Hockey Australia

Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in Australia. Hockey Australia is a full member of the International Hockey Federation, and comprises the State and Territory associations.

History

The British Army has been credited with the spread of hockey throughout the world, but in Australia's case, the British Navy deserves the honours. In the late 1800s, Australia did not have a naval fleet of its own and relied upon the Royal Navy for the security of the coastline. The British Naval officers stationed in Australia taught the locals the game of hockey and laid the foundations for a sport which Australians have developed and mastered.

National teams

Hockey Australia is the governing body that oversees Australia's National Teams.

The Kookaburras
The Hockeyroos
The Burras
The Jillaroos
Australia women's national indoor hockey team
Tournaments

Hockey Australia organises National Tournaments, at various levels. These are as follows:

Australian Hockey League 1991–2018 1991-2018, Replaced by Hockey One
Hockey One 2019-Present
National Championships Last Run in 1993 1994, Replaced by AHL
Under 21 National Championships
Under 18 National Championships
Under 15 National Championships
Under 13 Australian Carnival
National Country Championships
Veterans National Championships
Under 13 Indoor National Carnival
Under 15 Indoor National Championships
Under 21 Indoor National Championships
Under 18 Indoor National Championships
Opens Indoor National Championships

In August 2015, Hockey Australia announced its Indoor Australian Championships will be held in Wollongong in 2016 and 2017. The three-week festival of indoor hockey will be played at the Illawarra Hockey Centre, in Wollongong. Championships will be played in Open, Under 15, Under 18 and the Under 21 categories, as well as a new Under 13 event, over the 23 days. This is the first time all Australian Indoor Championships are held in one venue.

Championship results

Men

The Australian Hockey League is the premier field hockey competition in Australia, it began in 1991, with its arrival the Open National Championships were discontinued.

Year	Open	Under 21	Under 18	Under 15	Under 13
1925	Victoria	-	-	-	-
1926	Victoria	-	-	-	-
1927	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1928	South Australia	-	-	-	-
1929	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1930	Victoria	-	-	-	-
1931	No Competition	-	-	-	-
1932	Queensland	-	-	-	-
1933	Queensland	-	-	-	-
1934	Queensland	-	-	-	-
1935	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1936	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1937	Queensland	-	-	-	-
1938	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1939	Queensland	-	-	-	-
1946	Victoria	Western Australia	-	-	-
1947	Queensland	Victoria	-	-	-
1948	Queensland	Western Australia	-	-	-
1949	New South Wales	Western Australia	-	-	-
1950	Western Australia Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales	-	-
1951	New South Wales	Western Australia	New South Wales	-	-
1952	New South Wales	Western Australia	Western Australia	-	-
1953	New South Wales	Queensland	Western Australia	-	-
1954	Queensland	New South Wales	Western Australia	-	-
1955	Western Australia	New South Wales	Western Australia	-	-
1956	Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland	-	-
1957	New South Wales	New South Wales	Western Australia	-	-
1958	Western Australia	Queensland	Western Australia	-	-
1959	Queensland	New South Wales	Queensland	-	-
1960	Western Australia	New South Wales	Victoria	-	-
1961	Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales	-	-
1962	Western Australia	Western Australia	Western Australia	-	-
1963	Western Australia	Queensland	South Australia	-	-
1964	Western Australia	Queensland	New South Wales	-	-
1965	Western Australia	South Australia	South Australia	-	-
1966	Western Australia	Western Australia	New South Wales	-	-
1967	Western Australia	Western Australia	New South Wales	-	-
1968	Queensland	South Australia	Queensland	-	-
1969	Western Australia	New South Wales	New South Wales	-	-
1970	Western Australia	South Australia	Western Australia	-	-
1971	Victoria	South Australia	Queensland	-	-
1972	South Australia Western Australia	Victoria	New South Wales	-	-
1973	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	-	-
1974	Western Australia	Western Australia	New South Wales	-	-
1975	Western Australia	South Australia	Victoria	-	-
1976	Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland	-	-
1977	Western Australia	Queensland	Victoria	-	-
1978	South Australia	Victoria	Queensland	-	-
1979	Western Australia	Victoria	Victoria	-	-
1980	South Australia	Victoria	New South Wales	Queensland	-
1981	Western Australia	South Australia	Queensland	New South Wales	-
1982	Western Australia	Western Australia	Queensland	Western Australia	-
1983	Western Australia	Western Australia	New South Wales	Western Australia	-
1984	Western Australia	New South Wales	Western Australia	New South Wales	-
1985	Victoria	Victoria	New South Wales	New South Wales	-
1986	Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-
1987	Western Australia	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	-
1988	Victoria	Western Australia	Victoria	Queensland	-
1989	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	New South Wales	-
1990	New South Wales	New South Wales	Western Australia	Victoria	-
1991	Western Australia	Queensland	Western Australia	New South Wales	-
1992	Victoria	Victoria	Victoria	New South Wales	-
1993		Victoria	New South Wales	New South Wales	-
1994		Queensland	Victoria	Queensland	-
1995		New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales	-
1996		Western Australia	New South Wales	Western Australia	-
1997		Queensland	Victoria	Victoria	-
1998		Victoria	Western Australia	Queensland	-
1999		Victoria	Victoria	Western Australia	-
2000		Queensland	New South Wales	Northern Territory	-
2001		Queensland	Queensland	Western Australia	-
2002		Western Australia	Western Australia	Queensland	-
2003		Victoria	Northern Territory	Victoria	Queensland
2004		New South Wales	Western Australia	Victoria	Queensland
2005		Western Australia	Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland
2006		Victoria	New South Wales	New South Wales	Queensland
2007		Victoria	Queensland	New South Wales	Victoria
2008		Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales	Victoria
2009		Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales
2010		Victoria	Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales
2011		Western Australia	New South Wales	New South Wales	Victoria
2012		Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales
2013		Queensland	Victoria	New South Wales	Victoria
2014		New South Wales	Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales
2015		Victoria	Western Australia	Western Australia	Victoria
2016		Victoria	Western Australia	Queensland	Victoria Blue
2017		New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales	Victoria Blue
2018		Tasmania	Victoria	Queensland	Western Australia Storm
2019		New South Wales	Queensland	Western Australia	Victoria Venom

Women

Year	Open	Under 21	Under 18	Under 15	Under 13
1910	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1911	Tasmania	-	-	-	-
1912	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1913	South Australia	-	-	-	-
1914	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1920	Tasmania	-	-	-	-
1921	South Australia Tasmania	-	-	-	-
1922	Tasmania	-	-	-	-
1923	South Australia	-	-	-	-
1924	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1925	South Australia	-	-	-	-
1926	Victoria	-	-	-	-
1927	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1928	New South Wales Victoria	-	-	-	-
1929	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1931	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1932	Tasmania Victoria	-	-	-	-
1933	Tasmania	-	-	-	-
1934	Tasmania	-	-	-	-
1935	Tasmania Victoria	-	-	-	-
1936	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1937	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1938	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1939	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1946	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1947	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1948	New South Wales Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1949	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1950	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1951	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1952	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1953	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1954	New South Wales	-	-	-	-
1955	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1957	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1958	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1959	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1960	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1961	Queensland	-	-	-	-
1962	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1963	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1964	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1965	Western Australia South Australia	-	-	-	-
1966	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1967	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1968	South Australia Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1969	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1970	South Australia Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1971	Victoria	-	-	-	-
1972	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1973	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1974	Western Australia	-	-	-	-
1975	Western Australia		Queensland	-	-
1976	Western Australia		Queensland	-	-
1977	Western Australia		New South Wales	-	-
1978	New South Wales Queensland Tasmania		Queensland	-	-
1979	Western Australia		Queensland Western Australia	-	-
1980	Queensland		Queensland	-	-
1981	Western Australia		Queensland	-	-
1982	Western Australia		Queensland	-	-
1983	Queensland		Queensland	-	-
1984	New South Wales	Queensland	Queensland	-	-
1985	Western Australia	Western Australia	Western Australia	-	-
1986	Western Australia	New South Wales	New South Wales	-	-
1987	Western Australia Queensland	Queensland	Queensland Western Australia	-	-
1988	Western Australia	Western Australia	New South Wales	-	-
1989	Western Australia	New South Wales	Queensland	-	-
1990	Western Australia	Queensland	New South Wales Queensland	-	-
1991	Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland Victoria	-	-
1992	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-	-
1993	Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales	-	-
1994		Victoria	New South Wales	-	-
1995		Victoria	New South Wales Queensland	-	-
1996		Victoria	Western Australia	-	-
1997		New South Wales	Western Australia	-	-
1998		Victoria	Victoria	-	-
1999		Victoria	Australian Capital Territory	-	-
2000		Queensland	Queensland	-	-
2001		South Australia	New South Wales	-	-
2002		New South Wales	Queensland	-	-
2003		Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales	-
2004		Queensland	Victoria	New South Wales	-
2005		Australian Capital Territory	New South Wales	Western Australia	Australian Capital Territory
2006		Queensland	Western Australia	New South Wales	New South Wales
2007		Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales	Queensland
2008		Western Australia	New South Wales	Western Australia	Queensland
2009		Tasmania	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales
2010		Victoria	Victoria	New South Wales	New South Wales
2011		Western Australia	Victoria	New South Wales	Queensland
2012		New South Wales	Queensland	New South Wales	Western Australia
2013		Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales
2014		New South Wales	Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales
2015		Victoria	Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales
2016		Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	Victoria Blue
2017		New South Wales	Queensland	Victoria	Victoria Blue
2018		New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales Lions
2019		Queensland	Queensland	Victoria	Queensland Cinders

Open National Championships were discontinued after 1994, so for the early years of the AHL there was also a National Championships.
From 2014 onwards, the Under 18 National Championships have been contested by 10 teams, with New South Wales and Victoria each fielding 2 teams. In 2016 this number increased to 11 with the addition of a second Queensland team.
From 2010 onwards, Hockey Australia have not played a finals series in the U15 National Championships, so the winners were the teams ranked highest on the ladder after the round-robin competition. In 2014 Hockey Australia increased the number of teams to 12 with the stronger states fielding two teams each, playoff matches were reintroduced.
The Under 13 National Championship was included as a full National Championship from 2011. Prior to this an invitational event was run and sanctioned by Hockey Australia, but did not hold National Championship status. Similarly to the U15 competition, there is no finals series and the Champion is the team ranked highest on the ladder at the conclusion of the competition. In 2014 Hockey Australia increased the number of teams to 12 with the stronger states fielding two teams each. In 2015 Hockey Australia renamed this event as an Australian Carnival, with the stronger states required to pick even teams in order to promote participation over elitism, matches are also shortened to 20 minute halves with a full round robin.

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