2012 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships

2012 Under 21 Men's
Australian Hockey Championships

Tournament details
City	Hobart
Teams	8
Venue	Tasmanian Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	QLD
Runner-up	WA
Third place	NSW
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	185 (5.14 per match)
Top scorer	Blake Govers (12 goals)
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The 2012 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships was a men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart. ^[1]

Queensland won the gold medal after defeating Western Australia 3–0 in the final. ^[2] Following a 5–5 draw, New South Wales won the bronze medal with a higher percentage of games won, finishing ahead of Tasmania. ^[3]

Competition format

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, with each team facing each other once. Final placings after the pool matches determined playoff positions.

The bottom four teams moved to the classification round. Teams played in crossover matches, with the losing teams playing off for seventh place, and the winners for fifth. Meanwhile, the top four teams contested the medal round, with teams contesting in semi-finals. The winners played in the gold medal match, while the losers played off for bronze.

Teams

• ACT
• SA

• NSW
• TAS

• NT
• VIC

• QLD
• WA

Results

All times are local (AEST).

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD	7	5	2	0	26	13	+13	17	Semi-finals
2	NSW	7	5	1	1	28	15	+13	16
3	WA	7	5	0	2	19	14	+5	15
4	TAS	7	2	2	3	18	19	−1	8
5	VIC	7	2	1	4	15	16	−1	7
6	SA	7	2	0	5	15	23	−8	6
7	NT	7	1	2	4	9	16	−7	5
8	ACT	7	1	2	4	13	27	−14	5

Source: Hockey Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for; 6) field goals scored.

Fixtures

10 July 2012 09:00 WA 2–3 NSW Zalewski Clarke  45' Report Elliot  16' Ogilvie  31' Willott  34'

10 July 2012 11:00 SA 2–4 QLD Oliver  4' Joyce  45' Report Douglas  35', 36' Hathaway  48' Mathiesen  49'

10 July 2012 13:00 ACT 2–2 NT Palmer  8' Jewell  50' Report Abbott  13' Hullick  37'

10 July 2012 15:00 TAS 4–2 VIC Middleton  23' Phimmanarch  31' Arthur  51' Mackey  58' Report Sherren  9' Coleman  13'

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11 July 2012 09:00 NSW 6–2 SA Govers  6', 59' Elliot  13', 24', 30' Dawson  33' Report Joyce  8' White  53'

11 July 2012 11:00 VIC 1–1 NT Seccull  2' Report Gleeson  24'

11 July 2012 13:00 TAS 1–1 ACT Bolton  47' Report Palmer  70'

11 July 2012 15:00 QLD 5–2 WA Whetton  4' Douglas  7', 45' D. Beale  28', 56' Report Clarke  8', 70'

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13 July 2012 09:00 VIC 5–3 ACT Matthews  21' Sinclair  25' Seccull  38', 56' Walton  46' Report Jewell  7' S. Shepherd  36', 58'

13 July 2012 11:00 NSW 4–4 QLD Willott  7' Elliot  27' Walters  39' Govers  65' Report Mathiesen  15' Whetton  23', 66' Douglas  69'

13 July 2012 13:00 WA 4–0 SA Ewing  7', 14' Zalewski  27', 43' Report

13 July 2012 15:00 NT 1–5 TAS Abbott  46' Report Middleton  20', 45' Arthur  49' Phimmanarch  58' Edwards  62'

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14 July 2012 09:00 QLD 1–0 VIC Rintala  12' Report

14 July 2012 11:00 NT 1–3 WA Haami-Jones  57' Report Durrell  2' Clarke  51' Zalewski  70'

14 July 2012 13:00 SA 5–2 TAS Greenshields  12' Joyce  19' Mitchell  41', 58' Oliver  49' Report Cerulus  9' Bolton  52'

14 July 2012 15:00 ACT 2–8 NSW Borrett  46' Palmer  65' Report Bourke  5', 55' Walters  7', 30' Govers  8' Willis  21' Ogilvie  57' Eichorn  56'

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16 July 2012 09:00 TAS 3–3 QLD Short  13' Hathaway  41' Posselt  49' Report Bolton  15' Shaw  29' Middleton  57'

16 July 2012 11:00 WA 2–1 ACT Robertson  28' Brown  69' Report Palmer  44'

16 July 2012 13:00 NT 3–1 NSW Bougoukas  16' Lockley  49' Hayward  70+' Report Willis  6'

16 July 2012 15:00 VIC 4–2 SA Hammond  20' Coleman  39' Gilmour  44' Cross  48' Report Joyce  15', 53'

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17 July 2012 09:00 ACT 3–2 SA Wallace  45' S. Shepherd  61' Palmer  66' Report B. Craig  58' Roberts  63'

17 July 2012 11:00 NSW 4–1 TAS Govers  15', 27' Bourke  64' Ogilvie  65' Report Middleton  5'

17 July 2012 13:00 WA 3–2 VIC Clarke  22', 31', 59' Report Crowley  1' Sinclair  26'

17 July 2012 15:00 QLD 2–1 NT Mathiesen  17', 53' Report Haami-Jones  69'

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18 July 2012 09:00 TAS 2–3 WA Edwards  9', 14' Report Robertson  29' Hall  32' Brown  54'

18 July 2012 11:00 NSW 2–1 VIC Govers  32', 40' Report T. Craig  52'

18 July 2012 13:00 SA 2–0 NT Joyce  33', 57' Report

18 July 2012 15:00 QLD 7–1 ACT D. Beale  23' Rintala  32', 56' Quan  34' Bell  49' Boyde  53' Douglas  67' Report L. Shepherd  41'

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	20 July 2012
	VIC	5
					21 July 2012
	ACT	1
					VIC	2
	20 July 2012
					NT	1
	SA	2
	NT	3
					Seventh Place
					21 July 2012
					ACT	3
					SA	3

Crossover

20 July 2012 09:00 VIC 5–1 ACT Hammond  21' Cowley  40' Seccull  51' Cross  60' Gildea  67' Report Wallace  9' Umpires: Andrew Just (AUS) Nicholas Marshall (AUS)

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20 July 2012 11:00 SA 2–3 NT Joyce  4', 61' Report Haami-Jones  23' Hayward  31' Abbott  55' Umpires: Andrew Hickman (AUS) Benjamin Secrett (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

21 July 2012 09:00 ACT 3–3 SA Wallace  46', 67' English  56' Report Oliver  6' Mitchell  29' Joyce  62' Umpires: Simon Moore (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

21 July 2012 11:00 VIC 2–1 NT Gildea  22', 47' Report Abbott  41' Umpires: Benjamin Secrett (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Gold medal
	20 July 2012
	QLD	2
					21 July 2012
	TAS	0
					QLD	3
	20 July 2012
					WA	0
	NSW	3
	WA	4
					Bronze medal
					21 July 2012
					TAS	5
					NSW	5

Semi-finals

20 July 2012 13:00 QLD 2–0 TAS D. Beale  42' Douglas  45' Report Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)

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20 July 2012 15:00 NSW 3–4 WA Elliot  39', 60' Bourke  62' Report Robertson  4' Zalewski  30', 32' Ewing  44' Umpires: Levi Stephen (AUS) Simon Moore (AUS)

Third and fourth place

21 July 2012 13:00 TAS 5–5 NSW Arthur  11' Bolton  25', 55' Read  35' Middleton  59' Report Govers  13', 16', 29', 42' Walters  17' Umpires: Scott O'Reilly (AUS) Levi Stephen (AUS)

Final

21 July 2012 15:00 QLD 3–0 WA Bell  12' Whetton  41' Rintala  46' Report Umpires: Simon Cross (AUS) Scott Embry (AUS)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	QLD	9	7	2	0	31	13	+18	23	Gold medal
	WA	9	6	0	3	23	20	+3	18	Silver medal
	NSW	9	5	2	2	36	24	+12	17	Bronze medal
4	TAS	9	2	3	4	23	26	−3	9
5	VIC	9	4	1	4	22	18	+4	13
6	NT	9	2	2	5	13	20	−7	8
7	SA	9	2	1	6	20	29	−9	7
8	ACT	9	1	3	5	17	35	−18	6

Source: Hockey Australia

Goalscorers

There were 185 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 5.14 goals per match.

12 goals

• Blake Govers

10 goals

• Cameron Joyce

7 goals

• Jack Elliot
• Justin Douglas
• Bradley Clarke

6 goals

• Dougal Middleton
• Aran Zalewski

5 goals

• Andrew Palmer
• Angus Bolton

4 goals

• Jack Wallace
• Nathan Bourke
• Joshua Walters
• Dwayne Abbott
• Daniel Beale
• Daniel Mathiesen
• Aidan Rintala
• Jacob Whetton
• Adam Seccull

3 goals

• Stuart Shepherd
• Flynn Ogilvie
• Tarrant Haami-Jones
• Daniel Mitchell
• Alistair Oliver
• Kieron Arthur
• Jeremy Edwards
• Kyle Gildea
• Sebastian Ewing
• Daniel Robertson

2 goals

• James Jewell
• Matthew Willis
• Jordan Willott
• Jeremy Hayward
• Robert Bell
• Jake Hathaway
• Alexander Phimmanarch
• Christopher Coleman
• Timothy Cross
• Tyler Crowley
• Casey Hammond
• Thomas Sinclair
• Sheldon Brown

1 goal

• Layne Borrett
• Keagan English
• Lewis Shepherd
• Matthew Dawson
• Kyle Eichhorn
• Ross Bougoukas
• Brodie Gleeson
• Jamie Hullick
• Adrian Lockley
• Scott Boyde
• Kane Posselt
• Ethan Quan
• Lewis Short
• Benjamin Craig
• Nathan Greenshields
• Dylan Roberts
• Cameron White
• Maxwell Cerulus
• Kurt Mackey
• Benjamin Read
• William Shaw
• Thomas Craig
• William Gilmour
• Lewis Matthews
• Jake Sherren
• Byron Walton
• Steven Durrell
• Ross Hall

References

1. "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2012-2013" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia . Retrieved 20 May 2021.
2. "U21 Men Win National Championships". hockeyqld.com.au. Hockey Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
3. "Queensland Wins National Under 21 Championships". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2021.