The 2011 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 19th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the Northern Territory city of Darwin.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country |  Australia | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue | 5 (in 5 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Southern Suns (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  NSW Arrows | ||
| Third place |  WA Diamonds | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 44 | ||
| Goals scored | 199 (4.52 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  Sofie McLeod Ashleigh Nelson (9 goals) | ||
| Best player |  Jodie Schulz | ||
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The Southern Suns won the gold medal for the second time by defeating the NSW Arrows 1–0 in the final.[1]
Competition format
editThe format included five-round matches over two weekends and a finals week that consisted of two-round matches and three pool matches for a place in the final.
After all the round matches were complete the teams were ranked 1–8 depending on the total number of points earned in all their round matches.
The teams ranked 1, 4, 5 & 8 went into pool A and the teams ranked 2, 3, 6 & 7 went into pool B. All previously earned points were removed with the teams in each pool playing each other once more. At the completion of the pool matches the teams in each pool were ranked again 1–4 depending on the number of points accumulated, with the top team from each pool competing in the League Final and classification matches to determine the remaining six team's final positions.[1]
Teams
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edit| Sydney | ||
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| Sydney Olympic Park | ||
| Capacity: 8,000 | ||
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| Melbourne | ||
| State Netball Hockey Centre | ||
| Capacity: 8,000 | ||
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| Adelaide | ||
| State Hockey Centre | ||
| Capacity: 4,000 | ||
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| Cairns | ||
| Cairns North Sports Precinct | ||
| Darwin | ||
| Marrara Hockey Centre | ||
Results
editPreliminary round
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  VIC Vipers |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 18 | Pool A |
| 2 | QLD Scorchers |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 18 | Pool B |
| 3 | NSW Arrows |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 15 | |
| 4 | Southern Suns |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 13 | Pool A |
| 5 | WA Diamonds |
7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 7 | |
| 6 | Tassie Van Demons |
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 6 | Pool B |
| 7 |  ACT Strikers |
7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 | |
| 8 |  NT Pearls |
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 37 | −36 | 0 | Pool A |
Source: Clearing House
Round matches
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Classification round
editPool matches
editPool A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Southern Suns |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | WA Diamonds |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 |
| 3 | VIC Vipers |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 | NT Pearls |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 |
Source: Clearing House
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Pool B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | NSW Arrows |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 | QLD Scorchers |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | ACT Strikers |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| 4 | Tassie Van Demons |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 |
Source: Clearing House
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Classification matches
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Final
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Awards
edit| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Player of the Final |
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| Sofie McLeod Ashleigh Nelson |
Jodie Schulz |
Kayla Sharland |
Statistics
editFinal standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
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Southern Suns |
11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 23 | Gold Medal |
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NSW Arrows |
11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 24 | Silver Medal |
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WA Diamonds |
11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 16 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | QLD Scorchers |
11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 24 | |
| 5 | ACT Strikers |
11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 9 | |
| 6 | VIC Vipers |
11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 22 | |
| 7 | NT Pearls |
11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 60 | −55 | 3 | |
| 8 | Tassie Van Demons |
11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 7 |
Source: Clearing House
Goalscorers
editThere were 199 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 4.52 goals per match.
9 goals
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Source: Clearing House
References
edit- 1 2 "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2010-11" (PDF). Clearinghouse for Sport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.