2016 Under 21 Women's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2016 Women's Under 21 Australian Championships was a women's field hockey tournament held in the New South Wales city of Sydney.

2016 Women's Under 21 Australian Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Sydney Olympic Park
Final positions
Champions	Queensland
Runner-up	Western Australia
Third place	New South Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	114 (4.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aisling Utri (7 goals)
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The Queensland Under 21 team won the gold medal after defeating the Western Australia Under 21 team 2–1 in the final. New South Wales won the bronze medal by defeating Victoria 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out following a 3–3 draw.

Competition format

The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.

The top two teams in each of pools A and B then progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth place match.

The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The top two teams in Pool D play in the Fifth and Sixth place match, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Seventh and Eighth place match.

Teams

• Australian Capital Territory
• East Coast Venom
• New South Wales
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

Results

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VIC	3	2	1	0	14	5	+9	7	Medal round
2	WA	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
3	ECV	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3
4	ACT	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

Source: Hockey Australia

10 April 2016 10:00 WA 2–1 ECV Collard  12' Archer  46' Report Radcliffe  50' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Angela May (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

10 April 2016 12:00 VIC 6–1 ACT Colasurdo  9' Utri  10', 13', 17' Ratcliffe  18' Down  35' Report Deacon  6' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Carrie Born (AUS)

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11 April 2016 10:30 VIC 6–2 ECV Hammond  4' Down  24' S. Taylor  39', 52' Utri  47' Thompson  56' Report Martin  10' Radcliffe  41' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Emma Cairnduff (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)

11 April 2016 12:30 WA 3–0 ACT Nelson  6', 9' Tonkin  24' Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Keeley O'Reilly (AUS)

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13 April 2016 12:00 ECV 4–3 ACT Steel  5' Gasmier  6' Hardy  13' Ferguson  40' Report Gray  3' Taseska  47' Evans  50' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

13 April 2016 16:00 VIC 2–2 WA Ratcliffe  6' Down  45' Report Delborrello  27' Rogers-Uff  45' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Angela May (AUS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Medal round
2	NSW	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	TAS	3	1	0	2	2	16	−14	3
4	SA	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: Hockey Australia

10 April 2016 14:00 QLD 3–2 SA Wilkinson  16' Malone  47' Day  54' Report Spano  27' Harkness  44' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Emma Cairnduff (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

10 April 2016 16:00 NSW 7–0 TAS Danckert  18' Rekunow  26', 51' Birmingham  36' Wilson  37', 38' Hanagan  56' Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Deborah O'Connell (AUS) Keeley O'Reilly (AUS)

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11 April 2016 14:30 QLD 8–0 TAS Eleison  8' Barrett  10' R. Taylor  24', 43' Greiner  31' Fitzpatrick  40', 55' Emblem  57' Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

11 April 2016 16:30 NSW 2–0 SA Danckert  44' Simpson  56' Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carrie Born (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

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13 April 2016 10:00 SA 1–2 TAS MacLachlan  48' Report Arthur  37' O'Conor  44' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Keeley O'Reilly (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)

13 April 2016 14:00 NSW 1–3 QLD Simpson  20' Report R. Taylor  2', 53' Greiner  11' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

Second round

Pool C (medal round)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	QLD	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
2	WA	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	VIC	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
4	NSW	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: Hockey Australia

14 April 2016 14:30 WA 0–0 NSW Report Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carrie Born (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)

14 April 2016 16:30 VIC 0–4 QLD Report Malone  5' Ferguson  12' Greiner  47' Wilkinson  48' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Emma Cairnduff (AUS)

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16 April 2016 14:00 QLD 1–2 WA R. Taylor  37' Report Collard  35' Peacock  51' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

16 April 2016 16:00 VIC 3–2 NSW Utri  34', 40', 51' Report Blamey  21' Gillard  35' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)

Pool D (classification round)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SA	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
2	TAS	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	ACT	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	ECV	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3

Source: Hockey Australia

14 April 2016 10:30 ACT 0–3 SA Report Spano  4' Busiko  11' Draper  28' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Keeley O'Reilly (AUS) Angela May (AUS)

14 April 2016 12:30 ECV 1–3 TAS Hardy  14' Report O'Conor  21', 44' Arthur  23' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Deborah O'Connell (AUS) Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

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16 April 2016 10:00 TAS 2–3 ACT O'Conor  47', 51' Report Evans  2', 39' Taseska  57' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Keeley O'Reilly (AUS) Emma Cairnduff (AUS)

16 April 2016 12:00 ECV 1–4 SA Martin  52' Report Divall  8', 41' Harkness  24' Spano  42' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carrie Born (AUS) Angela May (AUS)

Classification matches

Seventh and eighth place

17 April 2016 10:00 ACT 4–5 ECV Price  24' Deacon  27', 28' Gray  33' Report Martin  3', 22' Wollstein  7', 60' Radcliffe  35' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Keeley O'Reilly (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

17 April 2016 14:00 SA 5–1 TAS Appleyard  4', 35' Gibbs  6' MacLachlan  21' Divall  23' Report Murphy  13' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carrie Born (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

Third and fourth place

17 April 2016 11:00 VIC 3–3 NSW Thompson  11' Bates  19' Down  25' Report Arnott  32', 43', 60+' Penalties Bates Colasurdo Ratcliffe Kleinschmidt Utri 3–4 Hanna Wilson Gillard Hayes Nobbs Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Emma Cairnduff (AUS)

Final

17 April 2016 16:00 QLD 2–1 WA R. Taylor  38' Malone  54' Report Capewell  58' Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	QLD	6	5	0	1	21	6	+15	15	Gold medal
	QA	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Silver medal
	NSW	6	2	2	2	15	9	+6	8	Bronze medal
4	VIC	6	3	2	1	20	14	+6	11	Fourth place
5	SA	6	3	0	3	15	9	+6	9	Fifth place
6	TAS	6	2	0	4	8	25	−17	6	Sixth place
7	ECV	6	2	0	4	14	22	−8	6	Seventh place
8	ACT	6	1	0	5	11	23	−12	3	Eighth place

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Goalscorers

There were 114 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.

7 goals

• Aisling Utri

6 goals

• Renee Taylor

5 goals

• Camille O'Conor

4 goals

• Veronica Martin
• Sarah Down

3 goals

• Ashleigh Deacon
• Mikayla Evans
• Alice Arnott
• Georgie Radcliffe
• Rebecca Greiner
• Ambrosia Malone
• Rachel Divall
• Michaela Spano

2 goals

• Laura Gray
• Tina Taseska
• Cori Hardy
• Katie Wollstein
• Samantha Danckert
• Katrina Rekunow
• Molly Simpson
• Abigail Wilson
• Savannah Fitzpatrick
• Britt Wilkinson
• Linzi Appleyard
• Amelia Harkness
• Euleena MacLachlan
• Ashleigh Arthur
• Madeleine Ratcliffe
• Sophie Taylor
• Sophie Thompson
• Taylor Collard
• Matilda Nelson

1 goal

• Aleisha Price
• Genevieve Feguson
• Sarah Gasmier
• Kendall Steel
• Brianna Birmingham
• Morgan Blamey
• Andrea Gillard
• Alley Hanagan
• Tiana Barrett
• Caitlin Day
• Layla Eleison
• Jade Emblem
• Aleesa Ferguson
• Anna Busiko
• Claudia Draper
• Annie Gibbs
• Madeleine Murphy
• Kristina Bates
• Olivia Colasurdo
• Nicola Hammond
• Sienna Archer
• Brooke Capewell
• Natasha Delborrello
• Candyce Peacock
• Sage Rogers-Uff
• Shanea Tonkin

Source: Hockey Australia