The 2009 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 19th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart.
Tournament details
Australia 8 9 (in 9 host cities) WA Thundersticks (8th title) QLD Blades NSW Waratahs 52 258 (4.96 per match) Jason Wilson (12 goals) Brent Livermore ← 2008 (previous) (next) 2010 → ← 2008 (previous) (next) 2010 → ← 2008 (previous) (next) 2010 →
The 2009 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 19th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart .
The WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the eighth time by defeating the QLD Blades 2–1 in the final.
The 2009 Men'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 in home and away matches. 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.
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
· 0 points to the loser of the match
WA Thundersticks 3–2 QLD Blades
6 March 2009 Hearn 29'Pike 58'Dancer 62' Report Wilson 29'M. Bates 60' Stadium:Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
Southern Hotshots 4–1 NT Stingers
6 March 2009 Boland 26'Peris 36'McGregor 41'Hughes 52' Report Edwards 23' Stadium:State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
NSW Waratahs 1–3 Canberra Lakers
6 March 2009 Orchard 43' Report Wallace 27'Turner 31'Davidson 32' Stadium:Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
VIC Vikings 5–2 Tassie Tigers
6 March 2009 McLennan 17', 31'Pollard 34', 54'Ciriello 45' Report Guest 5'Stephenson 52' Stadium:State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
WA Thundersticks 3–5 QLD Blades
8 March 2009 Dancer 38', 70'Pike 65' Report De Young 11', 46'T. Bates 47', 60'Burns 62' Stadium:Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
Southern Hotshots 5–2 NT Stingers
8 March 2009 Hughes 15'Petherick 20', 29'Porter 60'Wyld 63' Report Brown 25', 66' Stadium:State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
NSW Waratahs 3–1 Canberra Lakers
8 March 2009 Miller 29'Govers 66'Orchard 68' Report Wallace 10' Stadium:Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
VIC Vikings 1–0 Tassie Tigers
8 March 2009 Ford 13' Report Stadium:State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
Tassie Tigers 2–4 QLD Blades
13 March 2009 Cock 47'Deavin 67' Report M. Bates 58', 69'Wilson 63', 64' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
VIC Vikings 7–3 Southern Hotshots
13 March 2009 Simpson 14'Pollard 16', 25'Geraghty 19'Ciriello 38', 48', 55' Report Bowden 26'Telfer 43'Reece 65' Stadium:State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
WA Thundersticks 2–1 Canberra Lakers
13 March 2009 Kavanagh 10'Burcher 20' Report Backhus 37' Stadium:Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
NT Stingers 1–5 NSW Waratahs
13 March 2009 J. Lockley 52' Report M. Paterson 3', 65'Butturini 12', 23'I. Paterson 55' Stadium:Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
Tassie Tigers 0–4 QLD Blades
15 March 2009 Report Cramer 10'Gohdes 12'T. Bates 17', 64' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
VIC Vikings 6–2 Southern Hotshots
15 March 2009 Ford 3'Smyth 45'Ciriello 48', 68'MacKinnon 55'Pollard 58' Report Petherick 29'Peris 29' Stadium:State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
WA Thundersticks 3–0 Canberra Lakers
15 March 2009 Charlesworth 8'Smith 30', 56' Report Stadium:Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
NT Stingers 0–5 NSW Waratahs
15 March 2009 Report Kelly 12', 64'Wark 26'Miller 56'Butturini 69' Stadium:Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
NSW Waratahs 2–0 VIC Vikings
21 March 2009 Govers 58'I. Paterson 64' Report Stadium:Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Southern Hotshots 1–2 WA Thundersticks
21 March 2009 McGregor 20' Report Burcher 62'Taylor 72' Stadium:State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
Canberra Lakers 2–1 Tassie Tigers
21 March 2009 Turner 21'Backhus 60' Report Clifford 1' Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra
QLD Blades 5–1 NT Stingers
21 March 2009 Wilson 2', 8', 67'De Young 6'Gohdes 35' Report Robertson 17' Stadium:Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
NSW Waratahs 5–1 VIC Vikings
22 March 2009 Butturini 31', 44'Miller 33'I. Paterson 61'Orchard 66' Report Allan 64' Stadium:Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Southern Hotshots 1–2 WA Thundersticks
22 March 2009 Claxton 47' Report Charlesworth 58'Dancer 61' Stadium:State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
Canberra Lakers 1–4 Tassie Tigers
22 March 2009 Hinde 54' Report Cock 13'Clifford 21'West 58'Richardson 67' Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra
QLD Blades 5–1 NT Stingers
22 March 2009 Wilson 10'M. Bates 15'De Young 24', 39', 58' Report Brown 63' Stadium:Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
Canberra Lakers 0–2 VIC Vikings
27 March 2009 Report Ciriello 13', 41' Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra
NT Stingers 2–3 WA Thundersticks
27 March 2009 A. Lockley 32'T. Carroll 51' Report Hearn 23', 57'Charlesworth 42' Stadium:Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
QLD Blades 2–1 NSW Waratahs
27 March 2009 Butler 15'Gibbs 54' Report Govers 19' Stadium:Toowoomba Hockey Club, Toowoomba
Tassie Tigers 5–1 Southern Hotshots
27 March 2009 Cock 7', 19', 47', 54'Richardson 65' Report Wickham 39' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Canberra Lakers 2–3 VIC Vikings
29 March 2009 Turner 4'Wallace 52' Report Ford 14'Smyth 29'Ciriello 38' Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra
NT Stingers 0–3 WA Thundersticks
29 March 2009 Report Taylor 6', 19'Boyne 41' Stadium:Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
QLD Blades 4–1 NSW Waratahs
29 March 2009 Wilson 24', 47'Gibbs 53'T. Bates 70' Report Orchard 16' Stadium:Toowoomba Hockey Club, Toowoomba
Tassie Tigers 1–0 Southern Hotshots
29 March 2009 Marshall 28' Report Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Canberra Lakers 5–3 NT Stingers
6 April 2009 Davidson 22'Backhus 27'Wallace 53'Bishop 57'D. Hotchkis 59' Report Brown 24'Edwards 32', 35' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Southern Hotshots 1–5 QLD Blades
6 April 2009 Cleghorn 42' Report M. Bates 2'Wilson 8', 26'Whetton 13'Gohdes 22' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
VIC Vikings 3–0 WA Thundersticks
6 April 2009 Ciriello 28', 68'Pollard 57' Report Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
NSW Waratahs 2–1 Tassie Tigers
6 April 2009 Matheson 8', 52' Report Marshall 18' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Canberra Lakers 6–2 Southern Hotshots
7 April 2009 Hinde 20'Davidson 33'Turner 45', 68'Ellis 48'Dawson 62' Report McGregor 2'Schubert 6' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
WA Thundersticks 3–2 NSW Waratahs
7 April 2009 Dancer 2'Mitton 9'Taylor 70' Report Kelly 54'Poulton 61' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
NT Stingers 0–4 Tassie Tigers
7 April 2009 Report Ockenden 5'Marshall 61'Deavin 65'Carey 70' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
QLD Blades 2–0 VIC Vikings
7 April 2009 Hammond 15'Whetton 46' Report Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Southern Hotshots 2–5 NSW Waratahs
9 April 2009 Peris 1'Cleghorn 44' Report Govers 4'Livermore 12'Matheson 21', 34'Miller 32' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
NT Stingers 3–7 VIC Vikings
9 April 2009 Spry 7'T. Carroll 35', 64' Report Allan 10'McLennan 20', 50'Ford 51', 58'MacKinnon 57'Kleinschmidt 60' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
QLD Blades 4–0 Canberra Lakers
9 April 2009 T. Bates 10'Swann 40'De Young 61', 68' Report Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Tassie Tigers 2–4 WA Thundersticks
9 April 2009 Tremayne 67'Cock 70' Report Mitton 2'Hulbert 9'Smith 35'Pike 37' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7
Crossover Fifth place 11 April 2009 Tassie Tigers 3 12 April 2009 Southern Hotshots 1 Tassie Tigers 6 11 April 2009 NT Stingers 2 Canberra Lakers 2 NT Stingers (a.e.t) 3 Seventh place 12 April 2009 Southern Hotshots 3 Canberra Lakers 2
Canberra Lakers 2–3 (a.e.t.) NT Stingers
11 April 2009 12:00 Turner 49', 55' Report Edwards 16', 21'Abbott 80' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Tassie Tigers 3–1 Southern Hotshots
11 April 2009 14:00 Browne 15', 29'Ockenden 65' Report McGregor 3' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Southern Hotshots 3–2 Canberra Lakers
12 April 2009 12:00 Porter 13'Peris 19'Cleghorn 29' Report Bishop 52'D. Hotchkis 62' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Tassie Tigers 6–2 NT Stingers
12 April 2009 14:00 Cock 12', 45', 55'Richardson 32', 56', 60' Report Carroll 21'A. Lockley 66' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7
Semi-finals Final 11 April 2009 QLD Blades 4 12 April 2009 NSW Waratahs 2 QLD Blades 1 11 April 2009 WA Thundersticks 2 VIC Vikings 1 WA Thundersticks 4 Third place 12 April 2009 NSW Waratahs 4 VIC Vikings 2
VIC Vikings 1–4 WA Thundersticks
11 April 2009 16:00 Ford 22' Report Dancer 13'Hulbert 37'Hearn 47', 48' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
QLD Blades 4–2 NSW Waratahs
11 April 2009 18:00 Whetton 15', 59'Butler 17'M. Bates 60' Report Govers 35'M. Paterson 40' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
NSW Waratahs 4–2 VIC Vikings
12 April 2009 16:00 Govers 4', 10', 48'Kelly 14' Report Ford 14'Pollard 21' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
QLD Blades 1–2 WA Thundersticks
12 April 2009 18:00 Wilson 17' Report Dancer 11'Mitton 22' Stadium:Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Player of the Final
Brent Livermore Jason Wilson Graeme Begbie
There were 258 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.96 goals per match.
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: Clearing House
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