# 2015 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2015 Men's Under 21 Australian Hockey Championships was a men's Field Hockey tournament held in the Australian Capital Territory city of Canberra.
Victoria won the gold medal after defeating Western Australia 2–1 in the final. New South Wales won the bronze medal by defeating Queensland 6–3 in the third and fourth playoff.

## Competition format

The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.
The top two teams in each of pools A and B then progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth place match.
The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The top two teams in Pool D play in the Fifth and Sixth place match, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Seventh and Eighth place match.

## Teams

* Australian Capital Territory
* New South Wales
* Northern Territory
* Queensland
* South Australia
* Tasmania
* Victoria
* Western Australia

## Results
### First round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | WA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Medal round |
| 2 | NSW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 6 | Medal round |
| 3 | SA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | 5th–8th classification |
| 4 | ACT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 0 | 5th–8th classification |
* 12 July 2015 11:30
| NSW | 10–2 | SA |
| Elliott 13', 35', 44' Brand 15', 46' Horner 19', 46' Scotcher 21' Sharp 57' Stewart 59' | Report | Gleeson 11' Morton 42' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
* 12 July 2015 15:30
| WA | 8–3 | ACT |
| Gerrard 4' Barton 16' Roberts 24' Spencer 28', 49' de Bes 37' Benetti 51' Hall 56' | Report | Hopkins 28' Shepherd 44' McLennan 46' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Adrian Cross (AUS) Andrew Brown (AUS)
* 13 July 2015 11:30
| ACT | 0–9 | NSW |
| | Report | Elliott 8' Horner 14', 16', 45', 53' Sharp 15' Brand 21' Liles 44' Dawson 47' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
* 13 July 2015 13:30
| WA | 1–0 | SA |
| Lowes 39' | Report | |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Adrian Cross (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)
* 15 July 2015 09:30
| NSW | 1–2 | WA |
| Elliott 31' | Report | Gibbs 24' Hall 42' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Matthew Claxton (AUS)
* 15 July 2015 13:30
| SA | 3–2 | ACT |
| Gleeson 24' Keeves 29' Morton 46' | Report | Day 4', 60' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | VIC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 9 | Medal round |
| 2 | QLD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 6 | Medal round |
| 3 | TAS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 1 | 5th–8th classification |
| 4 | NT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 | 5th–8th classification |
* 12 July 2015 09:30
| VIC | 6–1 | TAS |
| Knee 13' Arunasalam 28' Allan 36' Bretherton 37' Page 39', 47' | Report | Grice 57' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
* 12 July 2015 13:30
| QLD | 6–1 | NT |
| Kruger 30' Boyde 34' Taylor 43' Warne 49' Crane 50' Argent 55' | Report | Parkin 52' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)
* 13 July 2015 09:30
| TAS | 4–5 | QLD |
| Austin 9' Walker-Kidd 19', 45' Dart 34' | Report | Argent 3' Howard 9' Christensen 12' Rintala 44' Boyde 47' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
* 13 July 2015 15:30
| VIC | 8–0 | NT |
| Arunasalam 1' Hendry 15' Scanlon 21', 34' Allan 33', 39' Howell 37' Page 38' | Report | |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Jordan Glover (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)
* 15 July 2015 11:30
| NT | 3–3 | TAS |
| Butterick 1' Anderson 26' Kilburn 41' | Report | Beltz 3', 20' White 33' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Jordan Glover (AUS) Andrew Brown (AUS)
* 15 July 2015 15:30
| QLD | 1–6 | VIC |
| Kruger 25' | Report | Arunasalam 3' Scanlon 5', 39' Hendry 32' Allan 50' Howell 59' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)

### Second round
#### Pool C (medal round)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | VIC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 | WA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
| 3 | NSW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 3 |
| 4 | QLD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 |
* 16 July 2015 13:30
| NSW | 7–1 | QLD |
| Dawson 8', 25' Sharp 22' Elliott 23', 31', 58' Horner 60' | Report | Kruger 22' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)
* 16 July 2015 15:30
| WA | 0–0 | VIC |
| | Report | |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)
* 18 July 2015 13:30
| VIC | 3–2 | NSW |
| Dolenc 9' Bretheron 34' Arunasalam 57' | Report | Liles 4' Elliott 33' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)
* 18 July 2015 15:30
| WA | 0–4 | QLD |
| | Report | Warne 14', 36' Kruger 38' Howard 39' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)

#### Pool D (classification round)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | SA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | TAS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | ACT | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | NT | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 2 |
* 16 July 2015 09:30
| ACT | 3–3 | NT |
| McLennan 23', 60' Day 27' | Report | Hullick 12' Horton 35' Carseldine 57' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Jordan Glover (AUS) Andrew Brown (AUS)
* 16 July 2015 11:30
| SA | 3–4 | TAS |
| Keeves 2' Morton 24' Casey 45' | Report | Walker-Kidd 17', 32' Brophy 32' Dart 41' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Adrian Cross (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)
* 18 July 2015 09:30
| TAS | 4–4 | ACT |
| Walker-Kidd 7', 51' Austin 23', 39' | Report | Day 22', 37', 57' Chivers 42' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Adrian Cross (AUS) Jordan Glover (AUS)
* 18 July 2015 11:30
| SA | 6–2 | NT |
| Morton 23', 32' Burgess 35', 36' Gleeson 43' Larwood 60' | Report | Anderson 10' Butterick 52' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Andrew Brown (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)

### Classification matches
#### Seventh and eighth place

* 19 July 2015 09:30
| ACT | 7–4 | NT |
| McLennan 2', 2' Day 18' Randell 38' Shepherd 40', 55' Baker 50' | Report | Carseldine 4', 14', 40', 49' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Andrew Brown (AUS)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 19 July 2015 11:30
| SA | 2–3 | TAS |
| Keeves 29' Mitton 48' | Report | White 9' Welch 37' Beckett 44' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)

#### Third and fourth place

* 19 July 2015 13:30
| NSW | 6–3 | QLD |
| Horner 8', 42' Brand 23' Smith 30' Hill 39' Elliott 46' | Report | Taylor 10' Argent 15', 34' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)

#### Final

* 19 July 2015 16:00
| VIC | 2–1 | WA |
| Scanlon 33', 49' | Report | Gerrard 45' |
* National Hockey Centre Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Victoria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 16 | Gold medal |
| | Western Australia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | Silver medal |
| | New South Wales | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Queensland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Tasmania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 8 | Fifth place |
| 6 | South Australia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 6 | Sixth place |
| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 5 | Seventh place |
| 8 | Northern Territory | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 2 | Eighth place |