The 2016 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 24th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Western Australia city of Perth .
Queensland Scorchers won the gold medal for the sixth time by defeating the Victorian Vipers 3–2 in the final. NSW Arrows won the bronze medal by defeating Canberra Strikers 2–1 in the third place playoff.[ 1]
The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, each consisting of five teams in a round robin format. Throughout the pool stage however, teams from each pool competed in crossover matches with the teams in the other pool, with each team playing one crossover match.
At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams of Pools A and B progressed through to the semi-finals, where the top placed teams of each pool competed against the second placed team of each pool, with the winners progressing to the final.
The bottom three teams in each pool move into Pool C (Classification Round), where teams carry over points from previous matches, and play the remaining teams. The final placings in Pool C carry over to final placings in the tournament.
Domestic Teams
International Teams
Note: All dates and times of crossover matches have been bolded and points have been added to teams' respective pools. Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kylie Seymour Courtney Pearson
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Shannon Scott Michelle Pecar
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Aleisha Neumann Janelle Bond
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Ayu Zainuddin Shannon Scott
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kerryl Chandler Karen Bennett
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kerryl Chandler Michelle Pecar
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Aleisha Neumann Kylie Seymour
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Ayu Zainuddin Karen Bennett
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie Kristy Robertson
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Shannon Scott Bernadette Pangrazio
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kerryl Chandler Kristy Robertson
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kylie Seymour Karen Bennett
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Karen Bennett Courtney Pearson
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Ayu Zainuddin Kerryl Chandler
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kylie Seymour Rhiannon Murrie
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kylie Seymour Courtney Pearson
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Karen Bennett Kristy Robertson
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Bernadette Pangrazio Kerryl Chandler
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Michelle Pecar Kristy Robertson
Umpires: Courtney Pearson Bernadette Pangrazio
Umpires: Janelle Bond Shannon Scott
Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie Bernadette Pangrazio
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Ayu Zainuddin Karen Bennett
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie Kristy Robertson
Umpires: Aleisha Neumann Courtney Pearson
Umpires: Ayu Zainuddin Janelle Bond
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kylie Seymour Karen Bennett
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Karen Bennett Courtney Pearson
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Michelle Pecar Janelle Bond
Perth Hockey Stadium Umpires: Kristy Robertson Bernadette Pangrazio
Pool C (Classification round)[ edit ] Umpires: Courtney Pearson Ayu Zainuddin
Umpires: Michelle Pecar Shannon Scott
Umpires: Bernadette Pangrazio Kerryl Chandler
Umpires: Michelle Pecar Kristy Robertson
Umpires: Courtney Pearson Ayu Zainuddin
Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie Shannon Scott
First to fourth place classification [ edit ] Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Janelle Bond (AUS)
Third and fourth place [ edit ] Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Janelle Bond (AUS)
Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Karen Bennett (NZL)
There were 134 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: Hockey Australia