# 2012 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2012 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships was a men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart.
Queensland won the gold medal after defeating Western Australia 3–0 in the final. Following a 5–5 draw, New South Wales won the bronze medal with a higher percentage of games won, finishing ahead of Tasmania.

## Competition format

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, with each team facing each other once. Final placings after the pool matches determined playoff positions.
The bottom four teams moved to the classification round. Teams played in crossover matches, with the losing teams playing off for seventh place, and the winners for fifth. Meanwhile, the top four teams contested the medal round, with teams contesting in semi-finals. The winners played in the gold medal match, while the losers played off for bronze.

## Teams

* ACT
* SA
* NSW
* TAS
* NT
* VIC
* QLD
* WA

## Results

All times are local (AEST).

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | QLD | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 17 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | NSW | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 16 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | WA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | TAS | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | VIC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 7 | |
| 6 | SA | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 6 | |
| 7 | NT | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 | |
| 8 | ACT | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 5 | |

#### Fixtures

* 10 July 2012 09:00
| WA | 2–3 | NSW |
| Zalewski Clarke 45' | Report | Elliot 16' Ogilvie 31' Willott 34' |
* 10 July 2012 11:00
| SA | 2–4 | QLD |
| Oliver 4' Joyce 45' | Report | Douglas 35', 36' Hathaway 48' Mathiesen 49' |
* 10 July 2012 13:00
| ACT | 2–2 | NT |
| Palmer 8' Jewell 50' | Report | Abbott 13' Hullick 37' |
* 10 July 2012 15:00
| TAS | 4–2 | VIC |
| Middleton 23' Phimmanarch 31' Arthur 51' Mackey 58' | Report | Sherren 9' Coleman 13' |
* 11 July 2012 09:00
| NSW | 6–2 | SA |
| Govers 6', 59' Elliot 13', 24', 30' Dawson 33' | Report | Joyce 8' White 53' |
* 11 July 2012 11:00
| VIC | 1–1 | NT |
| Seccull 2' | Report | Gleeson 24' |
* 11 July 2012 13:00
| TAS | 1–1 | ACT |
| Bolton 47' | Report | Palmer 70' |
* 11 July 2012 15:00
| QLD | 5–2 | WA |
| Whetton 4' Douglas 7', 45' D. Beale 28', 56' | Report | Clarke 8', 70' |
* 13 July 2012 09:00
| VIC | 5–3 | ACT |
| Matthews 21' Sinclair 25' Seccull 38', 56' Walton 46' | Report | Jewell 7' S. Shepherd 36', 58' |
* 13 July 2012 11:00
| NSW | 4–4 | QLD |
| Willott 7' Elliot 27' Walters 39' Govers 65' | Report | Mathiesen 15' Whetton 23', 66' Douglas 69' |
* 13 July 2012 13:00
| WA | 4–0 | SA |
| Ewing 7', 14' Zalewski 27', 43' | Report | |
* 13 July 2012 15:00
| NT | 1–5 | TAS |
| Abbott 46' | Report | Middleton 20', 45' Arthur 49' Phimmanarch 58' Edwards 62' |
* 14 July 2012 09:00
| QLD | 1–0 | VIC |
| Rintala 12' | Report | |
* 14 July 2012 11:00
| NT | 1–3 | WA |
| Haami-Jones 57' | Report | Durrell 2' Clarke 51' Zalewski 70' |
* 14 July 2012 13:00
| SA | 5–2 | TAS |
| Greenshields 12' Joyce 19' Mitchell 41', 58' Oliver 49' | Report | Cerulus 9' Bolton 52' |
* 14 July 2012 15:00
| ACT | 2–8 | NSW |
| Borrett 46' Palmer 65' | Report | Bourke 5', 55' Walters 7', 30' Govers 8' Willis 21' Ogilvie 57' Eichorn 56' |
* 16 July 2012 09:00
| TAS | 3–3 | QLD |
| Short 13' Hathaway 41' Posselt 49' | Report | Bolton 15' Shaw 29' Middleton 57' |
* 16 July 2012 11:00
| WA | 2–1 | ACT |
| Robertson 28' Brown 69' | Report | Palmer 44' |
* 16 July 2012 13:00
| NT | 3–1 | NSW |
| Bougoukas 16' Lockley 49' Hayward 70+' | Report | Willis 6' |
* 16 July 2012 15:00
| VIC | 4–2 | SA |
| Hammond 20' Coleman 39' Gilmour 44' Cross 48' | Report | Joyce 15', 53' |
* 17 July 2012 09:00
| ACT | 3–2 | SA |
| Wallace 45' S. Shepherd 61' Palmer 66' | Report | B. Craig 58' Roberts 63' |
* 17 July 2012 11:00
| NSW | 4–1 | TAS |
| Govers 15', 27' Bourke 64' Ogilvie 65' | Report | Middleton 5' |
* 17 July 2012 13:00
| WA | 3–2 | VIC |
| Clarke 22', 31', 59' | Report | Crowley 1' Sinclair 26' |
* 17 July 2012 15:00
| QLD | 2–1 | NT |
| Mathiesen 17', 53' | Report | Haami-Jones 69' |
* 18 July 2012 09:00
| TAS | 2–3 | WA |
| Edwards 9', 14' | Report | Robertson 29' Hall 32' Brown 54' |
* 18 July 2012 11:00
| NSW | 2–1 | VIC |
| Govers 32', 40' | Report | T. Craig 52' |
* 18 July 2012 13:00
| SA | 2–0 | NT |
| Joyce 33', 57' | Report | |
* 18 July 2012 15:00
| QLD | 7–1 | ACT |
| D. Beale 23' Rintala 32', 56' Quan 34' Bell 49' Boyde 53' Douglas 67' | Report | L. Shepherd 41' |

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 20 July 2012 | 20 July 2012 |
| VIC | 5 |
| VIC | 5 | 21 July 2012 | 21 July 2012 |
| ACT | 1 | 21 July 2012 | 21 July 2012 |
| ACT | 1 | VIC | 2 |
| 20 July 2012 | 20 July 2012 | | VIC | 2 |
| 20 July 2012 | 20 July 2012 | NT | 1 |
| SA | 2 | NT | 1 |
| NT | 3 | | |
| NT | 3 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 21 July 2012 | 21 July 2012 |
| | | ACT | 3 |
| | | SA | 3 |

##### Crossover

* 20 July 2012 09:00
| VIC | 5–1 | ACT |
| Hammond 21' Cowley 40' Seccull 51' Cross 60' Gildea 67' | Report | Wallace 9' |
* Umpires: Andrew Just (AUS) Nicholas Marshall (AUS)
* 20 July 2012 11:00
| SA | 2–3 | NT |
| Joyce 4', 61' | Report | Haami-Jones 23' Hayward 31' Abbott 55' |
* Umpires: Andrew Hickman (AUS) Benjamin Secrett (AUS)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 21 July 2012 09:00
| ACT | 3–3 | SA |
| Wallace 46', 67' English 56' | Report | Oliver 6' Mitchell 29' Joyce 62' |
* Umpires: Simon Moore (AUS) Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 21 July 2012 11:00
| VIC | 2–1 | NT |
| Gildea 22', 47' | Report | Abbott 41' |
* Umpires: Benjamin Secrett (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 20 July 2012 | 20 July 2012 |
| QLD | 2 |
| QLD | 2 | 21 July 2012 | 21 July 2012 |
| TAS | 0 | 21 July 2012 | 21 July 2012 |
| TAS | 0 | QLD | 3 |
| 20 July 2012 | 20 July 2012 | | QLD | 3 |
| 20 July 2012 | 20 July 2012 | WA | 0 |
| NSW | 3 | WA | 0 |
| WA | 4 | | |
| WA | 4 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 21 July 2012 | 21 July 2012 |
| | | TAS | 5 |
| | | NSW | 5 |

##### Semi-finals

* 20 July 2012 13:00
| QLD | 2–0 | TAS |
| D. Beale 42' Douglas 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Gilbert Gough-Fuller (AUS) Lee Nugawela (AUS)
* 20 July 2012 15:00
| NSW | 3–4 | WA |
| Elliot 39', 60' Bourke 62' | Report | Robertson 4' Zalewski 30', 32' Ewing 44' |
* Umpires: Levi Stephen (AUS) Simon Moore (AUS)

##### Third and fourth place

* 21 July 2012 13:00
| TAS | 5–5 | NSW |
| Arthur 11' Bolton 25', 55' Read 35' Middleton 59' | Report | Govers 13', 16', 29', 42' Walters 17' |
* Umpires: Scott O'Reilly (AUS) Levi Stephen (AUS)

##### Final

* 21 July 2012 15:00
| QLD | 3–0 | WA |
| Bell 12' Whetton 41' Rintala 46' | Report | |
* Umpires: Simon Cross (AUS) Scott Embry (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | QLD | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 23 | Gold medal |
| | WA | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 18 | Silver medal |
| | NSW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 17 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | TAS | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 9 | |
| 5 | VIC | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 13 | |
| 6 | NT | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 8 | |
| 7 | SA | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 7 | |
| 8 | ACT | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 6 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 185 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 5.14 goals per match.
12 goals
* Blake Govers
10 goals
* Cameron Joyce
7 goals
* Jack Elliot
* Justin Douglas
* Bradley Clarke
6 goals
* Dougal Middleton
* Aran Zalewski
5 goals
* Andrew Palmer
* Angus Bolton
4 goals
* Jack Wallace
* Nathan Bourke
* Joshua Walters
* Dwayne Abbott
* Daniel Beale
* Daniel Mathiesen
* Aidan Rintala
* Jacob Whetton
* Adam Seccull
3 goals
* Stuart Shepherd
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Tarrant Haami-Jones
* Daniel Mitchell
* Alistair Oliver
* Kieron Arthur
* Jeremy Edwards
* Kyle Gildea
* Sebastian Ewing
* Daniel Robertson
2 goals
* James Jewell
* Matthew Willis
* Jordan Willott
* Jeremy Hayward
* Robert Bell
* Jake Hathaway
* Alexander Phimmanarch
* Christopher Coleman
* Timothy Cross
* Tyler Crowley
* Casey Hammond
* Thomas Sinclair
* Sheldon Brown
1 goal
* Layne Borrett
* Keagan English
* Lewis Shepherd
* Matthew Dawson
* Kyle Eichhorn
* Ross Bougoukas
* Brodie Gleeson
* Jamie Hullick
* Adrian Lockley
* Scott Boyde
* Kane Posselt
* Ethan Quan
* Lewis Short
* Benjamin Craig
* Nathan Greenshields
* Dylan Roberts
* Cameron White
* Maxwell Cerulus
* Kurt Mackey
* Benjamin Read
* William Shaw
* Thomas Craig
* William Gilmour
* Lewis Matthews
* Jake Sherren
* Byron Walton
* Steven Durrell
* Ross Hall