The 2005 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 13th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 25 February – 10 April 2005.
QLD Scorchers won the tournament for the second time after defeating WA Diamonds 3–1 in the final. NSW Arrows finished in third place after defeating Adelaide Suns 4–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.
Participating teams
Canberra Strikers NSW Arrows Territory Pearls QLD Scorchers Adelaide Suns Tassie Van Demons Azuma Vipers WA Diamonds
Competition format The 2005 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.
The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures based on aggregate scores to determine point allocation.
Point allocation Points 3 1 0
In the event of a draw, a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point. If a shootout occurred in both instances of a two-legged fixture, a bonus point was awarded to the winner of each shoot-out.
Results
Preliminary round
Pool
Fixtures
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 FinalPlay the Whistle Rachel Imison Renae Holmes Madonna Blyth Adelaide Suns
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
References
External links