# 2016 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2016 Men's Under 21 Australian Hockey Championships was a men's Field Hockey tournament held in the New South Wales city of Sydney.
The Victoria Under 21 team won the gold medal after defeating the New South Wales Under 21 team 2–0 in the final. Queensland won the bronze medal by defeating Victoria 4–3 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 | VIC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 7 | Advance to medal round |
| 2 | QLD | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | Advance to medal round |
| 3 | TAS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | Advance to 5th–8th classification |
| 4 | NT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | Advance to 5th–8th classification |
* 10 April 2016 10:30
| VIC | 9–0 | NT |
| Arunasalam 17' Scanlon 19', 30', 58' Ephraums 32' Bretherton 44' Hendry 47' McBride 51' Allan 52' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Andrew Brown (AUS)
* 10 April 2016 12:30
| QLD | 4–0 | TAS |
| Piggin 9' Hughes 21' Howard 42' Baldwin 43' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Jordan Glover (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 10:00
| QLD | 4–0 | NT |
| Rintala 9' Weyer 24' Piggin 39' Crane 54' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Jordan Glover (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 12:00
| VIC | 6–2 | TAS |
| Allan 10', 25' Simmonds 28' Arunasalam 30' Ephraums 31' O'Shea 36' | Report | Beltz 12' Walker-Kidd 39' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Andrew Brown (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)
* 13 April 2016 10:30
| TAS | 5–3 | NT |
| White 6', 14', 44' Smith 10' Walker-Kidd 47' | Report | Andrade 5' Vaitekenas 10' Edgar 51' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) William Brukner (AUS)
* 13 April 2016 14:30
| VIC | 2–2 | QLD |
| Simmonds 14' Hendry 31' | Report | Rintala 7', 39' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Andrew Brown (AUS) David Bridgford (AUS)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | NSW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | Advance to medal round |
| 2 | WA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | Advance to medal round |
| 3 | ACT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | Advance to 5th–8th classification |
| 4 | SA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 | Advance to 5th–8th classification |
* 10 April 2016 14:30
| NSW | 4–3 | SA |
| Brand 19' Lovett 38' Butterick 48' Miotto 57' | Report | Willson 36', 59' Mitton 45' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: William Brukner (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)
* 10 April 2016 12:30
| WA | 5–0 | ACT |
| Flynn 10' Williams 29' Gerrard 30' Fisher 40' Fraser 54' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 14:00
| WA | 1–1 | SA |
| Benetti 6' | Report | Mitton 25' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: David Bridgford (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 11 April 2016 12:00
| NSW | 2–2 | ACT |
| Lovett 16' Liles 52' | Report | Carr 12' Gupte 41' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: William Brukner (AUS) Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
* 13 April 2016 12:30
| SA | 2–4 | ACT |
| Busiko 11' Powardy 29' | Report | Gupte 15', 47' Carr 19' Deane 41' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 13 April 2016 16:30
| WA | 2–5 | NSW |
| Benetti 19' Bird 24' | Report | Miotto 3' Boyle 15' Liles 37' Farmilo 37', 51' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Aaron Gotting (AUS) Jordan Glover (AUS)

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | NSW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | VIC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 |
| 3 | QLD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | WA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
* 14 April 2016 14:00
| QLD | 1–0 | WA |
| Rintala 57' | Report | |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: David Bridgford (AUS) Andrew Brown (AUS)
* 14 April 2016 16:00
| VIC | 1–1 | NSW |
| Scanlon 38' | Report | Sharp 25' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Carl Mueller (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)
* 16 April 2016 14:30
| NSW | 4–2 | QLD |
| Butterick 19' Sharp 33' Lovett 33' Brand 47' | Report | Crane 13' Anderson 29' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)
* 16 April 2016 16:30
| VIC | 5–1 | WA |
| Ephraums 11', 26' Scanlon 14', 37' Arunasalam 44' | Report | Fraser 52' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Andrew Brown (AUS)

#### Pool D (classification round)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | TAS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | ACT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | NT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | SA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |
* 14 April 2016 10:00
| NT | 3–2 | SA |
| Andrade 12' Rennie 41' Hullick 48' | Report | Brown 5' Busiko 26' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
* 14 April 2016 12:00
| TAS | 3–2 | ACT |
| McCulloch 4' Welch 15' Beltz 39' | Report | Hopkins 49' Knight 50' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: William Brukner (AUS) Jordan Glover (AUS)
* 16 April 2016 10:30
| ACT | 2–2 | NT |
| Gupte 39', 60' | Report | Keal 45' Hullick 57' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)
* 16 April 2016 12:30
| TAS | 2–2 | SA |
| Beltz 27' Smith 58' | Report | Willson 53', 60' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) David Bridgford (AUS)

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

* 17 April 2016 09:00
| NT | 1–3 | SA |
| Martin 26' | Report | Brown 11' Willson 37' Powardy 44' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: William Brukner (AUS) Carl Mueller (AUS)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 17 April 2016 12:00
| TAS | 1–2 | ACT |
| Walker-Kidd 58' | Report | McLenna 28' Hopkins 51' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Andrew Brown (AUS) Jordan Glover (AUS)

#### Third and fourth place

* 17 April 2016 13:30
| QLD | 4–3 | WA |
| Crane 23', 55' Rintala 36' Warne 57' | Report | Flynn 9' Benetti 52' Rasmussen 54' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)

#### Final

* 17 April 2016 18:30
| NSW | 0–2 | VIC |
| | Report | Ephraums 12' Allan 34' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Umpires: David Bridgford (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Victoria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 14 | Gold medal |
| | New South Wales | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 11 | Silver medal |
| | Queensland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 13 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Western Australia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 4 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 8 | Fifth place |
| 6 | Tasmania | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 7 | Sixth place |
| 7 | South Australia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 5 | Seventh place |
| 8 | Northern Territory | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 4 | Eighth place |