The 2009 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 17th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 27 February â 5 April 2009 at various venues, before culminating in Melbourne for the finals.
NSW Arrows won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 5âÂÂ3 in the final. WA Diamonds finished in third place after defeating Canberra Strikers 2âÂÂ0 in the third and fourth place playoff.
The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.
Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.
All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were as follows:
÷ 3 points for a win<br /> ÷ 1 points to each team in the event of a draw<br /> ÷ 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out<br /> ÷ 0 points to the loser of the match