The 2006 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 16th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held from 17 April through to 21 May 2006 at various venues, before culminating in Hobart for the finals.
QLD Blades won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating the Tassie Tigers 1–0 in the final. Azuma Vikings finished in third place after defeating WA Thundersticks 5–4 in penalties after a 5–5 draw in the third and fourth place playoff.
Participating teams
Canberra Lakers NSW Waratahs Territory Stingers QLD Blades Adelaide Hotshots Tassie Tigers Azuma Vikings WA Thundersticks
Competition format The 2006 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 3 2 1 0 Every match in the 2006 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
Fixtures
Classification round 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 Final Mark Knowles Chris Ciriello Dean Butler
Statistics Final standings
Goalscorers
References
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