Under 18 Australian
Championships
SportField Hockey
No. of teams10
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)
Tasmania (men)
Queensland (women)
Most titlesWestern Australia
(3 titles) (men)
Queensland
(7 titles) (women)
Official websiteOfficial website

The Under 18 Australian Championships are Field Hockey tournaments held annually in Australia. The tournament hosts ten teams from around Australia, one (or two) from each of the eight states. The event is split into men's and women's tournaments, played usually in the middle of the year.

In the 2017 edition, Pakistan U18 won the men's tournament for the first time by defeating New South Wales 3–2 in the final. Western Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Tasmania 4–2 in the third and fourth place playoff.[1] In the women's tournament, Queensland won the tournament for the fourth time, by defeating New South Wales 2–0 in the final. Western Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Victoria 4–1 in the third and fourth playoff.[2]

In the most recent National U18 men's Championships (2023) Tasmania defeated Queensland 5-2 in front of 2600 supporters.[3] The win marked the first U18 national title in the state’s history. In the U18 Women’s championship, Queensland defeated Victoria in the final seconds of the to win the national title 1-0.[4]


Competition format

The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of five teams in a round robin format, with a crossover match taking place between one team from each pool at some stage in the pool stage. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.

The top two teams in each of pools A and B then progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth place match.

The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The team play the remainder of teams they are yet to face, and final placing in pool D determines final placing overall.

Competition rules

The tournament has not adapted FIH rules of four 15–minute quarters, but rather plays matches in 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 match will go straight to a penalty shoot-out.

Men's tournament

Results

  • Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2014 Details Canberra, ACT Queensland
Queensland
8 – 2 New South Wales
New South Wales
Western Australia
Western Australia
5 – 1 Victoria (state)
Victoria
2015 Details Melbourne, VIC Western Australia
Western Australia
3 – 2 Tasmania
Tasmania
Victoria (state)
Victoria
6 – 3 Queensland
Queensland
2016 Details Launceston, TAS Western Australia
Western Australia
3 – 3
(2 – 1)
(penalties)
New South Wales
New South Wales
Victoria (state)
Victoria
3 – 2 Tasmania
Tasmania
2017 Details Hobart, TAS
Pakistan U18
3 – 2 New South Wales
New South Wales
Western Australia
Western Australia
4 – 2 Tasmania
Tasmania
2023 Details Hobart, TAS Tasmania
Tasmania
5 – 2 Queensland
Queensland
South Australia
South Australia
1 – 0 Western Australia
Western Australia

Team Performances

Team 2014 2015 2016 2017 2023
Australian Capital Territory ACT 7th6th9th9th10th
New South Wales NSW 1 2nd5th2nd2nd5th
New South Wales NSW 2 5th7th5th8th9th
Northern Territory NT 9th10th10th10th12th
 PAK U18 1st
Queensland QLD 1 1st4th7th6th2nd
Queensland QLD 2 8th8th
South Australia SA 8th8th6th7th3rd
Tasmania TAS 6th2nd4th4th1st
Victoria (state) VIC 1 4th3rd3rd5th6th
Victoria (state) VIC 2 10th9th11th11th
Western Australia WA 1 3rd1st1st3rd4th
Western Australia WA 2 7th
Total1010111012

[5]

Women's tournament

Results

  • Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.
Year Hosts Gold Medal Match Third and Fourth
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2014 Melbourne, VIC Queensland
QLD
5–2 New South Wales
NSW State
Victoria (state)
VIC Blue
3–2 Australian Capital Territory
ACT
2015 Adelaide, SA Queensland
QLD
4–0 Victoria (state)
VIC Blue
Western Australia
WA
2–0 New South Wales
NSW State
2016 Launceston, TAS Queensland
QLD 1
2–1 New South Wales
NSW State
Western Australia
WA
3–0 Victoria (state)
VIC Blue
2017 Hobart, TAS Queensland
QLD 1
2–0 New South Wales
NSW State
Western Australia
WA
4–1 Victoria (state)
VIC Blue
2018 Launceston, TAS New South Wales
NSW State
3–2 Western Australia
WA
Queensland
QLD Maroon
6–1 Victoria (state)
VIC
2019 Hobart, TAS Queensland
QLD
3–2 New South Wales
NSW Blue
New South Wales
NSW State
5–0 Victoria (state)
VIC

Team Performances

Team 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
Australian Capital Territory ACT 4th5th7th10th4
New South Wales NSW 1 2nd4th2nd2nd4
New South Wales NSW 2 7th8th6th6th4
Northern Territory NT 8th7th10th9th4
Queensland QLD 1 1st1st1st1st4
Queensland QLD 2 5th7th2
South Australia SA 9th9th8th8th4
Tasmania TAS 6th6th9th5th4
Victoria (state) VIC 1 3rd2nd4th4th4
Victoria (state) VIC 2 10th10th11th3
Western Australia WA 5th3rd3rd3rd4
Total1010111041

References

  1. "2017 Under 18 Boys Outdoor Championship". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. "2017 Under 18 Girls Outdoor Championship". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. {{cite Clifford, A. (10AD). 2600 strong crowd turn up to support Tasmania’s under-18 hockey side before win. [online] Mercury. Available at: https://www.themercury.com.au/news/2600-strong-crowd-turn-up-to-support-tasmanias-under18-hockey-side-before-win/news-story/7c3f722a49a3bb9982b2be9670915879 [Accessed 14 Oct. 2023]}}
  4. hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. (n.d.). Hockey Australia: Altiusrt. [online] Available at: https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/competitions/324 [Accessed 14 Oct. 2023].}}
  5. https://"hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. (n.d.). Hockey Australia: Altiusrt. [online] Available at: https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/competitions/372 [Accessed 14 Oct. 2023].
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