2014 Under 18 Women's Australian Hockey Championships
# 2014 Under 18 Women's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2014 Women's Under 18 Australian Championships was a field hockey tournament held in the Victorian city of Melbourne.

Queensland won the gold medal by defeating the New South Wales 5–2 in the final. Victoria Blue won the bronze medal by defeating Australian Capital Territory 3–2 in the third and fourth place playoff.

## Competition format

The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, each consisting of five teams in a round robin format. Throughout the pool stage however, teams from each pool competed in crossover matches with the teams in the other pool, with each team playing one crossover match.

At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams of Pools A and B progressed through to the semi-finals, where the top placed teams of each pool competed against the second placed team of each pool, with the winners progressing to the final.

The bottom three teams then play in crossover matches with teams from the other pool, the results of these matches determine the playoff games, with best results playing for fifth and worst results playing for 9th.

## Teams

Unlike other National Australian Championships, teams from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria are eligible to enter two teams.

* ACT
* NSW State
* NSW Blue
* NT
* QLD
* SA
* TAS
* VIC Blue
* VIC White
* WA

## Results

### Preliminary round

* Each team played one crossover match; points have been added to teams' respective pools.

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | NSW State | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 15 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | VIC Blue | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | WA | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | TAS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 6 | |
| 5 | NSW Blue | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | |

* 4 April 2014 13:30

| TAS | 2–1 | NSW Blue |
| - | - | - |
| Poke 32' Curtis 54' | Report | Rekunow 10' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 4 April 2014 15:30

| VIC Blue | 2–2 | WA |
| - | - | - |
| Ratcliffe 56', 67' | Report | Collard 63' Peacock 66' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 4 April 2014 17:30

| VIC White | 0–8 | NSW State |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Leard 6' Stewart 19' Constable 23' Divall 26', 42', 65' Arnott 46' Wilson 68' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 5 April 2014 10:00

| VIC Blue | 8–1 | SA |
| - | - | - |
| Ratcliffe 1' Russ 9' Colasurdo 11', 47' Brennan 13', 64' Hatton 16' Down 68' | Report | Warrender 57' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 5 April 2014 12:00

| TAS | 1–0 | WA |
| - | - | - |
| Kenworthy 68' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 5 April 2014 16:00

| NSW State | 2–0 | NSW Blue |
| - | - | - |
| Stewart 35' Arnott 39' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2014 09:30

| VIC Blue | 3–0 | TAS |
| - | - | - |
| Utri 25' Ratcliffe 39' Russ 60' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2014 13:30

| NSW State | 4–0 | WA |
| - | - | - |
| Stewart 6' Gillard 16' Divall 45' Hayes 50' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2014 17:30

| NSW Blue | 0–5 | QLD |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Taylor 14' Fitzpatrick 38', 58', 68' Barrett 66' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 8 April 2014 10:00

| WA | 1–0 | NSW Blue |
| - | - | - |
| Capewell 40' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 8 April 2014 12:00

| ACT | 4–1 | TAS |
| - | - | - |
| Martens 26' Evans 30', 56', 69' | Report | Kirkland 61' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 8 April 2014 14:00

| VIC Blue | 1–3 | NSW State |
| - | - | - |
| Ratcliffe 49' | Report | Arnott 7' Wilson 63', 66' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2014 09:30

| TAS | 0–4 | NSW State |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Wilson 4', 37' Divall 57' Smith 57' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2014 11:30

| NSW Blue | 3–2 | VIC Blue |
| - | - | - |
| Bosman 27' Barrett 42' Hardy 61' | Report | Ratcliffe 21' Down 38' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2014 15:30

| WA | 5–0 | NT |
| - | - | - |
| S. Tonkin 20' Collard 35' Capewell 40' M. Tonkin 41', 42' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | QLD | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 12 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | ACT | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 12 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | NT | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | |
| 4 | SA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 6 | |
| 5 | VIC White | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 | |

* 4 April 2014 09:30

| ACT | 0–4 | QLD |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Malone 28' Taylor 33' Fitzpatrick 39', 50' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 4 April 2014 11:30

| NT | 2–3 | SA |
| - | - | - |
| Higgns 48' Jones 50' | Report | Mallinson 4' Draper 29' Spano 35' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 4 April 2014 17:30

| VIC White | 0–8 | NSW State |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Leard 6' Stewart 19' Constable 23' Divall 26', 42', 65' Arnott 46' Wilson 68' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 5 April 2014 10:00

| VIC Blue | 8–1 | SA |
| - | - | - |
| Ratcliffe 1' Russ 9' Colasurdo 11', 47' Brennan 13', 64' Hatton 16' Down 68' | Report | Warrender 57' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 5 April 2014 14:00

| ACT | 3–2 | NT |
| - | - | - |
| Toole 9' Cornish 14', 17' | Report | Jones 15' Lidbetter 43' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 5 April 2014 18:00

| VIC White | 0–12 | QLD |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Hetherington 2', 15' Fitzpatrick 20', 41', 44', 52' Boyd 31' Barrett 47' Wilkinson 55' Malone 56', 61' Hillas 60' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2014 11:30

| SA | 2–6 | ACT |
| - | - | - |
| Holland-Smith 12' Welstead 70' | Report | Slater 5' Monfries 50', 55' Taseska 59' Evans 60' Cornish 64' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2014 15:30

| VIC White | 0–2 | NT |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Jones 4' Graf 32' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2014 17:30

| NSW Blue | 0–5 | QLD |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Taylor 14' Fitzpatrick 38', 58', 68' Barrett 66' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 8 April 2014 12:00

| ACT | 4–1 | TAS |
| - | - | - |
| Martens 26' Evans 30', 56', 69' | Report | Kirkland 61' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 8 April 2014 16:00

| SA | 2–0 | VIC White |
| - | - | - |
| Spano 3' Draper 47' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 8 April 2014 18:00

| NT | 1–0 | QLD |
| - | - | - |
| Graf 31' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2014 13:30

| QLD | 8–1 | SA |
| - | - | - |
| Taylor 18', 29', 39', 58' Russ 41' Hetherington 55', 67' Wilkinson 56' | Report | Spano 4' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2014 15:30

| WA | 5–0 | NT |
| - | - | - |
| S. Tonkin 20' Collard 35' Capewell 40' M. Tonkin 41', 42' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2014 17:30

| ACT | 2–0 | VIC White |
| - | - | - |
| Slater 1' Taseska 63' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

### Second round

**Fifth to tenth place classification**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | WA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | Fifth Place Match |
| 2 | TAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | Fifth Place Match |
| 3 | NSW Blue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Seventh Place Match |
| 4 | NT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | Seventh Place Match |
| 5 | SA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Ninth Place Match |
| 6 | VIC White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | Ninth Place Match |

**Fifth to tenth place classification**

**Crossover matches**

* 11 April 2014

| WA | 4–1 | VIC White |
| - | - | - |
| Moness 21' Peacock 43' S. Tonkin 54' Bell 58' | Report | Sutherland 50' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 11 April 2014

| TAS | 3–0 | SA |
| - | - | - |
| Poke 18' Hinton 63' Goldsmith 70' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 11 April 2014

| NSW Blue | 2–1 | NT |
| - | - | - |
| Blamey 27' Williams 65' | Report | Scholl 31' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

**Fifth to tenth place classification**

**Ninth and tenth place**

* 12 April 2014

| SA | 3–2 | VIC White |
| - | - | - |
| Draper 30' Lewis 52' MacLachlan 67' | Report | James 55' Phillips 69' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

**Fifth to tenth place classification**

**Seventh and eighth place**

* 12 April 2014

| NSW Blue | 2–1 | NT |
| - | - | - |
| Hardy 39' Wishart 57' | Report | Lidbetter 56' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

**Fifth to tenth place classification**

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 12 April 2014

| WA | 3–0 | TAS |
| - | - | - |
| Baldwin 28' Moness 50' Peacock 62' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

**First to fourth place classification**

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 April 2014 | 11 April 2014 |
| NSW State | 8 |
| NSW State | 8 | 12 April 2014 | 12 April 2014 |
| ACT | 0 | 12 April 2014 | 12 April 2014 |
| ACT | 0 | NSW State | 2 |
| 11 April 2014 | 11 April 2014 | | NSW State | 2 |
| 11 April 2014 | 11 April 2014 | QLD | 5 |
| QLD | 3 | QLD | 5 |
| VIC Blue | 1 | | |
| VIC Blue | 1 | Broze Medal Match | Broze Medal Match |
| | | 12 April 2014 | 12 April 2014 |
| | | ACT | 2 |
| | | VIC Blue | 3 |

**First to fourth place classification**

**Semi-finals**

* 11 April 2014

| NSW State | 8–0 | ACT |
| - | - | - |
| Stewart 16' Leard 22', 46' Nobbs 36' Smith 52' Hayes 65' Capaldi 66' Arnott 67' | Report | |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre
* 11 April 2014

| QLD | 3–1 | VIC Blue |
| - | - | - |
| Taylor 5' Hetherington 11' Barrett 54' | Report | Ratcliffe 54' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

**First to fourth place classification**

**Third and fourth place**

* 12 April 2014

| ACT | 2–3 | VIC Blue |
| - | - | - |
| Cornish 9' Apps 22' | Report | Wagg 4', 15' Utri 11' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

**First to fourth place classification**

**Final**

* 12 April 2014

| NSW State | 2–5 | QLD |
| - | - | - |
| Hayes 39' Patterson 58' | Report | Barrett 14' Fitzpatrick 26', 41' Malone 36' Boyd 69' |

* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre

## Awards

| Best Player | Topscorer | Play the Whistle |
| - | - | - |
| Grace Stewart | Madison Fitzpatrick | Queensland |

## Statistics

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | QLD | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | +32 | 18 | Gold Medal |
| | NSW State | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 6 | +25 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| | VIC Blue | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | ACT | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 12 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | WA | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | Fifth Place |
| 6 | TAS | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 9 | Sixth Place |
| 7 | NSW Blue | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 9 | Seventh Place |
| 8 | NT | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 6 | Eighth Place |
| 9 | SA | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 9 | Ninth Place |
| 10 | VIC White | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 0 | Tenth Place |
