2009 Women's Australian Hockey League
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Australia | ||
| City | Melbourne | ||
| Dates | 27 February – 5 April | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue | State Netball and Hockey Centre | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | NSW Arrows (8th title) | ||
| Runner-up | QLD Scorchers | ||
| Third place | WA Diamonds | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 52 | ||
| Goals scored | 220 (4.23 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Emily Hurtz (12 goals) | ||
| Best player | Hope Munro | ||
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The 2009 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 17th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 27 February – 5 April 2009 at various venues, before culminating in Melbourne for the finals.[1]
NSW Arrows won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 5–3 in the final. WA Diamonds finished in third place after defeating Canberra Strikers 2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.[2]
Competition format
The 2008 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
Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | NSW Arrows | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7 | +34 | 41 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | WA Diamonds | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 36 | |
| 3 | QLD Scorchers | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 24 | |
| 4 | Canberra Strikers | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 24 | |
| 5 | VIC Vipers | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 22 | |
| 6 | Adelaide Suns | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 11 | |
| 7 | Tassie Van Demons | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 42 | −29 | 6 | |
| 8 | Territory Pearls | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 30 | −24 | 4 |
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 and Sixth place | |||||
| 4 April 2009 | ||||||
| VIC Vipers | 6 | |||||
| 5 April 2009 | ||||||
| NT Pearls | 1 | |||||
| VIC Vipers | 5 | |||||
| 4 April 2009 | ||||||
| Southern Suns | 2 | |||||
| Southern Suns | 3 | |||||
| Tassie Van Demons | 0 | |||||
| Seventh and Eighth place | ||||||
| 5 April 2009 | ||||||
| NT Pearls (a.e.t) | 3 | |||||
| Tassie Van Demons | 2 | |||||
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 | |||||
| 4 April 2009 | ||||||
| NSW Arrows | 2 | |||||
| 5 April 2009 | ||||||
| Canberra Strikers | 0 | |||||
| NSW Arrows | 5 | |||||
| 4 April 2009 | ||||||
| QLD Scorchers | 3 | |||||
| WA Diamonds | 1 (1) | |||||
| QLD Scorchers (p.s.o) | 1 (3) | |||||
| Third and Fourth place | ||||||
| 5 April 2009 | ||||||
| Canberra Strikers | 0 | |||||
| WA Diamonds | 2 | |||||
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 |
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| Hope Munro | Emily Hurtz | Fiona Johnson |
