2008 Women's Australian Hockey League


The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 16th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 24 March – 5 April 2008.
WA Diamonds won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2–0 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.

Participating Teams

The 2008 Women'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.

Point Allocation

All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were be decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were be as follows:
· 3 points for a win

· 1 points to each team in the event of a draw

· 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out

· 0 points to the loser of the match

Results

Preliminary Round

Pool Matches

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Classification Round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
Final

Awards

Statistics

Final Standings

Goalscorers