2016 Men's Australian Hockey League

2016 Men's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Perth
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Perth Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	VIC Vikings (3rd title)
Runner-up	WA Thundersticks
Third place	NSW Waratahs
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	216 (5.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chris Ciriello (10 goals)
Best player	Flynn Ogilvie
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The 2016 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 26th edition of the Australian Hockey League men's Field Hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Western Australia city of Perth.

For the first time, the Australian Hockey League hosted international teams from India, Malaysia and New Zealand.

The VIC Vikings won the gold medal for the third time by defeating the WA Thundersticks 5–3 in the final.^[1] The NSW Waratahs won the bronze medal after defeating the India Under–21 side 5–1 in the third place match.^[2]

Teams[]

Domestic Teams

International Teams

Results[]

First round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NSW Waratahs	5	5	0	0	21	7	+14	15	Advance to Medal Round
2	VIC Vikings	5	4	0	1	22	9	+13	12	Advance to Medal Round
3	QLD Blades	5	3	0	2	25	11	+14	9
4	Malaysia Tigers	5	1	1	3	9	16	−7	4
5	NT Stingers	5	1	0	4	13	16	−3	3
6	NZL Development	5	0	1	4	5	36	−31	1

Source: Hockey Australia

29 September 2016
16:30

NT Stingers	1–5	VIC Vikings
28'	Report	Ciriello 11', 44' Simmonds 12' Simpson 32' Kleinschmidt 43'

Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

29 September 2016
18:00

Malaysia Tigers	1–1	NZL Development
35'	Report	45'

Umpires:
Adam Barry (AUS)
Glen Munday (AUS)

29 September 2016
18:30

QLD Blades	1–3	NSW Waratahs
35'	Report	29' T. Craig 33' 48'

Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

30 September 2016
16:00

NZL Development	0–8	NT Stingers
	Report	9', 21' 12', 49' J. Hayward 23' 41' 43' Crane 48'

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)

30 September 2016
16:30

QLD Blades	5–2	Malaysia Tigers
Elder 5' 20', 29' 20' Imer 44'	Report	Shahril 47' 57'

Umpires:
Scott Embry (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

30 September 2016
20:00

VIC Vikings	1–2	NSW Waratahs
Simmonds 50'	Report	7' Orchard 35'

Umpires:
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

2 October 2016
15:00

QLD Blades	3–4	VIC Vikings
Douglas 20', 51' 37'	Report	5' Ciriello 6' Ford 28' Kleinschmidt 49'

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Andrew Spence (NZL)

2 October 2016
17:00

NSW Waratahs	7–2	NZL Development
5' Ogilvie 8' T. Craig 10' Sharp 33' Dawson 38', 46' 54'	Report	7', 59'

Umpires:
Scott Embry (AUS)
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

2 October 2016
19:00

NT Stingers	1��3	Malaysia Tigers
15'	Report	Shahril 7' Firhan 28' 37'

Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

4 October 2016
15:00

NZL Development	2–8	VIC Vikings
7' 20'	Report	Kleinschmidt 13' Pollard 19', 25' 29' Ford 32' Ciriello 34', 56' Simmonds 58'

Umpires:
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

4 October 2016
17:00

Malaysia Tigers	2–5	NSW Waratahs
Shahril 16' 47'	Report	2', 24' Ogilvie 6' 15' 45'

Umpires:
Glen Munday (AUS)
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

4 October 2016
19:00

NT Stingers	2–4	QLD Blades
47' 55'	Report	2' Whetton 16' Douglas 45' Anderson 53'

Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Matthew Claxton (AUS)

5 October 2016
16:30

NSW Waratahs	4–1	NT Stingers
4' T. Craig 15', 57' 21'	Report	J. Hayward 43'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

5 October 2016
18:00

VIC Vikings	4–1	Malaysia Tigers
Pollard 20' Ciriello 26' Kleinschmidt 30' Ford 34'	Report	50'

Umpires:
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

5 October 2016
20:30

NZL Development	0–12	QLD Blades
	Report	Beale 5', 43' Elder 5', 15', 45' Anderson 17' Howard 19' Whetton 26', 53' 39' Reckers 54' 57'

Umpires:
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India Under–21	5	4	1	0	14	7	+7	13	Advance to Medal Round
2	WA Thundersticks	5	4	0	1	11	4	+7	12	Advance to Medal Round
3	Canberra Lakers	5	2	1	2	13	10	+3	7
4	Tassie Tigers	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	7
5	SA Hotshots	5	1	0	4	7	17	−10	3
6	MAS Blue	5	0	1	4	4	14	−10	1

Source: Hockey Australia

29 September 2016
16:00

MAS Blue	2–4	India Under–21
Faizal 4', 55'	Report	Qureshi 19', 42' Varun 21' Gurjant 32'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

29 September 2016
20:00

SA Hotshots	0–4	Tassie Tigers
	Report	32', 42', 60' Ockenden 35'

Umpires:
Andrew Spence (NZL)
Scott Embry (AUS)

29 September 2016
20:30

WA Thundersticks	4–1	Canberra Lakers
26' 36' 42' Wickham 56'	Report	56'

Umpires:
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
Matthew Claxton (AUS)

30 September 2016
18:00

India Under–21	3–1	SA Hotshots
Gurjant 4' 14' 20'	Report	45'

Umpires:
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

30 September 2016
18:30

WA Thundersticks	2–0	MAS Blue
Wickham 15' Budgeon 34'	Report

Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Andrew Spence (NZL)

30 September 2016
20:30

Tassie Tigers	2–1	Canberra Lakers
33' Welch 57'	Report	57'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Glen Munday (AUS)

2 October 2016
15:30

WA Thundersticks	1–0	Tassie Tigers
Budgeon 40'	Report

Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

2 October 2016
17:30

Canberra Lakers	1–1	India Under–21
17'	Report	15'

Umpires:
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

2 October 2016
19:30

SA Hotshots	4–0	MAS Blue
22' 29' 45' 56'	Report

Umpires:
Glen Munday (AUS)
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)

3 October 2016
15:00

India Under–21	3–2	Tassie Tigers
Qureshi 10', 54' Varun 13'	Report	12' 50'

Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

3 October 2016
17:00

Malaysia Blue	1–3	Canberra Lakers
29'	Report	24' 50' 54'

Umpires:
Scott Embry (AUS)
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)

3 October 2016
19:30

SA Hotshots	0–3	WA Thundersticks
	Report	Mitton 33' Bausor 57', 60'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

5 October 2016
16:00

Canberra Lakers	7–2	SA Hotshots
1', 12', 56' 9' 41' 48' 58'	Report	1' 25'

Umpires:
Andrew Spence (NZL)
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

5 October 2016
18:30

India Under–21	3–1	WA Thundersticks
Sumit 32' Varun 39', 40'	Report	Bausor 16'

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Glen Munday (AUS)

5 October 2016
20:00

Tassie Tigers	1–1	Malaysia Blue
Ockenden 23'	Report	Faizal 43'

Umpires:
Scott Embry (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

Classification[]

Ninth to twelfth place classification[]

Crossover		Ninth and Tenth Place

7 October 2016

SA Hotshots	2
		8 October 2016
NZL Futures	2
		SA Hotshots	1
7 October 2016
		NT Stingers	5
NT Stingers	5

Malaysia Blue	1
		Eleventh and Twelfth Place

		8 October 2016

		NZL Futures	0

		Malaysia Blue	3

Crossover[]

7 October 2016
08:30

SA Hotshots	2–2	NZL Development
29', 30'	Report	11' 46'

Umpires:
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

7 October 2016
10:30

NT Stingers	5–1	Malaysia Blue
4', 10', 31' 19' J. Hayward 22'	Report	43'

Umpires:
Andrew Spence (NZL)
Glen Munday (AUS)

Eleventh and twelfth place[]

8 October 2016
08:00

NZL Development	0–3	Malaysia Blue
	Report	7' Faizal 34', 52'

Umpires:
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

Ninth and tenth place[]

8 October 2016
12:00

SA Hotshots	1–5	NT Stingers
11'	Report	38' 51', 56', 60' J. Hayward 58'

Umpires:
Andrew Spence (NZL)
Scott Embry (AUS)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Crossover		Fifth and Sixth Place

7 October 2016

Canberra Lakers	0
		8 October 2016
Malaysia Tigers	3
		Malaysia Tigers	2
7 October 2016
		QLD Blades	4
QLD Blades	5

Tassie Tigers	3
		Seventh and Eighth Place

		8 October 2016

		Canberra Lakers	1

		Tassie Tigers	4

Crossover[]

7 October 2016
12:30

Canberra Lakers	0–3	Malaysia Tigers
	Report	Shahril 5' 7' 49'

Umpires:
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

7 October 2016
12:30

QLD Blades	5–3	Tassie Tigers
Beale 2', 23', 31' Whetton 30' Anderson 50'	Report	Ockenden 24' 39', 41'

Umpires:
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place[]

8 October 2016
16:00

Canberra Lakers	1–4	Tassie Tigers
43'	Report	Welch 12' Ockenden 17' 35' 38'

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place[]

8 October 2016
20:00

Malaysia Tigers	2–4	QLD Blades
Shahril 34' 35'	Report	8' Beale 38' 41', 46'

Umpires:
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

Medal round[]

Semi-Finals		Gold Medal Match

7 October 2016

India Under–21	3 (3)
		9 October 2016
VIC Vikings (p.s.o)	3 (4)
		VIC Vikings	5
7 October 2016
		WA Thundersticks	3
NSW Waratahs	1 (1)

WA Thundersticks (p.s.o)	1 (3)
		Broze Medal Match

		9 October 2016

		India Under–21	1

		NSW Waratahs	5

Semi-finals[]

7 October 2016
18:00

India Under–21	3–3	VIC Vikings
Varun 38', 54', 56'	Report	Ciriello 20', 28' Kleinschmidt 22'
Penalties
Manpreet Gurjant Santa	3–4	Kleinschmidt Ford Ciriello

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

7 October 2016
20:00

NSW Waratahs	1–1	WA Thundersticks
58'	Report	Bausor 52'
Penalties
Ogilvie Hayes Sharp	1–3	Zalewski Mitton

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

Third and fourth place[]

9 October 2016
10:00

India Under–21	1–5	NSW Waratahs
Gurjant 25'	Report	Sharp 6' T. Craig 16', 59' 23', 44'

Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Glen Munday (AUS)

Final[]

9 October 2016
16:00

VIC Vikings	5–3	WA Thundersticks
Ciriello 6', 15' 25' Arunasalam 34' Philpott 54'	Report	7' Bausor 13', 53'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

Awards[]

Player of the Tournament	Topscorer	Player of the Final	GK of the Tournament	Play the Whistle
Flynn Ogilvie	Chris Ciriello	Chris Ciriello	Tyler Lovell	WA Thundersticks

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	VIC Vikings	7	5	1	1	30	15	+15	16	Gold Medal
	WA Thundersticks	7	4	1	2	15	10	+5	13	Silver Medal
	NSW Waratahs	7	6	1	0	27	9	+18	19	Bronze Medal
4	India Under–21	7	4	2	1	18	15	+3	14
5	QLD Blades	7	5	0	2	34	16	+18	15
6	Malaysia Tigers	7	2	1	4	14	20	−6	7
7	Tassie Tigers	7	3	1	3	16	12	+4	10
8	Canberra Lakers	7	2	1	4	14	17	−3	7
9	NT Stingers	7	3	0	4	23	18	+5	9
10	SA Hotshots	7	1	1	5	10	24	−14	4
11	Malaysia Blue	7	1	1	5	8	19	−11	4
12	NZL Development	7	0	2	5	7	41	−34	2

Source: Hockey Australia

Goalscorers[]

There were 216 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.14 goals per match.

10 goals

Chris Ciriello

7 goals

Varun Kumar

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

(Tigers)
(Tigers)
(Tigers)
Matthew Dawson
Flynn Ogilvie
Lachlan Sharp
Jack Welch
Nicholas Budgeon
Tom Wickham

1 goal

Source: Hockey Australia

References[]

^ "VIC VIKINGS WIN AHL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1998". justhockey.com.au. . Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ "2016 Men's Australian Hockey League". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

External links[]

[1] "VIC VIKINGS WIN AHL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1998". justhockey.com.au. . Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[2] "2016 Men's Australian Hockey League". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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