The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 16th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 24 March – 5 April 2008.
WA Diamonds won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2–0 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.
Participating teams
Canberra Strikers NSW Arrows NT Pearls QLD Scorchers Southern Suns Tassie Van Demons VIC Vipers WA Diamonds
Competition format The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.
Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.
Point Allocation All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were as follows:
· 3 points for a win · 1 points to each team in the event of a draw · 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out · 0 points to the loser of the match
Results
Preliminary round
Pool matches
Classification round
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Player of the TournamentTop GoalscorerPlayer of the Final Madonna Blyth Sian Smithson Kobie McGurk
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
References
External links