The 2019 Men's Sultana Bran

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was the inaugural men's edition of

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's national league, ''Hockey One''. The tournament was held across 7 states and territories of Australia. The tournament started on 29 September and culminated on 16 November 2019. The grand final of the tournament was hosted by HC Melbourne, as the top ranked team to qualify for the final in the

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won the tournament after defeating Brisbane Blaze 8–3 in the final.

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finished in bronze position, following results from the pool stage.

Competition format

Format

The 2019 Hockey One will follow a similar format to that of the final edition of the

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. 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 play each other once in either a home or a way fixture. The top four ranked teams will then qualify for the

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, playing in two semi-finals with the winners contesting a grand final. Team 1 will host Team 4, while Team 2 will host Team 3. Of the two victorious teams, the higher ranked team from the pool stage will host the grand final.

Rules

In addition to FIH sanctioned rules,

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

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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

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states and territories, with the

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being the only team absent. Head Coach: Mark Victory #

Lachlan Busiko ( C) #

Angus Fry # Scott Germein #

Fred Gray #

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Alastair Oliver # Glyn Tamlin # Isaac Farmilo #

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# Chris Wells #

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# Liam Alexander # Ross Hetem # Ben Hooppell # Edward Chittleborough ( GK) Head Coach: Matt Wells #

Shane Kenny #

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# Hugh Pembroke # Scott Boyde #

Joel Rintala #

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( C) # Robert Bell #

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# Luke Tyne # Justin Douglas #

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Blake Wotherspoon #

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Matthew Finn ( GK) # Mitchell Nicholson ( GK) Head Coach:

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# Aaron Knight # Ben Staines # Anand Gupte # James Day # Lewis Shepherd #

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# Daniel Conroy # Jamie Hawke # Owen Chivers # Garry Backhus #

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Josh Chivers #

Aaron Kershaw ( C) #

Lewis McLennan #

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James Jewell #

Kentaro Fukuda Kentaro Fukuda (福田健太郎, ''Fukuda Kentarō'', born 27 July 1995) is a Japanese field hockey player who plays as a forward for Gifu Asahi Club and the Japan national team. International career Fukuda was a part of the Japan squad which w ...

Andrew Charter Andrew Lewis Charter (born 30 March 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He played club hockey for Central Hockey Club, winning a championship with the team in 2004 and 2008. He played for the Australian Capital Territory team in the Aust ...

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Brendan Hill ( GK) Head Coach: Lachlan Anderson # Craig Marais # Max Hendry # Simon Borger #

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Will Gilmour #

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( GK) # Casey Hammond # Jayshaan Randhawa # Jonathan Bretherton # Joshua Simmonds #

Kiran Arunasalam #

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Jake Sherren #

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# James Knee #

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Oscar Wookey Head Coach:

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# Lachlan Sharp # Tom Craig ( C) # BJ Bruton ( GK) # Lain Carr #

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( GK) # Matthew Dawson # Daine Richards # Nathanael Stewart #

Hayden Dillon # Kurt Lovett #

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# Jack Hayes #

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# Ryan Proctor #

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Ehren Hazell #

Sam Gray # Timothy Brand Head Coach: Alistair Park # Brayden King #

Tim Geers #

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# Frazer Gerrard # James Collins #

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( GK) # Coby Green # Dane Gavranich #

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# Liam Flynn # Will Byas #

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( C) # Ben Rennie ( GK) # Daniel Robertson #

Matthew Fisher # Alec Rasmussen #

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# Marshall Roberts Head Coach: Andrew McDonald #

Nick Leslie # Kurt Budgeon # Hayden Beltz #

Joshua Brooks # Joshua Mardell #

Linden McCarthy #

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( C) # Samuel McCulloch #

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# Kieron Arthur #

Grant Woodcock ( GK) #

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# James Bourke # Ben Read #

Henry Chambers ( GK) #

Oliver Smith # Gobindraj Gill #

Sam McCambridge #

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Competition format

Format

Rules

Point Allocation

Participating teams

Venues

Results

Pool stage

Matches

Classification stage

Semi-finals

Grand final

Awards

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

References

External links