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2008 Men's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
CityCanberra
Teams8
Venue(s)National Hockey Centre
Final positions
ChampionsWestern Australia WA Thundersticks (7th title)
Runner-upQueensland QLD Blades
Third placeVictoria (state) VIC Vikings
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored178 (4.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Victoria (state) Luke Doerner (9 goals)
Best playerWestern Australia Bevan George
← 2007 (previous) (next) 2009 →

The 2008 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 18th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Australia's capital city, Canberra.

The WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the seventh time by defeating the QLD Blades 4–2 in the final.[1]

Competition format[edit]

The tournament comprised a single round-robin format in the preliminary round. At the conclusion of the preliminary round, teams ranked first to fourth progressed to the medal round, while teams ranked fifth to eighth progressed to the classification round.

Teams[edit]

Results[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Queensland QLD Blades 7 6 0 0 1 28 14 +14 18 Semi-finals
2 Victoria (state) VIC Vikings 7 5 1 0 1 22 8 +14 17
3 Western Australia WA Thundersticks 7 4 0 1 2 17 8 +9 13
4 Tasmania Tassie Tigers 7 4 0 0 3 19 18 +1 12
5 South Australia Southern Hotshots 7 4 0 0 3 17 20 −3 12
6 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers 7 3 0 0 4 17 18 −1 9
7 New South Wales NSW Waratahs 7 1 0 0 6 13 17 −4 3
8 Northern Territory NT Stingers 7 0 0 0 7 5 35 −30 0
Source: Clearing House
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]

Fixtures[edit]

25 February 2008
11:00
VIC Vikings Victoria (state) 6–0 Northern Territory NT Stingers
Doerner field hockey ball 6', 19'
T. Brooks field hockey ball 29', 52'
J. Brooks field hockey ball 59'
McLennan field hockey ball 64' 		Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
25 February 2008
13:00
QLD Blades Queensland 2–1 South Australia Southern Hotshots
Elder field hockey ball 28'
Dwyer field hockey ball 30' 		Report Schubert field hockey ball 54'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
25 February 2008
15:00
WA Thundersticks Western Australia 5–0 New South Wales NSW Waratahs
Hopkins field hockey ball 4'
Smith field hockey ball 30'
Kavanagh field hockey ball 44'
Dancer field hockey ball 67'
Blakeney field hockey ball 69' 		Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
25 February 2008
17:00
Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 0–2 Tasmania Tassie Tigers
Report Cock field hockey ball 27'
Guest field hockey ball 61'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 February 2008
11:00
NSW Waratahs New South Wales 2–3 Queensland QLD Blades
Livermore field hockey ball 29'
Sutherland field hockey ball 32' 		Report Dwyer field hockey ball 45'
De Young field hockey ball 61'
Elder field hockey ball 66'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 February 2008
13:00
Tassie Tigers Tasmania 2–5 Victoria (state) VIC Vikings
Ancher field hockey ball 24', 41' Report Doerner field hockey ball 21', 22'
McLennan field hockey ball 25'
Mirecki field hockey ball 37'
Kleinschmidt field hockey ball 68'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 February 2008
15:00
Southern Hotshots South Australia 3–6 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers
Cleghorn field hockey ball 13'
Reece field hockey ball 31'
Porter field hockey ball 63' 		Report Onitiri field hockey ball 2'
Davidson field hockey ball 12'
Turner field hockey ball 34', 39', 41'
D. Hotchkis field hockey ball 43'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 February 2008
17:00
NT Stingers Northern Territory 0–3 Western Australia WA Thundersticks
Report Smith field hockey ball 11'
Kavanagh field hockey ball 14'
Blakeney field hockey ball 27'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 February 2008
11:00
Southern Hotshots South Australia 3–2 Western Australia WA Thundersticks
Dry field hockey ball 37'
Reece field hockey ball 70'
Cleghorn field hockey ball 81' 		Report Kavanagh field hockey ball 35'
Brown field hockey ball 55'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 February 2008
13:00
NSW Waratahs New South Wales 0–1 Tasmania Tassie Tigers
Report Richardson field hockey ball 49'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 February 2008
15:00
QLD Blades Queensland 8–0 Northern Territory NT Stingers
Eglington field hockey ball 3'
Dwyer field hockey ball 4'
Burns field hockey ball 30'
Elder field hockey ball 37', 53'
Butler field hockey ball 37'
M. Bates field hockey ball 63', 68' 		Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 February 2008
17:00
Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 1–4 Victoria (state) VIC Vikings
Bishop field hockey ball 4' Report Geraghty field hockey ball 8'
T. Brooks field hockey ball 33'
Doerner field hockey ball 44', 47'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
1 March 2008
11:00
QLD Blades Queensland 3–2 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers
Elder field hockey ball 18', 60'
Burns field hockey ball 45' 		Report Davidson field hockey ball 38'
Jorgensen field hockey ball 49'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
1 March 2008
13:00
VIC Vikings Victoria (state) 0–0 Western Australia WA Thundersticks
Report
Penalties
5–4
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
1 March 2008
15:00
Tassie Tigers Tasmania 4–1 Northern Territory NT Stingers
Ockenden field hockey ball 1', 46'
Guest field hockey ball 23', 26' 		Report Robertson field hockey ball 16'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
1 March 2008
17:00
NSW Waratahs New South Wales 1–3 South Australia Southern Hotshots
Sutherland field hockey ball 54' Report Schubert field hockey ball 31', 43'
Reece field hockey ball 45'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 March 2008
11:00
WA Thundersticks Western Australia 4–2 Tasmania Tassie Tigers
Blakeney field hockey ball 11'
Bausor field hockey ball 29', 32'
Smith field hockey ball 62' 		Report Richardson field hockey ball 18'
Ockenden field hockey ball 44'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 March 2008
13:00
Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 4–3 New South Wales NSW Waratahs
Turner field hockey ball 12'
Backhus field hockey ball 47', 79'
Davidson field hockey ball 48' 		Report Sutherland field hockey ball 8'
M. Paterson field hockey ball 15'
Livermore field hockey ball 18'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 March 2008
15:00
VIC Vikings Victoria (state) 2–5 Queensland QLD Blades
Pollard field hockey ball 15', 28' Report Eglington field hockey ball 5', 48'
Dwyer field hockey ball 35'
T. Bates field hockey ball 52'
Elder field hockey ball 58'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 March 2008
17:00
NT Stingers Northern Territory 2–3 South Australia Southern Hotshots
Abbott field hockey ball 29', 69' Report Schubert field hockey ball 7'
Hughes field hockey ball 12'
Magee field hockey ball 46'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2008
11:00
Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 4–2 Northern Territory NT Stingers
Hinde field hockey ball 2'
MacKinnon field hockey ball 17', 59'
Davidson field hockey ball 40' 		Report Lockley field hockey ball 3'
Robertson field hockey ball 23'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2008
13:00
Southern Hotshots South Australia 4–3 Tasmania Tassie Tigers
Magee field hockey ball 22'
Hughes field hockey ball 46'
Reece field hockey ball 65'
Schubert field hockey ball 78' 		Report Guest field hockey ball 20', 31'
Cock field hockey ball 34'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2008
15:00
NSW Waratahs New South Wales 0–1 Victoria (state) VIC Vikings
Report Doerner field hockey ball 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2008
17:00
WA Thundersticks Western Australia 2–3 Queensland QLD Blades
Kavanagh field hockey ball 4', 43' Report Dwyer field hockey ball 43'
De Young field hockey ball 54'
Eglington field hockey ball 80'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
5 March 2008
11:00
Southern Hotshots South Australia 0–4 Victoria (state) VIC Vikings
Report Kleinschmidt field hockey ball
T. Brooks field hockey ball 38'
Pollard field hockey ball 55'
Mirecki field hockey ball 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
5 March 2008
13:00
NT Stingers Northern Territory 0–7 New South Wales NSW Waratahs
Report Poulton field hockey ball 5'
I. Paterson field hockey ball 25'
Orchard field hockey ball 27', 61'
Naylor field hockey ball 30'
Matheson field hockey ball 42'
Butturini field hockey ball 44'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
5 March 2008
15:00
WA Thundersticks Western Australia 1–0 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers
Blakeney field hockey ball 13' Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
5 March 2008
17:00
QLD Blades Queensland 4–5 Tasmania Tassie Tigers
Burns field hockey ball 6'
De Young field hockey ball 9'
T. Bates field hockey ball 15', 47' 		Report Cock field hockey ball 13', 35', 44'
Richardson field hockey ball 58'
Guest field hockey ball 78'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Classification round[edit]

Fifth to eighth place classification[edit]

 
CrossoverFifth Place
 
      
 
7 March 2008
 
 
South Australia Southern Hotshots3
 
8 March 2008
 
Northern Territory NT Stingers2
 
South Australia Southern Hotshots1
 
7 March 2008
 
New South Wales NSW Waratahs5
 
Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers2
 
 
New South Wales NSW Waratahs4
 
Seventh Place
 
 
8 March 2008
 
 
Northern Territory NT Stingers0
 
 
Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers4
Crossover[edit]
7 March 2008
11:00
Southern Hotshots South Australia 3–2 Northern Territory NT Stingers
Cleghorn field hockey ball 23', 50'
Magee field hockey ball 66' 		Report Brown field hockey ball 61'
Bransgrove field hockey ball 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
7 March 2008
13:00
Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 2–4 New South Wales NSW Waratahs
Backhus field hockey ball 26'
Hinde field hockey ball 70' 		Report Livermore field hockey ball 38'
Sutherland field hockey ball 44'
Naylor field hockey ball 65'
Butturini field hockey ball 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Seventh and eighth place[edit]
8 March 2008
11:00
NT Stingers Northern Territory 0–4 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers
Report Backhus field hockey ball 45'
Dent field hockey ball 50'
Hinde field hockey ball 57'
M. Hotchkis field hockey ball 61'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Fifth and sixth place[edit]
8 March 2008
13:00
Southern Hotshots South Australia 1–5 New South Wales NSW Waratahs
Kelly field hockey ball 31' Report M. Paterson field hockey ball 14', 23', 39'
Sutherland field hockey ball 58'
Booth field hockey ball 70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

First to fourth place classification[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 March 2008
 
 
Queensland QLD Blades3
 
8 March 2008
 
Tasmania Tassie Tigers1
 
Queensland QLD Blades2
 
7 March 2008
 
Western Australia WA Thundersticks4
 
Victoria (state) VIC Vikings1
 
 
Western Australia WA Thundersticks2
 
Third Place
 
 
8 March 2008
 
 
Tasmania Tassie Tigers1
 
 
Victoria (state) VIC Vikings3
Semi-finals[edit]
7 March 2008
15:00
QLD Blades Queensland 3–1 Tasmania Tassie Tigers
Wilson field hockey ball 46'
Eglington field hockey ball 46', 54' 		Report Tremayne field hockey ball 64'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
7 March 2008
17:00
VIC Vikings Victoria (state) 1–2 Western Australia WA Thundersticks
Doerner field hockey ball 53' Report Hulbert field hockey ball 22'
Blakeney field hockey ball 30'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Third and fourth place[edit]
8 March 2008
15:00
Tassie Tigers Tasmania 1–3 Victoria (state) VIC Vikings
Guest field hockey ball 8' Report J. Brooks field hockey ball 1'
Doerner field hockey ball 56'
Geraghty field hockey ball 67'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Final[edit]
8 March 2008
17:00
QLD Blades Queensland 2–4 Western Australia WA Thundersticks
Elder field hockey ball 2'
Eglington field hockey ball 69' 		Report Dancer field hockey ball 22'
Charlesworth field hockey ball 54'
Smith field hockey ball 59'
Hopkins field hockey ball 63'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Awards[edit]

Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Player of the Final
Western Australia Bevan George Victoria (state) Luke Doerner Western Australia Aaron Hopkins

Statistics[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s) Western Australia WA Thundersticks 9 6 0 1 2 23 11 +12 19 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Queensland QLD Blades 9 7 0 0 2 33 19 +14 21 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Victoria (state) VIC Vikings 9 6 1 0 2 26 11 +15 20 Bronze Medal
4 Tasmania Tassie Tigers 9 4 0 0 5 21 24 −3 12
5 New South Wales NSW Waratahs 9 3 0 0 6 22 20 +2 9
6 South Australia Southern Hotshots 9 5 0 0 4 21 27 −6 15
7 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers 9 4 0 0 5 23 22 +1 12
8 Northern Territory NT Stingers 9 0 0 0 9 7 42 −35 0
Source: Clearing House

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 176 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.89 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Clearing House

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WA Thundersticks wins AHL championship". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ Regulations

External links[edit]

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