Hockey One

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Hockey One
JDH Hockey One League logo.png
Formerly Australian Hockey League
Sport Field hockey
Founded2019
No. of teams7
Country Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
ContinentOceania (OHF)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg HC Melbourne (M)
Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Thundersticks (W)
Most titles Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Pride (M)(2)
Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Blaze (W)(2)
TV partner(s) 7plus
Official website hockeyone.com.au

The Liberty Hockey One is a field hockey competition organised by Hockey Australia, which replaced the Australian Hockey League. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Dual competitions are conducted for both men's and women's teams, with parallel fixtures for both competitions throughout the regular season. The league serves as Australia's premier domestic hockey league, helping unearth future talent for selection to the Australian national teams; the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos. [5]

The NSW Pride and the Brisbane Blaze are currently the most successful teams, winning three out of six titles each. The Pride won both the men's and women's competitions in 2022, whereas the Blaze won both competitions in 2023.

History

The Hockey One League was founded on 17 April 2019. The tournament was formed following an overhaul of the Australian Hockey League, and replaced the tournament to serve as Australia's premier hockey competition. [5]

Following a series of rule innovations during the 2018 men's and women's AHL tournaments, Hockey Australia made the decision to disband the premier competition, making way for the new domestic league. [6]

On 23 September 2019, Hockey Australia confirmed that the new league had secured a major partnership with Kellogg's, with naming rights also afforded to the company, forming the Sultana Bran Hockey One League. [7] The sponsorship was for the first two seasons, which due to the COVID-19 pandemic extended through to the 2022 (second) season. The following day it was confirmed that Westfund Health Insurance had been named as a supporting partner. [8]

On 11 September 2023, the league announced Jamie Dwyer Hockey (JDH) as the new official naming rights partner, with the 2023 (third) season named the JDH Hockey One League. [9]

On 24 September 2024, Liberty was announced as naming rights partner, officially renaming the league to the Liberty Hockey One League for season four (2024) [10] .

COVID-19 pandemic

Following a successful first season of the Sultana Bran Hockey One in 2019, the second edition was anticipated for commencement in late 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league's second season was postponed until 2021. [11] The decision was made by the Hockey One board on 24 March 2020 following consultations with Hockey Australia and the seven member associations in the league, all of which being unable to financially support the program later in the year. [12]

The postponement was not only made to benefit associations financially, but also on account of restrictions put into place by the Government of Australia, which prohibited mass-gatherings and sporting events. [13] The league went on to postpone the second season to October 2022, owing to divergent state border restrictions in place across the country in late 2021. [14]

Format

Seven teams will compete in a round-robin tournament with home and away matches, played from late September to mid November, with the top four teams advancing to the finals round at a pre-determined location. [15]

Teams

The seven teams to compete in the Sultana Bran Hockey One come from Australia's states and territories, with the Northern Territory being the only team absent. [16]

One Hockey Cup [17]

The One Hockey Cup, presents an opportunity to celebrate the combined performances of Men’s and Women’s teams from the 7 Hockey One League Franchises. The One Hockey Cup will be awarded to the Club that ranks highest based on the aggregate scores of their Women’s and Men’s teams at the end of the Regular Season (Rounds 1 – 7).

The One Hockey Cup table stands as a separate competition to the League, and as such, the following points system is applied only to the One Hockey Cup table, and not applied to the League Table/general team standings. The One Hockey Cup results will have no impact on the outcome of the Hockey One League.

1. Clubs will be ranked on the One Hockey Cup table, based on the aggregate scores of the Women’s and Men’s matches on each matchday during the Regular Season (Rounds 1 – 7).
1.1. matchday results will be awarded as wins, draws, or losses, based on the aggregate score achieved by one Club against another on a single matchday.
1.1.1. if a single match results in a draw, the Club that wins the shoot-out competition will receive one extra goal on their aggregate matchday goal total.

2. Points on the One Hockey Cup table will be awarded as follows, based on the aggregate score of both matches on a single matchday
2.1. five points to the winning Club;
2.2. two points to each Club, in the event of a draw;
2.3. Zero points to the loser.
2.4. In circumstances where a match is abandoned, such as under “12. Interruptions to a Match” and the result is deemed to be a draw, two points will be awarded to each team towards their Club’s total for that matchday.

3. At the end of the Regular Season (Rounds 1 – 7) Clubs will be ranked on the One Hockey Cup table according to the number of points each club has accumulated in the regular rounds of the Hockey One Competition.
3.1. If two or more clubs have the same number of points, these clubs will be ranked according to their respective number of matchdays won.
3.2. If there remains equality between two or more clubs, then these clubs will be ranked according to their respective goal difference (which means “goals for” less “goals against”).
3.3. If there remains equality among two or more clubs, then these teams will be ranked according to their respective number of “goals for”.
3.4. Should there remain equality among two clubs, then the results of the matches played between those clubs will determine the ranking of the tied clubs.
3.5. If more than two clubs are involved, then a ranking based upon the results of the matches (only) then shall determine their respective position, based on the points awarded in accordance with aforementioned Club Cup 2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, & 2.4
3.6 If there remains equality among two or more clubs, then these clubs will be ranked according to the number of Field Goals scored during the regular rounds.
3.7 If there remains equality among two or more clubs, then these clubs will share the relevant placing on the One Hockey Cup table.

Winners

One Hockey Cup Winners
YearWinner
2023 [18] Brisbane Blaze Flag of Queensland.svg
2024 [19] Perth Thundersticks Flag of Western Australia.svg

Men's tournament

Summaries

YearHostsGold Medal MatchThird and Fourth
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
2019 Melbourne Flag of New South Wales.svg
NSW Pride 		8–3 Flag of Queensland.svg
Brisbane Blaze 		Flag of Tasmania.svg
Tassie Tigers 		Round-robin Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
HC Melbourne
2022 Bendigo Flag of New South Wales.svg
NSW Pride 		2–0 Flag of Western Australia.svg
Perth Thundersticks 		Flag of Queensland.svg
Brisbane Blaze 		6–2 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg
Canberra Chill
2023 Canberra Flag of Queensland.svg
Brisbane Blaze 		3–3
(5–3 pen.)		 Flag of New South Wales.svg
NSW Pride 		Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
HC Melbourne 		2–1 Flag of Tasmania.svg
Tassie Tigers
2024 Hobart Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
HC Melbourne 		5–2 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg
Canberra Chill 		Flag of Queensland.svg
Brisbane Blaze 		4–3 Flag of Western Australia.svg
Perth Thundersticks

Awards

Men's Statistics
YearPlayer of the LeagueHighest Goalscorer(s)Player of the FinalFans Player of the Season
2019 Eddie Ockenden (Tigers) Blake Govers (Pride) Flynn Ogilvie (Pride)Not Awarded
2022 Andrew Charter (Chill) Joel Rintala (Blaze) Ky Willott (Pride)
2023 Timothy Brand (Pride) Jacob Anderson (Blaze) Blake Govers (Pride)
2024 Eddie Ockenden (Tigers) Landon Morley (Fire)
Aiden Dooley (Chill)		 Nathan Ephraums (Melbourne) Cooper Burns (Melbourne)

Team Appearances

Team 2019 2022 2023 2024 Total
Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Chill 5th4th7th2nd4
Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Pride 1st1st2nd6th4
Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Blaze 2nd3rd1st3rd4
Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Fire 7th7th5th7th4
Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers 3rd5th4th5th4
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg HC Melbourne 4th6th3rd1st4
Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Thundersticks 6th2nd6th4th4
Total777728

Women's tournament

Summaries

YearFinal HostGold Medal MatchThird and Fourth
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
2019 Melbourne Flag of Queensland.svg
Brisbane Blaze 		1–1
(3–2 pen.)		 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
HC Melbourne 		Flag of South Australia.svg
Adelaide Fire 		Round-robin Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg
Canberra Chill
2022 Bendigo Flag of New South Wales.svg
NSW Pride 		2–2
(3–1 pen.)		 Flag of Queensland.svg
Brisbane Blaze 		Flag of Western Australia.svg
Perth Thundersticks 		3–0 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
HC Melbourne
2023 Canberra Flag of Queensland.svg
Brisbane Blaze 		4–1 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg
Canberra Chill 		Flag of Western Australia.svg
Perth Thundersticks 		2–1 Flag of New South Wales.svg
NSW Pride
2024 Hobart Flag of Western Australia.svg
Perth Thundersticks 		4–1 Flag of Queensland.svg
Brisbane Blaze 		Flag of New South Wales.svg
NSW Pride 		4–4
(3–0 pen.)		 Flag of Tasmania.svg
Tassie Tigers

Awards

Women's Statistics
YearPlayer of the LeagueHighest Goalscorer(s)Player of the FinalFans Player of the Season
2019 Shihori Oikawa (Chill) Madeleine Ratcliffe (Melbourne)
Michaela Spano (Fire)
Abigail Wilson (Pride)		 Rosie Malone (Blaze)Not Awarded
2022 Amy Lawton (Melbourne) Grace Stewart (Pride) Mariah Williams (Pride)
2023 Kaitlin Nobbs (Pride) Laura Reid (Pride) Stephanie Kershaw (Blaze)
2024 Gitte Michels (Tigers) Lexie Pickering (Thundersticks) Aleisha Power (Thundersticks) Eva Drummond (Thundersticks)

Team Appearances

Team 2019 2022 2023 2024 Total
Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Chill 4th5th2nd6th4
Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Pride 6th1st4th3rd4
Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Blaze 1st2nd1st2nd4
Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Fire 3rd6th6th7th4
Flag of Tasmania.svg Tassie Tigers 7th7th7th4th4
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg HC Melbourne 2nd4th5th5th4
Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Thundersticks 5th3rd3rd1st4
Total777728

Statistics

Leading scorers

All-Time Men's Top Scorers
RankTeamPlayerGoals
1 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Pride Blake Govers 26
2 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Blaze Joel Rintala 23
4 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg HC Melbourne Nathan Ephraums 22
4 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Thundersticks James Day 20
Thomas Wickham
6 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Chill Benjamin Staines 19
7 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Blaze Cale Cramer 16
Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Pride Timothy Brand
Ky Willott
10 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg HC Melbourne Joshua Simmonds 15
All-Time Women's Top Scorers
RankTeamPlayerGoals
1 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Pride Abigail Wilson 22
2 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Blaze Savannah Fitzpatrick 18
3 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Thundersticks Liné Malan 18
Lexie Pickering
5 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Chill Naomi Evans 15
6 Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Pride Grace Stewart 14
7 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Blaze Madison Fitzpatrick 10
Britt Wilkinson
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg HC Melbourne Hannah Cotter
Madeleine Ratcliffe

Media coverage

To promote the sport and engage fans, every match of the 2022 Hockey One League was broadcast live across Australia. All matches were broadcast live on Kayo Sports and in addition, all Thursday night double headers were broadcast on FOX Sports. [20] Both Kayo and FOX Sports broadcast the finals series, held over a weekend in Bendigo on the 19th and 20th of November, 2022. [21]

Prior to the 2023 season, Hockey Australia announced a new broadcast deal with the Seven Network, bringing the competition to their free streaming service 7plus in a multi-year deal. [22]

See also

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