# 2016 Under 21 Women's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2016 Women's Under 21 Australian Championships was a women's field hockey tournament held in the New South Wales city of Sydney.
The Queensland Under 21 team won the gold medal after defeating the Western Australia Under 21 team 2–1 in the final. New South Wales won the bronze medal by defeating Victoria 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out following a 3–3 draw.

## 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
* East Coast Venom
* New South Wales
* Queensland
* South Australia
* Tasmania
* Victoria
* Western Australia

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | VIC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 7 | Medal round |
| 2 | WA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Medal round |
| 3 | ECV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 | |
* 10 April 2016 10:00
| WA | 2–1 | ECV |
| Collard 12' Archer 46' | Report | Radcliffe 50' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Angela May (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)
* 10 April 2016 12:00
| VIC | 6–1 | ACT |
| Colasurdo 9' Utri 10', 13', 17' Ratcliffe 18' Down 35' | Report | Deacon 6' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Carrie Born (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 10:30
| VIC | 6–2 | ECV |
| Hammond 4' Down 24' S. Taylor 39', 52' Utri 47' Thompson 56' | Report | Martin 10' Radcliffe 41' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Emma Cairnduff (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 12:30
| WA | 3–0 | ACT |
| Nelson 6', 9' Tonkin 24' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Keeley O'Reilly (AUS)
* 13 April 2016 12:00
| ECV | 4–3 | ACT |
| Steel 5' Gasmier 6' Hardy 13' Ferguson 40' | Report | Gray 3' Taseska 47' Evans 50' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)
* 13 April 2016 16:00
| VIC | 2–2 | WA |
| Ratcliffe 6' Down 45' | Report | Delborrello 27' Rogers-Uff 45' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Angela May (AUS)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | QLD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Medal round |
| 2 | NSW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | Medal round |
| 3 | TAS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 3 | |
| 4 | SA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | |
* 10 April 2016 14:00
| QLD | 3–2 | SA |
| Wilkinson 16' Malone 47' Day 54' | Report | Spano 27' Harkness 44' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Emma Cairnduff (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)
* 10 April 2016 16:00
| NSW | 7–0 | TAS |
| Danckert 18' Rekunow 26', 51' Birmingham 36' Wilson 37', 38' Hanagan 56' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Deborah O'Connell (AUS) Keeley O'Reilly (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 14:30
| QLD | 8–0 | TAS |
| Eleison 8' Barrett 10' R. Taylor 24', 43' Greiner 31' Fitzpatrick 40', 55' Emblem 57' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 16:30
| NSW | 2–0 | SA |
| Danckert 44' Simpson 56' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carrie Born (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)
* 13 April 2016 10:00
| SA | 1–2 | TAS |
| MacLachlan 48' | Report | Arthur 37' O'Conor 44' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Keeley O'Reilly (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)
* 13 April 2016 14:00
| NSW | 1–3 | QLD |
| Simpson 20' | Report | R. Taylor 2', 53' Greiner 11' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | QLD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | WA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | VIC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
| 4 | NSW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
* 14 April 2016 14:30
| WA | 0–0 | NSW |
| | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carrie Born (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)
* 14 April 2016 16:30
| VIC | 0–4 | QLD |
| | Report | Malone 5' Ferguson 12' Greiner 47' Wilkinson 48' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Emma Cairnduff (AUS)
* 16 April 2016 14:00
| QLD | 1–2 | WA |
| R. Taylor 37' | Report | Collard 35' Peacock 51' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)
* 16 April 2016 16:00
| VIC | 3–2 | NSW |
| Utri 34', 40', 51' | Report | Blamey 21' Gillard 35' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)

#### Pool D (classification round)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | SA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | TAS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | ACT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | ECV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 |
* 14 April 2016 10:30
| ACT | 0–3 | SA |
| | Report | Spano 4' Busiko 11' Draper 28' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Keeley O'Reilly (AUS) Angela May (AUS)
* 14 April 2016 12:30
| ECV | 1–3 | TAS |
| Hardy 14' | Report | O'Conor 21', 44' Arthur 23' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Deborah O'Connell (AUS) Kerryl Chandler (AUS)
* 16 April 2016 10:00
| TAS | 2–3 | ACT |
| O'Conor 47', 51' | Report | Evans 2', 39' Taseska 57' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Keeley O'Reilly (AUS) Emma Cairnduff (AUS)
* 16 April 2016 12:00
| ECV | 1–4 | SA |
| Martin 52' | Report | Divall 8', 41' Harkness 24' Spano 42' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carrie Born (AUS) Angela May (AUS)

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

* 17 April 2016 10:00
| ACT | 4–5 | ECV |
| Price 24' Deacon 27', 28' Gray 33' | Report | Martin 3', 22' Wollstein 7', 60' Radcliffe 35' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Keeley O'Reilly (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 17 April 2016 14:00
| SA | 5–1 | TAS |
| Appleyard 4', 35' Gibbs 6' MacLachlan 21' Divall 23' | Report | Murphy 13' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carrie Born (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

#### Third and fourth place

* 17 April 2016 11:00
| VIC | 3–3 | NSW |
| Thompson 11' Bates 19' Down 25' | Report | Arnott 32', 43', 60+' |
| Penalties |||
| Bates Colasurdo Ratcliffe Kleinschmidt Utri | 3–4 | Hanna Wilson Gillard Hayes Nobbs |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Emma Cairnduff (AUS)

#### Final

* 17 April 2016 16:00
| QLD | 2–1 | WA |
| R. Taylor 38' Malone 54' | Report | Capewell 58' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Leonie Young (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | QLD | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 15 | Gold medal |
| | QA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Silver medal |
| | NSW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 8 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | VIC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 11 | Fourth place |
| 5 | SA | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 9 | Fifth place |
| 6 | TAS | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 6 | Sixth place |
| 7 | ECV | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 6 | Seventh place |
| 8 | ACT | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 3 | Eighth place |

### Goalscorers

There were 114 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.
7 goals
* Aisling Utri
6 goals
* Renee Taylor
5 goals
* Camille O'Conor
4 goals
* Veronica Martin
* Sarah Down
3 goals
* Ashleigh Deacon
* Mikayla Evans
* Alice Arnott
* Georgie Radcliffe
* Rebecca Greiner
* Ambrosia Malone
* Rachel Divall
* Michaela Spano
2 goals
* Laura Gray
* Tina Taseska
* Cori Hardy
* Katie Wollstein
* Samantha Danckert
* Katrina Rekunow
* Molly Simpson
* Abigail Wilson
* Savannah Fitzpatrick
* Britt Wilkinson
* Linzi Appleyard
* Amelia Harkness
* Euleena MacLachlan
* Ashleigh Arthur
* Madeleine Ratcliffe
* Sophie Taylor
* Sophie Thompson
* Taylor Collard
* Matilda Nelson
1 goal
* Aleisha Price
* Genevieve Feguson
* Sarah Gasmier
* Kendall Steel
* Brianna Birmingham
* Morgan Blamey
* Andrea Gillard
* Alley Hanagan
* Tiana Barrett
* Caitlin Day
* Layla Eleison
* Jade Emblem
* Aleesa Ferguson
* Anna Busiko
* Claudia Draper
* Annie Gibbs
* Madeleine Murphy
* Kristina Bates
* Olivia Colasurdo
* Nicola Hammond
* Sienna Archer
* Brooke Capewell
* Natasha Delborrello
* Candyce Peacock
* Sage Rogers-Uff
* Shanea Tonkin
Source: Hockey Australia