2008 Men's Australian Hockey League

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2008 Men's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host country Australia
City Canberra
Teams 8
Venue(s) National Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks (7th title)
Runner-up Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Blades
Third place Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored178 (4.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Luke Doerner (9 goals)
Best player Flag of Western Australia.svg Bevan George
← 2007 (previous)(next) 2009 →

The 2008 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 18th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Australia's capital city, Canberra.

Contents

The WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the seventh time by defeating the QLD Blades 4–2 in the final. [1]

Competition Format

The tournament comprised a single round-robin format in the preliminary round. At the conclusion of the preliminary round, teams ranked first to fourth progressed to the medal round, while teams ranked fifth to eighth progressed to the classification round.

Teams

Results

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWWDLDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Blades 760012814+1418 Semi-finals
2 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings 75101228+1417
3 Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks 74012178+913
4 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers 740031918+112
5 Flag of South Australia.svg Southern Hotshots 740031720−312
6 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Lakers 730041718−19
7 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs 710061317−43
8 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers 70007535−300
Source: Clearing House
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. [2]

Fixtures

25 February 2008
11:00
VIC Vikings Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 6–0 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers
Doerner Field hockey ball.svg 6', 19'
T. Brooks Field hockey ball.svg 29', 52'
J. Brooks Field hockey ball.svg 59'
McLennan Field hockey ball.svg 64'		 Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
25 February 2008
13:00
QLD Blades Flag of Queensland.svg 2–1 Flag of South Australia.svg Southern Hotshots
Elder Field hockey ball.svg 28'
Dwyer Field hockey ball.svg 30'		 Report Schubert Field hockey ball.svg 54'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
25 February 2008
15:00
WA Thundersticks Flag of Western Australia.svg 5–0 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs
Hopkins Field hockey ball.svg 4'
Smith Field hockey ball.svg 30'
Kavanagh Field hockey ball.svg 44'
Dancer Field hockey ball.svg 67'
Blakeney Field hockey ball.svg 69'		 Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
25 February 2008
17:00
Canberra Lakers Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg 0–2 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers
Report Cock Field hockey ball.svg 27'
Guest Field hockey ball.svg 61'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 February 2008
11:00
NSW Waratahs Flag of New South Wales.svg 2–3 Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Blades
Livermore Field hockey ball.svg 29'
Sutherland Field hockey ball.svg 32'		 Report Dwyer Field hockey ball.svg 45'
De Young Field hockey ball.svg 61'
Elder Field hockey ball.svg 66'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 February 2008
13:00
Tassie Tigers Flag of Tasmania.svg 2–5 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings
Ancher Field hockey ball.svg 24', 41' Report Doerner Field hockey ball.svg 21', 22'
McLennan Field hockey ball.svg 25'
Mirecki Field hockey ball.svg 37'
Kleinschmidt Field hockey ball.svg 68'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 February 2008
15:00
Southern Hotshots Flag of South Australia.svg 3–6 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Lakers
Cleghorn Field hockey ball.svg 13'
Reece Field hockey ball.svg 31'
Porter Field hockey ball.svg 63'		 Report Onitiri Field hockey ball.svg 2'
Davidson Field hockey ball.svg 12'
Turner Field hockey ball.svg 34', 39', 41'
D. Hotchkis Field hockey ball.svg 43'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 February 2008
17:00
NT Stingers Flag of the Northern Territory.svg 0–3 Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks
Report Smith Field hockey ball.svg 11'
Kavanagh Field hockey ball.svg 14'
Blakeney Field hockey ball.svg 27'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 February 2008
11:00
Southern Hotshots Flag of South Australia.svg 3–2 Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks
Dry Field hockey ball.svg 37'
Reece Field hockey ball.svg 70'
Cleghorn Field hockey ball.svg 81'		 Report Kavanagh Field hockey ball.svg 35'
Brown Field hockey ball.svg 55'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 February 2008
13:00
NSW Waratahs Flag of New South Wales.svg 0–1 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers
Report Richardson Field hockey ball.svg 49'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 February 2008
15:00
QLD Blades Flag of Queensland.svg 8–0 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers
Eglington Field hockey ball.svg 3'
Dwyer Field hockey ball.svg 4'
Burns Field hockey ball.svg 30'
Elder Field hockey ball.svg 37', 53'
Butler Field hockey ball.svg 37'
M. Bates Field hockey ball.svg 63', 68'		 Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 February 2008
17:00
Canberra Lakers Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg 1–4 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings
Bishop Field hockey ball.svg 4' Report Geraghty Field hockey ball.svg 8'
T. Brooks Field hockey ball.svg 33'
Doerner Field hockey ball.svg 44', 47'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
1 March 2008
11:00
QLD Blades Flag of Queensland.svg 3–2 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Lakers
Elder Field hockey ball.svg 18', 60'
Burns Field hockey ball.svg 45'		 Report Davidson Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Jorgensen Field hockey ball.svg 49'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
1 March 2008
13:00
VIC Vikings Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 0–0 Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks
Report
Penalties
5–4
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
1 March 2008
15:00
Tassie Tigers Flag of Tasmania.svg 4–1 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers
Ockenden Field hockey ball.svg 1', 46'
Guest Field hockey ball.svg 23', 26'		 Report Robertson Field hockey ball.svg 16'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
1 March 2008
17:00
NSW Waratahs Flag of New South Wales.svg 1–3 Flag of South Australia.svg Southern Hotshots
Sutherland Field hockey ball.svg 54' Report Schubert Field hockey ball.svg 31', 43'
Reece Field hockey ball.svg 45'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 March 2008
11:00
WA Thundersticks Flag of Western Australia.svg 4–2 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers
Blakeney Field hockey ball.svg 11'
Bausor Field hockey ball.svg 29', 32'
Smith Field hockey ball.svg 62'		 Report Richardson Field hockey ball.svg 18'
Ockenden Field hockey ball.svg 44'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 March 2008
13:00
Canberra Lakers Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg 4–3 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs
Turner Field hockey ball.svg 12'
Backhus Field hockey ball.svg 47', 79'
Davidson Field hockey ball.svg 48'		 Report Sutherland Field hockey ball.svg 8'
M. Paterson Field hockey ball.svg 15'
Livermore Field hockey ball.svg 18'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 March 2008
15:00
VIC Vikings Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 2–5 Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Blades
Pollard Field hockey ball.svg 15', 28' Report Eglington Field hockey ball.svg 5', 48'
Dwyer Field hockey ball.svg 35'
T. Bates Field hockey ball.svg 52'
Elder Field hockey ball.svg 58'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 March 2008
17:00
NT Stingers Flag of the Northern Territory.svg 2–3 Flag of South Australia.svg Southern Hotshots
Abbott Field hockey ball.svg 29', 69' Report Schubert Field hockey ball.svg 7'
Hughes Field hockey ball.svg 12'
Magee Field hockey ball.svg 46'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2008
11:00
Canberra Lakers Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg 4–2 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers
Hinde Field hockey ball.svg 2'
MacKinnon Field hockey ball.svg 17', 59'
Davidson Field hockey ball.svg 40'		 Report Lockley Field hockey ball.svg 3'
Robertson Field hockey ball.svg 23'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2008
13:00
Southern Hotshots Flag of South Australia.svg 4–3 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers
Magee Field hockey ball.svg 22'
Hughes Field hockey ball.svg 46'
Reece Field hockey ball.svg 65'
Schubert Field hockey ball.svg 78'		 Report Guest Field hockey ball.svg 20', 31'
Cock Field hockey ball.svg 34'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2008
15:00
NSW Waratahs Flag of New South Wales.svg 0–1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings
Report Doerner Field hockey ball.svg 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2008
17:00
WA Thundersticks Flag of Western Australia.svg 2–3 Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Blades
Kavanagh Field hockey ball.svg 4', 43' Report Dwyer Field hockey ball.svg 43'
De Young Field hockey ball.svg 54'
Eglington Field hockey ball.svg 80'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
5 March 2008
11:00
Southern Hotshots Flag of South Australia.svg 0–4 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings
Report Kleinschmidt Field hockey ball.svg
T. Brooks Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Pollard Field hockey ball.svg 55'
Mirecki Field hockey ball.svg 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
5 March 2008
13:00
NT Stingers Flag of the Northern Territory.svg 0–7 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs
Report Poulton Field hockey ball.svg 5'
I. Paterson Field hockey ball.svg 25'
Orchard Field hockey ball.svg 27', 61'
Naylor Field hockey ball.svg 30'
Matheson Field hockey ball.svg 42'
Butturini Field hockey ball.svg 44'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
5 March 2008
15:00
WA Thundersticks Flag of Western Australia.svg 1–0 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Lakers
Blakeney Field hockey ball.svg 13' Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
5 March 2008
17:00
QLD Blades Flag of Queensland.svg 4–5 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers
Burns Field hockey ball.svg 6'
De Young Field hockey ball.svg 9'
T. Bates Field hockey ball.svg 15', 47'		 Report Cock Field hockey ball.svg 13', 35', 44'
Richardson Field hockey ball.svg 58'
Guest Field hockey ball.svg 78'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
CrossoverFifth Place
 
      
 
7 March 2008
 
 
 Flag of South Australia.svg Southern Hotshots 3
 
8 March 2008
 
 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers 2
 
 Flag of South Australia.svg Southern Hotshots 1
 
7 March 2008
 
 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs 5
 
 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Lakers 2
 
 
 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs 4
 
Seventh Place
 
 
8 March 2008
 
 
 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers 0
 
 
 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Lakers 4
Crossover
7 March 2008
11:00
Southern Hotshots Flag of South Australia.svg 3–2 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers
Cleghorn Field hockey ball.svg 23', 50'
Magee Field hockey ball.svg 66'		 Report Brown Field hockey ball.svg 61'
Bransgrove Field hockey ball.svg 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
7 March 2008
13:00
Canberra Lakers Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg 2–4 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs
Backhus Field hockey ball.svg 26'
Hinde Field hockey ball.svg 70'		 Report Livermore Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Sutherland Field hockey ball.svg 44'
Naylor Field hockey ball.svg 65'
Butturini Field hockey ball.svg 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Seventh and eighth place
8 March 2008
11:00
NT Stingers Flag of the Northern Territory.svg 0–4 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Lakers
Report Backhus Field hockey ball.svg 45'
Dent Field hockey ball.svg 50'
Hinde Field hockey ball.svg 57'
M. Hotchkis Field hockey ball.svg 61'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Fifth and sixth place
8 March 2008
13:00
Southern Hotshots Flag of South Australia.svg 1–5 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs
Kelly Field hockey ball.svg 31' Report M. Paterson Field hockey ball.svg 14', 23', 39'
Sutherland Field hockey ball.svg 58'
Booth Field hockey ball.svg 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 March 2008
 
 
 Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Blades 3
 
8 March 2008
 
 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers 1
 
 Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Blades 2
 
7 March 2008
 
 Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks 4
 
 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings 1
 
 
 Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks 2
 
Third Place
 
 
8 March 2008
 
 
 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers 1
 
 
 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings 3
Semi-finals
7 March 2008
15:00
QLD Blades Flag of Queensland.svg 3–1 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers
Wilson Field hockey ball.svg 46'
Eglington Field hockey ball.svg 46', 54'		 Report Tremayne Field hockey ball.svg 64'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
7 March 2008
17:00
VIC Vikings Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 1–2 Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks
Doerner Field hockey ball.svg 53' Report Hulbert Field hockey ball.svg 22'
Blakeney Field hockey ball.svg 30'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Third and fourth place
8 March 2008
15:00
Tassie Tigers Flag of Tasmania.svg 1–3 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings
Guest Field hockey ball.svg 8' Report J. Brooks Field hockey ball.svg 1'
Doerner Field hockey ball.svg 56'
Geraghty Field hockey ball.svg 67'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Final
8 March 2008
17:00
QLD Blades Flag of Queensland.svg 2–4 Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks
Elder Field hockey ball.svg 2'
Eglington Field hockey ball.svg 69'		 Report Dancer Field hockey ball.svg 22'
Charlesworth Field hockey ball.svg 54'
Smith Field hockey ball.svg 59'
Hopkins Field hockey ball.svg 63'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Awards

Player of the TournamentTop GoalscorerPlayer of the Final
Flag of Western Australia.svg Bevan George Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Luke Doerner Flag of Western Australia.svg Aaron Hopkins

Statistics

Final standings

PosTeamPldWWDLDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Thundersticks 960122311+1219Gold Medal
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Blades 970023319+1421Silver Medal
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Vikings 961022611+1520Bronze Medal
4 Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers 940052124−312
5 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Waratahs 930062220+29
6 Flag of South Australia.svg Southern Hotshots 950042127−615
7 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Lakers 940052322+112
8 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg NT Stingers 90009742−350

Goalscorers

There were 176 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.89 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Clearing House

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References

  1. ↑ "WA Thundersticks wins AHL championship". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Regulations
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