The 2018 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 26th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The 2018 edition of the tournament was held between 6 – 28 October, and featured a new format from previous editions.
The finals phase of the 2018 tournament was held in the Queensland city of the Gold Coast, from the 25 – 28 October.
QLD Blades won the tournament for a record tenth time after defeating NSW Waratahs 5–3 in the gold-medal match. Tassie Tigers claimed the bronze medal after defeating the Canberra Lakers 1–0.
Competition format Unlike previous editions of the Men's Australian Hockey League, the 2018 edition will include a very different format. Instead of the tournament being held at a single venue, the teams will play at least one home and away match during the pool stage, before converging on a singular venue for the Classification Round.
The teams will be divided into two Pool A and Pool B, both consisting of four teams, with each team playing each other once. The teams will then progress to the Classification round, with each team playing a qualifying match, before progressing to either the fifth to eighth place playoffs, or the first to fourth place playoffs.
Participating teams
Canberra Lakers NSW Waratahs NT Stingers QLD Blades SA Hotshots Tassie Tigers VIC Vikings WA Thundersticks
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 State Hockey Centre Capacity: 4,000 Brisbane Queensland State Hockey Centre Capacity: 1,000 Canberra Hobart Darwin National Hockey Centre Tasmanian Hockey Centre Marrara Hockey Centre Gold Coast Finals Venue: Gold Coast Hockey Centre
Results
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pool B
Classification round
Quarterfinals
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Player of the TournamentTop GoalscorerPlayer of the FinalGoalkeeper of the Tournament Jake Whetton Blake Govers Corey Weyer Andrew Charter
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
References
External links