2007 Women's Australian Hockey League Explained

Tournament:2007 Women's
Australian Hockey League
Country:Australia
Cities:8
Venues:8
Teams:8
Dates:23 February – 8 April
Champions: WA Diamonds
Count:4
Second: QLD Scorchers
Third: VIC Vipers
Matches:52
Goals:232
Top Scorer: Suzie Faulkner
Top Scorer Goals:11
Best Player: Rebecca Sanders
Previous Year:2006
Previous Tournament:2006 Women's Australian Hockey League
Next Year:2008
Next Tournament:2008 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 2007 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 15th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 23 February – 8 April 2007 at various venues, before culminating in Brisbane for the finals.[1]

WA Diamonds won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2–1 in the final. VIC Vipers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2–1 in the third and fourth place playoff.

Participating teams

Competition format

The 2007 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.

Point allocation

Match points were allocated as follows:

· 3 points for a win
· 1 point to each team in the event of a draw
· 0 points to the loser of the match

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: 2006–2007 Annual Report . . clearinghouseforsport.gov.au . 25 March 2020.