# 2007 Men's Australian Hockey League

The 2007 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 17th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held from 23 February through to 1 April 2007 at various venues, before culminating in Perth for the finals.
QLD Blades won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating the WA Thundersticks 1–0 in the final. VIC Vikings finished in third place after defeating the Tassie Tigers 5–4 in the third and fourth place playoff.

## Participating teams

* Canberra Lakers
* NSW Waratahs
* Territory Stingers
* QLD Blades
* Adelaide Hotshots
* Tassie Tigers
* VIC Vikings
* WA Thundersticks

## Competition format

The 2007 Men's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.
Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.
The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures between states. As a result, matches in rounds five to seven of the pool stage were worth double points, due to the single-leg format.

### Point allocation

Points :
| W | WD | LD | L |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Every match in the 2007 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | QLD Blades | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 34 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | VIC Vikings | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 30 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | WA Thundersticks | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 25 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | Tassie Tigers | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 23 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | NSW Waratahs | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 22 | |
| 6 | Canberra Lakers | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 20 | |
| 7 | Territory Stingers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 14 | |
| 8 | Adelaide Hotshots | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 23 February 2007 20:00 (AWST)
| WA Thundersticks | 2–1 | VIC Vikings |
| M. Boyce 1' Jacobs 48' | Report | Smith 52' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Cameron Scadding (AUS)
* 24 February 2007 16:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Lakers | 1–7 | QLD Blades |
| Davidson 34' | Report | Wilson 5', 8', 37' Burns 34', 35', 51' T. Bates 58' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Kieren Deland (AUS)
* 24 February 2007 17:00 (ACST)
| Territory Stingers | 1–3 | Tassie Tigers |
| Abbott 60' | Report | Ancher 23' Richardson 28' Cock 55' |
* Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 24 February 2007 18:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 3–5 | NSW Waratahs |
| Cleghorn 5' Porter 33' Jeffrey 58' | Report | Naylor 1' Matheson 15' Fletcher 48', 54' Paterson 61' |
* Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Daniel Hasselhoff (AUS)
* 24 February 2007 18:00 (AWST)
| WA Thundersticks | 2–1 | VIC Vikings |
| Dyer 54' | Report | Smith 34' Ford 38' Ciriello 44' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Cameron Scadding (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 25 February 2007 15:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Lakers | 0–1 | QLD Blades |
| | Report | Elder 70' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Kieren Deland (AUS)
* 25 February 2007 15:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 1–3 | NSW Waratahs |
| Rundle 9' | Report | Matheson 20', 30' Charlton 61' |
* Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide Umpires: Daniel Hasselhoff (AUS) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 25 February 2007 19:00 (ACST)
| Territory Stingers | 0–5 | Tassie Tigers |
| | Report | Child 20' Ockenden 42' Richardson 46' Tremayne 55' Cock 58' |
* Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Paul Ludwig (AUS)
* 3 March 2007 15:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 4–3 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Guest 9' Ancher 16' Tremayne 31' Richardson 62' | Report | McGregor 14', 37' Jeffrey 48' |
* Smithton Hockey Centre, Smithton Umpires: Stewart Dearing (AUS) Colin Pearson (AUS)
* 3 March 2007 15:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 4–2 | WA Thundersticks |
| Bisley 39' Eglington 52', 64', 68' | Report | Gibson 6' George 19' |
* State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Ben de Young (AUS)
* 3 March 2007 16:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Lakers | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Territory Stingers |
| Brown 16' Davidson 27' Onitiri 59' | Report | Abbott 2' Collier 39' Howson 56' Barry 71' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Kieren Deland (AUS)
* 3 March 2007 18:00 (AEDT)
| VIC Vikings | 3–4 | NSW Waratahs |
| Doerner 34', 40' Pollard 51' | Report | Matheson 13' Naylor 16', 41', 60' |
* State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Patrick McCann (AUS)
* 4 March 2007 12:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 3–2 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Richardson 31' Cock 57', 68' | Report | Cleghorn 64' Jeffrey 69' |
* Smithton Hockey Centre, Smithton Umpires: Colin Pearson (AUS) Stewart Dearing (AUS)
* 4 March 2007 15:00 (AEDT)
| VIC Vikings | 3–2 | NSW Waratahs |
| Pollard 48' Doerner 64' Higgins 65' | Report | Miller 22' Govers 51' |
* State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Patrick McCann (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 4 March 2007 15:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Lakers | 4–6 | Territory Stingers |
| Davidson 20' D. Hotchkis 26' Onitiri 40' Turner 63' | Report | T. Carroll 22' Hewett 24', 70' Abbott 31', 42' A. Lockley 55' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Kieren Deland (AUS) Glen Munday (AUS)
* 4 March 2007 17:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | WA Thundersticks |
| Butler 37' Elder 61', 80' | Report | Trigwell 47', 65' |
* State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Paul Ludwig (AUS)
* 10 March 2007 16:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Waratahs | 5–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Naylor 4' Fletcher 40' Livermore 45' Govers 56' Miller 57' | Report | Cock 15' Richardson 37' |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Stewart Dearing (AUS) David Gilbert (AUS)
* 10 March 2007 17:00 (AWST)
| WA Thundersticks | 6–0 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Brown 5', 27' Charlesworth 48', 66' Trigwell 52' G. Boyce 62' | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Cameron Scadding (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 10 March 2007 18:00 (AEDT)
| VIC Vikings | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Canberra Lakers |
| Smith 23' Geraghty 59' Doerner 67', 76' | Report | Jorgensen 48' Davidson 55' Turner 70' |
* State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Patrick McCann (AUS)
* 10 March 2007 19:00 (ACST)
| Territory Stingers | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | QLD Blades |
| T. Carroll 76' | Report | |
* Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Ben de Young (AUS)
* 11 March 2007 13:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Waratahs | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Tassie Tigers |
| Naylor 18' Miller 20' | Report | Guest 35' Ancher 51' Richardson 73' |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: David Gilbert (AUS) Stewart Dearing (AUS)
* 11 March 2007 15:00 (AEDT)
| VIC Vikings | 4–5 | Canberra Lakers |
| Pollard 12' Ford 26', 37', 39' | Report | Judge 18', 67' Turner 40' P. MacKinnon 51', 57' |
* State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Patrick McCann (AUS) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 11 March 2007 15:00 (AWST)
| WA Thundersticks | 3–1 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Dancer 11' Charlesworth 52' Hearn 52' | Report | Victory 37' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Cameron Scadding (AUS)
* 11 March 2007 17:00 (ACST)
| Territory Stingers | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | QLD Blades |
| | Report | |
* Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 17 March 2007 15:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 2–3 | Territory Stingers |
| Mills 22' Jeffrey 57' | Report | Howsen 18' T. Carroll 32' Abbott 42' |
* Alan Glassey Park, Berri Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Daniel Hasselhoff (AUS)
* 17 March 2007 16:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Waratahs | 3–3 | Canberra Lakers |
| Sutherland 2' Naylor 30' Matheson 47' | Report | P. MacKinnon 45' D. Hotchkis 56' Turner 58' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–2 | |
* Illawarra Hockey Stadium, Wollongong Umpires: Stewart Dearing (AUS) Kieren Deland (AUS)
* 17 March 2007 17:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 1–3 | WA Thundersticks |
| Child 13' | Report | Gibson 11' Davison 23' G. Boyce 54' |
* Northern Hockey Centre, Launceston Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Colin Pearson (AUS)
* 17 March 2007 17:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 1–2 | VIC Vikings |
| Elder 68' | Report | Pollard 31' Ciriello 39' |
* State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 18 March 2007 13:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Waratahs | 2–2 | Canberra Lakers |
| Fletcher 16' Matheson 16' | Report | Brown 9' Davidson 52' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–4 | |
* Illawarra Hockey Stadium, Wollongong Umpires: Kieren Deland (AUS) Stewart Dearing (AUS)
* 18 March 2007 14:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 0–4 | Territory Stingers |
| | Report | T. Carroll 14' Abbott 21' Keirs 37' Hewett 55' |
* Port Adelaide Hockey Club, Port Adelaide Umpires: Daniel Hasselhoff (AUS) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 18 March 2007 15:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 4–2 | WA Thundersticks |
| Richardson 20', 42', 65' Child 37' | Report | Gairns 7' Jacobs 49' |
* Northern Hockey Centre, Launceston Umpires: Colin Pearson (AUS) Paul Ludwig (AUS)
* 18 March 2007 15:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | VIC Vikings |
| Elder 49', 52' De Young 59' Burns 72' | Report | Ciriello 21' Smith 44', 45' |
* State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 26 March 2007 11:00 (AWST)
| WA Thundersticks | 4–1 | Territory Stingers |
| Hearn 4' Charlesworth 11', 19' Dyer 52' | Report | A. Lockley 70' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Colin Pearson (AUS)
* 26 March 2007 13:00 (AWST)
| VIC Vikings | 3–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Pollard 11' Geragthy 32' Mirecki 69' | Report | Child 5' Guest 24' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 26 March 2007 15:00 (AWST)
| Canberra Lakers | 4–2 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| D. Hotchkis 32' Turner 38', 69' McLennan 46' | Report | Jeffrey 18' Cleghorn 21' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Paul Ludwig (AUS)
* 26 March 2007 17:00 (AWST)
| QLD Blades | 4–0 | NSW Waratahs |
| Elder 38' Eglington 45', 47' Dwyer 60' | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Cameron Scadding (AUS)
* 27 March 2007 13:00 (AWST)
| VIC Vikings | 3–2 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Ciriello 45', 47' Mirecki 49' | Report | Schubert 3' Jeffrey 10' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Cameron Scadding (AUS) Colin Pearson (AUS)
* 27 March 2007 15:00 (AWST)
| NSW Waratahs | 10–1 | Territory Stingers |
| Paterson 17', 66' McCann 21', 41' Govers 25', 61' Naylor 47', 47', 70' Fletcher 63' | Report | Collier 38' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Daniel Hasselhoff (AUS)
* 27 March 2007 17:00 (AWST)
| Tassie Tigers | 2–7 | QLD Blades |
| Guest 69' Wells 70' | Report | Elder 6' Burns 12' Dwyer 20' Eglington 21', 34' Swann 35' Hammond 68' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Kieren Deland (AUS)
* 27 March 2007 19:00 (AWST)
| Canberra Lakers | 1–0 | WA Thundersticks |
| Brown 48' | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 29 March 2007 13:00 (AWST)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 1–3 | QLD Blades |
| Jeffrey 24' | Report | Eglington 22', 38' Burns 63' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) David Gentles (AUS)
* 29 March 2007 15:00 (AWST)
| Tassie Tigers | 3–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| Tremayne 2' Richardson 16', 30' | Report | Turner 54' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Kieren Deland (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 29 March 2007 17:00 (AWST)
| Territory Stingers | 0–2 | VIC Vikings |
| | Report | Pollard 55' Ciriello 57' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Daniel Hasselhoff (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 29 March 2007 19:00 (AWST)
| NSW Waratahs | 0–3 | WA Thundersticks |
| | Report | Trigwell 16' Burcher 20' Hopkins 68' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Paul Ludwig (AUS)

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

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 31 March 2007 | 31 March 2007 |
| NSW Waratahs | 2 |
| NSW Waratahs | 2 | 1 April 2007 | 1 April 2007 |
| Adelaide Hotshots | 4 | 1 April 2007 | 1 April 2007 |
| Adelaide Hotshots | 4 | Adelaide Hotshots | 5 |
| 31 March 2007 | 31 March 2007 | | Adelaide Hotshots | 5 |
| 31 March 2007 | 31 March 2007 | Territory Stingers | 3 |
| Canberra Lakers | 2 | Territory Stingers | 3 |
| Territory Stingers | 3 | | |
| Territory Stingers | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 1 April 2007 | 1 April 2007 |
| | | NSW Waratahs | 5 |
| | | Canberra Lakers | 0 |

##### Crossover

* 31 March 2007 08:30 (AWST)
| NSW Waratahs | 2–4 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Charlton 16' Paterson 28' | Report | R. Fitzgerald 33' Schubert 42', 55' Jeffrey 66' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Colin Pearson (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 31 March 2007 10:30 (AWST)
| Canberra Lakers | 2–3 | Territory Stingers |
| | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Cameron Scadding (AUS) Kieren Deland (AUS)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 1 April 2007 08:30 (AWST)
| NSW Waratahs | 5–0 | Canberra Lakers |
| Naylor 7', 38' McCann 17', 47' Sutherland 26' | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Colin Pearson (AUS) Cameron Scadding (AUS)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 1 April 2007 10:30 (AWST)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 5–3 | Territory Stingers |
| Mills 10' Schubert 20' B. Fitzgerald 22' Cleghorn 44', 60' | Report | A. Lockley 27' Hewett 36' Collier 55' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 31 March 2007 | 31 March 2007 |
| QLD Blades | 6 |
| QLD Blades | 6 | 1 April 2007 | 1 April 2007 |
| Tassie Tigers | 0 | 1 April 2007 | 1 April 2007 |
| Tassie Tigers | 0 | QLD Blades | 1 |
| 31 March 2007 | 31 March 2007 | | QLD Blades | 1 |
| 31 March 2007 | 31 March 2007 | WA Thundersticks | 0 |
| VIC Vikings | 0 | WA Thundersticks | 0 |
| WA Thundersticks | 2 | | |
| WA Thundersticks | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 1 April 2007 | 1 April 2007 |
| | | Tassie Tigers | 4 |
| | | VIC Vikings (a.e.t) | 5 |

##### Semi-finals

* 31 March 2007 12:30 (AWST)
| QLD Blades | 6–0 | Tassie Tigers |
| Wilson 9', 44' Burns 17' Elder 22', 53' Dwyer 37' | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) David Gentles (AUS)
* 31 March 2007 14:30 (AWST)
| VIC Vikings | 0–2 | WA Thundersticks |
| | Report | Brown 35' Charlesworth 46' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)

##### Third and fourth place

* 1 April 2007 12:30 (AWST)
| Tassie Tigers | 4–5 (a.e.t.) | VIC Vikings |
| Guest 10', 11', 42' Richardson 30' | Report | J. Brooks 5' Mirecki 8' Ciriello 13', 64', 74' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Kieren Deland (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)

##### Final

* 1 April 2007 14:30 (AWST)
| QLD Blades | 1–0 | WA Thundersticks |
| Elder 69' | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Tim Pullman (AUS)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Player of the Final |
| Bevan George | Marcus Richardson | Mark Knowles |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | QLD Blades | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 40 | Gold Medal |
| | WA Thundersticks | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 28 | Silver Medal |
| | VIC Vikings | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 32 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Tassie Tigers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 24 | |
| 5 | Adelaide Hotshots | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 6 | |
| 6 | Territory Stingers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 18 | |
| 7 | NSW Waratahs | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 25 | |
| 8 | Canberra Lakers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 19 | |