| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | ||
| City | Gold Coast (finals venue) | ||
| Dates | 6 – 28 October | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue(s) | 9 (in 9 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  QLD Blades (10th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  NSW Waratahs | ||
| Third place |  Tassie Tigers | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 24 | ||
| Goals scored | 208 (8.67 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Blake Govers (11 goals) | ||
| Best player | Jake Whetton | ||
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The 2018 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 26th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The 2018 edition of the tournament was held between 6 – 28 October, and featured a new format from previous editions.[1]
The finals phase of the 2018 tournament was held in the Queensland city of the Gold Coast, from the 25 – 28 October.[2]
QLD Blades won the tournament for a record tenth time after defeating NSW Waratahs 5–3 in the gold-medal match.[3] Tassie Tigers claimed the bronze medal after defeating the Canberra Lakers 1–0.
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.[4]
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 |
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| Sydney Olympic Park | State Netball and Hockey Centre | Perth Hockey Stadium |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 6,000 |
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| Adelaide | ||
| State Hockey Centre | ||
| Capacity: 4,000 | ||
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| Brisbane | ||
| Queensland State Hockey Centre | ||
| Capacity: 1,000 | ||
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| 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 |
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| 1 | Tassie Tigers |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 |
| 2 |  Canberra Lakers |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 |
| 3 | QLD Blades |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 5 |
| 4 | NSW Waratahs |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: hockey.org.au
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  WA Thundersticks |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 15 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} VIC Vikings |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 10 |
| 3 |  SA Hotshots |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 5 |
| 4 |  NT Stingers |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 0 |
Source: hockey.org.au
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Classification round
| Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 25 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| Tassie Tigers | 11 | |||||||||
| 27 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| NT Stingers | 0 | |||||||||
| Tassie Tigers | 3 | |||||||||
| 25 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| QLD Blades | 9 | |||||||||
| VIC Vikings | 5 | |||||||||
| 28 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| QLD Blades | 6 | |||||||||
| QLD Blades | 5 | |||||||||
| 25 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| NSW Waratahs | 3 | |||||||||
| Canberra Lakers | 7 | |||||||||
| 27 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| SA Hotshots | 0 | |||||||||
| Canberra Lakers | 1 | |||||||||
| 25 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| NSW Waratahs | 10 | Third-place match | ||||||||
| WA Thundersticks | 2 | |||||||||
| 28 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| NSW Waratahs | 10 | |||||||||
| Tassie Tigers | 1 | |||||||||
| Canberra Lakers | 0 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
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Fifth to eighth place classification
| Crossover | Fifth-place match | |||||
| 27 October 2018 | ||||||
| NT Stingers | 0 | |||||
| 28 October 2018 | ||||||
| VIC Vikings | 11 | |||||
| VIC Vikings | 8 | |||||
| 27 October 2018 | ||||||
| SA Hotshots | 1 | |||||
| SA Hotshots | 4 | |||||
| WA Thundersticks | 3 | |||||
| Seventh-place match | ||||||
| 28 October 2018 | ||||||
| NT Stingers | 2 | |||||
| WA Thundersticks | 3 | |||||
Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Awards
| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Player of the Final | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
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| Jake Whetton |
Blake Govers |
Corey Weyer |
Andrew Charter |
Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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QLD Blades |
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 20 | Gold Medal |
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NSW Waratahs |
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 10 | Silver Medal |
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Tassie Tigers |
6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 25 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Canberra Lakers |
6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 15 | |
| 5 | VIC Vikings |
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 15 | +36 | 20 | |
| 6 | SA Suns |
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 10 | |
| 7 | WA Thundersticks |
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 20 | |
| 8 | NT Stingers |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 52 | −43 | 0 |
Source: Hockey Australia
Goalscorers
There were 208 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 8.67 goals per match.
11 goals
9 goals
- Samuel McCambridge
- Dane Gavranich
8 goals
7 goals
- Glenn Turner
- Aaron Kleinschmidt
- Jason Gabriel
6 goals
5 goals
- Ross Hetem
- Joshua Pollard
4 goals
- Dylan Wotherspoon
- Max Hendry
- Andrew Scanlon
3 goals
- James Day
- Kieran Govers
- Kurt Lovett
- Ewan Wallin
- Jared Taylor
- Corey Weyer
- Jacob Whetton
- Brodie Gleeson
- Luke Larwood
- Kieron Arthur
- James Dick
- Ben Read
- James Knee
- Joshua Simmonds
- James Webster
- Daniel Robertson
2 goals
- Garry Backhus
- Jamie Hullick
- Adrian Lockley
- Jacob Anderson
- Daniel Beale
- Scott Boyde
- Oliver Crane
- Alastair Oliver
- Hayden Beltz
- Jeremy Edwards
- Kiran Arunasalam
- Tim Cross
- Andrew Philpott
- Jayshaan Randhawa
- Tim Geers
- Coby Green
- Alec Rasmussen
1 goal
- Niranjan Gupte
- Jamie Hawke
- Aaron Kershaw
- Lewis Shepherd
- Ben Staines
- Thomas Craig
- Nicholas McEwen
- Flynn Ogilvie
- Matthew Argent
- Isaac McDonald
- Justin Douglas
- Blake Wotherspoon
- Oliver Smith
- Jack Welch
- Frazer Gerrard
- Jake Harvie
Source: Hockey Australia
References
- ↑ "2018 AHL Schedule & Details Announced Ahead Of 2019 Revamp". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Men's Australian Hockey League (AHL)". haockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Queensland Blades Win Record-Breaking AHL Title". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 AHL Fixture" (PDF). Hockey Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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