# 2016 Men's Australian Hockey League

The 2016 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 26th edition of the Australian Hockey League men's Field Hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Western Australia city of Perth.
For the first time, the Australian Hockey League hosted international teams from India, Malaysia and New Zealand.
The VIC Vikings won the gold medal for the third time by defeating the WA Thundersticks 5–3 in the final. The NSW Waratahs won the bronze medal after defeating the India Under–21 side 5–1 in the third place match.

## Teams

Domestic Teams
* Canberra Lakers
* NSW Waratahs
* NT Stingers
* QLD Blades
* SA Hotshots
* Tassie Tigers
* VIC Vikings
* WA Thundersticks
International Teams
* India Under–21
* Malaysia Blue
* Malaysia Tigers
* NZL Development

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | NSW Waratahs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 15 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 2 | VIC Vikings | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 12 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 3 | QLD Blades | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 9 | |
| 4 | Malaysia Tigers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | |
| 5 | NT Stingers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 3 | |
| 6 | NZL Development | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 36 | −31 | 1 | |
* 29 September 2016 16:30
| NT Stingers | 1–5 | VIC Vikings |
| Rintala 28' | Report | Ciriello 11', 44' Simmonds 12' Simpson 32' Kleinschmidt 43' |
* Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)
* 29 September 2016 18:00
| Malaysia Tigers | 1–1 | NZL Development |
| Meor 35' | Report | Jones 45' |
* Umpires: Adam Barry (AUS) Glen Munday (AUS)
* 29 September 2016 18:30
| QLD Blades | 1–3 | NSW Waratahs |
| Bell 35' | Report | Hill 29' T. Craig 33' McGuire 48' |
* Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
* 30 September 2016 16:00
| NZL Development | 0–8 | NT Stingers |
| | Report | Argent 9', 21' Rintala 12', 49' J. Hayward 23' Hall 41' Gleeson 43' Crane 48' |
* Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
* 30 September 2016 16:30
| QLD Blades | 5–2 | Malaysia Tigers |
| Elder 5' Boyde 20', 29' Bell 20' Imer 44' | Report | Shahril 47' Ramadan 57' |
* Umpires: Scott Embry (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 30 September 2016 20:00
| VIC Vikings | 1–2 | NSW Waratahs |
| Simmonds 50' | Report | Morley 7' Orchard 35' |
* Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 2 October 2016 15:00
| QLD Blades | 3–4 | VIC Vikings |
| Douglas 20', 51' Pembroke 37' | Report | Knee 5' Ciriello 6' Ford 28' Kleinschmidt 49' |
* Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Andrew Spence (NZL)
* 2 October 2016 17:00
| NSW Waratahs | 7–2 | NZL Development |
| Hill 5' Ogilvie 8' T. Craig 10' Sharp 33' Dawson 38', 46' McGuire 54' | Report | Van Woerkom 7', 59' |
* Umpires: Scott Embry (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
* 2 October 2016 19:00
| NT Stingers | 1–3 | Malaysia Tigers |
| Lockley 15' | Report | Shahril 7' Firhan 28' Haziq 37' |
* Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Adam Barry (AUS)
* 4 October 2016 15:00
| NZL Development | 2–8 | VIC Vikings |
| MacIntrye 7' Jones 20' | Report | Kleinschmidt 13' Pollard 19', 25' Gilmour 29' Ford 32' Ciriello 34', 56' Simmonds 58' |
* Umpires: Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 4 October 2016 17:00
| Malaysia Tigers | 2–5 | NSW Waratahs |
| Shahril 16' Van Huizen 47' | Report | Morley 2', 24' Ogilvie 6' McGuire 15' Hill 45' |
* Umpires: Glen Munday (AUS) Stirling Sharpe (AUS)
* 4 October 2016 19:00
| NT Stingers | 2–4 | QLD Blades |
| Lockley 47' Wallis 55' | Report | Bell 2' Whetton 16' Douglas 45' Anderson 53' |
* Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Matthew Claxton (AUS)
* 5 October 2016 16:30
| NSW Waratahs | 4–1 | NT Stingers |
| B. Craig 4' T. Craig 15', 57' Hill 21' | Report | J. Hayward 43' |
* Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Adam Barry (AUS)
* 5 October 2016 18:00
| VIC Vikings | 4–1 | Malaysia Tigers |
| Pollard 20' Ciriello 26' Kleinschmidt 30' Ford 34' | Report | Jazlan 50' |
* Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 5 October 2016 20:30
| NZL Development | 0–12 | QLD Blades |
| | Report | Beale 5', 43' Elder 5', 15', 45' Anderson 17' Howard 19' Whetton 26', 53' Bell 39' Reckers 54' Boyde 57' |
* Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India Under–21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 2 | WA Thundersticks | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 3 | Canberra Lakers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Tassie Tigers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 5 | SA Hotshots | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 3 | |
| 6 | MAS Blue | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | |
* 29 September 2016 16:00
| MAS Blue | 2–4 | India Under–21 |
| Faizal 4', 55' | Report | Qureshi 19', 42' Varun 21' Gurjant 32' |
* Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)
* 29 September 2016 20:00
| SA Hotshots | 0–4 | Tassie Tigers |
| | Report | Arthur 32', 42', 60' Ockenden 35' |
* Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Scott Embry (AUS)
* 29 September 2016 20:30
| WA Thundersticks | 4–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| Rayner 26' McDougall 36' Bird 42' Wickham 56' | Report | Monte 56' |
* Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Matthew Claxton (AUS)
* 30 September 2016 18:00
| India Under–21 | 3–1 | SA Hotshots |
| Gurjant 4' Ajit 14' Parvinder 20' | Report | Atkinson 45' |
* Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)
* 30 September 2016 18:30
| WA Thundersticks | 2–0 | MAS Blue |
| Wickham 15' Budgeon 34' | Report | |
* Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Andrew Spence (NZL)
* 30 September 2016 20:30
| Tassie Tigers | 2–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| McCambridge 33' Welch 57' | Report | Staines 57' |
* Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Glen Munday (AUS)
* 2 October 2016 15:30
| WA Thundersticks | 1–0 | Tassie Tigers |
| Budgeon 40' | Report | |
* Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 2 October 2016 17:30
| Canberra Lakers | 1–1 | India Under–21 |
| S. Shepherd 17' | Report | Ajit 15' |
* Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)
* 2 October 2016 19:30
| SA Hotshots | 4–0 | MAS Blue |
| Atkinson 22' Willson 29' Bowden 45' Burgess 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Glen Munday (AUS) Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
* 3 October 2016 15:00
| India Under–21 | 3–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Qureshi 10', 54' Varun 13' | Report | Dick 12' Shaw 50' |
* Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Adam Barry (AUS)
* 3 October 2016 17:00
| Malaysia Blue | 1–3 | Canberra Lakers |
| Rafizul 29' | Report | L. Shepherd 24' Day 50' Wallace 54' |
* Umpires: Scott Embry (AUS) Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
* 3 October 2016 19:30
| SA Hotshots | 0–3 | WA Thundersticks |
| | Report | Mitton 33' Bausor 57', 60' |
* Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
* 5 October 2016 16:00
| Canberra Lakers | 7–2 | SA Hotshots |
| Monte 1', 12', 56' S. Shepherd 9' Day 41' L. Shepherd 48' Staines 58' | Report | Oliver 1' Cox 25' |
* Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Jeremy Coleman (AUS)
* 5 October 2016 18:30
| India Under–21 | 3–1 | WA Thundersticks |
| Sumit 32' Varun 39', 40' | Report | Bausor 16' |
* Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Glen Munday (AUS)
* 5 October 2016 20:00
| Tassie Tigers | 1–1 | Malaysia Blue |
| Ockenden 23' | Report | Faizal 43' |
* Umpires: Scott Embry (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)

### Classification
#### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth and Tenth Place | Ninth and Tenth Place |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 |
| SA Hotshots | 2 |
| SA Hotshots | 2 | 8 October 2016 | 8 October 2016 |
| NZL Futures | 2 | 8 October 2016 | 8 October 2016 |
| NZL Futures | 2 | SA Hotshots | 1 |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 | | SA Hotshots | 1 |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 | NT Stingers | 5 |
| NT Stingers | 5 | NT Stingers | 5 |
| Malaysia Blue | 1 | | |
| Malaysia Blue | 1 | Eleventh and Twelfth Place | Eleventh and Twelfth Place |
| | | 8 October 2016 | 8 October 2016 |
| | | NZL Futures | 0 |
| | | Malaysia Blue | 3 |

##### Crossover

* 7 October 2016 08:30
| SA Hotshots | 2–2 | NZL Development |
| Atkinson 29', 30' | Report | MacIntrye 11' Radovonich 46' |
* Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Muhammad Rais Bin Zakaria (MAS)
* 7 October 2016 10:30
| NT Stingers | 5–1 | Malaysia Blue |
| Argent 4', 10', 31' Reardon 19' J. Hayward 22' | Report | Amirol 43' |
* Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Glen Munday (AUS)

##### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 8 October 2016 08:00
| NZL Development | 0–3 | Malaysia Blue |
| | Report | Hafiz 7' Faizal 34', 52' |
* Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Jeremy Coleman (AUS)

##### Ninth and tenth place

* 8 October 2016 12:00
| SA Hotshots | 1–5 | NT Stingers |
| Willson 11' | Report | Wallis 38' Rasmussen 51', 56', 60' J. Hayward 58' |
* Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Scott Embry (AUS)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth and Sixth Place | Fifth and Sixth Place |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 |
| Canberra Lakers | 0 |
| Canberra Lakers | 0 | 8 October 2016 | 8 October 2016 |
| Malaysia Tigers | 3 | 8 October 2016 | 8 October 2016 |
| Malaysia Tigers | 3 | Malaysia Tigers | 2 |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 | | Malaysia Tigers | 2 |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 | QLD Blades | 4 |
| QLD Blades | 5 | QLD Blades | 4 |
| Tassie Tigers | 3 | | |
| Tassie Tigers | 3 | Seventh and Eighth Place | Seventh and Eighth Place |
| | | 8 October 2016 | 8 October 2016 |
| | | Canberra Lakers | 1 |
| | | Tassie Tigers | 4 |

##### Crossover

* 7 October 2016 12:30
| Canberra Lakers | 0–3 | Malaysia Tigers |
| | Report | Shahril 5' Haziq 7' Ramadan 49' |
* Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Adam Barry (AUS)
* 7 October 2016 12:30
| QLD Blades | 5–3 | Tassie Tigers |
| Beale 2', 23', 31' Whetton 30' Anderson 50' | Report | Ockenden 24' Arthur 39', 41' |
* Umpires: Jeremy Coleman (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 8 October 2016 16:00
| Canberra Lakers | 1–4 | Tassie Tigers |
| Monte 43' | Report | Welch 12' Ockenden 17' Read 35' Boulton 38' |
* Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Adam Barry (AUS)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 8 October 2016 20:00
| Malaysia Tigers | 2–4 | QLD Blades |
| Shahril 34' Najmi 35' | Report | Boyde 8' Beale 38' Bell 41', 46' |
* Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

#### Medal round

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 |
| India Under–21 | 3 (3) |
| India Under–21 | 3 (3) | 9 October 2016 | 9 October 2016 |
| VIC Vikings (p.s.o) | 3 (4) | 9 October 2016 | 9 October 2016 |
| VIC Vikings (p.s.o) | 3 (4) | VIC Vikings | 5 |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 | | VIC Vikings | 5 |
| 7 October 2016 | 7 October 2016 | WA Thundersticks | 3 |
| NSW Waratahs | 1 (1) | WA Thundersticks | 3 |
| WA Thundersticks (p.s.o) | 1 (3) | | |
| WA Thundersticks (p.s.o) | 1 (3) | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| | | 9 October 2016 | 9 October 2016 |
| | | India Under–21 | 1 |
| | | NSW Waratahs | 5 |

##### Semi-finals

* 7 October 2016 18:00
| India Under–21 | 3–3 | VIC Vikings |
| Varun 38', 54', 56' | Report | Ciriello 20', 28' Kleinschmidt 22' |
| Penalties |||
| Manpreet Parvinder Gurjant Parvinder Santa | 3–4 | Webster Kleinschmidt Gilmour Ford Ciriello |
* Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 7 October 2016 20:00
| NSW Waratahs | 1–1 | WA Thundersticks |
| Noblett 58' | Report | Bausor 52' |
| Penalties |||
| Ogilvie Hayes Willis Sharp | 1–3 | Zalewski Mitton Bird |
* Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

##### Third and fourth place

* 9 October 2016 10:00
| India Under–21 | 1–5 | NSW Waratahs |
| Gurjant 25' | Report | Sharp 6' T. Craig 16', 59' Morley 23', 44' |
* Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Glen Munday (AUS)

##### Final

* 9 October 2016 16:00
| VIC Vikings | 5–3 | WA Thundersticks |
| Ciriello 6', 15' Knee 25' Arunasalam 34' Philpott 54' | Report | Geers 7' Bausor 13', 53' |
* Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Topscorer | Player of the Final | GK of the Tournament | Play the Whistle |
| Flynn Ogilvie | Chris Ciriello | Chris Ciriello | Tyler Lovell | WA Thundersticks |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| | VIC Vikings | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 16 | Gold Medal |
| | WA Thundersticks | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 13 | Silver Medal |
| | NSW Waratahs | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 19 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | India Under–21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 14 | |
| 5 | QLD Blades | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 15 | |
| 6 | Malaysia Tigers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 7 | |
| 7 | Tassie Tigers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 10 | |
| 8 | Canberra Lakers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 7 | |
| 9 | NT Stingers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 9 | |
| 10 | SA Hotshots | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 4 | |
| 11 | Malaysia Blue | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 | |
| 12 | NZL Development | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 41 | −34 | 2 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 216 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.14 goals per match.
10 goals
* Chris Ciriello
7 goals
* Varun Kumar
6 goals
* Tom Craig
* Daniel Beale
* Robert Bell
* Chris Bausor
5 goals
* Andrew Monte
* Shahril Saabah (Tigers)
* Faizal Saari (Blue)
* Landon Morley
* Matthew Argent
* Kieron Arthur
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
4 goals
* Armaan Qureshi
* Nick Hill
* Jeremy Hayward
* Scott Boyde
* Troy Elder
* Jacob Whetton
* Martin Atkinson
* Eddie Ockenden
3 goals
* Gurjant Singh
* Robert McGuire
* Alec Rasmussen
* Joel Rintala
* Jacob Anderson
* Justin Douglas
* Russell Ford
* Joshua Pollard
* Joshua Simmonds
2 goals
* James Day
* Lewis Shepherd
* Stuart Shepherd
* Jake Staines
* Ajit Pandey
* Najmi Jazlan (Tigers)
* Haziq Samsul (Tigers)
* Ramadan Rosli (Tigers)
* Matthew Dawson
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Lachlan Sharp
* Jared Jones
* Oliver MacIntrye
* Benedict van Woerkom
* Adrian Lockley
* Blake Wallis
* Kurtis Willson
* Jack Welch
* James Knee
* Nicholas Budgeon
* Tom Wickham
1 goal
* Jack Wallace
* Parvinder Singh
* Sumit
* Amirol Aideed (Blue)
* Firhan Ashari (Tigers)
* Mustafa Rafizul Ezry (Blue)
* Meor Azuan Hassan (Tigers)
* Zaidi Hafiz Huddin (Blue)
* Joel van Huizen (Tigers)
* Ben Craig
* Luke Noblett
* Simon Orchard
* Ben Radovonich
* Oliver Crane
* Brodie Gleeson
* Ross Hall
* Joe Reardon
* Tim Howard
* Adam Imer
* Hugh Pembroke
* Rob Reckers
* Fraser Bowden
* Sean Burgess
* Daniel Cox
* Alistair Oliver
* Angus Boulton
* James Dick
* Sam McCambridge
* Ben Read
* William Shaw
* Kiran Arunasalam
* Will Gilmour
* Andrew Philpott
* Glenn Simpson
* Matthew Bird
* Tim Geers
* Trent Mitton
* Daniel Rayner
* Justin McDougall
Source: Hockey Australia