The 2016 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 24th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Western Australia city of Perth.
Queensland Scorchers won the gold medal for the sixth time by defeating the Victorian Vipers 3–2 in the final. NSW Arrows won the bronze medal by defeating Canberra Strikers 2–1 in the third 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 in each pool move into Pool C (Classification Round), where teams carry over points from previous matches, and play the remaining teams. The final placings in Pool C carry over to final placings in the tournament.
Teams Domestic Teams
Canberra Strikers New South Wales Arrows NT Pearls Queensland Scorchers SA Suns Tassie Van Demons Victorian Vipers WA Diamonds
International Teams Malaysia Tigress New Zealand Futures
Results
First round
Note: All dates and times of crossover matches have been bolded and points have been added to teams' respective pools.
Pool A
Pool B
Second round
Pool C (Classification round)
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Player of the TournamentTop GoalscorerPlayer of the FinalGoalkeeper of the TournamentPlay the Whistle Georgia Nanscawen Emily Hurtz Jordyn Holzberger Clare Comerford
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
References