# 2014 Women's Australian Country Championships

The 2014 Women's Australian Country Championships was a field hockey tournament held in Toowoomba, Queensland between 2–9 August 2014.
QLD Country won the tournament by defeating the NSW Country 4–1 in the final. VIC Country won the bronze medal by defeating WA Country 2–1 in the third and fourth playoff.

## Teams

Unlike other National Australian Championships the Australian Country Championships only comprises teams from regional/country associations of each Australian State, as well as a team from the Australian Defence Force.
* ADF
* NSW Country
* QLD Country
* SA Country
* VIC Country
* WA Country

## Competition format

The tournament is played in a round-robin format, with each team facing each other once. Final placings after the pool matches determine playoffs.
The fifth and sixth placed teams contest the fifth and sixth-place match, while the top four placed teams contest the semi-finals, with the winners contesting the final, and the losers contesting the third and fourth place playoff.

## Results
### Pool matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | NSW Country | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | QLD Country | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | VIC Country | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | WA Country | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | ADF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | 5th and 6th |
| 6 | SA Country | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | 5th and 6th |
* 2 August 2014 08:15
| NSW Country | 4 – 1 | SA Country |
| Parker 40' Bayliss 49' McLean 60' Chappel 70+' | Report | Allister 62' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Helen Kura (AUS) Morgan-Leigh Leeder (AUS)
* 2 August 2014 11:45
| WA Country | 2 – 2 | VIC Country |
| Powis 35+' Williamson 41' | Report | Kelsall 18' Deppler 61' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Catherine O'Brien (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)
* 2 August 2014 15:15
| ADF | 1 – 6 | QLD Country |
| MacArthur 61' | Report | Balfour 13' Thompson 31', 33', 37' Gillard 51' Dredge 68' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Laura Lee (AUS) Alisha Williams (AUS)
* 3 August 2014 10:00
| NSW Country | 5 – 1 | VIC Country |
| Bayliss 5' Watterson 33', 46' Parker 43' McLean 52' | Report | Willmott 21' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Helen Kura (AUS) Catherine O'Brien (AUS)
* 3 August 2014 13:30
| WA Country | 0 – 5 | QLD Country |
| | Report | Gillard 14', 44', 64' Thompson 27' McCurley 57' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Laura Lee (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)
* 3 August 2014 17:00
| SA Country | 1 – 2 | ADF |
| Lunsmann 28' | Report | Casey 56', 69' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Alisha Williams (AUS) Morgan-Leigh Leeder (AUS)
* 4 August 2014 08:15
| QLD Country | 3 – 2 | VIC Country |
| Gillard 3' Neumann 27' Benn 34' | Report | Deppler 10' Shallard 65' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Helen Kura (AUS)
* 4 August 2014 11:45
| SA Country | 0 – 0 | WA Country |
| | Report | |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Alisha Williams (AUS) Laura Lee (AUS)
* 4 August 2014 15:15
| ADF | 1 – 3 | NSW Country |
| Wilson 3' | Report | Bayliss 19' Watterson 38', 40' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Morgan-Leigh Leeder (AUS) Catherine O'Brien (AUS)
* 5 August 2014 10:00
| QLD Country | 3 – 0 | SA Country |
| Thompson 11', 31' Dredge 27' | Report | |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Catherine O'Brien (AUS) Alisha Williams (AUS)
* 5 August 2014 13:30
| WA Country | 2 – 5 | NSW Country |
| Reed 21' Fleay 59' | Report | Parker 7' Alcorn 19' Bayliss 41' Chappel 43' Willott 57' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Morgan-Leigh Leeder (AUS)
* 5 August 2014 17:00
| VIC Country | 3 – 1 | ADF |
| Kelsall 53' Ryan 60' Lahn 64' | Report | Smith 70+' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Helen Kura (AUS) Laura Lee (AUS)
* 7 August 2014 08:15
| NSW Country | 3 – 2 | QLD Country |
| Legge 49' Mergetts 55' Alcorn 70' | Report | Gillard 22' Benn 66' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Helen Kura (AUS) Alisha Williams (AUS)
* 7 August 2014 11:45
| VIC Country | 2 – 0 | SA Country |
| Ryan 28', 41' | Report | |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Morgan-Leigh Leeder (AUS)
* 7 August 2014 15:15
| ADF | 0 – 1 | WA Country |
| | Report | Gallimore 23' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Catherine O'Brien (AUS) Laura Lee (AUS)

### Classification matches
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 8 August 2014 10:00
| ADF | 1 – 2 | SA Country |
| Casey 5' | Report | Hill 28' Hammond 66' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Alisha Williams (AUS) Helen Kura (AUS)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 August 2014 | 8 August 2014 |
| NSW Country | 2 |
| NSW Country | 2 | 9 August 2014 | 9 August 2014 |
| WA Country | 1 | 9 August 2014 | 9 August 2014 |
| WA Country | 1 | NSW Country | 1 |
| 8 August 2014 | 8 August 2014 | | NSW Country | 1 |
| 8 August 2014 | 8 August 2014 | QLD Country | 4 |
| QLD Country | 4 | QLD Country | 4 |
| VIC Country | 0 | | |
| VIC Country | 0 | Third and fourth place | Third and fourth place |
| | | 9 August 2014 | 9 August 2014 |
| | | WA Country | 1 |
| | | VIC Country | 2 |

##### Semi-finals

* 8 August 2014 11:45
| NSW Country | 2 – 1 | WA Country |
| Walter 10' Legge 42' | Report | Harrington 35+' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Catherine O'Brien (AUS) Morgan-Leigh Leeder (AUS)
* 8 August 2014 13:30
| QLD Country | 4 – 0 | VIC Country |
| Thompson 7' Dredge 28' Gillard 38' Arthy 42' | Report | |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Caroline Davis (AUS) Laura Lee (AUS)

##### Third and fourth place

* 9 August 2014 09:00
| WA Country | 1 – 2 | VIC Country |
| Parsons 56' | Report | Ryan 41' White 65' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Morgan-Leigh Leeder (AUS) Laura Lee (AUS)

##### Final

* 9 August 2014 13:00
| NSW Country | 1 – 4 | QLD Country |
| Watterson 21' | Report | Thompson 8' Gillard 31', 37' McCurley 61' |
* Toowoomba Hockey Club Umpires: Catherine O'Brien (AUS) Caroline Davis (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| | QLD Country | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 18 | Gold Medal |
| | NSW Country | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| | VIC Country | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | WA Country | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 5 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | SA Country | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | Fifth place |
| 6 | ADF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | Sixth Place |