2013 Men's Australian Hockey League

2013 Men's Australian Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Teams	8
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	QLD Blades (8th title)
Runner-up	VIC Vikings
Third place	NSW Waratahs
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	139 (5.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aaron Kershaw Mark Paterson (5 goals)
Best player	Eddie Ockenden
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The 2013 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 23rd edition of the Australian Hockey League men's Field Hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Victoria city of Melbourne.

The Queensland Blades won the gold medal for the eighth time by defeating the Victorian Vikings 3–1 in the final. New South Wales Waratahs won the bronze medal after defeating the Canberra Lakers 9–2 in the third and fourth playoff.

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 each of pools A and B then 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

• Canberra Lakers
• NSW Waratahs
• NT Stingers
• QLD Blades
• SA Hotshots
• Tassie Tigers
• VIC Vikings
• WA Thundersticks

Results

First Round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD Blades	3	3	0	0	16	5	+11	9	Advance to Medal Round
2	NSW Waratahs	3	1	1	1	11	10	+1	4
3	NT Stingers	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3	5th to 8th Classification
4	SA Hotshots	3	0	1	2	6	16	−10	1

Source: [1]

27 September 2013 17:00 NSW Waratahs 4–4 SA Hotshots Pearce  1' Butturini  40' Paterson  53' Miller  58' Report Smith  14' Oliver  19' Gill  35' Joyce  64' State Netball and Hockey Centre

27 September 2013 19:15 QLD Blades 4–2 NT Stingers Douglas  26' Wilson  22'  51' Knowles  62' Report Reardon  45' Crowley  63' State Netball and Hockey Centre

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29 September 2013 11:30 NT Stingers 4–2 SA Hotshots Haami-Jones  35' A. Lockley  37' Tribe  62' Gilmour  70' Report Cox  14' Wickham  32' State Netball and Hockey Centre

29 September 2013 13:30 NSW Waratahs 3–4 QLD Blades Johnson  8' White  9' Butturini  48' Report Dwyer  24', 35' Boyde  44' Whetton  55' State Netball and Hockey Centre

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1 October 2013 11:30 QLD Blades 8–0 SA Hotshots Whetton  3', 7' Beale  15' Hammond  25' Boyde  28', 61' Posselt  35' Knowles  38' Report State Netball and Hockey Centre

1 October 2013 13:30 NT Stingers 2–4 NSW Waratahs Crowley  58' A. Lockley  67' Report Miller  5' Lobsey  12' Butturini  40' Johnson  53' State Netball and Hockey Centre

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VIC Vikings	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Advance to Medal Round
2	Canberra Lakers	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	Tassie Tigers	3	1	0	2	5	15	−10	3	5th to 8th Classification
4	WA Thundersticks	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: [2]

27 September 2013 17:15 WA Thundersticks 2–3 Canberra Lakers Bates  2' Pike  11' Report Turner  39' Kershaw  45' Sutherland  52' State Netball and Hockey Centre

27 September 2013 19:00 VIC Vikings 7–1 Tassie Tigers Mirecki  24', 38', 48', 66' Ciriello  30' Kleinschmidt  32' Webster  64' Report Budgeon  52' State Netball and Hockey Centre

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29 September 2013 15:30 Canberra Lakers 7–2 Tassie Tigers Kershaw  13' Sutherland  22', 59' Baxter  35', 53' D. Hotchkis  55' Davidson  66' Report Boulton  21' Edwards  50' State Netball and Hockey Centre

29 September 2013 17:30 VIC Vikings 4–0 WA Thundersticks Zull  8' Ford  61', 68' Ciriello  65' Report State Netball and Hockey Centre

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1 October 2013 15:30 WA Thundersticks 1–2 Tassie Tigers Middleton  25' Cock  54' Report Park  16' State Netball and Hockey Centre

1 October 2013 17:30 Canberra Lakers 1–2 VIC Vikings Turner  3' Report Simpson  45', 55' State Netball and Hockey Centre

Second Round

Pool C (Medal Round)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	QLD Blades	3	2	1	0	11	6	+5	7
2	VIC Vikings	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
3	NSW Waratahs	3	1	0	2	9	7	+2	3
4	Canberra Lakers	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3

Source: [3]

2 October 2013 17:30 NSW Waratahs 1–2 Canberra Lakers Paterson  52' Report M. Hotchkis  45' Sutherland  65' State Netball and Hockey Centre

2 October 2013 19:30 QLD Blades 2–2 VIC Vikings Wotherspoon  5' Hammond  35' Report Seccull  17' Ford  68' State Netball and Hockey Centre

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4 October 2013 15:30 QLD Blades 5–1 Canberra Lakers de Young  4'  24' Rintala  27' Whetton  42' Wilson  46' Report Kershaw  30' State Netball and Hockey Centre

4 October 2013 17:30 NSW Waratahs 5–1 VIC Vikings Pearce  22', 65' Paterson  54', 61' Urquhart  58' Report Seccull  52' State Netball and Hockey Centre

Pool D (Classification Round)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tassie Tigers	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	7
2	NT Stingers	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
3	SA Hotshots	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	3
4	WA Thundersticks	3	0	0	3	5	8	−3	0

Source: [4]

2 October 2013 13:30 SA Hotshots 4–3 WA Thundersticks Wickham  6', 17' Joyce  35' Tamlin  51' Report Boyne  40' Pike  43' Schubert  48' State Netball and Hockey Centre

2 October 2013 15:30 NT Stingers 2–2 Tassie Tigers Hullick  12', 57' Report Ockenden  44', 55' State Netball and Hockey Centre

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4 October 2013 11:30 SA Hotshots 2–6 Tassie Tigers Joyce  21' Gill  67' Report McCambridge  13', 54' Budgeon  17', 28' Middleton  22' Mackey  32' State Netball and Hockey Centre

4 October 2013 13:30 NT Stingers 2–1 WA Thundersticks M. Lockley  22' Hayward  63' Report Pike  24' State Netball and Hockey Centre

Classification Matches

Seventh and eighth place

5 October 2013 10:30 SA Hotshots 1–2 WA Thundersticks Wickham  50' Report Boyne  15' Main  61' State Netball and Hockey Centre

Fifth and sixth place

5 October 2013 12:30 Tassie Tigers 4–3 NT Stingers Cock  11', 33' Boulton  53' Budgeon  65' Report Hayward  21', 61' Hullick  40' State Netball and Hockey Centre

Third and fourth place

5 October 2013 14:30 NSW Waratahs 9–2 Canberra Lakers Report State Netball and Hockey Centre

Final

5 October 2013 16:30 QLD Blades 3–1 VIC Vikings Report State Netball and Hockey Centre

Awards

Best Player	Topscorer(s)	Best Goalkeeper	Play the Whistle
Eddie Ockenden	Aaron Kershaw Mark Paterson	Andrew Charter	SA Hotshots

Statistics

Final Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	QLD Blades	6	5	1	0	26	9	+17	16	Gold Medal
	VIC Vikings	6	3	1	2	17	12	+5	10	Silver Medal
	NSW Waratahs	6	3	1	2	26	15	+11	10	Bronze Medal
4	Canberra Lakers	6	3	0	3	16	21	−5	9	Fourth Place
5	Tassie Tigers	6	3	1	2	17	22	−5	10	Fifth Place
6	NT Stingers	6	2	1	3	15	17	−2	7	Sixth Place
7	WA Thundersticks	6	1	0	5	9	16	−7	3	Seventh Place
8	SA Hotshots	6	1	1	4	13	27	−14	4	Eighth Place

Source: [5]