1999 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 1999 Women's Australian Hockey League (AHL) was the 7th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in various cities across Australia, and was contested from 25 June through to 18 July 1999.[1]

1999 Women's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates25 June – 18 July
Teams7
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions NSW Arrows (4th title)
Runner-up Canberra Strikers
Third place QLD Scorchers
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored90 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Katrina Powell (8 goals)
Best player Katrina Powell
← 1998 (previous) (next) 2000 →

NSW Arrows won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating Canberra Strikers 3–0 in the final. QLD Scorchers finished in third place after defeating Adelaide Suns 1–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.[2]

Participating Teams

Venues
Sydney Adelaide Brisbane
State Hockey Centre Pines Hockey Stadium Queensland Hockey Centre
Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 3,000
 Melbourne
Doncaster Hockey Club
Canberra
Lyneham Hockey Centre
Hobart
Tasmanian Hockey Centre
Toowoomba
Clyde Park Hockey Stadium

Competition format

The 1999 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.

Teams from 7 of Australia's 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.

Point allocation
Points
W WD LD L
3210

Every match in the 1999 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point.

Results

Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 QLD Scorchers 6 4 1 0 1 11 6 +5 14 Semi-finals
2 Canberra Strikers 6 3 1 1 1 11 9 +2 12
3 Adelaide Suns 6 2 2 1 1 8 7 +1 11
4 NSW Arrows 6 2 1 1 2 15 11 +4 9
5 Tassie Van Demons 6 2 1 0 3 11 13 −2 8
6 VIS Vipers 6 1 1 1 3 12 12 0 6
7 WAIS Diamonds 6 0 0 3 3 11 21 −10 3
Source: Clearing House
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) matches won; 5) goals scored.

Fixtures
25 June 1999
13:00 (AEST)
Tassie Van Demons 2–3 NSW Arrows
Wallington  43'
B. Langham  60'		 Report J. Towers  7'
Twitt  12'
K. Towers  40'
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Sydney
26 June 1999
12:00 (AEST)
QLD Scorchers 0–1 Adelaide Suns
Report C. Souter  17'
Stadium:
Lyneham Hockey Centre, Canberra
26 June 1999
13:30 (AEST)
NSW Arrows 7–2 WAIS Diamonds
Robards  32'
J. Towers  38'
Annan  47'
Booth  49'
Tassell  52'
Banning  59'
K. Towers  61'		 Report Hakwes  23'
Andrews  24'
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Sydney
26 June 1999
14:00 (AEST)
VIS Vipers 0–1 Canberra Strikers
Report Powell  30'
Stadium:
Lyneham Hockey Centre, Canberra
27 June 1999
12:00 (AEST)
Adelaide Suns 1–1 VIS Vipers
Collett  56' Report Taylor  35'
Penalties
4–3
Stadium:
Lyneham Hockey Centre, Canberra
27 June 1999
13:30 (AEST)
WAIS Diamonds 1–2 (a.e.t.) Tassie Van Demons
Ringrose  47' Report B. Langham  27'
Walker  78'
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Sydney
27 June 1999
14:00 (AEST)
Canberra Strikers 0–3 QLD Scorchers
Report Baker  45'
Faulkner  56'
Callow  70+'
Stadium:
Lyneham Hockey Centre, Canberra
2 July 1999
14:30 (AEST)
VIS Vipers 2–3 Tassie Van Demons
B. Imison  67'
Dobson  69'		 Report M. Langham  4'
McDonald  26'
B. Langham  35+'
Stadium:
Doncaster Hockey Club, Melbourne
3 July 1999
12:00 (ACST)
Canberra Strikers 4–2 WAIS Diamonds
Powell  21'
MacKinnon  34', 61'
Smyth  69'		 Report Starre  25', 28'
Stadium:
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide
3 July 1999
14:00 (ACST)
Adelaide Suns 1–0 NSW Arrows
Collett  23' Report
Stadium:
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide
3 July 1999
14:30 (AEST)
Tassie Van Demons 1–2 QLD Scorchers
B. Langham  43' Report Skirving  62'
Mott  66'
Stadium:
Doncaster Hockey Club, Melbourne
4 July 1999
12:00 (ACST)
NSW Arrows 3–2 (a.e.t.) Canberra Strikers
Morrison  26'
Booth  70'
K. Towers  75'		 Report Powell  13', 48'
Stadium:
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide
4 July 1999
14:00 (ACST)
WAIS Diamonds 2–2 Adelaide Suns
Ringrose  10'
Starre  45'		 Report McIlwraith  30'
C. Souter  33'
Penalties
2–3
Stadium:
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide
4 July 1999
14:30 (AEST)
QLD Scorchers 3–2 VIS Vipers
Mott  4', 31'
Faulkner  10'		 Report Purcell  32'
Truscott  47'
Stadium:
Doncaster Hockey Club, Melbourne
9 July 1999
17:00 (AEST)
Adelaide Suns 1–1 Canberra Strikers
C. Souter  58' Report Paterson  54'
Penalties
3–4
Stadium:
Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
10 July 1999
13:00 (AEST)
QLD Scorchers 1–0 NSW Arrows
Callow  37' Report
Stadium:
Clyde Park Hockey Stadium, Toowoomba
10 July 1999
14:00 (AEST)
Tassie Van Demons 3–2 Adelaide Suns
Wallington  6'
B. Langham  51', 64'		 Report Wood  46'
Delaine  60'
Stadium:
Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
10 July 1999
15:00 (AEST)
VIS Vipers 4–2 WAIS Diamonds
Harvey  24'
Mitchell-Taverner  34'
N. Smith  35'
Spalding  38'		 Report Andrews  22', 56'
Stadium:
Clyde Park Hockey Stadium, Toowoomba
11 July 1999
11:00 (AEST)
Canberra Strikers 3–0 Tassie Van Demons
Powell  14', 67'
Staunton  32'		 Report
Stadium:
Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
11 July 1999
13:00 (AEST)
WAIS Diamonds 2–2 QLD Scorchers
Mounsey  14'
Andrews  57'		 Report Faulkner  17'
Callow  64'
Penalties
2–4
Stadium:
Queensland Hockey Centre, Brisbane
11 July 1999
15:00 (AEST)
NSW Arrows 2–3 (a.e.t.) VIS Vipers
J. Towers  13'
Banning  42'		 Report B. Imison  23'
Spalding  40'
Mitchell-Taverner  74'
Stadium:
Queensland Hockey Centre, Brisbane

Classification round
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 July 1999
 
 
 QLD Scorchers2
 
18 July 1999
 
 NSW Arrows3
 
 NSW Arrows3
 
17 July 1999
 
 Canberra Strikers0
 
 Canberra Strikers2
 
 
 Adelaide Suns0
 
Third place
 
 
18 July 1999
 
 
 QLD Scorchers (a.e.t)1
 
 
 Adelaide Suns0

Semi-finals
17 July 1999
11:30 (AEST)
QLD Scorchers 2–3 NSW Arrows
Faulkner  53'
Mott  55'		 Report J. Towers  31'
K. Towers  40'
Banning  65'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
17 July 1999
13:30 (AEST)
Canberra Strikers 2–0 Adelaide Suns
Powell  13', 39' Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Third and fourth place
18 July 1999
11:30 (AEST)
QLD Scorchers 1–0 (a.e.t.) Adelaide Suns
Mott  82' Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Final
18 July 1999
13:30 (AEST)
NSW Arrows 3–0 Canberra Strikers
J. Towers  31'
Ellick  38'
Morrison  42'		 Report
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Awards
Player of the League Top Goalscorer Player of the Final
Katrina Powell Katrina Powell Melanie Twitt

Statistics

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
NSW Arrows 8 4 1 1 2 21 13 +8 15 Gold Medal
Canberra Strikers 8 4 1 1 2 13 12 +1 15 Silver Medal
QLD Scorchers 8 4 2 0 2 14 9 +5 16 Bronze Medal
4 Adelaide Suns 8 2 2 2 2 8 10 −2 12 Fourth place
5 Tassie Van Demons 6 2 1 0 3 11 13 −2 8 Eliminated in
group stage
6 VIS Vipers 6 1 1 1 3 12 12 0 6
7 WAIS Diamonds 6 0 0 3 3 11 21 −10 3
Source: Clearing House

Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References
  1. "Women's Hockey Australia Annual Report 1999" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "ARROWS RIGHT ON TARGET WITH TITLE NUMBER FOUR". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 4 December 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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