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2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.

Participating Teams

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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

All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were as follows: · 3 points for a win
· 1 points to each team in the event of a draw
· 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out
· 0 points to the loser of the match

Results

Preliminary round

Pool matches

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Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

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=Seventh and eighth place

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First to fourth place classification

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=Third and fourth place

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Awards

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

References

External links

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2008 in Australian women's field hockey