2012 Men's Australian Hockey League

Summary

The 2012 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 22nd edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Australia's capital city, Canberra.[1]

2012 Men's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia Australia
CityCanberra
Dates16–27 October
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsQueensland QLD Blades (7th title)
Runner-upWestern Australia WA Thundersticks
Third placeVictoria (state) VIC Vikings
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored197 (5.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)Victoria (state) Chris Ciriello (12 goals)
Best playerNew South Wales Simon Orchard
2011 (previous) (next) 2013

The QLD Blades won the gold medal for the seventh time by defeating the WA Thundersticks 3–2 in the final.[2] VIC Vikings won the bronze medal after defeating the NSW Waratahs 3–1 in the third place match.[3]

Teams edit

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   QLD Blades 7 5 1 1 30 11 +19 16 Advance to Semi-Finals
2   WA Thundersticks 7 5 0 2 29 15 +14 15
3   NSW Waratahs 7 5 0 2 27 16 +11 15
4   VIC Vikings 7 4 1 2 26 14 +12 13
5   Tassie Tigers 7 3 2 2 25 20 +5 11
6   Southern Hotshots 7 3 0 4 14 20 −6 9
7   Canberra Lakers 7 1 0 6 11 34 −23 3
8   NT Stingers 7 0 0 7 3 35 −32 0
Source: Clearing House

Matches edit

16 October 2012
09:00
Tassie Tigers   5–3   Canberra Lakers
Doerner   9'
Lawler   31'
Budgeon   44'
Boulton   51'68'
Report Hotchkis   18'
Lobsey   26'
Baxter   40'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
16 October 2012
11:00
Southern Hotshots   1–5   NSW Waratahs
Webber   15' Report T. White   3'
Miller   4'33'38'
Butturini   25'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
16 October 2012
13:00
QLD Blades   6–0   WA Thundersticks
Whetton   5'
Dwyer   19'33'46'
Wotherspoon   49'
Gohdes   69'
Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
16 October 2012
15:00
VIC Vikings   4–0   NT Stingers
Pollard   9'
Ford   34'
Ciriello   40'66'
Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

17 October 2012
09:00
NSW Waratahs   5–3   QLD Blades
Miller   2'
F. Ogilvie   27'
Walters   44'
Govers   60'
Butturini   64'
Report Dwyer   11'
Beale   40'
Elder   50'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
17 October 2012
11:00
Tassie Tigers   3–5   WA Thundersticks
Doerner   28'
Budgeon   30'70'
Report Boyne   13'52'
Schubert   41'57'
Burcher   44'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
17 October 2012
13:00
NT Stingers   0–3   Canberra Lakers
Report Davidson   18'
Pike   35'
Wallace   59'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
17 October 2012
15:00
VIC Vikings   5–2   Southern Hotshots
Simpson   18'
Ciriello   25'38'50'64'
Report Joyce   34'
Webber   68'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

18 October 2012
09:00
WA Thundersticks   6–0   NT Stingers
Boyne   20'35'
Bates   26'44'
Schubert   39'
Kavanagh   52'
Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
18 October 2012
11:00
NSW Waratahs   4–2   Tassie Tigers
Buttutini   4'
Pearce   33'
Miller   53'70'
Report Doerner   12'
Boulton   56'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
18 October 2012
13:00
VIC Vikings   2–4   QLD Blades
Mirecki   11'
Philpott   32'
Report Wotherspoon   17'
Elder   39'57'
De Young   55'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
18 October 2012
15:00
Southern Hotshots   4–1   Canberra Lakers
Cleghorn   27'
Hughes   38'
Joyce   48'66'
Report Hawes   14'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

20 October 2012
09:00
NT Stingers   0–3   Southern Hotshots
Report Joyce   43'
  68'
Bowden   70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
20 October 2012
11:00
QLD Blades   2–2   Tassie Tigers
Swann   34'
Beale   41'
Report Lawler   17'
Deavin   36'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
20 October 2012
13:00
VIC Vikings   6–1   Canberra Lakers
  2'
Webster   17'
Kleinschmidt   29'
Pollard   34'
Ciriello   45'50'
Report Jewell   13'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
20 October 2012
15:00
WA Thundersticks   4–1   NSW Waratahs
Bates   17'
Mitton   28'
Boyne   42'
Jacobs   70'
Report Willis   57'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

21 October 2012
09:00
Tassie Tigers   5–1   Southern Hotshots
Doerner   7'30'
Boulton   17'
Budgeon   29'
Cock   55'
Report Cleghorn   4'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
21 October 2012
11:00
QLD Blades   6–0   NT Stingers
Wotherspoon   6'
Hammond   17'
Dwyer   28'59'
Beale   42'
Elder   52'
Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
21 October 2012
13:00
Canberra Lakers   1–4   NSW Waratahs
Pike   35' Report Miller   3'
Pearce   26'
Tribe   64'
F. Ogilvie   65'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
21 October 2012
15:00
WA Thundersticks   4–2   VIC Vikings
Mitton   30'43'
Boyne   42'
Jacobs   52'
Report   28'
Pollard   38'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

23 October 2012
09:00
NSW Waratahs   1–5   VIC Vikings
Butturini   31' Report Fraser   9'
Ciriello   40'
Kleinschmidt   44'
Pollard   50'
Guest   54'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
23 October 2012
11:00
Canberra Lakers   1–9   WA Thundersticks
Hinde   37' Report Bausor   4'46'
Mitton   5'
Bates   11'51'
Dancer   34'
Park   36'
Boyne   43'70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
23 October 2012
13:00
Southern Hotshots   1–3   QLD Blades
Cleghorn   70' Report   8'
Knowles   19'
Whetton   40'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
23 October 2012
15:00
NT Stingers   3–6   Tassie Tigers
Crooks   19'
Hayward   50'
Haami-Jones   53'
Report Ockenden   8'
Doerner   13'26'44'
Budgeon   30'
Deavin   63'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

24 October 2012
09:00
Canberra Lakers   1–6   QLD Blades
Pike   24' Report Wotherspoon   6'70'
Swyer   44'53'
Posselt   63'
Gohdes   68'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
24 October 2012
11:00
Southern Hotshots   2–1   WA Thundersticks
Oliver   51'
Wickham   65'
Report Jacobs   19'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
24 October 2012
13:00
Tassie Tigers   2–2   VIC Vikings
Doerner   13'
Ockenden   70'
Report MacKinnon   46'
Ciriello   57'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
24 October 2012
15:00
NSW Waratahs   7–0   NT Stingers
  10'43'
Pearce   14'18'
Miller   27'
Orchard   60'
K. Ogilvie   69'
Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Classification round edit

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

 
CrossoverFifth place
 
      
 
26 October 2012
 
 
  Tassie Tigers1
 
27 October 2012
 
  NT Stingers2
 
  NT Stingers2
 
26 October 2012
 
  Canberra Lakers1
 
  Southern Hotshots2
 
 
  Canberra Lakers3
 
Seventh Place
 
 
27 October 2012
 
 
  Tassie Tigers4
 
 
  Southern Hotshots1
Crossover edit
26 October 2012
09:00
Southern Hotshots   2–3   Canberra Lakers
Claxton   16'
Wickham   67'
Report Hawes   48'
Jorgensen   63'
Jewell   70'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

26 October 2012
11:00
Tassie Tigers   1–2   NT Stingers
Doerner   33' Report Gabriel   8'
Hayward   66'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Seventh and eighth place edit
27 October 2012
09:00
Tassie Tigers   4–1   Southern Hotshots
Clifford   16'
Doerner   35'
Budgeon   56'
Ockenden   70'
Report Joyce   67'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Fifth and sixth place edit
27 October 2012
11:00
NT Stingers   2–1   Canberra Lakers
Crooks   6'
A. Lockley   36'
Report Pike   19'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

First to fourth place classification edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 October 2012
 
 
  QLD Blades3
 
27 October 2012
 
  VIC Vikings0
 
  QLD Blades3
 
26 October 2012
 
  WA Thundersticks2
 
  WA Thundersticks3
 
 
  NSW Waratahs1
 
Third Place
 
 
27 October 2012
 
 
  VIC Vikings3
 
 
  NSW Waratahs1
Semi-finals edit
26 October 2012
13:00
WA Thundersticks   3–1   NSW Waratahs
Bates   8'35'40' Report Orchard   5'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

26 October 2012
15:00
QLD Blades   3–0   VIC Vikings
Whetton   32'
  40'
Dwyer   70'
Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Third and fourth place edit
27 October 2012
13:00
VIC Vikings   3–1   NSW Waratahs
Ford   62'
Ciriello   66'70'
Report Ogilvie   19'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Final edit
27 October 2012
15:00
QLD Blades   3–2   WA Thundersticks
Wotherspoon   12'
Dwyer   26'
Posselt   50'
Report Boyne   32'
Bausor   56'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Statistics edit

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
    QLD Blades 9 7 1 1 36 13 +23 22 Gold Medal
    WA Thundersticks 9 6 0 3 34 19 +15 18 Silver Medal
    VIC Vikings 9 5 1 3 29 18 +11 16 Bronze Medal
4   NSW Waratahs 9 5 0 4 29 22 +7 15
5   NT Stingers 9 2 0 7 7 37 −30 6
6   Canberra Lakers 9 2 0 7 15 38 −23 6
7   Tassie Tigers 9 4 2 3 30 23 +7 14
8   Southern Hotshots 9 3 0 6 17 27 −10 9
Source: Clearing House

Goalscorers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Australian Hockey League Champions crowned". olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Thundersticks Beaten in AHL Grand Final". wais.org.au. Western Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Queensland Crowned 2012 Australian Hockey League Champions". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

External links edit