2008 Women's Australian Hockey League Explained

Tournament:2008 Women's
Australian Hockey League
Country: Australia
City:Perth
Venues:Perth Hockey Stadium
Teams:8
Dates:24 March – 5 April
Champions: WA Diamonds
Count:5
Second: QLD Scorchers
Third: Canberra Strikers
Matches:36
Goals:144
Top Scorer: Sian Smithson
Top Scorer Goals:7
Best Player: Madonna Blyth
Previous Year:2007
Previous Tournament:2007 Women's Australian Hockey League
Next Year:2009
Next Tournament:2009 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 16th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 24 March – 5 April 2008.[1]

WA Diamonds won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2–0 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.[2]

Participating teams

Competition format

The 2008 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

All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were as follows:

· 3 points for a win
· 1 points to each team in the event of a draw
· 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out
· 0 points to the loser of the match

Results

Preliminary round

Pool matches

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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 . 25 October 2018 .
  2. Web site: AHL . . 25 October 2018.