2014 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2014 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships was a men's field hockey tournament held in the New South Wales city of Sydney.

2014 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Sydney Olympic Park
Final positions
Champions	New South Wales
Runner-up	Victoria
Third place	Western Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	238 (6.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Blake Govers (20 goals)
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New South Wales won the gold medal after defeating Victoria 7–2 in the final. Western Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Queensland 3–0 in the third and fourth playoff.

Competition format

The tournament is played in a round robin format, with each team facing each other once. Final placings after the pool matches determine playoffs.

The bottom four teams play in the classification round. Two crossover matches are played, with the fifth placed team playing the eighth place team and the fifth placed team facing the sixth placed team. The winners of the crossover matches progress to the fifth and sixth place playoff, while the losers contest the seventh and eighth place playoff.

The top four teams contest the medal round. Two semi-finals are played, with the first placed team taking on the fourth placed team and the second placed team taking on the third placed team. The winners progress to the final, while the losers contest the third and fourth place playoff.

Teams

• ACT
• NSW
• NT
• QLD
• SA
• TAS
• VIC
• WA

Results

Pool matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NSW	7	7	0	0	52	7	+45	21	Semi-Finals
2	QLD	7	6	0	1	24	10	+14	18
3	VIC	7	5	0	2	24	17	+7	15
4	WA	7	4	0	3	19	19	0	12
5	TAS	7	2	1	4	21	25	−4	7	5th-8th
6	NT	7	2	1	4	11	29	−18	7
7	ACT	7	1	0	6	21	35	−14	3
8	SA	7	0	0	7	11	41	−30	0

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30 June 2014 09:00 QLD 8–1 NT Kruger  15' Bell  17' Douglas  26' Rintala  32', 70' Howard  34' Boyde  54' Report Parkin  61' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Scott O'Reilly (AUS)

30 June 2014 11:00 NSW 5–0 WA Bourke  14' McEwen  23' Horner  32' Elliott  34' Ogilvie  45' Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

30 June 2014 13:00 VIC 4–2 TAS Hammond  8', 46' Gilmour  29' Stock  30' Report Arthur  45', 55' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Matthew Claxton (AUS)

30 June 2014 15:00 SA 1–6 ACT Scotcher  30' Report Day  9', 51' Laidley  16', 56' Rout  28' Shepherd  70' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Scott Embry (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)

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1 July 2014 09:00 VIC 6–1 WA Scanlon  24' Arunasalam  38', 49' Simmonds  56' Hammond  64' Gilmour  70' Report Robertson  63' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

1 July 2014 11:00 TAS 1–5 QLD Blacklow  9' Report Rintala  3', 21', 42' Bell  53' Argent  59' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Nicholas Marshall (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)

1 July 2014 13:00 NT 5–3 ACT Lockley  13', 37' Latham  23' Platt  33', 46' Report Mosslar  5', 43' Hopkins  20' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) Matthew Claxton (AUS)

1 July 2014 15:00 NSW 14–0 SA McEwen  5', 30', 67' Govers  10', 17', 23', 35', 43', 68' Noblett  27' Elliott  47', 64' Horner  65' Proctor  70' Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Scott O'Reilly (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

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2 July 2014 09:00 ACT 3–7 TAS Hackett-Hansson  24' Shepherd  28' Laidley  54' Report White  4' Arthur  13', 59' Mackey  22', 34' Johnston  67' Crane  67' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Scott O'Reilly (AUS) Scott Embry (AUS)

2 July 2014 11:00 QLD 2–1 WA Rintala  17' Howard  54' Report Benfell  35' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)

2 July 2014 13:00 SA 3–4 VIC Browne  38' Russ  54' Pena  70' Report Page  27' Scanlon  51' Wookey  56' Hammond  68' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Nicholas Marshall (AUS)

2 July 2014 15:00 NSW 9–1 NT Gregory  3' Govers  16', 29', 33', 49' Bourke  17' Horner  34', 49' Ogilvie  39' Report Sommerville  44' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)

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4 July 2014 09:00 NSW 9–1 ACT Govers  17' Bourke  29' Elliott  40', 64' McEwen  45', 58', 66' Dawson  55' Ogilvie  61' Report Laidley  60' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)

4 July 2014 11:00 QLD 3–1 VIC Wotherspoon  14' Boyde  30' Mynott  57' Report Hammond  25' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Scott Embry (AUS)

4 July 2014 13:00 TAS 0–2 WA Report Gerrard  51' Robertson  68' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)

4 July 2014 15:00 NT 2–1 SA Sommerville  35' Rintala  69' Report Browne  14' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Nicholas Marshall (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)

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5 July 2014 09:00 NSW 4–1 QLD Horner  47' Govers  50' McEwen  52' Elliott  66' Report Kruger  39' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)

5 July 2014 11:00 VIC 5–4 ACT Arunasalam  3', 16' Randhawa  17' Gale  23' Wookey  25' Report Hackett-Hansson  26' Shepherd  43' Day  70' Harris  70' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Lee Nugawela (AUS) Nicholas Marshall (AUS)

5 July 2014 13:00 WA 3–1 NT Gibbs  23' Gerrard  59' Ewing  67' Report Rintala  6' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

5 July 2014 15:00 SA 3–6 TAS Pena  34' Browne  47' Counsell  66' Report Blacklow  9' Mackey  17' Warne  29' Arthur  43', 54' Beltz  59' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Scott O'Reilly (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

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7 July 2014 09:00 SA 2–7 WA Russ  44' Counsell  49' Report Roberts  10' Robertson  14', 38' Spencer  22' Lowes  29' Gibbs  40' Ewing  59' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Scott O'Reilly (AUS)

7 July 2014 11:00 NT 1–1 TAS Piggin  25' Report Arthur  70' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Scott Embry (AUS) Matthew Claxton (AUS)

7 July 2014 13:00 VIC 0–4 NSW Report Govers  3' Elliott  27' Craig  60' Hayes  62' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

7 July 2014 15:00 QLD 3–1 ACT Argent  30', 35' Rintala  41' Report Hopkins  60' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Nicholas Marshall (AUS)

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8 July 2014 09:00 VIC 4–0 NT Randhawa  2' Simmonds  5' Gilmour  41' Wookey  66' Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Nicholas Marshall (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)

8 July 2014 11:00 NSW 7–4 TAS Dawson  3', 25' Craig  11', 22', 28' Tran  35' Govers  52' Report Arthur  39', 68' Beltz  62' White  66' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) Scott O'Reilly (AUS)

8 July 2014 13:00 QLD 2–1 SA Douglas  12' Boyde  69' Report Pena  5' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

8 July 2014 15:00 WA 5–3 ACT Ewing  17' Gerrard  24', 31' Roberts  32' Gibbs  36' Report Randell  63' Stuckey  65' Hopkins  70' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

Classification matches

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	11 July 2014
	TAS	4
					12 July 2014
	SA	1
					TAS	5
	11 July 2014
					ACT	1
	NT	2
	ACT	5
					Seventh place
					12 July 2014
					SA	2
					NT	6

Crossover matches

10 July 2014 09:00 TAS 4–1 SA Beltz  11' Arthur  20', 50' Blacklow  64' Report Hughes  35' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Nicholas Marshall (AUS)

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10 July 2014 11:00 NT 2–5 ACT Hullick  25' Lockley  54' Report Day  19' Shepherd  47' Tinter  53' Chivers  63' Randell  65' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Lee Nugawela (AUS) Scott O'Reilly (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

11 July 2014 09:00 SA 2–6 NT Casey  43' Russ  65' Report MacDonald  3' Parkin  10', 28' Platt  13' Lockley  17' Latham  26' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

11 July 2014 11:00 TAS 5–1 ACT Blacklow  3' Arthur  28', 61', 66' Lane  47' Report Laidley  50' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Lee Nugawela (AUS) Scott O'Reilly (AUS)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	10 July 2014
	NSW	7
					11 July 2014
	WA	1
					NSW	7
	10 July 2014
					VIC	2
	QLD	4
	VIC	5
					Bronze medal match
					11 July 2014
					WA	3
					QLD	0

Semi-finals

10 July 2014 13:00 NSW 7–1 WA Govers  10', 41', 57' Bourke  42', 45' Dawson  50' Hayes  64' Report Spencer  58' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

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10 July 2014 15:30 QLD 4–5 VIC Mynott  29' Kruger  44', 63' Boyde  68' Report Wookey  12', 43' Arunasalam  18' Page  25', 66' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Scott Embry (AUS)

Third and fourth place

11 July 2014 13:00 WA 3–0 QLD Roberts  35' Gerrard  54' Geers  66' Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

Final

11 July 2014 16:30 NSW 7–2 VIC Dawson  10' Govers  17', 51', 58' Tran  39' Horner  41', 65' Report Hammond  3' Arunasalam  46' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Scott Embry (AUS)

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