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{{Infobox Sports league
| title           = Under 18 Australian<br />Championships
| sport           = Field Hockey
| inaugural       =
| teams           = 10
| country         = [[Australia]]
| venue           =
| logo            =
| champion        = [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Tasmania]] <small>(men)</small><br>[[Queensland]] <small>(women)</small>
| most_champs     = [[Western Australia]] <br><small>(3 titles) (men)</small><br>[[Queensland]] <br><small> (7 titles) (women)</small>
| website         = [http://www.hockey.org.au/ Official website]
| current_season =
}}
The '''Under 18 Australian Championships''' are [[Field Hockey]] tournaments held annually in [[Australia]]. The tournament hosts ten teams from around Australia, one (or two) from each of the eight states. The event is split into men's and women's tournaments, played usually in the middle of the year.
In the 2017 edition, [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan U18]] won the men's tournament for the first time by defeating [[New South Wales]] 3–2 in the final. [[Western Australia]] won the bronze medal by defeating [[Tasmania]] 4–2 in the third and fourth place playoff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/competitions/115|title=2017 Under 18 Boys Outdoor Championship|publisher=[[Hockey Australia]]|access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref> In the women's tournament, [[Queensland]] won the tournament for the fourth time, by defeating [[New South Wales]] 2–0 in the final. [[Western Australia]] won the bronze medal by defeating [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] 4–1 in the third and fourth playoff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/competitions/116|title=2017 Under 18 Girls Outdoor Championship|publisher=[[Hockey Australia]]|access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref>
In the most recent National U18 men's Championships (2023) [[Tasmania]] defeated [[Queensland]] 5-2 in front of 2600 supporters.<ref>{{cite Clifford, A. (10AD). 2600 strong crowd turn up to support Tasmania’s under-18 hockey side before win. [online] Mercury. Available at: https://www.themercury.com.au/news/2600-strong-crowd-turn-up-to-support-tasmanias-under18-hockey-side-before-win/news-story/7c3f722a49a3bb9982b2be9670915879 [Accessed 14 Oct. 2023]}}</ref> The win marked the first U18 national title in the state’s history.
In the U18 Women’s championship, [[Queensland]] defeated [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]] in the final seconds of the to win the national title 1-0.<ref>hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. (n.d.). Hockey Australia: Altiusrt. [online] Available at: https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/competitions/324 [Accessed 14 Oct. 2023].</ref>
==Competition format==
The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of five teams in a round robin format, with a crossover match taking place between one team from each pool at some stage in the pool stage. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.
The top two teams in each of pools A and B then progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth place match.
The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The team play the remainder of teams they are yet to face, and final placing in pool D determines final placing overall.
==Competition rules==
The tournament has not adapted [[International Hockey Federation|FIH]] rules of four 15–minute quarters, but rather plays matches in two 35–minute halves.
===Points System===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Result
! Points
|-
|-align=center
| Win
| 3
|-align=center
| Draw
| 1
|-align=center
| Loss
| 0
|}
===Finals Matches===
During finals if games end in a tie, no overtime will be played and the match will go straight to a [[penalty shoot-out]].
==Men's tournament==
===Results===
*Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
!width=1% rowspan=17 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=17 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third place match
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF
!width=15%|Winner
!width=10%|Score
!width=15%|Runner-up
!width=15%|Third place
!width=10%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth place
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2014 [[2014 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|Details]]
|[[Canberra]], ACT
|'''{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland]]'''
|'''8 – 2'''
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales]]
|{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia]]
|'''5 – 1'''
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2015 [[2015 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|Details]]
|[[Melbourne]], VIC
|'''{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia]]'''
|'''3 – 2'''
|{{flagicon|Tasmania|size=30px}}<br />[[Tasmania]]
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
|'''6 – 3'''
|{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2016 [[2016 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|Details]]
|[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], TAS
|'''{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia]]'''
|'''3 – 3'''<br />'''(2 – 1)'''<br />([[penalty shoot-out|penalties]])
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales]]
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
|'''3 – 2'''
|{{flagicon|Tasmania|size=30px}}<br />[[Tasmania]]
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2017 [[2017 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|Details]]
|[[Hobart]], TAS
|'''{{fh-big|PAK|name=Pakistan U18}}'''
|'''3 – 2'''
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales]]
|{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia]]
|'''4 – 2'''
|{{flagicon|Tasmania|size=30px}}<br />[[Tasmania]]
|-
|2023 [[2023 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|Details]]
|[[Hobart, Tasmania|Hobart]], TAS
|'''{{flagicon|Tasmania|size=30px}}<br />[[Tasmania]]'''
|'''5 – 2'''
|{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland]]
|{{flagicon|South Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[South Australia]]
|'''1 – 0'''
|{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia]]
|}
===Team Performances===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!Team
![[2014 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|2014]]
![[2015 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|2015]]
![[2016 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|2016]]
![[2017 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|2017]]
![[2023 Under 18 Men's Australian Championships|2023]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]
|7th||6th||9th||9th||10th
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[New South Wales|NSW 1]]
|bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||5th||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||5th
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[New South Wales|NSW 2]]
|5th||7th||5th||8th||9th
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Northern Territory}} [[Northern Territory|NT]]
|9th||10th||10th||10th|||12th
|-
|align=left|{{fh|PAK|name=PAK U18}}
|–||–||–||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Queensland|QLD 1]]
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||4th||7th||6th||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Queensland|QLD 2]]
|–||–||8th||–||8th
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|South Australia}} [[South Australia|SA]]
|8th||8th||6th||7th||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Tasmania}} [[Tasmania|TAS]]
||6th||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||4th||4th||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Victoria (Australia)|VIC 1]]
|4th||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||5th||6th
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Victoria (Australia)|VIC 2]]
|10th||9th||11th||–||11th
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Western Australia|WA 1]]
|bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||4th
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Western Australia }} [[Western Australia|WA 2]]
||–||–||–|–||–|–||7th
|-
!Total ||'''10'''||'''10'''||'''11'''||'''10'''||'''12'''
|}
<ref>https://"hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. (n.d.). Hockey Australia: Altiusrt. [online] Available at: https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/competitions/372 [Accessed 14 Oct. 2023].</ref>
==Women's tournament==
===Results===
*Note: The following summaries comprise results from 2014 onwards, while the tournament was founded earlier.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|- bgcolor=#c1d8ff
!rowspan=2 width=6%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=12%|Hosts
!width=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Gold Medal Match
!width=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third and Fourth
|- bgcolor=#efefef
!width=14%|Champions
!width=9%|Score
!width=14%|Runners-up
!width=14%|3rd place
!width=9%|Score
!width=14%|4th place
|-
|'''[[2014 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2014]]'''
|[[Melbourne]], VIC
|'''{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland|QLD]]'''
|'''5–2'''
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales|NSW State]]
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|VIC Blue]]
|'''3–2'''
|{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory|size=30px}}<br />[[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]
|- bgcolor=#efefef
|'''[[2015 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2015]]'''
|[[Adelaide]], SA
|'''{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland|QLD]]'''
|'''4–0'''
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|VIC Blue]]
|{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia|WA]]
|'''2–0'''
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales|NSW State]]
|-
|'''[[2016 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2016]]'''
|[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], TAS
|'''{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland|QLD 1]]'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales|NSW State]]
|{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia|WA]]
|'''3–0'''
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|VIC Blue]]
|- bgcolor=#efefef
|'''[[2017 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2017]]'''
|[[Hobart]], TAS
|'''{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland|QLD 1]]'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales|NSW State]]
|{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia|WA]]
|'''4–1'''
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|VIC Blue]]
|-
|'''[[2018 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2018]]'''
|[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], TAS
|'''{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales|NSW State]]'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{flagicon|Western Australia|size=30px}}<br />[[Western Australia|WA]]
|{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland|QLD Maroon]]
|'''6–1'''
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|VIC]]
|- bgcolor=#efefef
|'''[[2019 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2019]]'''
|[[Hobart]], TAS
|'''{{flagicon|Queensland|size=30px}}<br />[[Queensland|QLD]]'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales|NSW Blue]]
|{{flagicon|New South Wales|size=30px}}<br />[[New South Wales|NSW State]]
|'''5–0'''
|{{flagicon|Victoria|size=30px}}<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|VIC]]
|}
===Team Performances===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!Team
![[2014 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2014]]
![[2015 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2015]]
![[2016 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2016]]
![[2017 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships|2017]]
!Total
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]
|4th||5th||7th||10th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[New South Wales|NSW 1]]
|bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||4th||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[New South Wales|NSW 2]]
|7th||8th||6th||6th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Northern Territory}} [[Northern Territory|NT]]
|8th||7th||10th||9th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Queensland|QLD 1]]
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Queensland|QLD 2]]
|–||–||5th||7th||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|South Australia}} [[South Australia|SA]]
|9th||9th||8th||8th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Tasmania}} [[Tasmania|TAS]]
||6th||6th||9th||5th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Victoria (Australia)|VIC 1]]
|bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||4th||4th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Victoria (Australia)|VIC 2]]
|10th||10th||11th||–||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Western Australia|WA]]
|5th||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''||'''4'''
|-
!Total ||'''10'''||'''10'''||'''11'''||'''10'''||'''41'''
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Under 18 Australian Championships}}
{{National Australian Championships}}
[[Category:Field hockey competitions in Australia]]
[[Category:Under-18 sports competitions]]