2014 Men's Australian Hockey League

2014 Men's
Australian Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Adelaide
Dates	4–11 October 2014
Teams	8
Venue(s)	State Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Tassie Tigers (1st title)
Runner-up	WA Thundersticks
Third place	Victorian Vikings
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	134 (5.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Blake Govers (9 goals)
Best player	Eddie Ockenden
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The 2014 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 24th edition of the Australian Hockey League men's Field Hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the South Australia city of Adelaide.

Tassie Tigers won the gold medal for the first time by defeating the WA Thundersticks 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 draw.^[1] The VIC Vikings won the bronze medal for the first time by defeating the QLD Blades 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out after a 4–4 draw.^[2]

Competition Format[]

The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.

The top two teams in pools A and B progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth place match.

The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The top two teams in Pool D play in the Fifth and Sixth place match, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Seventh and Eighth place match.

Teams[]

Results[]

First Round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tassie Tigers	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to Medal Round
2	QLD Blades	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	Canberra Lakers	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	3
4	SA Hotshots	3	0	2	1	8	10	−2	2

4 October 2014 13:30 QLD Blades 4–3 Canberra Lakers Whetton  19', 25' Wotherspoon  47' Douglas  55' Report Turner  13'  28' Kershaw  34' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Tim Pullman Glen Munday

4 October 2014 17:30 Tassie Tigers 3–3 SA Hotshots  39'  55'  60' Report  3', 27'  15' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Michael McLean Adam Barry

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5 October 2014 13:30 QLD Blades 0–1 Tassie Tigers Report  12' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Jeremy Coleman Murray Grime

5 October 2014 17:30 Canberra Lakers 4–2 SA Hotshots D. Hotchkis  1'  17' Kershaw  30'  50' Report  8' Child  42' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Zeke Newman Glen Munday

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7 October 2014 13:30 Canberra Lakers 1–3 Tassie Tigers D. Hotchkis  57' Report  20'  29'  43' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Zeke Newman Murray Grime

7 October 2014 17:30 QLD Blades 3–3 SA Hotshots  24' Wotherspoon  38' Whetton  45' Report  48'  57'  60' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Scott Embry Stephen Versteegh

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VIC Vikings	3	3	0	0	11	4	+7	9	Advance to Medal Round
2	WA Thundersticks	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	NSW Waratahs	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
4	NT Stingers	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

4 October 2014 15:30 VIC Vikings 6–2 NSW Waratahs  5'  10'  16' Ciriello  23', 57'  49' Report Govers  21', 37' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Stephen Rogers Murray Grime

4 October 2014 19:30 NT Stingers 1–3 WA Thundersticks J. Hayward  59' Report Zalewski  19' Bausor  31'  50' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Levi Stephen Stephen Versteegh

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5 October 2014 15:30 VIC Vikings 4–2 NT Stingers Ford  14' Ciriello  26', 46'  34' Report  10'  35' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Stephen Rogers Scott Embry

5 October 2014 19:30 NSW Waratahs 2–3 WA Thundersticks Hayes  11' Govers  19' Report  6' Bausor  12'  51' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Tim Pullman Levi Stephen

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7 October 2014 15:30 VIC Vikings 1–0 WA Thundersticks Pollard  34' Report State Hockey Centre Umpires: Adam Barry Tim Pullman

7 October 2014 19:30 NSW Waratahs 2–1 NT Stingers  3' Dawson  38' Report J. Hayward  38' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Michael McLean Jeremy Coleman

Second Round[]

Pool C (Medal Round)[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	WA Thundersticks	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
2	Tassie Tigers	3	2	0	1	7	8	−1	6
3	VIC Vikings	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
4	QLD Blades	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

8 October 2014 17:30 QLD Blades 1–3 WA Thundersticks Wotherspoon  5' Report Bausor  40' Mitton  48', 50' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Stephen Versteegh Tim Pullman

8 October 2014 19:30 Tassie Tigers 5–3 VIC Vikings  13', 53'  14' Edwards  35' Ockenden  43' Report  18' Pollard  38' Ciriello  58' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Stephen Rogers Adam Barry

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10 October 2014 17:30 Tassie Tigers 1–5 WA Thundersticks  12' Report Zalewski  20' Bausor  45', 57' Mitton  46', 59' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Stephen Rogers Stephen Versteegh

10 October 2014 19:30 QLD Blades 3–3 VIC Vikings Douglas  1'  27' Gohdes  50' Report Pollard  22'  37' Ciriello  44' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Murray Grime Levi Stephen

Pool D (Classification Round)[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	NSW Waratahs	3	3	0	0	13	5	+8	9
2	NT Stingers	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
3	Canberra Lakers	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
4	SA Hotshots	3	0	0	3	8	16	−8	0

8 October 2014 13:30 SA Hotshots 4–5 NT Stingers  14'  50' Child  58'  59' Report J. Hayward  6', 34'  8'  18'  57' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Glen Munday Zeke Newman

8 October 2014 13:30 Canberra Lakers 2–4 NSW Waratahs  25' Turner  35' Report Govers  17', 60'  34'  52' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Michael McLean Levi Stephen

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10 October 2014 13:30 SA Hotshots 2–7 NSW Waratahs Wickham  7'  40' Report Dawson  6'  18' Govers  24', 32', 40'  42' Craig  54' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Jeremy Coleman Glen Munday

10 October 2014 15:30 Canberra Lakers 2–2 NT Stingers Turner  52'  52' Report  22'  23' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Scott Embry Michael McLean

Classification Matches[]

Seventh and eighth place[]

11 October 2014 12:30 Canberra Lakers 8–0 SA Hotshots Turner  7', 31' Kershaw  14', 33'  39', 41'  52'  59' Report State Hockey Centre Umpires: Jeremy Coleman Adam Barry

Fifth and sixth place[]

11 October 2014 14:30 NSW Waratahs 3–2 NT Stingers  30', 47' Govers  57' Report J. Hayward  25', 50' State Hockey Centre Umpires: Glen Munday Scott Embry

Third and fourth place[]

11 October 2014 16:30 VIC Vikings 4–4 QLD Blades  6' Arunasalam  7', 54'  44' Report Douglas  10'  38'  43' Whetton  50' Penalties Simpson Ford Ciriello 4–2 Beale Wotherspoon Gohdes Douglas State Hockey Centre Umpires: Murray Grime Levi Stephen

Final[]

11 October 2014 18:30 WA Thundersticks 2–2 Tassie Tigers Bausor  2' Mitton  6' Report  46' Ockenden  48' Penalties Brown Kavanagh Zalewski McGuire Bausor —— McGuire 2–3 Deavin Edwards Ockenden —— Ockenden State Hockey Centre Umpires: Stephen Rogers Tim Pullman

Awards[]

Player of the Tournament	Topscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Play the Whistle
Eddie Ockenden	Blake Govers	Leon Hayward	Tassie Tigers

Statistics[]

Final Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	Tassie Tigers	6	3	2	1	15	14	+1	11	Gold Medal
	WA Thundersticks	6	4	1	1	16	8	+8	13	Silver Medal
	VIC Vikings	6	3	2	1	21	16	+5	11	Bronze Medal
4	QLD Blades	6	1	3	2	15	17	−2	6
5	NSW Waratahs	6	4	0	2	20	16	+4	12
6	NT Stingers	6	1	1	4	13	18	−5	4
7	Canberra Lakers	6	2	1	3	20	15	+5	7
8	SA Hotshots	6	0	2	4	14	30	−16	2

Goalscorers[]

There were 134 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.58 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Hockey Australia

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