Tournament details | |||
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Host country | Johannesburg | ||
City | South Africa | ||
Dates | 18 July 2019 –4 August 2019 | ||
Teams | 6 | ||
Venue(s) | Randburg Hockey Stadium | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | Drakensberg Dragons | ||
Runner-up | Mapungubwe Mambas | ||
Third place | Garden Route Gazelles | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 19 | ||
Goals scored | 102 (5.37 per match) | ||
Top scorer(s) | Keegan Hezlett (5 goals) | ||
Best player | Nqobile Ntuli | ||
Best young player | Mustaphaa Cassiem | ||
Best goalkeeper | Rob McKinley | ||
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The 2019 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 4th edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa. [1]
The 2019 Premier Hockey League followed a single round-robin format, followed by a classification round.
During the pool stage teams played each other once. The top four ranked teams qualified for the Classification Round. Team 1 played Team 4, while Team 2 played Team 3 in the two semi-finals. The two victorious teams moved onto the Final, while the losing teams competed for third place.
Match points were distributed as follows:
Each squad consists of 20 players, made up of 7 marquee players as determined by SA Hockey's team, with a further 3 players into their 20 from the "new generation" pool featuring the country's most exciting young talent. Coaches were forced to release between 4 and 8 players from the 2018 squads ahead of the draft. [2]
Head Coach: Cheslyn Gie
Head Coach: Siphesihle Ntuli
Head Coach:Neville Rothman
Head Coach: Ashlin Freddy
Head Coach: Mark Sanders
Head Coach: Lungile Tsolekile
Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | –– Mapungubwe Mambas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 15 | Semi-Final |
2 | –– Drakensberg Dragons | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 9 | |
3 | –– Garden Route Gazelles | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 7 | |
4 | –– Maropeng Cavemen | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |
5 | –– Addo Elephants | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 6 | |
6 | –– Golden Gate Gladiators | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 1 |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
3 August 2019 | ||||||
Drakensberg Dragons | 3 | |||||
4 August 2019 | ||||||
Maropeng Cavemen | 1 | |||||
Drakensberg Dragons | 4 | |||||
3 August 2019 | ||||||
Mapungubwe Mambas | 0 | |||||
Mapungubwe Mambas (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||
Garden Route Gazelles | 1(0) | |||||
Third place | ||||||
4 August 2019 | ||||||
Maropeng Cavemen | 2 | |||||
Garden Route Gazelles | 3 |
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Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer | Young Player of the tournament |
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Nqobile Ntuli (Dragons) [4] | Rob Mckinley (Mambas) [4] | Keegan Hezlett (Cavemen) [4] | Mustaphaa Cassiem (Mambas) [4] |
Rank | Team |
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![]() | Drakensberg Dragons |
![]() | Mapungubwe Mambas |
![]() | Garden Route Gazelles |
4 | Maropeng Cavemen |
5 | Addo Elephants |
6 | Golden Gate Gladiators |
There have been 102 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 5.37 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: SAHA