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]
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.
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
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