrows	0–1	QLD Scorchers
	Report	M. Hudson 23'

Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

27 March 2008
12:00

QLD Scorchers	4–0	NT Pearls
Faulkner 16', 31', 68' Lambert 23'	Report

Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Leah Giddey (AUS)

27 March 2008
14:00

Southern Suns	0–4	WA Diamonds
	Report	Ciallella 6' Liddelow 12' Halliday 27' Walker 61'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

27 March 2008
16:00

Tassie Van Demons	1–2	NSW Arrows
Cooling 49'	Report	Barber 58' Hurtz 63'

Umpires:
Catherine Mok (AUS)
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)

27 March 2008
18:00

Canberra Strikers	2–2	VIC Vipers
Allen 12' Young 67'	Report	Trahar 44' Trost 47'
Penalties
Harrison Allen Young Forgesson Arrold	4–3	Messent Trost Joseph Chau O'Conner

Umpires:
Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

29 March 2008
12:00

VIC Vipers	0–1	WA Diamonds
	Report	Smithson 11'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Leah Giddey (AUS)

29 March 2008
14:00

NSW Arrows	6–1	Southern Suns
Rivers 3' James 6' Hurtz 10' Hollywood 12' Barber 28' Sanders 31'	Report	Lange 43'

Umpires:
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

29 March 2008
16:00

QLD Scorchers	4–2	Canberra Strikers
Blyth 8' Richards 25' N. Hudson 44', 54'	Report	Forgesson 42' Lucas 60'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

29 March 2008
18:00

Tassie Van Demons	1–5	NT Pearls
Jones 23'	Report	Ono 13' Mountain 33' Chiu 38' Gale 53' Clarke 62'

Umpires:
Deborah Rollason (AUS)
Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)

30 March 2008
12:00

NSW Arrows	4–3	VIC Vipers
Cocking 18' Hollywood 21', 38' Hurtz 66'	Report	Messent 29' Merrett 43' Riordan 52'

Umpires:
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)
Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)

30 March 2008
14:00

NT Pearls	3–4	Canberra Strikers
Pericles 2' Ono 45', 70+'	Report	Young 12' Taylor 23' Harrison 50' Allen 65'

Umpires:
Catherine Mok (AUS)
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)

30 March 2008
16:00

WA Diamonds	2–1	QLD Scorchers
Halliday 13' Munro 15'	Report	Beattie 29'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

30 March 2008
18:00

Tassie Van Demons	0–1	Southern Suns
	Report	Saunders 20'

Umpires:
Deborah Rollason (AUS)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

1 April 2008
12:00

VIC Vipers	0–4	QLD Scorchers
	Report	Faulkner 19', 37' Eiser 45' Attard 56'

Umpires:
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)
Catherine Mok (AUS)

1 April 2008
14:00

NSW Arrows	5–1	Canberra Strikers
Hollywood 3', 8' James 22' Hamahona 38' Rivers 44'	Report	Harrison 40'

Umpires:
Deborah Rollason (AUS)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

1 April 2008
16:00

NT Pearls	1–3	Southern Suns
Ono 63'	Report	Sharland 11', 44' Hampton 13'

Umpires:
Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

1 April 2008
18:00

WA Diamonds	2–1	Tassie Van Demons
Munro 17' Smithson 66'	Report	Douglas 37'

Umpires:
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)
Leah Giddey (AUS)

2 April 2008
12:00

NT Pearls	1–3	NSW Arrows
Ono 51'	Report	Hurtz 11' Eastham 13' Rivers 16'

Umpires:
Catherine Mok (AUS)
Deborah Rollason (AUS)

2 April 2008
14:00

QLD Scorchers	2–0	Tassie Van Demons
N. Hudson 14' Reuter 65'	Report

Umpires:
Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

2 April 2008
16:00

Southern Suns	1–2 (a.e.t.)	VIC Vipers
Sharland 58'	Report	Riordan 23' Messent 82'

Umpires:
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)
Leah Giddey (AUS)

2 April 2008
18:00

WA Diamonds	6–0	Canberra Strikers
Smithson 9', 16', 65' Pamenter 32' Munro 63' Liddelow 70'	Report

Umpires:
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover		Fifth place

4 April 2008

VIC Vipers	0
		5 April 2008
Tassie Van Demons (a.e.t)	1
		Tassie Van Demons	0
4 April 2008
		Southern Suns	1
Southern Suns (a.e.t)	2

NT Pearls	1
		Seventh Place

		5 April 2008

		VIC Vipers	2

		NT Pearls	0

Crossover

4 April 2008
12:00

VIC Vipers	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Tassie Van Demons
	Report	Jones 73'

Umpires:
Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)
Leah Giddey (AUS)

4 April 2008
14:00

Southern Suns	2–1 (a.e.t.)	NT Pearls
Sharland 18', 81'	Report	Ono 44'

Umpires:
Catherine Mok (AUS)
Deborah Rollason (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

5 April 2008
10:00

VIC Vipers	2–0	NT Pearls
Van Veenendaal 18', 28'	Report

Umpires:
Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)
Deborah Rollason (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

5 April 2008
12:00

Tassie Van Demons	0–1	Southern Suns
	Report	Stacy 58'

Umpires:
Catherine Mok (AUS)
Leah Giddey (AUS)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

4 April 2008

WA Diamonds (a.e.t)	4
		5 April 2008
Canberra Strikers	3
		WA Diamonds	2
4 April 2008
		QLD Scorchers	0
QLD Scorchers (a.e.t)	1

NSW Arrows	0
		Third and Fourth Place

		5 April 2008

		Canberra Strikers	2

		NSW Arrows	0

Semi-finals

4 April 2008
16:00

WA Diamonds	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Canberra Strikers
Pamenter 9' Halliday 12' Smithson 64', 73'	Report	Desmet 15' Allen 18' Young 45'

Umpires:
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)

4 April 2008
18:00

QLD Scorchers	1–0 (a.e.t.)	NSW Arrows
N. Hudson 82'	Report

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Third and fourth place

5 April 2008
14:00

Canberra Strikers	2–0	NSW Arrows
Arrold 20' Stewart 34'	Report

Umpires:
Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)
Aleeta Micallef (AUS)

Final

5 April 2008
16:00

WA Diamonds	2–0	QLD Scorchers
Munro 50' Halliday 65'	Report

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Player of the Final
Madonna Blyth	Sian Smithson	Kobie McGurk

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	WA Diamonds	9	7	1	0	1	27	7	+20	23	Gold Medal
	QLD Scorchers	9	6	1	0	2	22	6	+16	20	Silver Medal
	Canberra Strikers	9	4	1	1	3	23	27	−4	15	Bronze Medal
4	NSW Arrows	9	6	0	1	2	21	11	+10	19

5	Southern Suns	9	3	1	1	4	11	25	−14	12
6	Tassie Van Demons	9	0	1	0	8	6	21	−15	2
7	VIC Vipers	9	3	1	2	3	19	17	+2	13
8	NT Pearls	9	1	0	1	7	15	30	−15	4

Source: Clearing House

Goalscorers

There were 144 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

7 goals

Sian Smithson

6 goals

5 goals

Claire Messent

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Clearing House

References

^ "2007-2008 Annual Report" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport. Retrieved 25 October 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "AHL". Hockey WA. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ Regulations

External links

[1] "2007-2008 Annual Report" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport. Retrieved 25 October 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "AHL". Hockey WA. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[Regulations-3] Regulations

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[2]

[3]

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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