Australian Country Championships
| Sport | Field Hockey |
|---|---|
| No. of teams | 7 |
| Country | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) | NSW Country (men) NSW Country (women) |
| Most titles | NSW Country (3 titles) (men) NSW Country QLD Country VIC Country (1 title) (women) |
| Official website | http://www.hockey.org.au |
The Australian Country Championships are field hockey tournament's hosted annually in Australia. Unlike other National Australian Championships, the Australian Country Championships only comprise teams made up of players from country regions of each Australian State, as well as a team from the Australian Defence Force.
The 2016 edition of the tournament was held in Darwin, Northern Territory. 7 teams competed in both the Men's and Women's tournaments.
NSW Country were champions in both the men's and women's tournaments, defeating the ADF and QLD Country respectively. WA Country finished third in the men's tournament by defeating QLD Country, while VIC Country defeated the ADF to finish third in the women's tournament.[1][2]
Teams
The following are the teams from the 2017 tournaments.
Competition Format
The tournament is played in a round robin format, with each team facing each other once. Final placings after the pool matches determine playoffs.
The fifth and sixth placed teams contest the fifth and sixth place match, the third and fourth placed teams contest the third and fourth place match, and the top two teams compete in the final.
Competition rules
The Australian Country Championships have not adapted FIH rules of four 15–minute quarters, but instead use the old format of two 35–minute halves.
Points System
| Result | Points |
|---|---|
| Win | 3 |
| Draw | 1 |
| Loss | 0 |
Finals Matches
During finals if games end in a tie, no overtime will be played and the higher ranked team from the pool matches will finish as a higher placing.
Men's Tournament
Results
- Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.
Summaries
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2014 Details | Toowoomba, QLD |  NSW Country |
2 – 1 |  QLD Country |
.svg){kind=small} VIC Country |
2 – 2 | ADF | ||
| 2015 Details | Wollongong, NSW | NSW Country |
0 – 0 (4 – 2) penalty shoot-out |
VIC Country |
QLD Country |
6 – 1 |  WA Country | ||
| 2016 Details | Darwin, NT | NSW Country |
4 – 1 | ADF | WA Country |
1 – 0 | QLD Country | ||
| 2017 Details | Townsville, QLD | ||||||||
Team Performances
| Team | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADF | 4th | 5th | 2nd | TBD | 4 |
| NSW Country
|
1st | 1st | 1st | TBD | 4 |
 NT Country
|
– | – | 5th | TBD | 2 |
| QLD Country
|
2nd | 3rd | 4th | TBD | 4 |
 SA Country
|
6th | 6th | 7th | TBD | 4 |
| VIC Country
|
3rd | 2nd | 6th | TBD | 4 |
| WA Country
|
5th | 4th | 3rd | TBD | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
Women's Tournament
Results
- Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.
Summaries
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2014 Details | Toowoomba, QLD | QLD Country |
4 – 1 | NSW Country |
VIC Country |
2 – 1 | WA Country | ||
| 2015 Details | Wollongong, NSW | VIC Country |
2 – 0 | WA Country |
NSW Country |
2 – 1 | QLD Country | ||
| 2016 Details | Darwin, NT | NSW Country |
2 – 1 | QLD Country |
VIC Country |
1 – 0 | ADF | ||
| 2017 Details | Townsville, QLD | ||||||||
Team Performances
| Team | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADF | 6th | 5th | 4th | TBD | 4 |
| NSW Country
|
2nd | 3rd | 1st | TBD | 4 |
| NT Country
|
– | – | 5th | TBD | 2 |
| QLD Country
|
1st | 4th | 2nd | TBD | 4 |
| SA Country
|
5th | 6th | 7th | TBD | 4 |
| VIC Country
|
3rd | 1st | 3rd | TBD | 4 |
| WA Country
|
4th | 2nd | 6th | TBD | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
References
- ^ "2016 Women's Australian Country Championship". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "2016 Men's Australian Country Championship". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.