2004 Men's Australian Hockey League

2004 Men's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Dates	17–29 February
Teams	8
Venue(s)	State Netball Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	QLD Blades (3rd title)
Runner-up	WA Thundersticks
Third place	VIC Vikings
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	205 (5.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Troy Elder (11 goals)
Best player	Stephen Mowlam
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Last updated April 28, 2023

The 2004 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 14th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held at the State Netball Hockey Centre in Melbourne, from 17 to 29 February 2004.^[1]

Participating teams

Competition format

The 2004 Men'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 (AEDT).

Preliminary round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD Blades	7	6	0	1	0	32	16	+16	19	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	WA Thundersticks	7	5	0	1	1	23	15	+8	16
3	NSW Panthers	7	4	1	1	1	29	19	+10	15
4	VIC Vikings (H)	7	4	1	0	2	23	12	+11	14
5	Adelaide Hotshots	7	3	1	0	3	21	20	+1	11
6	Tassie Tigers	7	2	0	0	5	11	25	−14	6
7	Territory Stingers	7	0	1	0	6	9	21	−12	2
8	Canberra Lakers	7	0	0	1	6	14	34	−20	1

Source: Hockey Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) matches won; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result.
(H) Host

Fixtures

17 February 2004
10:00

Tassie Tigers	1–6	QLD Blades
Wright 67'	Report	Elder 12' Clutton 14', 43' M. Brennan 29' De Young 60' Butler 64'

Umpires:
Kieran Deland (AUS)
Murray Grime (AUS)

17 February 2004
12:00

Canberra Lakers	3–6	WA Thundersticks
Dawson 28' Z. Hawes 39' M. Hotchkis 55'	Report	Webster 10', 44' Gibson 29', 54' M. Boyce 48' Woodhouse 67'

Umpires:
Benjamin de Young (AUS)
Adam Kearns (AUS)

17 February 2004
14:00

VIC Vikings	2–0	Territory Stingers
Ford 26' Geraghty 39'	Report

Umpires:
Patrick McCann (AUS)
Paul Ludwig (AUS)

17 February 2004
16:00

NSW Panthers	6–2	Adelaide Hotshots
Hogan 4', 10', 24' McCann 13' Harris 18' Beaton 63'	Report	Fitzgerald 20' Wishart 49'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Ian Lockley (AUS)

18 February 2004
14:00

Territory Stingers	2–5	NSW Panthers
C. Hennessy 27' Hewett 65'	Report	Livermore 33' Paterson 35' Fibbins 46' Commens 49' Matheson 55'

Umpires:
Alistair Grieve (AUS)
Murray Grime (AUS)

18 February 2004
16:00

Tassie Tigers	2–0	Canberra Lakers
Curry 7' Guest 25'	Report

Umpires:
Paul Ludwig (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

18 February 2004
18:00

Adelaide Hotshots	1–3	VIC Vikings
Bircher 49'	Report	McLennan 11' Smith 16' Geraghty 55'

Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Benjamin de Young (AUS)

18 February 2004
20:00

QLD Blades	5–4	WA Thundersticks
M. Brennan 6', 24' Elder 57', 61' Butler 68'	Report	S. Boyce 2', 35' M. Boyce 52' Webster 66'

Umpires:
Ian Lockley (AUS)
Patrick McCann (AUS)

20 February 2004
14:00

WA Thundersticks	5–1	Tassie Tigers
Gibson 4' Galvin 23' M. Boyce 42' Webster 47' Trigwell 62'	Report	Curry 17'

Umpires:
Kieran Deland (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

20 February 2004
16:00

Territory Stingers	1–3	Adelaide Hotshots
Abbott 38'	Report	Victory 5', 68' Johnson 60'

Umpires:
Patrick McCann (AUS)
Benjamin de Young (AUS)

20 February 2004
18:00

QLD Blades	6–0	Canberra Lakers
Elder 6', 56' Eglington 8' Butler 23' M. Brennan 49' B. Brown 63'	Report

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Alistair Grieve (AUS)

20 February 2004
20:00

VIC Vikings	3–3 (a.e.t.)	NSW Panthers
Doerner 19', 35' Smith 68'	Report	Fibbins 6' Commens 45' McCann 50'
Penalties
Ford Doerner Smith T. Brooks	4–2	McCann Paterson Commens Livermore

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Paul Ludwig (AUS)

22 February 2004
10:00

Adelaide Hotshots	2–1	Tassie Tigers
Schubert 50' Victory 69'	Report	Close 5'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Adam Kearns (AUS)

22 February 2004
12:00

Canberra Lakers	1–5	VIC Vikings
Cummins 52'	Report	Smith 27', 47' Priddle 29' Doerner 32', 54'

Umpires:
Kieran Deland (AUS)
Benjamin de Young (AUS)

22 February 2004
14:00

NSW Panthers	2–3	QLD Blades
Fibbins 36' Livermore 66'	Report	Elder 14' Eglington 55', 64'

Umpires:
Ian Lockley (AUS)
Murray Grime (AUS)

22 February 2004
16:00

WA Thundersticks	2–1	Territory Stingers
Hopkins 3' Gibson 31'	Report	Clancy 38'

Umpires:
Alistair Grieve (AUS)
Paul Ludwig (AUS)

23 February 2004
10:00

NSW Panthers	4–3	Canberra Lakers
Naylor 31' Hogan 37' McCann 46' Green 55'	Report	Bishop 2' M. Hotchkis 14' Judge 23'

Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Alistair Grieve (AUS)

23 February 2004
12:00

VIC Vikings	3–4	QLD Blades
Doerner 23' T. Brooks 59' Smith 62'	Report	Elder 36', 64' Morris 53' S. Brennan 56'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Kieran Deland (AUS)

23 February 2004
14:00

WA Thundersticks	2–1	Adelaide Hotshots
S. Boyce 13', 20'	Report	Victory 42'

Umpires:
Patrick McCann (AUS)
Ian Lockley (AUS)

23 February 2004
16:00

Territory Stingers	0–1	Tassie Tigers
	Report	Guest 54'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Murray Grime (AUS)

25 February 2004
10:00

QLD Blades	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Adelaide Hotshots
Barry 5', 55' Butler 68'	Report	Victory 44', 61' Bircher 48' Schubert 74'

Umpires:
Ian Lockley (AUS)
Patrick McCann (AUS)

25 February 2004
12:00

Canberra Lakers	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Territory Stingers
P. MacKinnon 10' Bishop 47' Dawson 70+'	Report	McGregor 44', 46' Carroll 56'
Penalties
J. Hawes Tomadini Stebbings Dawson	1–3	O'Brien C. Hennessy D. Hennessy

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Benjamin de Young (AUS)

25 February 2004
14:00

Tassie Tigers	3–5	NSW Panthers
Guest 30', 59' Clifford 67'	Report	Fibbins 7' McCann 10', 23', 53' Naylor 53'

Umpires:
Alistair Grieve (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

25 February 2004
16:00

WA Thundersticks	1–0	VIC Vikings
McIntyre 2'	Report

Umpires:
Kieran Deland (AUS)
Paul Ludwig (AUS)

26 February 2004
14:00

QLD Blades	5–2	Territory Stingers
Clutton 22' Elder 50' Barry 51' M. Brennan 52' Eglington 66'	Report	Hewett 4' D. Hennessy 65'

Umpires:
Patrick McCann (AUS)
Alistair Grieve (AUS)

26 February 2004
16:00

NSW Panthers	4–3 (a.e.t.)	WA Thundersticks
McCann 26' Livermore 39' Hogan 66', 73'	Report	S. Boyce 17' McIntyre 37', 41'

Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Paul Ludwig (AUS)

26 February 2004
18:00

Adelaide Hotshots	8–4	Canberra Lakers
Cleghorn 18' Schubert 30', 50', 51', 55' Wishart 43' Lee 48' Reece 49'	Report	Taylor 5', 59' M. Hotchkis 8' Judge 67'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Kieran Deland (AUS)

26 February 2004
20:00

VIC Vikings	7–2	Tassie Tigers
Smyth 16' Smith 39' Doerner 44' McLennan 52' Mirecki 58' Monte 60' Davis 66'	Report	Guest 21', 68'

Umpires:
Benjamin de Young (AUS)
Murray Grime (AUS)

Classification round

Crossover		Fifth Place

28 February 2004

Adelaide Hotshots (a.e.t)	4
		29 February 2004
Canberra Lakers	3
		Adelaide Hotshots	5
28 February 2004
		Territory Stingers	4
Tassie Tigers	2

Territory Stingers	3
		Seventh Place

		29 February 2004

		Canberra Lakers	5

		Tassie Tigers	0

Crossover

28 February 2004
08:30

Adelaide Hotshots	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Canberra Lakers
Victory 16' Schubert 39' Johnson 64' Reece 74'	Report	Judge 25' M. Hotchkis 30' Stebbings 59'

Umpires:
Benjamin de Young (AUS)
Ian Lockley (AUS)

28 February 2004
10:30

Tassie Tigers	2–3	Territory Stingers
Wright 18' Lucas 20'	Report	C. Hennessy 3' J. Anstess 43', 65'

Umpires:
Patrick McCann (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

29 February 2004
08:30

Canberra Lakers	5–0	Tassie Tigers
Stebbings 10' Bishop 28' P. MacKinnon 30', 59' M. Hotchkis 44'	Report

Umpires:
Alistair Grieve (AUS)
Kieran Deland (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

29 February 2004
10:30

Adelaide Hotshots	5–4	Territory Stingers
Victory 8', 51' Schubert 37', 42' Holt 40'	Report	C. Hennessy 47', 56', 60' D. Hennessy 59'

Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Patrick McCann (AUS)

Medal round

Semi-finals		Gold Medal Match

28 February 2004

QLD Blades	2
		29 February 2004
VIC Vikings	0
		QLD Blades	4
28 February 2004
		WA Thundersticks	1
WA Thundersticks (a.e.t)	3

NSW Panthers	2
		Bronze Medal Match

		29 February 2004

		VIC Vikings	4

		NSW Panthers	1

Semi-finals

28 February 2004
12:30

QLD Blades	2–0	VIC Vikings
Eglington 36', 61'	Report

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Kieran Deland (AUS)

28 February 2004
14:30

WA Thundersticks	3–2 (a.e.t.)	NSW Panthers
Bolton 15' S. Boyce 41' M. Boyce 74'	Report	Naylor 10' McCann 64'

Umpires:
Paul Ludwig (AUS)
Adam Kearns (AUS)

Bronze medal match

29 February 2004
12:30

VIC Vikings	4–1	NSW Panthers
J. Brooks 23' Ford 33' Priddle 50' Doerner 60'	Report	Beaton 5'

Umpires:
Ian Lockley (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

Gold medal match

29 February 2004
14:30

QLD Blades	4–1	WA Thundersticks
Elder 20', 53' Butler 33' Eglington 58'	Report	S. Boyce 28'

Umpires:
Paul Ludwig (AUS)
Murray Grime (AUS)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	QLD Blades	9	8	0	1	0	38	17	+21	25	Gold Medal
	WA Thundersticks	9	5	1	1	2	27	21	+6	18	Silver Medal
	VIC Vikings (H)	9	5	1	0	3	27	15	+12	17	Bronze Medal
4	NSW Panthers	9	4	1	2	2	32	26	+6	16
5	Adelaide Hotshots	9	4	2	0	3	30	27	+3	16
6	Territory Stingers	9	1	1	0	7	16	28	−12	5
7	Canberra Lakers	9	1	0	2	6	22	38	−16	5
8	Tassie Tigers	9	2	0	0	7	13	33	−20	6

Source: Hockey Australia
(H) Host

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References

↑ "2003–2004 Annual Report" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia . Retrieved 29 November 2022.
↑ "AHL". hockeywa.org.au. Hockey WA . Retrieved 22 November 2022.

External links

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[1] "2003–2004 Annual Report" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia . Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[2] "AHL". hockeywa.org.au. Hockey WA . Retrieved 22 November 2022.

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