The 2019 Men's Sultana Bran

Hockey One The Sultana Bran Hockey One is a field hockey competition organised by Hockey Australia, which replaced the Australian Hockey League. The competition serves as Australia's premier domestic hockey league, helping unearth future talent for select ...

was the inaugural men's edition of

Hockey Australia Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in A ...

's national league, ''Hockey One''. The tournament was held across 7 states and territories of Australia. The tournament started on 29 September and culminated on 16 November 2019. The grand final of the tournament was hosted by HC Melbourne, as the top ranked team to qualify for the final in the women's league.

NSW Pride NSW Pride is an Australian field hockey club based in Sydney. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One. The club unifies both men and women under ...

won the tournament after defeating

Brisbane Blaze Brisbane Blaze is an Australian hockey club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One. The club unifies both men ...

8–3 in the final.

Tassie Tigers Tassie Tigers is an Australia, Australian field hockey club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club joined the Australian Hockey League in 1992 as a men's team. In 2019, the Tassie Tigers expanded to encompass both Tasmanian men's and women's teams, ...

finished in bronze position, following results from the pool stage.

Competition format

Format

The 2019 Hockey One will follow a similar format to that of the final edition of the Australian Hockey League. Teams will play a series of home and away matches during the Pool Stage, which will be followed by a Classification Round. During the pool stage, teams play each other once in either a home or a way fixture. The top four ranked teams will then qualify for the

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, playing in two semi-finals with the winners contesting a grand final. Team 1 will host Team 4, while Team 2 will host Team 3. Of the two victorious teams, the higher ranked team from the pool stage will host the grand final.

Rules

In addition to FIH sanctioned rules,

is implementing the following rules for Hockey One: * When a field goal or penalty stroke is scored the same athlete will have an automatic one-on-one shootout with the goalkeeper for an extra goal. * Outright winner: There will be no drawn games. In the event of a draw, teams will contest a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

to determine a winner.

Point Allocation

Match points will be distributed as follows: * 5 points: win * 3 points: shoot-out win * 2 points: shoot-out loss * 0 points: loss

Participating teams

The seven teams competing in the league come from

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states and territories, with the

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being the only team absent. Head Coach: Mark Victory #

Lachlan Busiko ( C) #

Angus Fry # Scott Germein #

Fred Gray #

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Luke Larwood #

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Alastair Oliver # Glyn Tamlin #

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Kentaro Fukuda #

Andrew Charter ( GK) #

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Kiran Arunasalam #

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Jake Sherren #

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Ehren Hazell #

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