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The 2003
Women's Australian Hockey League 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. The 2016 edition of the tourn ...
was the 11th edition women's
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tournament. The tournament was held in various cities across
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, and was contested from 7 March through to 13 April 2003. VIS Vipers won the tournament for the first time after defeating QLD Scorchers 4–3 in
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, after the final finished as a 3–3 draw.
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finished in third place after defeating
WA Diamonds The WA Diamonds are a women's field hockey team based in Perth, Western Australia. The team compete in the women's division of the Australian Hockey League The Australian Hockey League (AHL)Canberra Strikers Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
* NSWIS Arrows * Territory Pearls * QLD Scorchers * Adelaide Suns *
Tassie Van Demons The Tassie Van Demons were a nationally competing women's hockey team based in Tasmania, Australia. Coached by Ilene Carr, they competed in the Australian Hockey League. Some of the former coaches of the Van Demons include David Guest, Oliver ...
* VIS Vipers *
WA Diamonds The WA Diamonds are a women's field hockey team based in Perth, Western Australia. The team compete in the women's division of the Australian Hockey League The Australian Hockey League (AHL)Women's Australian Hockey League 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. The 2016 edition of the tourn ...
consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches. Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage. The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures between states. As a result, matches in rounds five to seven of the pool stage were worth double points, due to the single-leg format.


Point allocation

Every match in the 2003 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point.


Results


Preliminary round


Fixtures

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Classification round


Fifth to eighth place classification


=Crossover

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=Seventh and eighth place

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=Fifth and sixth place

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First to fourth place classification


=Semi-finals

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=Third and fourth place

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=Final

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Awards


Statistics


Final standings


Goalscorers


References


External links

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