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]
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] All times are local (AEST ).
Preliminary round [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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
Source:
Hockey Australia Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for; 6) field goals scored.
Fixtures [ edit ] Classification round [ edit ] Fifth to eighth place classification [ edit ]
Crossover Fifth Place
20 July 2012
VIC 5
21 July 2012
ACT 1
VIC 2
20 July 2012
NT 1
SA 2
NT 3
Seventh Place
21 July 2012
ACT 3
SA 3
Crossover [ edit ] Umpires: Andrew Just (AUS) Nicholas Marshall (AUS)
Umpires: Andrew Hickman (AUS) Benjamin Secrett (AUS)
Seventh and eighth place [ edit ] Umpires: Simon Moore (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)
Fifth and sixth place [ edit ] Umpires: Benjamin Secrett (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)
First to fourth place classification [ edit ]
Semi-finals Gold medal
20 July 2012
QLD 2
21 July 2012
TAS 0
QLD 3
20 July 2012
WA 0
NSW 3
WA 4
Bronze medal
21 July 2012
TAS 5
NSW 5
Semi-finals [ edit ] Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)
Umpires: Levi Stephen (AUS) Simon Moore (AUS)
Third and fourth place [ edit ] Umpires: Scott O'Reilly (AUS) Levi Stephen (AUS)
Umpires: Simon Cross (AUS) Scott Embry (AUS)
Statistics [ edit ] Final standings [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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 [ edit ] There were 185 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 5.14 goals per match.
12 goals
10 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]