2015 Women's Host country New Zealand Dates 29 August – 20 September Teams 8 Venue(s) 9 (in 9 host cities) Champions –– Auckland (6th title) Runner-up –– Northland Third place –– Midlands Matches played 36 Goals scored 170 (4.72 per match) Top scorer(s) –– Gemma McCaw (10 goals)Best player –– Brooke Neal
The 2015 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 17th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in 9 cities across New Zealand , from 29 August to 20 September.
Auckland won the title for the sixth time, defeating Northland 6–0 in the final.[1] [2] Midlands finished in third place after winning the third place match 7–4 over Canterbury .[3]
Participating Teams [ ] The following eight teams competed for the title:
Results [ ] Preliminary round [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
WD
LD
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
–– Canterbury
7
4
1
1
1
18
9
+9
19
Advanced to Semi-Finals
2
–– Midlands
7
4
1
0
2
27
13
+14
18
3
–– Auckland
7
3
3
0
1
13
9
+4
18
4
–– Northland
7
4
0
1
2
16
10
+6
17
5
–– Central
7
3
1
1
2
15
9
+6
15
6
–– North Harbour
7
3
0
2
2
15
12
+3
14
7
––
7
1
0
1
5
13
23
−10
5
8
––
7
0
0
0
7
5
37
−32
0
Source:
Hockey New Zealand Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Fixtures [ ]
, Auckland
Rosa Birch Park , Pukekohe
, Palmerston North
, Auckland
, Taupo
, Wellington
, Dunedin
Classification round [ ] Fifth to eighth place classification [ ]
Crossover Fifth Place
19 September 2015
–– Central 5
20 September 2015
–– 1
–– Central 0
19 September 2015
–– North Harbour 5
–– North Harbour (pen. )2 (2)
–– 2 (1)
Seventh Place
20 September 2015
–– 0
–– 5
Crossover [ ] Seventh and eighth place [ ] Fifth and sixth place [ ] First to fourth place classification [ ] Semi-finals [ ] Third and fourth place [ ] Final [ ] Awards [ ]
Player of the Tournament
Top Goalscorer
–– Brooke Neal
–– Gemma McCaw
Statistics [ ] Final standings [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
WD
LD
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
–– Auckland
9
5
3
0
1
22
11
+11
26
Gold Medal
–– Northland
9
5
0
1
3
20
18
+2
21
Silver Medal
���– Midlands
9
5
1
0
3
36
20
+16
22
Bronze Medal
4
–– Canterbury
9
4
1
1
3
24
20
+4
19
5
–– North Harbour
9
4
1
2
2
22
14
+8
20
6
–– Central
9
4
1
1
3
20
15
+5
19
7
––
9
2
0
2
5
20
25
−5
10
8
––
9
0
0
0
9
6
47
−41
0
Goalscorers [ ] There were 170 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.72 goals per match.
10 goals
8 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: Hockey New Zealand
References [ ] External links [ ] 
