The 2024 Women's JDHHockey One is the upcoming fourth season of Hockey Australia's national league, Hockey One. The tournament will be held across 7 states and territories of Australia. Competition will commence on 11 October, and culminate with a finals weekend in Hobart, from 30 November to 1 December.[1][2][3]
Competition format
Format
The 2024 Hockey One season followed the same format as the previous seasons of the league. Teams will play a series of home and away matches during the Pool Stage, which will be followed by a Classification Round.
During the pool stage, teams played each other once in either a home or a way fixture. The top four ranked teams qualified for the classification round, playing in two semi-finals with the winners contesting the final and losers the third place match.
Rules
In addition to FIH sanctioned rules, Hockey Australia is implementing the following rules for Hockey One:
When a field goal or penalty stroke is scored the same athlete will have an automatic one-on-one shootout with the goalkeeper for an extra goal.
Outright winner: There will be no drawn games. In the event of a draw, teams will contest a penalty shoot-out to determine a winner.
Point allocation
Match points will be distributed as follows:
5 points: win
3 points: shoot-out win
2 points: shoot-out loss
0 points: loss
Participating teams
The seven teams competing in the league come from Australia's states and territories, with the Northern Territory being the only team absent.[4]
First match(es) will be played: 11 October 2024. Source: Hockey One Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Adelaide Fire
Brisbane Blaze
Canberra Chill
HC Melbourne
NSW Pride
Perth Thundersticks
Tassie Tigers
