2009 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
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.


2009 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format, Point Allocation
All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were be decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were be as follows:


2009 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format, Point Allocation
· 3 points for a win· 1 points to each team in the event of a draw· 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out· 0 points to the loser of the match


2009 Women's Australian Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 220 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.23 goals per match.