Australian Country Championships

The Australian Country Championships are field hockey tournament's hosted annually in Australia. Unlike other National Australian Championships, the Australian Country Championships only comprise teams made up of players from country regions of each Australian State, as well as a team from the Australian Defence Force.

The 2016 edition of the tournament was held in Darwin, Northern Territory. 7 teams competed in both the Men's and tournaments.

NSW Country were champions in both the men's and women's tournaments, defeating the ADF and QLD Country respectively. WA Country finished third in the men's tournament by defeating QLD Country, while VIC Country defeated the ADF to finish third in the women's tournament.^[1][2]

Teams[]

The following are the teams from the 2017 tournaments.

Competition Format[]

The tournament is played in a round robin format, with each team facing each other once. Final placings after the pool matches determine playoffs.

The fifth and sixth placed teams contest the fifth and sixth place match, the third and fourth placed teams contest the third and fourth place match, and the top two teams compete in the final.

Competition rules[]

The Australian Country Championships have not adapted FIH rules of four 15–minute quarters, but instead use the old format of two 35–minute halves.

Points System[]

Finals Matches[]

During finals if games end in a tie, no overtime will be played and the higher ranked team from the pool matches will finish as a higher placing.

Men's Tournament[]

Results[]

• Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2014 Details	Toowoomba, QLD		NSW Country	2 – 1	QLD Country		VIC Country	2 – 2	ADF
2015	Wollongong, NSW		NSW Country	0 – 0 (4 – 2) penalty shoot-out	VIC Country		QLD Country	6 – 1	WA Country
2016 Details	Darwin, NT		NSW Country	4 – 1	ADF		WA Country	1 – 0	QLD Country
2017	Townsville, QLD

Team Performances[]

Team	2014		2016		Total
ADF	4th	5th	2nd	TBD	4
NSW Country	1st	1st	1st	TBD	4
NT Country	–	–	5th	TBD	2
QLD Country	2nd	3rd	4th	TBD	4
SA Country	6th	6th	7th	TBD	4
VIC Country	3rd	2nd	6th	TBD	4
WA Country	5th	4th	3rd	TBD	4
Total	6	6	7	7	26

Women's Tournament[]

Results[]

• Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2014 Details	Toowoomba, QLD		QLD Country	4 – 1	NSW Country		VIC Country	2 – 1	WA Country
2015 Details	Wollongong, NSW		VIC Country	2 – 0	WA Country		NSW Country	2 – 1	QLD Country
2016	Darwin, NT		NSW Country	2 – 1	QLD Country		VIC Country	1 – 0	ADF
2017	Townsville, QLD

Team Performances[]

Team	2014	2015			Total
ADF	6th	5th	4th	TBD	4
NSW Country	2nd	3rd	1st	TBD	4
NT Country	–	–	5th	TBD	2
QLD Country	1st	4th	2nd	TBD	4
SA Country	5th	6th	7th	TBD	4
VIC Country	3rd	1st	3rd	TBD	4
WA Country	4th	2nd	6th	TBD	4
Total	6	6	7	7	26

References[]