# 2013 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships

The 2013 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships was a men's field hockey tournament held in the Queensland city of Brisbane.
Queensland won the gold medal after defeating New South Wales 3–2 in the final. Victoria won the bronze medal by defeating South Australia 3–1 in the third and fourth playoff.

## 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 bottom four teams play in the classification round. Two crossover matches are played, with the fifth placed team playing the eighth place team and the sixth placed team facing the seventh placed team. The winners of the crossover matches progress to the fifth and sixth place playoff, while the losers contest the seventh and eighth place playoff.
The top four teams contest the medal round. Two semi-finals are played, with the first placed team taking on the fourth placed team and the second placed team taking on the third placed team. The winners progress to the final, while the losers contest the third and fourth place playoff.

## Teams

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

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | QLD | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | +38 | 21 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | NSW | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 18 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | VIC | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | SA | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | NT | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 7 | |
| 6 | WA | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 7 | |
| 7 | TAS | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 6 | |
| 8 | ACT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 40 | −36 | 0 | |

#### Pool matches

* 2 April 2013 09:00
| NT | 3–5 | TAS |
| Mathiesen 19' Hayward 43' Govers 50' | Report | Arthur 2', 64' White 8' Middleton 54' Kruger 70' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 2 April 2013 11:00
| ACT | 0–6 | WA |
| | Report | Main 13' Benfell 34' Geers 40' Brown 46' Andersson 49' Spencer 55' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 2 April 2013 13:00
| VIC | 1–2 | QLD |
| Seccull 47' | Report | Rintala 16' Latham 70' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 2 April 2013 15:00
| NSW | 7–2 | SA |
| Govers 2', 3', 23', 66' Elliot 67', 69' Bourke 68' | Report | Johns 17' Gill 55' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 3 April 2013 09:00
| WA | 0–3 | VIC |
| | Report | Cowley 4' Bretherton 28' Hammond 62' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 3 April 2013 11:00
| NT | 1–5 | QLD |
| Taylor 39' | Report | Hathaway 13', 65' Tyne 14' Rintala 30', 61' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 3 April 2013 13:00
| SA | 4–3 | TAS |
| Casey 33' Gill 41' Johns 43' Edge 70' | Report | Middleton 44' Smith 51' Arthur 56' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 3 April 2013 15:00
| NSW | 6–1 | ACT |
| Elliot 6' Dawson 9', 54' Eichhorn 35' Bourke 39', 49' | Report | Mosslar 3' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 4 April 2013 09:00
| QLD | 5–1 | SA |
| Posselt 16', 48' Douglas 42' Boyde 57' Wotherspoon 64' | Report | Casey 50' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 4 April 2013 11:00
| NT | 4–3 | WA |
| Hayward 28', 46' Mathiesen 28' O'Beirne 41' | Report | 12' Robertson 67', 68' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 4 April 2013 13:00
| NSW | 4–2 | VIC |
| Dawson 2' Govers 23' Ogilvie 65' Hayes 66' | Report | Arunasalam 6' Kershaw 23' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 4 April 2013 15:00
| TAS | 1–0 | ACT |
| Mackey 32' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2013 14:00
| SA | 7–1 | ACT |
| Joyce 5', 43', 49' Cameron 22', 46' Oliver 38' Keeves 70' | Report | Day 35' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2013 16:00
| VIC | 3–2 | NT |
| Gilmour 32' Arunasalam 70' Seccull 70' | Report | Gleeson 42' Lockley 46' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2013 18:00
| QLD | 5–0 | WA |
| Boyde 5' Bell 8' Wotherspoon 50', 51' Borger 69' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 6 April 2013 20:00
| NSW | 5–3 | TAS |
| Govers 2', 61', 70' McEwen 4' Hayes 45' | Report | Arthur 4' Isles 21' Read 35' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 7 April 2013 14:00
| NT | 4–1 | ACT |
| Mathiesen 23', 41' Hayward 43' O'Beirne 70' | Report | Martin 9' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 7 April 2013 17:15
| VIC | 3–1 | SA |
| Gilmour 3', 27' Arunasalam 42' | Report | Joyce 70' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 7 April 2013 19:15
| TAS | 0–3 | WA |
| | Report | Spencer 3' Robertson 56' Lim 57' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 7 April 2013 21:15
| QLD | 7–0 | NSW |
| Latham 28', 40' Douglas 30' Wothersoon 38' Posselt 50' Hathaway 57' Gildea 57' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2013 09:00
| WA | 0–9 | NSW |
| | Report | Govers 8', 17', 27', 55', 67' Eichhorn 40' Elliot 43' Bourke 48' Craig 60' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2013 11:00
| TAS | 0–12 | QLD |
| | Report | Posselt 5', 61' Boyde 18', 37', 57' Hathaway 22', 65' Borger 32' Wotherspoon 44', 64' Gildea 56' Douglas 58' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2013 13:00
| ACT | 0–10 | VIC |
| | Report | Steinfort 8' Seccull 18', 24' Arunasalam 19', 37', 40' Bretherton 30' Sherren 34' Gilmour 43' Walton 52' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 9 April 2013 15:00
| SA | 2–2 | NT |
| Edge 61' Gregory 70' | Report | Hayward 41' O'Beirne 67' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 10 April 2013 11:00
| TAS | 1–4 | VIC |
| Arthur 65' | Report | Cowley 2' Gilmour 11', 49' Sherren 57' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 10 April 2013 13:00
| QLD | 6–1 | ACT |
| Gildea 15' Hathaway 18' Borger 20' Wotherspoon 25' Posselt 30' Rintala 54' | Report | Randell 68' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 10 April 2013 15:00
| NSW | 7–4 | NT |
| Tran 27' Bourke 31' Craig 48', 50', 55' Hayes 61' Hill 64' | Report | O'Beirne 30' Govers 60' Lockley 64' Mathiesen 68' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre
* 10 April 2013 15:00
| WA | 1–1 | SA |
| Spencer 1' | Report | Joyce 70' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre

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

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 12 April 2013 | 12 April 2013 |
| NT | 2 |
| NT | 2 | 13 April 2013 | 13 April 2013 |
| ACT | 0 | 13 April 2013 | 13 April 2013 |
| ACT | 0 | NT | 2 |
| 12 April 2013 | 12 April 2013 | | NT | 2 |
| 12 April 2013 | 12 April 2013 | WA | 2 |
| WA | 1 | WA | 2 |
| TAS | 1 | | |
| TAS | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 13 April 2013 | 13 April 2013 |
| | | ACT | 0 |
| | | TAS | 0 |

##### Fifth and sixth place
#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 12 April 2013 | 12 April 2013 |
| QLD | 5 |
| QLD | 5 | 13 April 2013 | 13 April 2013 |
| SA | 1 | 13 April 2013 | 13 April 2013 |
| SA | 1 | QLD | 3 |
| 12 April 2013 | 12 April 2013 | | QLD | 3 |
| 12 April 2013 | 12 April 2013 | NSW | 2 |
| NSW | 6 | NSW | 2 |
| VIC | 5 | | |
| VIC | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 April 2013 | 13 April 2013 |
| | | SA | 1 |
| | | VIC | 3 |

##### Final

* 7 April 2013 17:00
| QLD | 3–2 | NSW |
| Wothersoon Posselt 35+' Rintala | Report | Elliot 29' Govers |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre