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2008 Women's
Australian Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Perth
Dates	24 March – 5 April
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Perth Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	WA Diamonds (5th title)
Runner-up	QLD Scorchers
Third place	Canberra Strikers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	144 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sian Smithson (7 goals)
Best player	Madonna Blyth
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The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 16th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 24 March – 5 April 2008.

WA Diamonds won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2–0 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.

Participating teams

• Canberra Strikers
• NSW Arrows
• NT Pearls
• QLD Scorchers
• Southern Suns
• Tassie Van Demons
• VIC Vipers
• WA Diamonds

Competition format

The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	WA Diamonds	7	6	0	0	1	21	4	+17	18	Semi-finals
2	QLD Scorchers	7	6	0	0	1	21	4	+17	18
3	NSW Arrows	7	6	0	0	1	21	8	+13	18
4	Canberra Strikers	7	3	1	0	3	18	23	−5	11
5	VIC Vipers	7	2	1	1	3	17	16	+1	9
6	Southern Suns	7	2	0	1	4	8	24	−16	7
7	NT Pearls	7	1	0	0	6	14	26	−12	3
8	Tassie Van Demons	7	0	0	0	7	5	20	−15	0

Pool matches

25 March 2008 12:00 Canberra Strikers 3–1 Tassie Van Demons Harrison  14' Allen  33' Young  59' Report Blake  55' Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)

25 March 2008 14:00 Southern Suns 0–5 QLD Scorchers Report Bennett  7' Lambert  27', 53' Faulkner  45' Beattie  58' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Catherine Mok (AUS)

25 March 2008 16:00 VIC Vipers 5–3 NT Pearls Van Veenendaal  6' O'Conner  20', 46' Trost  36' Merrett  39' Report Mountain  9', 47' Gale  53' Umpires: Aleeta Micallef (AUS) Deborah Rollason (AUS)

25 March 2008 18:00 WA Diamonds 0–1 NSW Arrows Report Hollywood  38' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

26 March 2008 12:00 Southern Suns 2–6 Canberra Strikers Swann  44' Sharland  65' Report Taylor  15', 46' Allen  43', 59' Forgesson  58', 60' Umpires: Aleeta Micallef (AUS) Deborah Rollason (AUS)

26 March 2008 14:00 NT Pearls 1–6 WA Diamonds Young  62' Report Liddelow  5' Buckley  31', 66' Ciallella  35' Halliday  43', 45' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Catherine Mok (AUS)

26 March 2008 16:00 Tassie Van Demons 1–5 VIC Vipers Wilson  30' Report Messent  7', 67', 70' Merrett  53' Van Veenendaal  61' Umpires: Leah Giddey (AUS) Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

26 March 2008 18:00 NSW Arrows 0–1 QLD Scorchers Report M. Hudson  23' Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Lisa Roach (AUS)

27 March 2008 12:00 QLD Scorchers 4–0 NT Pearls Faulkner  16', 31', 68' Lambert  23' Report Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Leah Giddey (AUS)

27 March 2008 14:00 Southern Suns 0–4 WA Diamonds Report Ciallella  6' Liddelow  12' Halliday  27' Walker  61' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

27 March 2008 16:00 Tassie Van Demons 1–2 NSW Arrows Cooling  49' Report Barber  58' Hurtz  63' Umpires: Catherine Mok (AUS) Aleeta Micallef (AUS)

27 March 2008 18:00 Canberra Strikers 2–2 VIC Vipers Allen  12' Young  67' Report Trahar  44' Trost  47' Penalties Harrison Allen Young Forgesson Arrold 4–3 Messent Trost Joseph Chau O'Conner Umpires: Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS) Minka Woolley (AUS)

29 March 2008 12:00 VIC Vipers 0–1 WA Diamonds Report Smithson  11' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Leah Giddey (AUS)

29 March 2008 14:00 NSW Arrows 6–1 Southern Suns Rivers  3' James  6' Hurtz  10' Hollywood  12' Barber  28' Sanders  31' Report Lange  43' Umpires: Aleeta Micallef (AUS) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

29 March 2008 16:00 QLD Scorchers 4–2 Canberra Strikers Blyth  8' Richards  25' N. Hudson  44', 54' Report Forgesson  42' Lucas  60' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

29 March 2008 18:00 Tassie Van Demons 1–5 NT Pearls Jones  23' Report Ono  13' Mountain  33' Chiu  38' Gale  53' Clarke  62' Umpires: Deborah Rollason (AUS) Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)

30 March 2008 12:00 NSW Arrows 4–3 VIC Vipers Cocking  18' Hollywood  21', 38' Hurtz  66' Report Messent  29' Merrett  43' Riordan  52' Umpires: Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS) Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)

30 March 2008 14:00 NT Pearls 3–4 Canberra Strikers Pericles  2' Ono  45', 70+' Report Young  12' Taylor  23' Harrison  50' Allen  65' Umpires: Catherine Mok (AUS) Aleeta Micallef (AUS)

30 March 2008 16:00 WA Diamonds 2–1 QLD Scorchers Halliday  13' Munro  15' Report Beattie  29' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Minka Woolley (AUS)

30 March 2008 18:00 Tassie Van Demons 0–1 Southern Suns Report Saunders  20' Umpires: Deborah Rollason (AUS) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

1 April 2008 12:00 VIC Vipers 0–4 QLD Scorchers Report Faulkner  19', 37' Eiser  45' Attard  56' Umpires: Aleeta Micallef (AUS) Catherine Mok (AUS)

1 April 2008 14:00 NSW Arrows 5–1 Canberra Strikers Hollywood  3', 8' James  22' Hamahona  38' Rivers  44' Report Harrison  40' Umpires: Deborah Rollason (AUS) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

1 April 2008 16:00 NT Pearls 1–3 Southern Suns Ono  63' Report Sharland  11', 44' Hampton  13' Umpires: Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS) Lisa Roach (AUS)

1 April 2008 18:00 WA Diamonds 2–1 Tassie Van Demons Munro  17' Smithson  66' Report Douglas  37' Umpires: Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS) Leah Giddey (AUS)

2 April 2008 12:00 NT Pearls 1–3 NSW Arrows Ono  51' Report Hurtz  11' Eastham  13' Rivers  16' Umpires: Catherine Mok (AUS) Deborah Rollason (AUS)

2 April 2008 14:00 QLD Scorchers 2–0 Tassie Van Demons N. Hudson  14' Reuter  65' Report Umpires: Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

2 April 2008 16:00 Southern Suns 1–2 (a.e.t.) VIC Vipers Sharland  58' Report Riordan  23' Messent  82' Umpires: Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS) Leah Giddey (AUS)

2 April 2008 18:00 WA Diamonds 6–0 Canberra Strikers Smithson  9', 16', 65' Pamenter  32' Munro  63' Liddelow  70' Report Umpires: Aleeta Micallef (AUS) Minka Woolley (AUS)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	4 April 2008
	VIC Vipers	0
					5 April 2008
	Tassie Van Demons (a.e.t)	1
					Tassie Van Demons	0
	4 April 2008
					Southern Suns	1
	Southern Suns (a.e.t)	2
	NT Pearls	1
					Seventh Place
					5 April 2008
					VIC Vipers	2
					NT Pearls	0

Crossover

4 April 2008 12:00 VIC Vipers 0–1 (a.e.t.) Tassie Van Demons Report Jones  73' Umpires: Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS) Leah Giddey (AUS)

4 April 2008 14:00 Southern Suns 2–1 (a.e.t.) NT Pearls Sharland  18', 81' Report Ono  44' Umpires: Catherine Mok (AUS) Deborah Rollason (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

5 April 2008 10:00 VIC Vipers 2–0 NT Pearls Van Veenendaal  18', 28' Report Umpires: Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS) Deborah Rollason (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

5 April 2008 12:00 Tassie Van Demons 0–1 Southern Suns Report Stacy  58' Umpires: Catherine Mok (AUS) Leah Giddey (AUS)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 April 2008
	WA Diamonds (a.e.t)	4
					5 April 2008
	Canberra Strikers	3
					WA Diamonds	2
	4 April 2008
					QLD Scorchers	0
	QLD Scorchers (a.e.t)	1
	NSW Arrows	0
					Third and Fourth Place
					5 April 2008
					Canberra Strikers	2
					NSW Arrows	0

Semi-finals

4 April 2008 16:00 WA Diamonds 4–3 (a.e.t.) Canberra Strikers Pamenter  9' Halliday  12' Smithson  64', 73' Report Desmet  15' Allen  18' Young  45' Umpires: Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS) Aleeta Micallef (AUS)

4 April 2008 18:00 QLD Scorchers 1–0 (a.e.t.) NSW Arrows N. Hudson  82' Report Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Third and fourth place

5 April 2008 14:00 Canberra Strikers 2–0 NSW Arrows Arrold  20' Stewart  34' Report Umpires: Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS) Aleeta Micallef (AUS)

Final

5 April 2008 16:00 WA Diamonds 2–0 QLD Scorchers Munro  50' Halliday  65' Report Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Player of the Final
Madonna Blyth	Sian Smithson	Kobie McGurk

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	WA Diamonds	9	7	1	0	1	27	7	+20	23	Gold Medal
	QLD Scorchers	9	6	1	0	2	22	6	+16	20	Silver Medal
	Canberra Strikers	9	4	1	1	3	23	27	−4	15	Bronze Medal
4	NSW Arrows	9	6	0	1	2	21	11	+10	19
5	Southern Suns	9	3	1	1	4	11	25	−14	12
6	Tassie Van Demons	9	0	1	0	8	6	21	−15	2
7	VIC Vipers	9	3	1	2	3	19	17	+2	13
8	NT Pearls	9	1	0	1	7	15	30	−15	4

Goalscorers

There were 144 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

7 goals

• Sian Smithson

6 goals

• Renee Allen
• Kate Hollywood
• Mayumi Ono
• Suzanne Faulkner
• Kayla Sharland
• Emily Halliday

5 goals

• Claire Messent

4 goals

• Sarah Young
• Emily Hurtz
• Nicole Hudson
• Mariet van Veenendaal
• Hope Munro

3 goals

• Krystal Forgesson
• Charlotte Harrison
• Emma Taylor
• Megan Rivers
• Barbara Mountain
• Angela Lambert
• Leah Merrett
• Shelly Liddelow

2 goals

• Ebony Barber
• Kellie-Lee James
• Samantha Gale
• Wendy Beattie
• Jacqueline Jones
• Sarah O'Conner
• Renee Trost
• Stephanie Riordan
• Jemma Buckley
• Chantelle Ciallella
• Lisa Pamenter

1 goal

• Nicole Arrold
• Karina Lucas
• Toni Stewart
• Laura Desmet
• Kasey Cocking
• Casey Eastham
• Piki Hamahona
• Rebecca Sanders
• Olivia Chiu
• Aimee Clarke
• Caroline Pericles
• Fiona Young
• Teneal Attard
• Jane Bennett
• Madonna Blyth
• Prue Eiser
• Marnie Hudson
• Rebecca Reuter
• Lauren Richards
• Rachel Hampton
• Sarah Lange
• Kate Saunders
• Elise Stacy
• Amy Swann
• Jessica Blake
• Michelle Cooling
• Abby Douglas
• Jessica Blake
• Erica Trahar
• Kimberly Walker

Source: Clearing House

References

1. "2007-2008 Annual Report" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
2. "AHL". Hockey WA. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
3. Regulations

External links

• Women's Australian Hockey League
• 2008 in Australian women's field hockey