2006 Women's Australian Hockey League Explained

Tournament:2006 Women's
Australian Hockey League
Country: Australia
Venues:8
Cities:8
Teams:8
Dates:7 April – 14 May
Champions: WA Diamonds
Count:3
Second: QLD Scorchers
Third: Canberra Strikers
Matches:52
Goals:227
Top Scorer: Emily Halliday
Top Scorer Goals:13
Best Player: Peta Gallagher
Previous Year:2005
Previous Tournament:2005 Women's Australian Hockey League
Next Year:2007
Next Tournament:2007 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 2006 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 14th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 7 April – 14 May 2006.[1]

WA Diamonds won the tournament for the third time after defeating QLD Scorchers 4–2 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2–1 in the third and fourth place playoff.[2]

Participating teams

Competition format

The 2006 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.

The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures based on aggregate scores to determine point allocation.

Results

Preliminary round

Fixtures

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Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

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Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007-2008 Annual Report . . clearinghouseforsport.gov.au . 16 September 2019.
  2. Web site: AHL . . 16 September 2019.