2009 Women's Australian Hockey League

2009 Women's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Dates	27 February – 5 April
Teams	8
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	NSW Arrows (8th title)
Runner-up	QLD Scorchers
Third place	WA Diamonds
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	220 (4.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emily Hurtz (12 goals)
Best player	Hope Munro
← 2008 (previous)	(next) 2010 →

The 2009 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 17th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 27 February – 5 April 2009 at various venues, before culminating in Melbourne for the finals.^[1]

NSW Arrows won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 5–3 in the final. WA Diamonds finished in third place after defeating Canberra Strikers 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 be decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were be 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	NSW Arrows	11	10	1	0	0	41	7	+34	41	Semi-finals
2	WA Diamonds	11	10	0	0	1	38	12	+26	36
3	QLD Scorchers	11	6	0	0	5	28	21	+7	24
4	Canberra Strikers	11	5	0	0	6	16	24	−8	24
5	VIC Vipers	11	6	0	1	4	27	18	+9	22
6	Adelaide Suns	11	3	1	0	7	15	30	−15	11
7	Tassie Van Demons	11	1	0	2	8	13	42	−29	6
8	Territory Pearls	11	0	1	0	10	6	30	−24	4

Source: Clearing House
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) matches won; 5) goals scored.

Fixtures[]

27 February 2009

Canberra Strikers	2–4	VIC Vipers
5' Gallagher 6'	Report	Schubach 19' 28' 44' 65'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

27 February 2009

Tassie Van Demons	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Southern Suns
4' 8' 44'	Report	24' 25' Hamahona 64', 82'

Stadium:
, Hobart

27 February 2009

QLD Scorchers	1–4	NSW Arrows
Korner 69'	Report	Rivers 54' 61' Hurtz 65', 67'

Stadium:
, Maryborough

27 February 2009

NT Pearls	0–2	WA Diamonds
	Report	16' 45'

Stadium:
, Darwin

1 March 2009

Canberra Strikers	0–3	VIC Vipers
	Report	19' 25' Nanscawen 36'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

1 March 2009

Tassie Van Demons	1–0	Southern Suns
10'	Report

Stadium:
, Hobart

1 March 2009

QLD Scorchers	0–3	NSW Arrows
	Report	Hurtz 20' 44', 50'

Stadium:
, Maryborough

1 March 2009

NT Pearls	0–3	WA Diamonds
	Report	Eglington 49' 55', 60'

Stadium:
, Darwin

6 March 2009

WA Diamonds	5–1	QLD Scorchers
Liddelow 3', 23' 6', 21', 67'	Report	Korner 63'

Stadium:
Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

6 March 2009

Southern Suns	2–1	NT Pearls
Parker 8' 68'	Report	56'

Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

6 March 2009

VIC Vipers	6–1	Tassie Van Demons
16' 17' Schubach 32' Messent 41', 58' 60'	Report	5'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

6 March 2009

NSW Arrows	6–0	Canberra Strikers
Rivers 10' Sanders 26', 58', 68' Hurtz 44', 66'	Report

Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

8 March 2009

WA Diamonds	3–2	QLD Scorchers
Munro 16' 36', 46'	Report	J. Dwyer 50', 53'

Stadium:
Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

8 March 2009

Southern Suns	2–0	NT Pearls
Greenshields 18' Hamahona 58'	Report

Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

8 March 2009

VIC Vipers	2–0	Tassie Van Demons
Trost 40' 55'	Report

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

8 March 2009

NSW Arrows	2–1	Canberra Strikers
22' Hurtz 60'	Report	20'

Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

13 March 2009

Tassie Van Demons	1–6	QLD Scorchers
Bashore 55'	Report	4', 15' J. Dwyer 18' M. Hudson 44' Korner 50' Reuter 52'

Stadium:
, Hobart

13 March 2009

VIC Vipers	1–2	Southern Suns
Schubach 50'	Report	14' Hampton 54'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

13 March 2009

WA Diamonds	4–1	Canberra Strikers
15', 17' A. Nelson 25' Liddelow 32'	Report	54'

Stadium:
Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

13 March 2009

NT Pearls	1–6	NSW Arrows
10'	Report	Sanders 7' Hollywood 33' Close 34', 46' 47' Eastham 61'

Stadium:
, Darwin

15 March 2009

Tassie Van Demons	0–3	QLD Scorchers
Bashore 55'	Report	Blyth 30', 66' 62'

Stadium:
, Hobart

15 March 2009

VIC Vipers	2–1	Southern Suns
56' Schubach 61'	Report	Hamahona 41'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

15 March 2009

WA Diamonds	3–0	Canberra Strikers
McGurk 16' Smithson 30' 34'	Report

Stadium:
Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

15 March 2009

NT Pearls	0–3	NSW Arrows
	Report	Close 13' Eastham 23' 65'

Stadium:
, Darwin

21 March 2009

NSW Arrows	3–2 (a.e.t.)	VIC Vipers
Rivers 28' Close 35' Harris 74'	Report	15' 59'

Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

21 March 2009

Southern Suns	2–5	WA Diamonds
60', 64'	Report	Munro 4' Liddelow 12' A. Nelson 23' Eglington 36' 49'

Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

21 March 2009

Canberra Strikers	4–0	Tassie Van Demons
De La Paz Hernández 8' 17' 25', 54'	Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

21 March 2009

QLD Scorchers	1–0	NT Pearls
Schulz 41'	Report

Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

22 March 2009

NSW Arrows	2–1	VIC Vipers
Hurtz 3' Harris 33'	Report	64'

Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

22 March 2009

Southern Suns	0–5	WA Diamonds
	Report	A. Nelson 6' Taylor 7' 22', 45' 70'

Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

22 March 2009

Canberra Strikers	2–1	Tassie Van Demons
De La Paz Hernández 23' Flanagan 43'	Report	Calvert 66'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

22 March 2009

QLD Scorchers	3–0	NT Pearls
18' M. Hudson 44' Reuter 57'	Report

Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

30 March 2009

NT Pearls	0–3	VIC Vipers
	Report	25' Joseph 38' Messent 59'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

30 March 2009

QLD Scorchers	1–2	Canberra Strikers
M. Hudson 53'	Report	10', 39'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

30 March 2009

Southern Suns	0–4	NSW Arrows
	Report	Sanders 51', 52', 59' Close 54'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

30 March 2009

Tassie Van Demons	2–5	WA Diamonds
Bashore 9' 25'	Report	31', 43' 40' 56' 65'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

31 March 2009

Southern Suns	2–6	QLD Scorchers
Evans 5' 52'	Report	Schulz 10', 60' 19' Korner 43', 45', 58'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

31 March 2009

NSW Arrows	6–1	Tassie Van Demons
Eastham 19', 54' Hurtz 39' Johnson 43' Rivers 47' Harris 61'	Report	25'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

31 March 2009

VIC Vipers	2–3	WA Diamonds
8' Messent 58'	Report	Smithson 13', 18' Liddelow 35'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

31 March 2009

Canberra Strikers	2–0	NT Pearls
47', 49'	Report

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

2 April 2009

WA Diamonds	0–2	NSW Arrows
	Report	8' Hurtz 62'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

2 April 2009

Canberra Strikers	2��0	Southern Suns
34' 40'	Report

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

2 April 2009

NT Pearls	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Tassie Van Demons
15', 35' 16', 76'	Report	1' 25', 68'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

2 April 2009

QLD Scorchers	4–1	VIC Vipers
1', 28' Schulz 25' Blyth 54'	Report	Messent 12'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

Classification Round[]

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Crossover		Fifth and Sixth place

4 April 2009

VIC Vipers	6
		5 April 2009
NT Pearls	1
		VIC Vipers	5
4 April 2009
		Southern Suns	2
Southern Suns	3

Tassie Van Demons	0
		Seventh and Eighth place

		5 April 2009

		NT Pearls (a.e.t)	3

		Tassie Van Demons	2

Crossover[]

4 April 2009

VIC Vipers	6–1	NT Pearls
Nanscawen 5' Messent 40' 48' 51' Trost 52', 58'	Report	57'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

4 April 2009

Southern Suns	3–0	Tassie Van Demons
Claxton 17' Parker 62' Hamahona 68'	Report

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

Seventh and eighth place[]

5 April 2009

NT Pearls	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Tassie Van Demons
29' 36' 80'	Report	Bashore 62' 63'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

Fifth and sixth place[]

5 April 2009

VIC Vipers	5–2	Southern Suns
Messent 10' Joseph 30' Nanscawen 33' 51' 59'	Report	Evans 49' Hamahona 66'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals		Final

4 April 2009

NSW Arrows	2
		5 April 2009
Canberra Strikers	0
		NSW Arrows	5
4 April 2009
		QLD Scorchers	3
WA Diamonds	1 (1)

QLD Scorchers (p.s.o)	1 (3)
		Third and Fourth place

		5 April 2009

		Canberra Strikers	0

		WA Diamonds	2

Semi-finals[]

4 April 2009

NSW Arrows	2–0	Canberra Strikers
Harris 46' Hurtz 63'	Report

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

4 April 2009

WA Diamonds	1–1	QLD Scorchers
McGurk 68'	Report	Blyth 9'
Penalties
	1–3

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

Third and fourth place[]

5 April 2009

Canberra Strikers	0–2	WA Diamonds
	Report	53' McGurk 58'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

Final[]

5 April 2009

NSW Arrows	5–3	QLD Scorchers
Eastham 11' Harris 27' Hurtz 41', 58' Rivers 46'	Report	Schulz 12', 22', 37'

Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

Awards[]

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Player of the Final
Hope Munro	Emily Hurtz	Fiona Johnson

Statistics[]

Final Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	NSW Arrows	13	12	1	0	0	48	10	+38	47	Gold Medal
	QLD Scorchers	13	6	1	0	6	32	27	+5	26	Silver Medal
	WA Diamonds	13	11	0	1	1	41	13	+28	40	Bronze Medal
4	Canberra Strikers	13	5	0	0	8	16	28	−12	24

5	VIC Vipers	13	8	0	1	4	38	21	+17	28
6	Adelaide Suns	13	4	1	0	8	20	35	−15	14
7	Territory Pearls	13	0	2	0	11	10	38	−28	6
8	Tassie Van Demons	13	1	0	3	9	15	48	−33	7

Source: Clearing House

Goalscorers[]

There were 220 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.23 goals per match.

12 goals

Emily Hurtz

7 goals

6 goals

Amy Korner
Piki Hamahona

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Clearing House

References[]

^ "2008–2009 Annual Report" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport. Retrieved 25 October 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "AHL". Hockey WA. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

External links[]

[1] "2008–2009 Annual Report" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport. Retrieved 25 October 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

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

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