The final day of the 2026 Kurt Defris National Championship has finished with Victoria defeating Queensland 8–3 to claim the gold medal. Victoria had advanced to the gold medal game following their semifinal win against Western Australia, while Queensland had qualified after defeating New South Wales in their semifinal. In the bronze medal game, Western Australia defeated New South Wales 4–3.
In scoring Victoria’s Dmitrii Kochergin finished as the tournament’s top scorer with 17 points from six games. Kochergin also led the preliminary round, along with Western Australia’s Jaden Zhao, with 10 points each. In the playoffs, Kochergin again led the scoring, this time along with Victoria’s Mikhail Abdulin, with seven points each.
In goaltending, Queensland’s Xavier Hale posted the best overall save percentage of 0.867, while Alston McMillan from Victoria recorded the top save percentage of 0.875 during the preliminary round. Hale also posted the top save percentage during the playoffs of 0.867. For goals against average (GAA), McMillan led the tournament overall with a 0.93 GAA in the preliminary round and a 1.14 GAA overall, and Victoria’s Julien Baumgartner recorded the top GAA during the playoffs of 2.00.
Last updated: 11 October 2026.
Results
Bronze medal game
| Western Australia | 4–3 | New South Wales |
| SOG: 21 | (1–1, 3–2, 0–0) | SOG: 22 |
Gold medal game
| Queensland | 3–8 | Victoria |
| SOG: 13 | (1–0, 1–3, 1–5) | SOG: 53 |
Final rankings
- Victoria
- Queensland
- Western Australia
- New South Wales
- ACT/South Australia
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