2018 Men's Australian Hockey League

2018 Men's Australian Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Gold Coast (finals venue)
Dates	6 – 28 October
Teams	8
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	67 (8.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dane Gavranich (5 goals)
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The 2018 Men's Australian Hockey League is the 26th edition men's field hockey tournament. The 2018 edition of the tournament will be held between 6 – 28 October, and will feature a new format from previous editions.^[1]

The finals phase of the 2018 tournament will be held in the Queensland city of the Gold Coast, from the 25 – 28 October.^[2]

Competition Format

Unlike previous editions of the Men's Australian Hockey League, the 2018 edition will include a very different format. Instead of the tournament being held at a single venue, the teams will play at least one home and away match during the pool stage, before converging on a singular venue for the Classification Round.^[3]

The teams will be divided into two Pool A and Pool B, both consisting of four teams, with each team playing each other once. The teams will then progress to the Classification round, with each team playing a qualifying match, before progressing to either the fifth to eighth place playoffs, or the first to fourth place playoffs.

Participating teams

Venues

Sydney	Melbourne	Perth
Sydney Olympic Park	State Netball and Hockey Centre	Perth Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 6,000
Adelaide	Brisbane Gold Coast Adelaide Sydney Canberra Melbourne Perth Darwin Hobart
State Hockey Centre
Capacity: 4,000
Brisbane
Queensland State Hockey Centre
Capacity: 1,000
Canberra	Hobart	Darwin
National Hockey Centre	Tasmanian Hockey Centre	Marrara Hockey Centre
Gold Coast
Finals Venue: Gold Coast Hockey Centre

Results

Preliminary Round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tassie Tigers	2	2	0	0	0	10	5	+5	10
2	QLD Blades	2	1	0	0	1	8	9	−1	5
3	Canberra Lakers	2	1	0	0	1	6	7	−1	5
4	NSW Waratahs	2	0	0	0	2	8	11	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: hockey.org.au

6 October 2018 16:00 (AEST) NSW Waratahs 4–6 QLD Blades Brand  21', 21' Govers  40', 47' Report Anderson  16', 55' Rintala  22', 22', 24' Wotherspoon  25' Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Ben de Young (AUS)

6 October 2018 19:00 (AEST) Tassie Tigers 5–1 Canberra Lakers Ockenden  7', 7' Arthur  10' McCambridge  42', 42' Report Day  51' Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)

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14 October 2018 14:30 (AEST) Tassie Tigers 5–4 NSW Waratahs Read  7' McCambridge  50', 50' Dick  60', 60' Report McEwen  2' Hayes  15', 55', 55' Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)

14 October 2018 14:30 (AEST) Canberra Lakers 5–2 QLD Blades Day  2', 3' Backhus  40', 40' Kershaw  54' Report Crane  51', 52' National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) David Bridgford (AUS)

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20 October 2018 15:30 (AEST) Canberra Lakers v NSW Waratahs Report National Hockey Centre, Canberra

20 October 2018 20:00 (AEST) QLD Blades v Tassie Tigers Report Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	WA Thundersticks	2	2	0	0	0	9	5	+4	10
2	VIC Vikings	2	1	0	0	1	14	8	+6	5
3	SA Hotshots	2	1	0	0	1	8	5	+3	5
4	NT Stingers	2	0	0	0	2	4	17	−13	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: hockey.org.au

7 October 2018 15:30 (ACST) SA Hotshots 3–5 WA Thundersticks Hetem  3', 3', 41' Report Gavranich  42', 42', 59', 59', 59' State Hockey Centre, Adelaide Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nathan Jennings (AUS)

7 October 2018 18:30 (ACST) NT Stingers 4–12 VIC Vikings Hullick  2' Lockley  31', 31' Wallin  44' Report Scanlon  4', 9', 30+' Knee  8', 10', 10' Pollard  10', 10' Kleinschmidt  33', 33', 54' Hendry  37' Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)

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13 October 2018 14:00 (AEST) VIC Vikings 2–4 WA Thundersticks Hendry  10' Ford  28' Report Gabriel  14', 14' Geers  41', 42' State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)

13 October 2018 18:30 (ACST) SA Hotshots 5–0 NT Stingers Oliver  4', 4' Gleeson  12', 37', 37' Report State Hockey Centre, Adelaide Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nathan Jennings (AUS)

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20 October 2018 18:00 (AWST) WA Thundersticks v NT Stingers Report Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

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21 October 2018 15:30 (AEST) VIC Vikings v SA Hotshots Report State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne

Statistics

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