2004 Women's Australian Hockey League
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Australia | ||
| City | Perth | ||
| Dates | 2–14 March | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue | Perth Hockey Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  WA Diamonds (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Canberra Strikers | ||
| Third place |  QLD Scorchers | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 36 | ||
| Goals scored | 128 (3.56 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Hope Brown (6 goals) | ||
| Best player | Sarah Taylor Emily Halliday | ||
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The 2004 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 12th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Perth from 2–14 March 2004.[1]
WA Diamonds won the tournament for the second time after defeating Canberra Strikers 2–1 in the final. QLD Scorchers finished in third place after defeating NSWIS Arrows 2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.[2]
Competition format
The 2004 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.
Point allocation
All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were as follows:
· 3 points for a win
· 1 points to each team in the event of a draw
· 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out
· 0 points to the loser of the match
Results
- All times are local (AWST).
Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Canberra Strikers |
7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 16 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | QLD Scorchers |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 16 | |
| 3 | WA Diamonds |
7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 16 | |
| 4 |  NSWIS Arrows |
7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | |
| 5 |  VIS Vipers |
7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 9 | |
| 6 |  Adelaide Suns |
7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 7 | |
| 7 |  Tassie Van Demons |
7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 6 | |
| 8 |  Territory Pearls |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 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 | |||||
| 13 March 2004 | ||||||
| VIS Vipers | 2 | |||||
| 14 March 2004 | ||||||
| Territory Pearls (a.e.t) | 3 | |||||
| Territory Pearls (a.e.t) | 2 | |||||
| 13 March 2004 | ||||||
| Adelaide Suns | 1 | |||||
| Adelaide Suns | 5 | |||||
| Tassie Van Demons | 0 | |||||
| Seventh Place | ||||||
| 14 March 2004 | ||||||
| VIS Vipers | 3 | |||||
| Tassie Van Demons | 1 | |||||
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 | |||||
| 13 March 2004 | ||||||
| Canberra Strikers | 3 | |||||
| 14 March 2004 | ||||||
| NSWIS Arrows | 2 | |||||
| Canberra Strikers | 1 | |||||
| 13 March 2004 | ||||||
| WA Diamonds | 2 | |||||
| QLD Scorchers | 2 (3) | |||||
| WA Diamonds (pen.) | 2 (4) | |||||
| Third Place | ||||||
| 14 March 2004 | ||||||
| NSWIS Arrows | 0 | |||||
| QLD Scorchers | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Awards
| Players of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Player of the Final |
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| Sarah Taylor Emily Halliday |
Hope Brown |
Emily Halliday |
