The 1999 Women's Australian Hockey League (AHL) was the 7th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in various cities across Australia, and was contested from 25 June through to 18 July 1999.
NSW Arrows won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating Canberra Strikers 3–0 in the final. QLD Scorchers finished in third place after defeating Adelaide Suns 1–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.
Participating teams
Canberra Strikers NSW Arrows QLD Scorchers Adelaide Suns Tassie Van Demons VIS Vipers WAIS Diamonds
Venues Sydney Adelaide Brisbane State Hockey Centre Pines Hockey Stadium Queensland Hockey Centre Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 3,000 Melbourne Doncaster Hockey Club Canberra Lyneham Hockey Centre Hobart Tasmanian Hockey Centre Toowoomba Clyde Park Hockey Stadium
Competition format The 1999 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.
Teams from 7 of Australia's 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.
Point allocation Points 3 2 1 0 Every match in the 1999 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point.
Results Preliminary round
Fixtures
Classification round
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Player of the LeagueTop GoalscorerPlayer of the Final Katrina Powell Katrina Powell Melanie Twitt
Statistics Final standings
Goalscorers
References
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