# 2019 Men's Hockey One

The 2019 Men's Sultana Bran Hockey One was the inaugural men's edition of Hockey Australia's national league, Hockey One. The tournament was held across 7 states and territories of Australia. The tournament started on 29 September and culminated on 16 November 2019.
The grand final of the tournament was hosted by HC Melbourne, as the top ranked team to qualify for the final in the women's league.
NSW Pride won the tournament after defeating Brisbane Blaze 8–3 in the final. Tassie Tigers finished in bronze position, following results from the pool stage.

## Competition format
### Format

The 2019 Hockey One will follow a similar format to that of the final edition of the Australian Hockey League. Teams will play a series of home and away matches during the Pool Stage, which will be followed by a Classification Round.
During the pool stage, teams play each other once in either a home or a way fixture. The top four ranked teams will then qualify for the Classification Round, playing in two semi-finals with the winners contesting a grand final. Team 1 will host Team 4, while Team 2 will host Team 3. Of the two victorious teams, the higher ranked team from the pool stage will host the grand final.

### Rules

In addition to FIH sanctioned rules, Hockey Australia is implementing the following rules for Hockey One:
* When a field goal or penalty stroke is scored the same athlete will have an automatic one-on-one shootout with the goalkeeper for an extra goal.
* Outright winner: There will be no drawn games. In the event of a draw, teams will contest a penalty shoot-out to determine a winner.

### Point Allocation

Match points will be distributed as follows:
* 5 points: win
* 3 points: shoot-out win
* 2 points: shoot-out loss
* 0 points: loss

## Participating teams

The seven teams competing in the league come from Australia's states and territories, with the Northern Territory being the only team absent.
Head Coach: Mark Victory
* Lachlan Busiko (C)
* Angus Fry
* Scott Germein
* Fred Gray
* Cameron Joyce
* Luke Larwood
* Andrew Leat
* Daniel Mitchell
* Alastair Oliver
* Glyn Tamlin
* Isaac Farmilo
* Simon Wells
* Chris Wells
* Cameron White
* Hirotaka Zendana
* Kota Watanabe
* Liam Alexander
* Ross Hetem
* Ben Hooppell
* Edward Chittleborough (GK)
Head Coach: Matt Wells
* Shane Kenny
* Corey Weyer
* Hugh Pembroke
* Scott Boyde
* Joel Rintala
* Jacob Anderson (C)
* Robert Bell
* Matthew Pembroke
* Jacob Whetton
* Ethan White
* Luke Tyne
* Justin Douglas
* Tim Howard
* Blake Wotherspoon
* Matthew Swann
* Daniel Beale
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Jared Taylor
* Matthew Finn (GK)
* Mitchell Nicholson (GK)
Head Coach: Peter Morgan
* Aaron Knight
* Ben Staines
* Anand Gupte
* James Day
* Lewis Shepherd
* Kazuma Murata
* Daniel Conroy
* Jamie Hawke
* Owen Chivers
* Garry Backhus
* Jake Staines
* Manabu Yamashita
* Josh Chivers
* Aaron Kershaw (C)
* Lewis McLennan
* Jay MacDonald
* James Jewell
* Kentaro Fukuda
* Andrew Charter (GK)
* Brendan Hill (GK)
Head Coach: Lachlan Anderson
* Craig Marais
* Max Hendry
* Simon Borger
* Andrew Philpott
* Will Gilmour
* Joshua Pollard
* Nathan Ephraums
* Russell Ford (C)
* George Bazeley (GK)
* Casey Hammond
* Jayshaan Randhawa
* Jonathan Bretherton
* Joshua Simmonds
* Kiran Arunasalam
* Johan Durst (GK)
* Jake Sherren
* Joel Carroll
* James Knee
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
* Oscar Wookey
Head Coach: Brent Livermore
* Lachlan Sharp
* Tom Craig (C)
* BJ Bruton (GK)
* Lain Carr
* Ash Thomas (GK)
* Matthew Dawson
* Daine Richards
* Nathanael Stewart
* Hayden Dillon
* Kurt Lovett
* Blake Govers
* Tristan White
* Jack Hayes
* Ky Willott
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Ryan Proctor
* Dylan Martin
* Ehren Hazell
* Sam Gray
* Timothy Brand
Head Coach: Alistair Park
* Brayden King
* Tim Geers
* Jake Harvie
* Frazer Gerrard
* James Collins
* Tyler Lovell (GK)
* Coby Green
* Dane Gavranich
* Tom Wickham
* Daniel Rayney
* Liam Flynn
* Will Byas
* Aran Zalewski (C)
* Ben Rennie (GK)
* Daniel Robertson
* Matthew Fisher
* Alec Rasmussen
* Trent Mitton
* Brandon Gibbs
* Marshall Roberts
Head Coach: Andrew McDonald
* Nick Leslie
* Kurt Budgeon
* Hayden Beltz
* Joshua Brooks
* Joshua Mardell
* Linden McCarthy
* Eddie Ockenden (C)
* Samuel McCulloch
* Joshua Beltz
* Jack Welch
* Kieron Arthur
* Grant Woodcock (GK)
* Tim Deavin
* James Bourke
* Ben Read
* Henry Chambers (GK)
* Oliver Smith
* Gobindraj Gill
* Sam McCambridge
* Jeremy Hayward

## Venues

| Sydney | Melbourne | Perth |
| Sydney Olympic Park | State Netball and Hockey Centre | Perth Hockey Stadium |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 6,000 |
| Adelaide | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| State Hockey Centre | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Capacity: 4,000 | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Brisbane | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Queensland State Hockey Centre | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Capacity: 1,000 | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Canberra | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| National Hockey Centre | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Hobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Tasmanian Hockey Centre | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |

## Results
### Pool stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | NSW Pride | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | +27 | 30 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Brisbane Blaze | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 25 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Tassie Tigers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 20 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | HC Melbourne | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | Canberra Chill | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 8 | |
| 6 | Perth Thundersticks | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 7 | |
| 7 | Adelaide Fire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 0 | |

#### Matches

* 29 September 2019 14:30 (AEST)
| NSW Pride | 2–1 | Adelaide Fire |
| Hazell 42' Govers 45+' | Report | Busiko 47' |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
* 29 September 2019 15:00 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 4–5 | HC Melbourne |
| Wickham 7', 7' Mitton 20', 20' | Report | Ephraums 7', 8' Ford 11', 12', 32' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 29 September 2019 15:30 (AEST)
| Canberra Chill | 1–4 | Brisbane Blaze |
| Kershaw 21' | Report | Rintala 21' Douglas 41', 21' Anderson 52' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) David Bridgford (AUS)
* 5 October 2019 15:30 (AEST)
| Canberra Chill | 0–7 | NSW Pride |
| | Report | Craig 30' Govers 42', 58' Lovett 51', 51' Brand 56', 56' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) David Bridgford (AUS)
* 5 October 2019 18:30 (AEST)
| Tassie Tigers | 5–1 | Adelaide Fire |
| Leslie 10', 10' McCambridge 24' Hayward 28' H. Beltz 43' | Report | Zendana 57' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Jayden Pearson (AUS) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 6 October 2019 14:45 (AEDT)
| HC Melbourne | 2–4 | Brisbane Blaze |
| Simmonds 4', 43' | Report | Whetton 14', 14' Boyde 47' Taylor 49' |
* State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
* 12 October 2019 13:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Pride | 4–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Govers 5', 25', 29', 33' | Report | McCambridge 9' Ockenden 13' |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Stephen Versteegh (AUS)
* 12 October 2019 14:00 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 3–3 | Canberra Chill |
| Geers 14' King 22' Wickham 57' | Report | J. Staines 27', 27' B. Staines 58' |
| Penalties |||
| Zalewski Wickham Mitton Green | 1–3 | Murata Day Backhus J. Staines |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 13 October 2019 14:30 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Fire | 1–5 | Brisbane Blaze |
| Farmilo 29' | Report | Weyer 5' Rintala 10', 30+', 45', 58' |
* State Hockey Centre, Adelaide Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nathan Jennings (AUS)
* 18 October 2019 19:30 (AEST)
| Brisbane Blaze | 7–0 | Tassie Tigers |
| Beale 1' Rintala 17' Weyer 25' D. Wotherspoon 36', 36', 38', 38' | Report | |
* Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Ben de Young (AUS)
* 18 October 2019 20:30 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Fire | 4–6 | Perth Thundersticks |
| Watanabe 20', 20', 60', 60' | Report | Mitton 28', 28' Robertson 42', 42' Rasmussen 43' Wickham 49' |
* State Hockey Centre, Adelaide Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nathan Jennings (AUS)
* 18 October 2019 20:45 (AEDT)
| HC Melbourne | 10–5 | Canberra Chill |
| Arunasalam 14', 30', 30', 41' Kleinschmidt 14' Marais 15' Gilmour 25', 25', 37', 37' | Report | Backhus 2', 54', 54' Conroy 49', 49' |
* State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
* 20 October 2019 14:30 (AEDT)
| NSW Pride | 6–1 | HC Melbourne |
| Lovett 10', 10', 27' Govers 37', 37' Ogilvie 52' | Report | Ford 58' |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 20 October 2019 14:30 (AEST)
| Brisbane Blaze | 5–1 | Perth Thundersticks |
| Weyer 15' Rintala 26' D. Wotherspoon 29', 29' Beale 54' | Report | Mitton 36' |
* Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 20 October 2019 15:30 (AEDT)
| Canberra Chill | 2–6 | Tassie Tigers |
| Fukuda 31', 31' | Report | Ockenden 4', 15', 53', 53' Hayward 24' McCambridge 33' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) David Bridgford (AUS)
* 26 October 2019 14:00 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 1–8 | NSW Pride |
| Harvie 50' | Report | Govers 5', 5', 25' Willott 30' Brand 36', 43', 43' Dawson 45' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 26 October 2019 15:30 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Fire | 4–6 | Canberra Chill |
| Fry 3', 4' Farmilo 6', 6' | Report | Hawke 24', 24' Day 26' Backhus 37' J. Staines 52', 52' |
* State Hockey Centre, Adelaide Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nathan Jennings (AUS)
* 27 October 2019 14:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 6–5 | HC Melbourne |
| McCambridge 21', 43' Hayward 43' Ockenden 46', 59', 59' | Report | Ephraums 14' Simmonds 23', 23', 30+', 33' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Jayden Pearson (AUS)
* 2 November 2019 15:30 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 4–0 | Perth Thundersticks |
| J. Beltz 4' McCambridge 8', 8' Gill 19' | Report | |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Jayden Pearson (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)
* 2 November 2019 16:30 (AEST)
| Brisbane Blaze | 0–5 | NSW Pride |
| | Report | Sharp 2' Willott 45', 45' Craig 60', 60+' |
* Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Aaron Gotting (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 3 November 2019 13:00 (AEDT)
| HC Melbourne | 6–5 | Adelaide Fire |
| Ephraums 2' Kleinschmidt 33', 33' Ford 37', 37' Simmonds 45+' | Report | Watanabe 9', 9' Joyce 15+', 42', 52' |
* State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Timothy Sheahan (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

### Classification stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 9 November 2019 | 9 November 2019 |
| NSW Pride | 6 |
| NSW Pride | 6 | 16 November 2019 | 16 November 2019 |
| HC Melbourne | 2 | 16 November 2019 | 16 November 2019 |
| HC Melbourne | 2 | NSW Pride | 8 |
| 9 November 2019 | 9 November 2019 | | NSW Pride | 8 |
| 9 November 2019 | 9 November 2019 | Brisbane Blaze | 3 |
| Brisbane Blaze | 7 | Brisbane Blaze | 3 |
| Tassie Tigers | 1 | | |

#### Semi-finals

* 9 November 2019 13:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Pride | 6–2 | HC Melbourne |
| Stewart 3' Lovett 38', 43' Brand 41', 41' Willott 43' | Report | Marais 39' Ford 55' |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 9 November 2019 18:30 (AEST)
| Brisbane Blaze | 7–1 | Tassie Tigers |
| Whetton 4', 4' Anderson 6' Rintala 25' B. Wotherspoon 43' D. Wotherspoon 55', 55' | Report | Hayward 33' |
* Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)

#### Grand final

* 16 November 2019 14:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Pride | 8–3 | Brisbane Blaze |
| Brand 9', 9', 30' Hayes 48', 48' Ogilvie 55', 55' Lovett 60' | Report | Rintala 7' Weyer 57', 57' |
* State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) Tim Pullman (AUS)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer(s) | Player of the League | Player of the Final |
| Blake Govers | Eddie Ockenden | Flynn Ogilvie |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final standing |
| | NSW Pride | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 10 | +36 | 40 | Gold Medal |
| | Brisbane Blaze | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 30 | Silver Medal |
| | Tassie Tigers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 20 | Eliminated in Semi-finals |
| 4 | HC Melbourne | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 15 | Eliminated in Semi-finals |
| 5 | Canberra Chill | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 8 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | Perth Thundersticks | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 7 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 7 | Adelaide Fire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 184 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 7.67 goals per match.
12 goals
* Blake Govers
10 goals
* Timothy Brand
9 goals
* Joel Rintala
8 goals
* Kurt Lovett
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Eddie Ockenden
7 goals
* Sam McCambridge
* Russell Ford
* Joshua Simmonds
6 goals
* Kota Watanabe
5 goals
* Corey Weyer
* Trent Mitton
4 goals
* Garry Backhus
* Jake Staines
* Ky Willott
* Jacob Whetton
* Jeremy Hayward
* Kiran Arunasalam
* Nathan Ephraums
* Will Gilmour
* Tom Wickham
3 goals
* Tom Craig
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Isaac Farmilo
* Cameron Joyce
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
2 goals
* Daniel Conroy
* Kentaro Fukuda
* Jamie Hawke
* Jack Hayes
* Jacob Anderson
* Daniel Beale
* Justin Douglas
* Angus Fry
* Nick Leslie
* Craig Marais
* Daniel Robertson
1 goal
* James Day
* Aaron Kershaw
* Benjamin Staines
* Matthew Dawson
* Ehren Hazell
* Lachlan Sharp
* Nathanael Stewart
* Scott Boyde
* Jared Taylor
* Blake Wotherspoon
* Lachlan Busiko
* Hirotaka Zendana
* Hayden Beltz
* Joshua Beltz
* Gobindraj Gill
* Tim Geers
* Jake Harvie
* Brayden King
* Alec Rasmussen
Source: Hockey Australia