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The 2018 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 26th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The 2018 edition of the tournament was held between 6 – 28 October, and featured a new format from previous editions.[1]
The finals phase of the 2018 tournament was held in the Queensland city of the Gold Coast , from the 25 – 28 October.[2]
QLD Blades won the tournament for a record tenth time after defeating NSW Waratahs 5–3 in the gold-medal match.[3] Tassie Tigers claimed the bronze medal after defeating the Canberra Lakers 1–0.
Competition format
Unlike previous editions of the Men's Australian Hockey League , the 2018 edition will include a very different format. Instead of the tournament being held at a single venue, the teams will play at least one home and away match during the pool stage, before converging on a singular venue for the Classification Round .[4]
The teams will be divided into two Pool A and Pool B, both consisting of four teams, with each team playing each other once. The teams will then progress to the Classification round, with each team playing a qualifying match, before progressing to either the fifth to eighth place playoffs, or the first to fourth place playoffs.
Participating teams
Venues
Results
Preliminary round
Pool A
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source:
hockey.org.au
6 October 2018 16:00 (AEST )
Sydney
Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Ben de Young (AUS)
6 October 2018 19:00 (AEST )
Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
14 October 2018 14:30 (AEST )
Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
14 October 2018 14:30 (AEST )
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) David Bridgford (AUS)
20 October 2018 15:30 (AEST )
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) David Bridgford (AUS)
20 October 2018 20:00 (AEST )
Pool B
7 October 2018 15:30 (ACST )
Adelaide
Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nathan Jennings (AUS)
7 October 2018 18:30 (ACST )
Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
13 October 2018 14:00 (AEST )
Melbourne
Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
13 October 2018 18:30 (ACST )
(AUS) Nathan Jennings (AUS)
20 October 2018 18:00 (AWST )
Perth
Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Matthew Claxton (AUS)
21 October 2018 15:30 (AEST )
Melbourne
Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
Classification round
Quarterfinals
25 October 2018 13:00 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
25 October 2018 14:45 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) Nathan Jennings (AUS)
25 October 2018 16:30 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
25 October 2018 18:15 (AEST )
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
October 2018 08:45 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: Nathan Jennings (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
October 2018 10:30 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)
Seventh and eighth place
October 2018 10:30 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
Fifth and sixth place
October 2018 10:30 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
27 October 2018 15:30 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
27 October 2018 17:00 (AEST )
Third and fourth place
28 October 2018 14:00 (AEST )
Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast Umpires: Nathan Jennings (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Final
28 October 2018 17:00 (AEST )
Awards
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
There were 208 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 8.67 goals per match.
11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: Hockey Australia
References
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