Australian Country Championships

The Australian Country Championships are field hockey tournament's hosted annually in Australia. Unlike other National Australian Championships, the Australian Country Championships only comprise teams made up of players from country regions of each Australian State, as well as a team from the Australian Defence Force.

Australian Country
Championships
SportField Hockey
No. of teams7
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)		NSW Country (men)
NSW Country (women)
Most titlesNSW Country
(3 titles) (men)
NSW Country
QLD Country
VIC Country
(1 title) (women)
Official websitehttp://www.hockey.org.au

The 2016 edition of the tournament was held in Darwin, Northern Territory. 7 teams competed in both the Men's and Women's tournaments.

NSW Country were champions in both the men's and women's tournaments, defeating the ADF and QLD Country respectively. WA Country finished third in the men's tournament by defeating QLD Country, while VIC Country defeated the ADF to finish third in the women's tournament.[1][2]

Teams

The following are the teams from the 2017 tournaments.

Competition Format

The tournament is played in a round robin format, with each team facing each other once. Final placings after the pool matches determine playoffs.

The fifth and sixth placed teams contest the fifth and sixth place match, the third and fourth placed teams contest the third and fourth place match, and the top two teams compete in the final.

Competition rules

The Australian Country Championships have not adapted FIH rules of four 15–minute quarters, but instead use the old format of two 35–minute halves.

Points System
Result Points
Win 3
Draw 1
Loss 0

Finals Matches

During finals if games end in a tie, no overtime will be played and the higher ranked team from the pool matches will finish as a higher placing.

Men's Tournament

Results
  • Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.

Summaries
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2014 Details Toowoomba, QLD
NSW Country		 2 – 1
QLD Country
VIC Country		 2 – 2 ADF
2015 Details Wollongong, NSW
NSW Country		 0 – 0
(4 – 2)
penalty shoot-out
VIC Country
QLD Country		 6 – 1
WA Country
2016 Details Darwin, NT
NSW Country		 4 – 1 ADF
WA Country		 1 – 0
QLD Country
2017 Details Townsville, QLD

Team Performances
Team 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
ADF 4th5th2ndTBD4
NSW Country 1st1st1stTBD4
NT Country ––5thTBD2
QLD Country 2nd3rd4thTBD4
SA Country 6th6th7thTBD4
VIC Country 3rd2nd6thTBD4
WA Country 5th4th3rdTBD4
Total667726

Women's Tournament

Results
  • Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.

Summaries
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2014 Details Toowoomba, QLD
QLD Country		 4 – 1
NSW Country
VIC Country		 2 – 1
WA Country
2015 Details Wollongong, NSW
VIC Country		 2 – 0
WA Country
NSW Country		 2 – 1
QLD Country
2016 Details Darwin, NT
NSW Country		 2 – 1
QLD Country
VIC Country		 1 – 0 ADF
2017 Details Townsville, QLD

Team Performances
Team 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
ADF 6th5th4thTBD4
NSW Country 2nd3rd1stTBD4
NT Country ––5thTBD2
QLD Country 1st4th2ndTBD4
SA Country 5th6th7thTBD4
VIC Country 3rd1st3rdTBD4
WA Country 4th2nd6thTBD4
Total667726

References
  1. "2016 Women's Australian Country Championship". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. "2016 Men's Australian Country Championship". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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