2016 Men's Australian Hockey League

2016 Men's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host country	Perth
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Perth Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	VIC Vikings (3rd title)
Runner-up	WA Thundersticks
Third place	NSW Waratahs
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	216 (5.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chris Ciriello (10 goals)
Best player	Flynn Ogilvie
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The 2016 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 26th edition of the

Perth

.

For the first time, the Australian Hockey League hosted international teams from India, Malaysia and New Zealand.

The VIC Vikings won the gold medal for the third time by defeating the WA Thundersticks 5–3 in the final.^[1] The NSW Waratahs won the bronze medal after defeating the India Under–21 side 5–1 in the third place match.^[2]

Teams

Domestic Teams

International Teams

Results

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NSW Waratahs	5	5	0	0	21	7	+14	15	Advance to Medal Round
2	VIC Vikings	5	4	0	1	22	9	+13	12	Advance to Medal Round
3	QLD Blades	5	3	0	2	25	11	+14	9
4	Malaysia Tigers	5	1	1	3	9	16	−7	4
5	NT Stingers	5	1	0	4	13	16	−3	3
6	NZL Development	5	0	1	4	5	36	−31	1

Source: Hockey Australia

29 September 2016
16:30

NT Stingers	1–5	VIC Vikings
Rintala 28'	Report	Ciriello 11', 44' Simmonds 12' Simpson 32' Kleinschmidt 43'

Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

29 September 2016
18:00

Malaysia Tigers	1–1	NZL Development
Meor 35'	Report	Jones 45'

Umpires:
Adam Barry (AUS)
Glen Munday (AUS)

29 September 2016
18:30

QLD Blades	1–3	NSW Waratahs
Bell 35'	Report	Hill 29' T. Craig 33' McGuire 48'

Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

30 September 2016
16:00

NZL Development	0–8	NT Stingers
	Report	Argent 9', 21' Rintala 12', 49' J. Hayward 23' Hall 41' Gleeson 43' Crane 48'

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)

30 September 2016
16:30

QLD Blades	5–2	Malaysia Tigers
Elder 5' Boyde 20', 29' Bell 20' Imer 44'	Report	Shahril 47' Ramadan 57'

Umpires:
Scott Embry (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

30 September 2016
20:00

VIC Vikings	1–2	NSW Waratahs
Simmonds 50'	Report	Morley 7' Orchard 35'

Umpires:
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

2 October 2016
15:00

QLD Blades	3–4	VIC Vikings
Douglas 20', 51' Pembroke 37'	Report	Knee 5' Ciriello 6' Ford 28' Kleinschmidt 49'

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Andrew Spence (NZL)

2 October 2016
17:00

NSW Waratahs	7–2	NZL Development
Hill 5' Ogilvie 8' T. Craig 10' Sharp 33' Dawson 38', 46' McGuire 54'	Report	Van Woerkom 7', 59'

Umpires:
Scott Embry (AUS)
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

2 October 2016
19:00

NT Stingers	1–3	Malaysia Tigers
Lockley 15'	Report	Firhan 28' Haziq 37'

Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

4 October 2016
15:00

NZL Development	2–8	VIC Vikings
MacIntrye 7' Jones 20'	Report	Kleinschmidt 13' Pollard 19', 25' Gilmour 29' Ford 32' Ciriello 34', 56' Simmonds 58'

Umpires:
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

4 October 2016
17:00

Malaysia Tigers	2–5	NSW Waratahs
Shahril 16' Van Huizen 47'	Report	Morley 2', 24' Ogilvie 6' McGuire 15' Hill 45'

Umpires:
Glen Munday (AUS)
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

4 October 2016
19:00

NT Stingers	2–4	QLD Blades
Lockley 47' Wallis 55'	Report	Whetton 16' Douglas 45' Anderson 53'

Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Matthew Claxton (AUS)

5 October 2016
16:30

NSW Waratahs	4–1	NT Stingers
B. Craig 4' T. Craig 15', 57' Hill 21'	Report	J. Hayward 43'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

5 October 2016
18:00

VIC Vikings	4–1	Malaysia Tigers
Pollard 20' Ciriello 26' Kleinschmidt 30' Ford 34'	Report	Jazlan 50'

Umpires:
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

5 October 2016
20:30

NZL Development	0–12	QLD Blades
	Report	Beale 5', 43' Elder 5', 15', 45' Anderson 17' Howard 19' Whetton 26', 53' Bell 39' Reckers 54' Boyde 57'

Umpires:
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India Under–21	5	4	1	0	14	7	+7	13	Advance to Medal Round
2	WA Thundersticks	5	4	0	1	11	4	+7	12	Advance to Medal Round
3	Canberra Lakers	5	2	1	2	13	10	+3	7
4	Tassie Tigers	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	7
5	SA Hotshots	5	1	0	4	7	17	−10	3
6	MAS Blue	5	0	1	4	4	14	−10	1

Source: Hockey Australia

29 September 2016
16:00

MAS Blue	2–4	India Under–21
Faizal 4', 55'	Report	Qureshi 19', 42' Varun 21' Gurjant 32'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

29 September 2016
20:00

SA Hotshots	0–4	Tassie Tigers
	Report	Arthur 32', 42', 60' Ockenden 35'

Umpires:
Andrew Spence (NZL)
Scott Embry (AUS)

29 September 2016
20:30

WA Thundersticks	4–1	Canberra Lakers
Rayner 26' McDougall 36' Bird 42' Wickham 56'	Report	Monte 56'

Umpires:
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
Matthew Claxton (AUS)

30 September 2016
18:00

India Under–21	3–1	SA Hotshots
Gurjant 4' Ajit 14' Parvinder 20'	Report	Atkinson 45'

Umpires:
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

30 September 2016
18:30

WA Thundersticks	2–0	MAS Blue
Wickham 15' Budgeon 34'	Report

Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Andrew Spence (NZL)

30 September 2016
20:30

Tassie Tigers	2–1	Canberra Lakers
McCambridge 33' Welch 57'	Report	Staines 57'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Glen Munday (AUS)

2 October 2016
15:30

WA Thundersticks	1–0	Tassie Tigers
Budgeon 40'	Report

Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

2 October 2016
17:30

Canberra Lakers	1–1	India Under–21
S. Shepherd 17'	Report	Ajit 15'

Umpires:
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

2 October 2016
19:30

SA Hotshots	4–0	MAS Blue
Atkinson 22' Willson 29' Bowden 45' Burgess 56'	Report

Umpires:
Glen Munday (AUS)
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)

3 October 2016
15:00

India Under–21	3–2	Tassie Tigers
Qureshi 10', 54' Varun 13'	Report	Dick 12' Shaw 50'

Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

3 October 2016
17:00

Malaysia Blue	1–3	Canberra Lakers
Rafizul 29'	Report	L. Shepherd 24' Day 50' Wallace 54'

Umpires:
Scott Embry (AUS)
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)

3 October 2016
19:30

SA Hotshots	0–3	WA Thundersticks
	Report	Mitton 33' Bausor 57', 60'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

5 October 2016
16:00

Canberra Lakers	7–2	SA Hotshots
Monte 1', 12', 56' S. Shepherd 9' Day 41' L. Shepherd 48' Staines 58'	Report	Oliver 1' Cox 25'

Umpires:
Andrew Spence (NZL)
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

5 October 2016
18:30

India Under–21	3–1	WA Thundersticks
Sumit 32' Varun 39', 40'	Report	Bausor 16'

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Glen Munday (AUS)

5 October 2016
20:00

Tassie Tigers	1–1	Malaysia Blue
Ockenden 23'	Report	Faizal 43'

Umpires:
Scott Embry (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

Classification

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Crossover		Ninth and Tenth Place

7 October 2016

SA Hotshots	2
		8 October 2016
NZL Futures	2
		SA Hotshots	1
7 October 2016
		NT Stingers	5
NT Stingers	5

Malaysia Blue	1
		Eleventh and Twelfth Place

		8 October 2016

		NZL Futures	0

		Malaysia Blue	3

Crossover

7 October 2016
08:30

SA Hotshots	2–2	NZL Development
Atkinson 29', 30'	Report	MacIntrye 11' Radovonich 46'

Umpires:
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

7 October 2016
10:30

NT Stingers	5–1	Malaysia Blue
Argent 4', 10', 31' Reardon 19' J. Hayward 22'	Report	Amirol 43'

Umpires:
Andrew Spence (NZL)
Glen Munday (AUS)

Eleventh and twelfth place

8 October 2016
08:00

NZL Development	0–3	Malaysia Blue
	Report	Hafiz 7' Faizal 34', 52'

Umpires:
Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

Ninth and tenth place

8 October 2016
12:00

SA Hotshots	1–5	NT Stingers
Willson 11'	Report	Wallis 38' Rasmussen 51', 56', 60' J. Hayward 58'

Umpires:
Andrew Spence (NZL)
Scott Embry (AUS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover		Fifth and Sixth Place

7 October 2016

Canberra Lakers	0
		8 October 2016
Malaysia Tigers	3
		Malaysia Tigers	2
7 October 2016
		QLD Blades	4
QLD Blades	5

Tassie Tigers	3
		Seventh and Eighth Place

		8 October 2016

		Canberra Lakers	1

		Tassie Tigers	4

Crossover

7 October 2016
12:30

Canberra Lakers	0–3	Malaysia Tigers
	Report	Shahril 5' Haziq 7' Ramadan 49'

Umpires:
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

7 October 2016
12:30

QLD Blades	5–3	Tassie Tigers
Beale 2', 23', 31' Whetton 30' Anderson 50'	Report	Ockenden 24' Arthur 39', 41'

Umpires:
Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

8 October 2016
16:00

Canberra Lakers	1–4	Tassie Tigers
Monte 43'	Report	Welch 12' Ockenden 17' Read 35' Boulton 38'

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

8 October 2016
20:00

Malaysia Tigers	2–4	QLD Blades
Shahril 34' Najmi 35'	Report	Boyde 8' Beale 38' Bell 41', 46'

Umpires:
Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

Medal round

Semi-Finals		Gold Medal Match

7 October 2016

India Under–21	3 (3)
		9 October 2016
VIC Vikings (p.s.o)	3 (4)
		VIC Vikings	5
7 October 2016
		WA Thundersticks	3
NSW Waratahs	1 (1)

WA Thundersticks (p.s.o)	1 (3)
		Bronze Medal Match

		9 October 2016

		India Under–21	1

		NSW Waratahs	5

Semi-finals

7 October 2016
18:00

India Under–21	3–3	VIC Vikings
Varun 38', 54', 56'	Report	Ciriello 20', 28' Kleinschmidt 22'
Penalties
Manpreet Parvinder Gurjant Parvinder Santa	3–4	Webster Kleinschmidt Gilmour Ford Ciriello

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

7 October 2016
20:00

NSW Waratahs	1–1	WA Thundersticks
Noblett 58'	Report	Bausor 52'
Penalties
Ogilvie Hayes Willis Sharp	1–3	Zalewski Mitton Bird

Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

Third and fourth place

9 October 2016
10:00

India Under–21	1–5	NSW Waratahs
Gurjant 25'	Report	Sharp 6' T. Craig 16', 59' Morley 23', 44'

Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Glen Munday (AUS)

Final

9 October 2016
16:00

VIC Vikings	5–3	WA Thundersticks
Ciriello 6', 15' Knee 25' Arunasalam 34' Philpott 54'	Report	Geers 7' Bausor 13', 53'

Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Topscorer	Player of the Final	GK of the Tournament	Play the Whistle
Flynn Ogilvie	Chris Ciriello	Chris Ciriello	Tyler Lovell	WA Thundersticks

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	VIC Vikings	7	5	1	1	30	15	+15	16	Gold Medal
	WA Thundersticks	7	4	1	2	15	10	+5	13	Silver Medal
	NSW Waratahs	7	6	1	0	27	9	+18	19	Bronze Medal
4	India Under–21	7	4	2	1	18	15	+3	14
5	QLD Blades	7	5	0	2	34	16	+18	15
6	Malaysia Tigers	7	2	1	4	14	20	−6	7
7	Tassie Tigers	7	3	1	3	16	12	+4	10
8	Canberra Lakers	7	2	1	4	14	17	−3	7
9	NT Stingers	7	3	0	4	23	18	+5	9
10	SA Hotshots	7	1	1	5	10	24	−14	4
11	Malaysia Blue	7	1	1	5	8	19	−11	4
12	NZL Development	7	0	2	5	7	41	−34	2

Source: Hockey Australia

Goalscorers

There were 216 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.14 goals per match.

10 goals

Chris Ciriello

7 goals

Varun Kumar

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Hockey Australia

References

^ "VIC VIKINGS WIN AHL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1998". justhockey.com.au. Just Hockey. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ "2016 Men's Australian Hockey League". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

External links

[1] "VIC VIKINGS WIN AHL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1998". justhockey.com.au. Just Hockey. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[2] "2016 Men's Australian Hockey League". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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