2012 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships
The 2012 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships was a men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart.[1]
| Tournament details | |||
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| City | Hobart | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue(s) | Tasmanian Hockey Centre | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | QLD | ||
| Runner-up | WA | ||
| Third place | NSW | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 36 | ||
| Goals scored | 185 (5.14 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Blake Govers (12 goals) | ||
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Queensland won the gold medal after defeating Western Australia 3–0 in the final.[2] Following a 5–5 draw, New South Wales won the bronze medal with a higher percentage of games won, finishing ahead of Tasmania.[3]
Competition format
The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, with each team facing each other once. Final placings after the pool matches determined playoff positions.
The bottom four teams moved to the classification round. Teams played in crossover matches, with the losing teams playing off for seventh place, and the winners for fifth. Meanwhile, the top four teams contested the medal round, with teams contesting in semi-finals. The winners played in the gold medal match, while the losers played off for bronze.
Results
All times are local (AEST).
Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | QLD | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 17 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | NSW | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 16 | |
| 3 | WA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 15 | |
| 4 | TAS | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 8 | |
| 5 | VIC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 7 | |
| 6 | SA | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 6 | |
| 7 | NT | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 | |
| 8 | ACT | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for; 6) field goals scored.
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Fifth to eighth place classification
| Crossover | Fifth Place | |||||
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| VIC | 5 | |||||
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| ACT | 1 | |||||
| VIC | 2 | |||||
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| NT | 1 | |||||
| SA | 2 | |||||
| NT | 3 | |||||
| Seventh Place | ||||||
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| ACT | 3 | |||||
| SA | 3 | |||||
Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
| Semi-finals | Gold medal | |||||
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| QLD | 2 | |||||
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| TAS | 0 | |||||
| QLD | 3 | |||||
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| WA | 0 | |||||
| NSW | 3 | |||||
| WA | 4 | |||||
| Bronze medal | ||||||
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| TAS | 5 | |||||
| NSW | 5 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| QLD | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 23 | Gold medal | |
| WA | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 18 | Silver medal | |
| NSW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 17 | Bronze medal | |
| 4 | TAS | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 9 | |
| 5 | VIC | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 13 | |
| 6 | NT | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 8 | |
| 7 | SA | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 7 | |
| 8 | ACT | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 6 |
Goalscorers
There were 185 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 5.14 goals per match.
12 goals
10 goals
7 goals
- Jack Elliot
- Justin Douglas
- Bradley Clarke
6 goals
- Dougal Middleton
- Aran Zalewski
5 goals
4 goals
- Jack Wallace
- Nathan Bourke
- Joshua Walters
- Dwayne Abbott
- Daniel Beale
- Daniel Mathiesen
- Aidan Rintala
- Jacob Whetton
- Adam Seccull
3 goals
- Stuart Shepherd
- Flynn Ogilvie
- Tarrant Haami-Jones
- Daniel Mitchell
- Alistair Oliver
- Kieron Arthur
- Jeremy Edwards
- Kyle Gildea
- Sebastian Ewing
- Daniel Robertson
2 goals
- James Jewell
- Matthew Willis
- Jordan Willott
- Jeremy Hayward
- Robert Bell
- Jake Hathaway
- Alexander Phimmanarch
- Christopher Coleman
- Timothy Cross
- Tyler Crowley
- Casey Hammond
- Thomas Sinclair
- Sheldon Brown
1 goal
- Layne Borrett
- Keagan English
- Lewis Shepherd
- Matthew Dawson
- Kyle Eichhorn
- Ross Bougoukas
- Brodie Gleeson
- Jamie Hullick
- Adrian Lockley
- Scott Boyde
- Kane Posselt
- Ethan Quan
- Lewis Short
- Benjamin Craig
- Nathan Greenshields
- Dylan Roberts
- Cameron White
- Maxwell Cerulus
- Kurt Mackey
- Benjamin Read
- William Shaw
- Thomas Craig
- William Gilmour
- Lewis Matthews
- Jake Sherren
- Byron Walton
- Steven Durrell
- Ross Hall
References
- "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2012-2013" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- "U21 Men Win National Championships". hockeyqld.com.au. Hockey Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- "Queensland Wins National Under 21 Championships". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2021.