The 2010 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 20th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the Queensland city of Brisbane.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country |  Australia | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  QLD Blades (6th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  NSW Waratahs | ||
| Third place |  VIC Vikings | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 44 | ||
| Goals scored | 255 (5.8 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Joshua Miller (14 goals) | ||
| Best player | Simon Orchard Desmond Abbott | ||
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The WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the ninth time by defeating the NSW Waratahs 4–3 in the final.[1]
Competition format
editThe format included five round-matches over two weekends and a finals week that consisted of two round-matches and three pool matches for a place in the final.
After all the round matches were complete the teams were ranked 1–8 depending on the total number of points earned in all their round matches.
The teams ranked 1, 4, 6 & 8 progressed to Pool A, while teams ranked 2, 3, 5 & 7 progressed to Pool B. All previously earned points were removed with the teams in each pool playing each other once more. At the completion of the pool matches, the top team from each pool advanced to the League Final.[2]
Teams
editResults
editPreliminary round
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | VIC Vikings
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 18 | Pool A |
| 2 | QLD Blades
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 13 | Pool B |
| 3 |  WA Thundersticks
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 13 | |
| 4 | NSW Waratahs
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 12 | Pool A |
| 5 |  Canberra Lakers
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 12 | Pool B |
| 6 | NT Stingers
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 6 | |
| 7 |  Tassie Tigers
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 6 | Pool A |
| 8 |  Southern Hotshots
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7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 32 | −21 | 3 |
Source: Clearing House
Fixtures
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Classification round
editPool matches
editPool A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | NSW Waratahs
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 9 |
| 2 | VIC Vikings
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
| 3 | Tassie Tigers
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
| 4 | Southern Hotshots
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 |
Source: Clearing House
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Pool B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | QLD Blades
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 7 |
| 2 | WA Thundersticks
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Canberra Lakers
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | NT Stingers
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
Source: Clearing House
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Classification matches
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Fifth and sixth place
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Statistics
editFinal standings
editGoalscorers
editThere were 255 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 5.8 goals per match.
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Daniel Conroy- Ian Davidson
- Evan Gilson
- Daniel Hotchkis
Andrew Todd
Jonathan Ginolfi- Benjamin Poulton
- Cody Tribe
Troy Elder- Mark Knowles
Fraser Bowden- Daniel Cox
- Jake Stacy
Paul Ancher- Adam Clifford
- Warren Lucas
- Phillip Marshall
- Dougal Middleton
- William Shaw
- Heath Simpson
Andrew Philpott- Joshua Pollard
Matthew Boyce- Brent Dancer
- Gregory Hearn
- Andrew Jacobs
- Gregory Reece
Source: Clearing House
References
edit- ^ "Queensland Blades beat NSW to win Australian Hockey League Championship". couriermail.com.au. The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2009–2010" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2020.[permanent dead link]