2018 Under 21 Women's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2018 Women's Under 21 Australian Championships was a field hockey tournament held in the New South Wales city of Sydney between 4–11 July 2018.

2018 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Sydney Olympic Park
Final positions
Champions	NSW
Runner-up	QLD
Third place	VIC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	100 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rebecca Greiner (7 goals)
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New South Wales won the tournament after defeating Queensland 2–1 in the final. Victoria finished in third place after defeating South Australia 4–2 in the bronze medal match.

Competition format

The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, teams progress to the quarterfinals, where the winners progress to contest the medals, while the losing teams playoff for fifth to eighth place.

Teams

• ACT
• SA

• NSW
• TAS

• NSW B
• VIC

• QLD
• WA

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	NSW	3	3	0	0	14	5	+9	9
2	SA	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	VIC	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
4	TAS	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: Hockey Australia

4 July 2018 13:00 NSW 5–2 VIC Callander  8' Arnott  12', 51' Gillard  19' Blamey  21' Report Colasurdo  25' A. Utri  44' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Lauren Berndt (AUS)

4 July 2018 15:00 SA 3–0 TAS Shand  15', 56' Spano  43' Report Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Emily Ogden (AUS) Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

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5 July 2018 12:00 SA 2–5 NSW Shand  15' De Broughe  24' Report Steel  11' Hemmingway  23' Callander  27' Wilson  33' Lidbetter  43' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Cassidy Gallagher (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

5 July 2018 14:00 VIC 2–2 TAS Colasurdo  4' Downes  47' Report Hinton  26' Westland  45' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Emily Ogden (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

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7 July 2018 13:00 NSW 4–1 TAS Wilson  5', 6', 42' Steel  30' Report Curtis  13' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Courtney Pearson (AUS) Emily Ogden (AUS)

7 July 2018 15:00 VIC 0–0 SA Report Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Deborah O'Connell (AUS) Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	QLD	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9
2	WA	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	ACT	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	NSW B	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: Hockey Australia

4 July 2018 17:00 WA 1–0 ACT Morgan  55' Report Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Deborah O'Connell (AUS) Cassidy Gallagher (AUS)

4 July 2018 19:00 QLD 4–0 NSW B Greiner  18' Barrett  23' K. Fitzpatrick  25' Punch  45' Report Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Courtney Pearson (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

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5 July 2018 16:00 ACT 3–1 NSW B Deacon  12' C. Apps  19' I. Apps  41' Report Johnston  45' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Lauren Berndt (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

5 July 2018 18:00 QLD 2–0 WA Barrett  5' Mathison  54' Report Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Courtney Pearson (AUS) Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

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7 July 2018 09:00 WA 5–1 NSW B Johnson  14' Byrnes  19', 42' Tonkin  29' Sertorio  52' Report Johnston  59' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Cassidy Gallagher (AUS) Lauren Berndt (AUS)

7 July 2018 11:00 ACT 0–5 QLD Report Barrett  20', 52', 56' Greiner  37' Eleison  53' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

Classification round

	Quarterfinals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 July 2018
	NSW	5
					10 July 2018
	NSW B	0
					NSW (p.s.o)	1 (4)
	8 July 2018
					VIC	1 (2)
	WA	0
									11 July 2018
	VIC	1
									NSW	2
	8 July 2018
									QLD	1
	SA	3
					10 July 2018
	ACT	2
					SA	0
	8 July 2018
					QLD	4			Third place match
	QLD	6
									11 July 2018
	TAS	1
									VIC	4
									SA	2

Quarterfinals

8 July 2018 11:00 NSW 5–0 NSW B Schonell  8', 25' Steel  9' Lidbetter  15', 35' Report Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Emily Ogden (AUS) Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

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8 July 2018 14:00 WA 0–1 VIC Report A. Utri  45+' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Lauren Berndt (AUS)

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8 July 2018 15:00 SA 3–2 ACT Wollstein  18', 35' Spano  29' Report Deacon  12' Evans  30' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Cassidy Gallagher (AUS)

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8 July 2018 18:00 QLD 6–1 TAS Greiner  19', 32', 51', 53' Gallagher  23' Johnson  41' Report Curtis  58' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Courtney Pearson (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place match
	10 July 2018
	NSW B (p.s.o)	2 (3)
					11 July 2018
	WA	2 (1)
					NSW B	2
	10 July 2018
					ACT	1
	ACT	2
	TAS	0
					Seventh place match
					11 July 2018
					WA	7
					TAS	3

Crossover

10 July 2018 12:30 NSW B 2–2 WA Janes  8' Pickering  30' Report Byrnes  18' Johnson  43' Penalties Pickering Hanagan Chaffey Mallon 3–1 Bestall Sertorio Reid Tonkin Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Courtney Pearson (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

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10 July 2018 14:30 ACT 2–0 TAS Deacon  25' Price  60' Report Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Kimberleigh Todd (AUS) Emily Ogden (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

11 July 2018 10:00 WA 7–3 TAS Tonkin  11' Byrnes  17' Nielsen  19' Faichney  19', 27' Johnson  49' Rockliff  56' Report Haas  20' Allnutt  32' Hinton  39' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Courtney Pearson (AUS) Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

11 July 2018 14:20 NSW B 2–1 ACT Pickering  24' Mallon  59' Report I. Apps  40' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 2 Umpires: Emily Ogden (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

10 July 2018 08:00 NSW 1–1 VIC Schonell  12' Report Lawton  25' Penalties Wilson Arnott Callander Schonell 4–2 A. Utri Colasurdo Lawton Lendon Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

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10 July 2018 10:00 SA 0–4 QLD Report Greiner  4' McBurnie  6' Barrett  45' Johnson  54' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Lauren Berndt (AUS) Cassidy Gallagher (AUS)

Third and fourth place

11 July 2018 08:00 VIC 4–2 SA Colasurdo  13' A. Utri  16', 50', 56' Report Wollstein  48' Spano  49' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Lauren Berndt (AUS) Cassidy Gallagher (AUS)

Final

11 July 2018 12:20 NSW 2–1 QLD Wilson  12' Gillard  45' Report Smart  34' Sydney Olympic Park: Pitch 1 Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	NSW	6	5	1	0	22	7	+15	16	Gold Medal
	QLD	6	5	0	1	22	3	+19	15	Silver Medal
	VIC	6	2	3	1	10	10	0	9	Bronze Medal
4	SA	6	2	1	3	10	15	−5	7
5	NSW B	6	1	1	4	6	20	−14	4
6	ACT	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6
7	WA	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10
8	TAS	6	0	1	5	7	24	−17	1

Source: Hockey Australia

Goalscorers

There were 100 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match.

7 goals

• Rebecca Greiner

6 goals

• Tiana Barrett

5 goals

• Abigail Wilson
• Aisling Utri

4 goals

• Sarah Byrnes

3 goals

• Ashleigh Deacon
• Kendall Steel
• Erin Lidbetter
• Courtney Schonell
• Hattie Shand
• Michaela Spano
• Katie Wollstein
• Olivia Colasurdo
• Bree Johnson

2 goals

• Isabella Apps
• Alice Arnott
• Jade Callander
• Andrea Gillard
• Claudia Johnston
• Lexie Pickering
• Annabelle Johnson
• Maddison Curtis
• Madeleine Hinton
• Ciara Faichney
• Shanea Tonkin

1 goal

• Claudia Apps
• Mikayla Evans
• Aleisha Price
• Morgan Blamey
• Jaime Hemmingway
• Rebecca Janes
• Georgina Mallon
• Layla Eleison
• Kendra Fitzpatrick
• Morgan Gallagher
• Morgan Mathison
• Ashlyn McBurnie
• Jemma Punch
• Zoe Smart
• Emma de Broughe
• Jaslyn Allnutt
• Molly Haas
• Eliza Westland
• Olivia Downes
• Amy Lawton
• Phillipa Morgan
• Claudia Nielsen
• Renee Rockliff
• Jolie Sertorio

Source: Hockey Australia