Australian Country Championships

Australian Country
Championships

Sport	Field Hockey
No. of teams	7
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	NSW Country (men) NSW Country (women)
Most titles	NSW Country (3 titles) (men) NSW Country QLD Country VIC Country (1 title) (women)
Official website	http://www.hockey.org.au

The Australian Country Championships are field hockey tournaments 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.

The 2016 edition of the tournament was held in Darwin, Northern Territory. Seven 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.

Teams

The following are the teams from the 2017 tournaments.

• Australian Defence Force
• NSW Country
• NT Country
• QLD Country
• SA Country
• VIC Country
• WA Country

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	4th	5th	2nd	TBD	4
NSW Country	1st	1st	1st	TBD	4
NT Country	–	–	5th	TBD	2
QLD Country	2nd	3rd	4th	TBD	4
SA Country	6th	6th	7th	TBD	4
VIC Country	3rd	2nd	6th	TBD	4
WA Country	5th	4th	3rd	TBD	4
Total	6	6	7	7	26

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	6th	5th	4th	TBD	4
NSW Country	2nd	3rd	1st	TBD	4
NT Country	–	–	5th	TBD	2
QLD Country	1st	4th	2nd	TBD	4
SA Country	5th	6th	7th	TBD	4
VIC Country	3rd	1st	3rd	TBD	4
WA Country	4th	2nd	6th	TBD	4
Total	6	6	7	7	26