# Field hockey at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) was the second edition of the men's field hockey competition at the AYOF. The tournament was played from 14 to 18 January 2009 at the Sydney Olympic Park.
Australia won the tournament for the second time, defeating India 2–1 in golden goal extra time.

## Competition format

The tournament featured the national under–21 teams of Great Britain, India, Malaysia, and the hosts, Australia, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing the other. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.
At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams contested the final, while the bottom two teams played off for third place.

## Teams

The following four teams competed for the title:
* Australia
* Great Britain
* India
* Malaysia

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:
* Suketu Khabaria (SGP)
* Azmi Safar (MAS)
* Gurinder Singh Sangha (IND)
* Dane Stevenson (AUS)
* Paul Walker (GBR)

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 1 | |

#### Fixtures

* 14 January 2009 09:00
| Great Britain | 4–4 | Malaysia |
| Scanlon 26' Bain 65' McIntyre 67' Prosser 70' | Report | Azammi 31' Makbul 32' Abdul 52', 66' |
* Umpires: Dane Stevenson (AUS) Gurinder Singh Sangha (IND)
* 14 January 2009 11:00
| Australia | 1–2 | India |
| T. White 66' | Report | Mandeep 11' Diwakar 25' |
* Umpires: Azmi Safar (MAS) Suketu Khabaria (SGP)
* 15 January 2009 16:00
| India | 6–1 | Great Britain |
| Diwakar 7', 16' Danish 26' Pramod 38', 46', 66' | Report | Catlin 65' |
* Umpires: Suketu Khabaria (SGP) Dane Stevenson (AUS)
* 15 January 2009 20:00
| Malaysia | 1–2 | Australia |
| Abdul 15' | Report | Ellis 44' Govers 60' |
* Umpires: Gurinder Singh Sangha (IND) Paul Walker (GBR)
* 17 January 2009 09:00
| Australia | 3–2 | Great Britain |
| Mitton 25' Donohoe 42' West 64' | Report | Bain 39', 55' |
* Umpires: Gurinder Singh Sangha (IND) Azmi Safar (MAS)
* 17 January 2009 15:00
| India | 5–5 | Malaysia |
| Karan 9' Diwakar 19', 24', 61', 67' | Report | Abdul 7', 33' Tengku 21' Makbul 39' Azwan 39' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Suketu Khabaria (SGP)

### Classification round
#### Third and fourth place

* 18 January 2009 08:00
| Malaysia | 2–5 | Great Britain |
| Kartik 24' Faizal 40' | Report | Bain 16' Scanlon 19' Gregg 32', 55' Faulkner 49' |
* Umpires: Dane Stevenson (AUS) Suketu Khabaria (SGP)

#### Final

* 18 January 2009 13:00
| India | 1–2 | Australia |
| Pramod 55' | Report | Govers 3' Donohoe 76' |
* Umpires: Azmi Safar (MAS) Paul Walker (GBR)

## Statistics
### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Australia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Gold Medal |
| | India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 | Silver Medal |
| | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 4 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 2 | Fourth place |

### Goalscorers

There were 46 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.75 goals per match.
7 goals
* Diwakar Ram
5 goals
* Abdul Gaffar
4 goals
* Pramod Kumar
* Kenneth Bain
2 goals
* Jason Donohoe
* Kieran Govers
* Christopher Gregg
* Martin Scanlon
* Makbul Singh
1 goal
* Justin Ellis
* Trent Mitton
* Toby West
* Tristan White
* Mandeep Antil
* Jay Karan
* Danish Mujtaba
* Nicholas Catlin
* Simon Faulkner
* Gordon McIntyre
* Lewis Prosser
* Azammi Ababi
* Kartik Govindasamy
* Azwan Hamid
* Faizal Saari
* Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin