2003 Women's Australian Hockey League
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Australia | ||
| Dates | 7 March – 13 April | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue | 11 (in 11 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  VIS Vipers (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  QLD Scorchers | ||
| Third place |  Canberra Strikers | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 56 | ||
| Goals scored | 221 (3.95 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Katrina Powell (17 goals) | ||
| Best player |  Carmel Bakurski | ||
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The 2003 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 11th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in various cities across Australia, and was contested from 7 March through to 13 April 2003.[1]
VIS Vipers won the tournament for the first time after defeating QLD Scorchers 4–3 in penalties, after the final finished as a 3–3 draw. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating WA Diamonds 4–3 in the third and fourth place playoff.[2][3]
Competition format
The 2003 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.
Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.
The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures between states. As a result, matches in rounds five to seven of the pool stage were worth double points, due to the single-leg format.
Point allocation
| Points | |||||||||
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| W | WD | LD | L | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Every match in the 2003 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point.
Results
Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | QLD Scorchers |
11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 36 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Canberra Strikers |
11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 36 | |
| 3 | VIS Vipers |
11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 31 | |
| 4 |  WA Diamonds |
11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 26 | |
| 5 |  NSWIS Arrows |
11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 18 | |
| 6 | Adelaide Suns |
11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 12 | |
| 7 |  Tassie Van Demons |
11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 9 | |
| 8 |  Territory Pearls |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 0 |
Source: Clearing House
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) matches won; 5) goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) matches won; 5) goals scored.
Fixtures
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Classification round
Fifth to eighth place classification
| Crossover | Fifth Place | |||||
| 12 April 2003 | ||||||
| NSWIS Arrows | 4 | |||||
| 13 April 2003 | ||||||
| Territory Pearls | 1 | |||||
| NSWIS Arrows | 2 | |||||
| 12 April 2003 | ||||||
| Adelaide Suns | 1 | |||||
| Adelaide Suns | 4 | |||||
| Tassie Van Demons | 1 | |||||
| Seventh Place | ||||||
| 13 April 2003 | ||||||
| Territory Pearls | 0 | |||||
| Tassie Van Demons | 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 | Final | |||||
| 12 April 2003 | ||||||
| QLD Scorchers | 3 | |||||
| 13 April 2003 | ||||||
| WA Diamonds | 0 | |||||
| QLD Scorchers | 3 (4) | |||||
| 12 April 2003 | ||||||
| VIS Vipers (pen.) | 3 (5) | |||||
| Canberra Strikers | 0 | |||||
| VIS Vipers | 1 | |||||
| Third Place | ||||||
| 13 April 2003 | ||||||
| WA Diamonds | 3 | |||||
| Canberra Strikers | 4 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Awards
| Player of the League | Top Goalscorer | Player of the Final |
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| Carmel Bakurski |
Katrina Powell |
Rachel Imison |
