2015 Women's Australian Country Championships

2015 Women's Australian Country Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Wollongong
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Illawarra Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	VIC Country
Runner-up	WA Country
Third place	NSW Country
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	63 (3.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Brittany Parker (7 goals)
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The 2015 Women's Australian Country Championships was a field hockey tournament held in Wollongong, New South Wales between 8–15 August 2015.

VIC Country won the tournament by defeating WA Country 2–0 in the final. NSW Country won the bronze medal by defeating QLD Country 2–1 in the third and fourth playoff.^[1]

Teams edit

Unlike other National Australian Championships the Australian Country Championships only comprises teams from regional/country associations of each Australian State, as well as a team from the Australian Defence Force.^[2]

Competition format edit

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, while the top four placed teams contest the semi-finals, with the winners contesting the final, and the losers contesting the third and fourth place playoff.

Results edit

Pool matches edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NSW Country	5	4	0	1	18	6	+12	12	Semi-finals
2	QLD Country	5	3	1	1	10	2	+8	10
3	VIC Country	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	10
4	WA Country	5	2	0	3	4	13	−9	6
5	ADF	5	1	2	2	9	10	−1	5	5th and 6th
6	SA Country	5	0	0	5	2	16	−14	0	5th and 6th

Source: Hockey Australia

Classification matches edit

Fifth and sixth place edit

14 August 2015
10:00

ADF	5 – 1	SA Country
Seaniger 25', 45', 57' Duffy 28' Underwood 31'	Report	Kelly 14'

Illawarra Hockey Stadium
Umpires:
Jessica Currie (AUS)
Vikki Robertson (AUS)

First to fourth place classification edit

Semi-finals		Final

14 August 2015

NSW Country	1 (2)
		15 August 2015
WA Country (p.s.o)	1 (3)
		WA Country	0
14 August 2015
		VIC Country	2
QLD Country	0

VIC Country	1
		Third and fourth place

		15 August 2015

		NSW Country	2

		QLD Country	1

Semi-finals edit

14 August 2015
11:45

NSW Country	1 – 1	WA Country
Parker 65'	Report	Watson 48'
Penalties
Mayo Watterson Bosman Wheeler Parker —— Mayo	2 – 3	Fleay Cooper Williamson Spencer Harrington —— Fleay

Illawarra Hockey Stadium
Umpires:
Kate Cook (AUS)
Eliza Caldecott (AUS)

14 August 2015
13:30

QLD Country	0 – 1	VIC Country
	Report	Ryan 30'

Illawarra Hockey Stadium
Umpires:
Alisha Williams (AUS)
Emily Bowles (AUS)

Third and fourth place edit

15 August 2015
09:00

NSW Country	2 – 1	QLD Country
Parker 27' Kristaly 43'	Report	Boyd 59'

Illawarra Hockey Stadium
Umpires:
Eliza Caldecott (AUS)
Emily Bowles (AUS)

Final edit

15 August 2015
13:00

WA Country	0 – 2	VIC Country
	Report	White 11' Pearson 15'

Illawarra Hockey Stadium
Umpires:
Alisha Williams (AUS)
Kate Cook (AUS)

Statistics edit

Final standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	VIC Country	7	5	1	1	10	3	+7	16	Gold Medal
	WA Country	7	2	1	4	5	16	−11	7	Silver Medal
	NSW Country	7	5	1	1	21	8	+13	16	Bronze Medal
4	QLD Country	7	3	1	3	11	5	+6	10	Fourth Place

5	ADF	6	2	2	2	14	11	+3	8	Fifth place
6	SA Country	6	0	0	6	3	21	−18	0	Sixth Place

Source: Hockey Australia

References edit

^ "Australian Women's Country Championships". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^ "Australian Women's Country Championships". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

External links edit

[1] "Australian Women's Country Championships". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[2] "Australian Women's Country Championships". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

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