The 2015 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 25th edition of the Australian Hockey League men's Field Hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Northern Territory city of Darwin.[1]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country |  Australia | ||
| City | Darwin | ||
| Dates | 25 September – 2 October 2015 | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue(s) | Marrara Hockey Centre | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  QLD Blades (9th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  WA Thundersticks | ||
| Third place |  Tassie Tigers | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 24 | ||
| Goals scored | 123 (5.13 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  Blake Govers (10 goals) | ||
| Best player | Eddie Ockenden | ||
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The QLD Blades won the tournament for the ninth time after defeating the WA Thundersticks 2–1 in the final.[2] The Tassie Tigers won the bronze medal after defeating the VIC Vikings 4–3 in the third place match.[3]
Competition format
The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.
The top two teams in pools A and B progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth place match.
The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The top two teams in Pool D play in the Fifth and Sixth place match, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Seventh and Eighth place match.
Teams
Results
First round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | QLD Blades |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 2 | Tassie Tigers |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | NSW Waratahs |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  SA Hotshots |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |
Source: Hockey Australia
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | WA Thundersticks |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 2 |  VIC Vikings |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Canberra Lakers |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 |  NT Stingers |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
Source: Hockey Australia
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Second round
Pool C (Medal Round)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | QLD Blades |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | WA Thundersticks |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | VIC Vikings |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Tassie Tigers |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Source: Hockey Australia
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Pool D (Classification Round)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | NSW Waratahs |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 9 |
| 2 | Canberra Lakers |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
| 3 | SA Hotshots |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 |
| 4 | NT Stingers |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 |
Source: Hockey Australia
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Classification Games
Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Awards
| Player of the Tournament | Topscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Player of the Final |
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| Eddie Ockenden |
Blake Govers |
Andrew Charter |
Cale Cramer |
Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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QLD Blades |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 18 | Gold Medal |
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WA Thundersticks |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 12 | Silver Medal |
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Tassie Tigers |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 9 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | VIC Vikings |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 7 | |
| 5 | NSW Waratahs |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 12 | |
| 6 | Canberra Lakers |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 5 | |
| 7 | SA Hotshots |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 6 | |
| 8 | NT Stingers |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 1 |
Source: Hockey Australia
Goalscorers
There were 123 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.12 goals per match.
10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Troy Sutherland
Tom Craig- Kieran Govers
- Jack Hayes
- Simon Orchard
Cale Cramer- Jacob Whetton
Luke Larwood
James Dick- Kurt Mackey
- Eddie Ockenden
Aaron Kleinschmidt
Chris Bausor- Trent Mitton
2 goals
- Aaron Kershaw
- Jack Elliott
- Nick Hill
- Flynn Ogilvie
Des Abbott- Scott Boyde
- Robert Duguid
- Jarrod Lockley
- Dylan Wotherspoon
- Cooper Powardy
- Cameron White
- Ruben Wyld
- Dougal Middleton
- Kiran Arunasalam
- Joshua Pollard
- Joshua Simmonds
- Glenn Simpson
1 goal
- Ben Staines
- Tristan White
- Jamie Hullick
- Matthew Gohdes
- Adam Imer
- Shane Kenny
- Mark Knowles
- Daniel Cox
- Cameron Joyce
- Chris Wells
- Angus Boulton
- Geoff Cock
- Tim Deavin
- Jack Welch
- Justin Ellis
- Will Gilmour
- Jayshaan Randhawa
- James Webster
- Jake Harvie
- Frank Main
- Aran Zalewski
Source: Hockey Australia
References
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