Women's Australian Hockey League

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 Women's Australian Hockey League
Sport	Women's field hockey
Founded	1993
No. of teams	8
Continent	Australia (Hockey Australia)
Most recent champion(s)	NSW Arrows (10th title)
Most titles	NSW Arrows (10 titles)

The Women's Australian Hockey League is highest level field hockey tournament for women in Australia. Until 2016, the annually contested tournament comprised teams from the eight states and territories of Australia.

The 2016 edition of the tournament, held in Perth, Western Australia, included two international teams. Teams from Malaysia and New Zealand competed in the 2016 edition.^[1]

The NSW Arrows are the most recent champions, defeating the QLD Scorchers 7–6 in gold medal match of the 2018 AHL.^[2]

Domestic teams

International teams

• IND Development
• MAS Tigress
• NZL Futures

• Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2002 onwards, while the tournament was founded in 1993.^[3]

Year	Hosts		Gold Medal Match				Bronze Medal Match
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1998	Brisbane, QLD		NSW Arrows	4–3	QLD Scorchers		WAIS Diamonds	3–2	Canberra Strikers
1999	Canberra, ACT		NSW Arrows	3–0	Canberra Strikers		QLD Scorchers	1–0	Adelaide Suns
2000	Sydney, NSW		NSWIS Arrows	2–1	QAS Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	4–2	WAIS Diamonds
2001	Brisbane, QLD		NSWIS Arrows	2–1	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	2–0	WAIS Diamonds
2002	Adelaide, SA		NSWIS Arrows	4–2	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	3–2	Adelaide Suns
2003	Hobart, TAS		VIS Vipers	3–3 (5–4) (penalties)	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	4–3	WA Diamonds
2004	Perth, WA		WA Diamonds	2–1	Canberra Strikers		QLD Scorchers	2–0	NSWIS Arrows
2005	Canberra, ACT		QLD Scorchers	3–1	WA Diamonds		NSW Arrows	4–0	Adelaide Suns
2006	Adelaide, SA		WA Diamonds	4–2	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	2–1	NSW Arrows
2007	Brisbane, QLD		WA Diamonds	2–1	QLD Scorchers		VIC Vipers	2–1	NSW Arrows
2008	Perth, WA		WA Diamonds	2–0	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	2–0	NSW Arrows
2009	Melbourne, VIC		NSW Arrows	5–3	QLD Scorchers		WA Diamonds	2–0	Canberra Strikers
2010	Adelaide, SA		WA Diamonds	3–1	QLD Scorchers		NSW Arrows	1–0	VIC Vipers
2011	Darwin, NT		Southern Suns	1–0	NSW Arrows		WA Diamonds	4–3	QLD Scorchers
2012	Perth, WA		VIC Vipers	5–1	NSW Arrows		QLD Scorchers	3–0	WA Diamonds
2013	Hobart, TAS		QLD Scorchers	0–0 (2–0) (penalties)	WA Diamonds		NSW Arrows	5–1	Canberra Strikers
2014	Brisbane, QLD		NSW Arrows	3–2	QLD Scorchers		VIC Vipers	3–0	WA Diamonds
2015	Sydney, NSW		QLD Scorchers	2–1	VIC Vipers		NSW Arrows	3–1	Canberra Strikers
2016	Perth, WA		QLD Scorchers	3–2	VIC Vipers		NSW Arrows	2–1	Canberra Strikers
2017	Perth, WA		VIC Vipers	2–2 (2–1) (penalties)	QLD Scorchers		NSW Arrows	3–1	NZL Development
2018	Gold Coast, QLD		NSW Arrows	7–6	QLD Scorchers		Canberra Strikers	4–4 (2–0) (penalties)	VIC Vipers

• Note: The following table comprises results from 2002 onwards, while the tournament was founded in 1993.

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
WA Diamonds	2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010	2005, 2013	2009, 2011	2003, 2012, 2014
QLD Scorchers	2005, 2013, 2015, 2016	2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018	2004, 2012	2011
NSW Arrows	2002, 2009, 2014, 2018	2011, 2012	2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017	2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
VIC Vipers	2003, 2012, 2017	2015, 2016	2007, 2014	2010, 2018
SA Suns	2011			2002, 2005
Canberra Strikers		2004	2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2018	2009, 2013, 2015, 2016
NZL Development				2017

Team	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Total
Canberra Strikers	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	5th	3rd	5th	3rd	4th	6th	5th	5th	4th	5th	4th	4th	6th	3rd	21
NSW Arrows	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	5th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	4th	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	21
NT Pearls	–	–	8th	8th	8th	8th	5th	7th	7th	7th	8th	7th	8th	7th	7th	8th	7th	7th	10th	8th	7th	19
QLD Scorchers	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	21
SA Suns	7th	4th	7th	7th	4th	6th	6th	4th	5th	8th	5th	6th	5th	1st	6th	6th	6th	6th	9th	7th	6th	21
Tassie Van Demons	5th	5th	5th	6th	7th	7th	8th	8th	8th	6th	6th	8th	7th	8th	8th	7th	8th	8th	8th	10th	8th	21
VIC Vipers	6th	6th	6th	5th	6th	1st	7th	6th	6th	3rd	7th	5th	4th	6th	1st	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	21
WA Diamonds	3rd	7th	4th	4th	5th	4th	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	5th	5th	5th	5th	21
Malaysia Tigress	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	1
NZL Development	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	4th	–	2
IND Development	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	–	1
Total	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	170