The Women's Australian Hockey League is highest level field hockey tournament for women in Australia. Until 2016, the annually contested tournament comprised teams from the eight states and territories of Australia.
Current season, competition or edition: 2018 Women's Australian Hockey League | |
Sport | Women's field hockey |
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Founded | 1993 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Continent | Australia (Hockey Australia) |
Most recent champion(s) | NSW Arrows (10th title) |
Most titles | NSW Arrows (10 titles) |
The 2016 edition of the tournament, held in Perth, Western Australia, included two international teams. Teams from Malaysia and New Zealand competed in the 2016 edition.[1]
The NSW Arrows are the most recent champions, defeating the QLD Scorchers 7–6 in gold medal match of the 2018 AHL.[2]
Domestic teams
International teams
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third places | Fourth places |
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WA Diamonds | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 | 2005, 2013 | 2009, 2011 | 2003, 2012, 2014 |
QLD Scorchers | 2005, 2013, 2015, 2016 | 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018 | 2004, 2012 | 2011 |
NSW Arrows | 2002, 2009, 2014, 2018 | 2011, 2012 | 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
VIC Vipers | 2003, 2012, 2017 | 2015, 2016 | 2007, 2014 | 2010, 2018 |
SA Suns | 2011 | 2002, 2005 | ||
Canberra Strikers | 2004 | 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2018 | 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016 | |
NZL Development | 2017 |
Team | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total |
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Canberra Strikers | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 21 |
NSW Arrows | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 21 |
NT Pearls | – | – | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 10th | 8th | 7th | 19 |
QLD Scorchers | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 21 |
SA Suns | 7th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 6th | 21 |
Tassie Van Demons | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 21 |
VIC Vipers | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 1st | 7th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 21 |
WA Diamonds | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 21 |
Malaysia Tigress | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 1 |
NZL Development | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 4th | – | 2 |
IND Development | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | 1 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 170 |
Women's Australian Hockey League | ||||||||
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Year | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Play the Whistle | ||||||
2012 | – | WA Diamonds | ||||||
2013 | Ashlee Wells (Diamonds) | – | ||||||
2014 | – | – | ||||||
2015 | Rachael Lynch (Vipers) | – | ||||||
2016 | Clare Comerford (Scorchers) | NZL Futures | ||||||
2017 | Rachael Lynch (Vipers) | VIC Vipers | ||||||
2018 | Rachael Lynch (Vipers) | – |