# 2012 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 2012 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 20th edition of women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Western Australia city of Perth.
The VIC Vipers won the gold medal for the second time by defeating the NSW Arrows 5–1 in the final.

## Teams

* Canberra Strikers
* NSW Arrows
* NT Pearls
* QLD Scorchers
* SA Suns
* Tassie Van Demons
* VIC Vipers
* WA Diamonds

## Results
### First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | QLD Scorchers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 18 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | WA Diamonds | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 16 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | VIC Vipers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 11 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 4 | NSW Arrows | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 5 | SA Suns | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | |
| 6 | Canberra Strikers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 9 | |
| 7 | NT Pearls | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 4 | |
| 8 | Tassie Van Demons | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 1 | |
* 16 October 2012
| VIC Vipers | 1–3 | QLD Scorchers |
| Nanscawen 66' | Report | Schulz 8' 18' Ashton 35' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 16 October 2012
| Tassie Van Demons | 1–3 | NSW Arrows |
| Moore 15' | Report | Morgan 13' Webster 33' McLeish 38' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 16 October 2012
| Canberra Strikers | 2–4 | SA Suns |
| Stewart 13', 70' | Report | Parker 29' Sobels 32' Buchecker 64', 64' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 16 October 2012
| WA Diamonds | 3–0 | NT Pearls |
| Slattery 37' Nelson 39' Buckley 46' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 17 October 2012
| NSW Arrows | 0–2 | Canberra Strikers |
| | Report | Flanagan 2' Taylor 13' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 17 October 2012
| VIC Vipers | 1–1 | SA Suns |
| Nanscawen 61' | Report | Pisani 30' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 17 October 2012
| NT Pearls | 0–3 | QLD Scorchers |
| | Report | Allendorf 12' Ashton 19' Reuter 26' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 17 October 2012
| WA Diamonds | 1–0 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Nelson 42' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 18 October 2012
| SA Suns | 1–2 | NT Pearls |
| King 40' | Report | Noffke 50' Peris 55' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 18 October 2012
| NSW Arrows | 0–0 | VIC Vipers |
| | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 18 October 2012
| WA Diamonds | 3–1 | Canberra Strikers |
| Symons 6', 19' Searle 29' | Report | Evans 37' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 18 October 2012
| Tassie Van Demons | 0–5 | QLD Scorchers |
| | Report | Olivieri 21', 56', 61' Reuter 48' Ashton 57' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 20 October 2012
| NT Pearls | 0–0 | Tassie Van Demons |
| | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 20 October 2012
| Canberra Strikers | 0–2 | VIC Vipers |
| | Report | Schubach 20' Riordan 64' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 20 October 2012
| WA Diamonds | 1–2 | QLD Scorchers |
| Eglington 54' | Report | Ashton 10' Marks 29' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 20 October 2012
| SA Suns | 1–0 | NSW Arrows |
| Nance 24' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 21 October 2012
| VIC Vipers | 7–0 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Burns 20' Ellis 39' Peake 44' Nanscawen 51', 54' Trahar 60' Messent 66' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 21 October 2012
| Canberra Strikers | 3–1 | NT Pearls |
| MacKinnon 60', 67' E. Bone 70' | Report | Sutherland 47' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 21 October 2012
| SA Suns | 1–2 | WA Diamonds |
| Eshuis 31' | Report | Wilson 13' Pascov 41' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 21 October 2012
| QLD Scorchers | 0–1 | NSW Arrows |
| | Report | Webster 62' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 23 October 2012
| NSW Arrows | 1–1 | WA Diamonds |
| Smith 52' | Report | Pascov 18' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 23 October 2012
| QLD Scorchers | 1–0 | SA Suns |
| Olivieri 70' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 23 October 2012
| Tassie Van Demons | 0–8 | Canberra Strikers |
| | Report | Evans 6' Flanagan 16', 61', 65' Cartwright 23' MacKinnon 50' M. Bone 58' McInerney 69' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 23 October 2012
| NT Pearls | 1–2 | VIC Vipers |
| Larosa 4' | Report | Messent 37', 70' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 24 October 2012
| QLD Scorchers | 5–2 | Canberra Strikers |
| Ashton 8', 37' Johnson 13' Olivieri 45' Schulz 66' | Report | MacKinnon 43' Glynn 59' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 24 October 2012
| SA Suns | 3–0 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Buchecker 9', 47' Sobels 49' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 24 October 2012
| WA Diamonds | 3–2 | VIC Vipers |
| Pascov 32' Slattery 38' Wilson 42' | Report | Sneskov 53' Messent 57' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 24 October 2012
| NSW Arrows | 4–0 | NT Pearls |
| Morgan 6' Khoury 23' Brooks 54' Pearce 67' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

### Second round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth and Sixth Place | Fifth and Sixth Place |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 |
| SA Suns | 7 |
| SA Suns | 7 | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| Tassie Van Demons | 1 | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| Tassie Van Demons | 1 | SA Suns | 1 |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 | | SA Suns | 1 |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 | Canberra Strikers | 2 |
| Canberra Strikers | 2 | Canberra Strikers | 2 |
| NT Pearls | 0 | | |
| NT Pearls | 0 | Seventh and Eighth Place | Seventh and Eighth Place |
| | | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| | | Tassie Van Demons | 2 |
| | | NT Pearls | 3 |

##### Crossover

* 26 October 2012
| SA Suns | 7–1 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Parker 9' Sobels 23', 50' Rudd 33', 44' Pisani 46' Claxton 70' | Report | Savory 31' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 26 October 2012
| Canberra Strikers | 2–0 | NT Pearls |
| McInerney 26' Glynn 31' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 27 October 2012
| Tassie Van Demons | 2–3 | NT Pearls |
| Cock 42' Moore 55' | Report | Larosa 19', 49' Youman 26' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 27 October 2012
| SA Suns | 1–2 | Canberra Strikers |
| Pisani 39' | Report | Charlton 11' Flanagan 14' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 |
| QLD Scorchers | 1 |
| QLD Scorchers | 1 | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| NSW Arrows | 2 | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| NSW Arrows | 2 | NSW Arrows | 1 |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 | | NSW Arrows | 1 |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 | VIC Vipers | 5 |
| WA Diamonds | 1 | VIC Vipers | 5 |
| VIC Vipers | 2 | | |
| VIC Vipers | 2 | Third and Fourth Place | Third and Fourth Place |
| | | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| | | QLD Scorchers | 3 |
| | | WA Diamonds | 0 |

##### Semi-finals

* 26 October 2012
| QLD Scorchers | 1–2 | NSW Arrows |
| Marks 42' | Report | Morgan 28' Khoury 60' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 26 October 2012
| WA Diamonds | 1–2 | VIC Vipers |
| Searle 33' | Report | 21' Messent 70' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

##### Third and fourth place

* 27 October 2012
| QLD Scorchers | 3–0 | WA Diamonds |
| Holcroft 35' Schulz 37' Marks 67' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

##### Final

* 27 October 2012
| NSW Arrows | 1–5 | VIC Vipers |
| Morgan 4' | Report | 7' Messent 26' Riordan 30' Ellis 35' Schubach 37' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| | VIC Vipers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 17 | Gold Medal |
| | NSW Arrows | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 14 | Silver Medal |
| | QLD Scorchers | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 21 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | WA Diamonds | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 16 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | Canberra Strikers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 15 | Fifth place |
| 6 | SA Suns | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 13 | Sixth Place |
| 7 | NT Pearls | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 7 | Seventh Place |
| 8 | Tassie Van Demons | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 37 | −33 | 1 | Eighth Place |

### Goalscorers

There were 125 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match.
6 goals
* Renee Ashton
* Claire Messent
5 goals
* Anna Flanagan
* Kandice Olivieri
4 goals
* Peta MacKinnon
* Georgina Morgan
* Brooklyn Buchecker
* Eloise Sobels
* Georgia Nanscawen
3 goals
* Jasmine Larosa
* Katelin Marks
* Jodie Schulz
* Katie Pisani
* Caitlin Pascov
2 goals
* Naomi Evans
* Katie Glynn
* Kathryn McInerney
* Toni Stewart
* Nina Khoury
* Hollie Webster
* Rebecca Reuter
* Georgie Parker
* Courtney Rudd
* Tara Moore
* Sam Ellis
* Stephanie Riordan
* Danielle Schubach
* Ashleigh Nelson
* Kathryn Slattery
* Jodie Searle
* Katy Symons
* Georgia Wilson
1 goal
* Edwina Bone
* Meredith Bone
* Samantha Charlton
* Jenna Cartwright
* Emma Taylor
* Belinda Brooks
* Emma McLeish
* Kirsten Pearce
* Emily Smith
* Britt Noffke
* Brooke Peris
* Danni Sutherland
* Nicole Youman
* Murphy Allendorf
* Tegan Holcroft
* Kirstin Johnson
* Jane Claxton
* Clarissa Eshuis
* Julia King
* Gabrielle Nance
* Fiona Cock
* Kate Savory
* Anna Burns
* Hana Peake
* Rebecca Sneskov
* Katy Symons
* Erica Trahar
* Jemma Buckley
* Lisa Eglington
1 own goal
* QLD Scorchers (against NSW Arrows)
2 own goals
* VIC Vipers (against NSW Arrows and WA Diamonds)
Source: Clearing House