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 15th edition of the women's
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
tournament. The tournament was held between 23 February – 8 April 2007 at various venues, before culminating in
Brisbane
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for the finals.
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)QLD Scorchers 2–1 in the final.
VIC Vipers
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finished in third place after defeating
NSW Arrows
The New South Wales Arrows are a nationally competing field hockey team based in Sydney, Australia.
Their most recent Australian Hockey League title win was in 2014. In 2015, NSW beat the ACT in the bronze medal playoff, securing 3rd place i ...
2–1 in the third and fourth place playoff.
Participating teams
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Canberra Strikers
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NSW Arrows
The New South Wales Arrows are a nationally competing field hockey team based in Sydney, Australia.
Their most recent Australian Hockey League title win was in 2014. In 2015, NSW beat the ACT in the bronze medal playoff, securing 3rd place i ...
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 ...
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VIC Vipers
Vic Vipers Futsal Club is an Australian futsal club based in Victoria. They play in the F-League which is the top tier of Australian Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainl ...
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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.
Point allocation
Match points were allocated as follows:
· 3 points for a win
· 1 point to each team in the event of a draw
· 0 points to the loser of the match
2007
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