Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

Premiere Hockey League

Sport	Field hockey
Founded	2016
No. of teams	6
Country	South Africa
Official website	premierhockeyleague.co.za

The Premier Hockey League (PHL) is a field hockey competition organised by South African Hockey Association. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Format

All matches for PHL will be played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium in Johannesburg – on a Saturday and Sunday. The event consists of a league stage and a play-off stage: Each team will play each other once in the league stage. This means each team will play 5 games. The teams who finish 5th and 6th respectively in the log, at the end of the league stage, will be knocked out of the competition. The top four teams in the log will progress to the semi-finals. The losing semi-finalists will play-off for 3rd and 4th respectively and the winning semi-finalists will progress to the finals of the men’s and women’s competitions.

The team identities have been inspired by famous tourist areas in South Africa and are representative of all nine Provinces.

Teams

Men

Caption

Team	famous tourist	Provinces
––  Addo Elephants	Addo Elephant National Park	Eastern Cape
––  Drakensberg Dragons	uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park	KwaZulu-Natal
––  Garden Route Gazelles	Garden Route	Western Cape
––  Golden Gate Gladiators	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	Free State
––  Mapungubwe Mambas	Mapungubwe National Park	Limpopo
––  Maropeng Cavemen	Maropeng Visitors Centre, Cradle of Humankind	Gauteng

Women

Caption

Team	famous tourist	Provinces
––  Blyde River Bunters	Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve	Mpumalanga
––  Madikwe Rangers	Madikwe Game Reserve	North West Province
––  Namaqualand Daisies	Namaqua National Park	Northern Cape
––  Orange River Rafters	Orange River	Free State Northern Cape
––  St. Lucia Lakers	Lake St. Lucia	KwaZulu-Natal
––  Wineland Wings	South Africa wine	Western Cape

Men's tournament

Summaries

Year		Gold Medal Match				Third and Fourth
		Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2016		––  Maropeng Cavemen [5] [6]	2-0	–– Addo Elephants		––  Golden Gate Gladiators	3-1	–– Garden Route Gazelles
2017		––  Maropeng Cavemen [7]	3-0	––  Drakensberg Dragons		––  Mapungubwe Mambas	2-1	–– Addo Elephants
2018		––  Drakensberg Dragons	2-0	–– Addo Elephants		–– Garden Route Gazelles	2-2 (0-2 SO)	––  Maropeng Cavemen
2019		––  Drakensberg Dragons [8]	4-0	––  Mapungubwe Mambas		–– Garden Route Gazelles	3-2	––  Maropeng Cavemen

Awards

Year	Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Top goalscorer	Young Player of the tournament
2016			––  Ignatius Malgraff [9]
2017 [10]	––  Miguel da Graca	––  Gowan Jones	––  Courtney Halle	––  Tyson Dlungwana
2018 [11]	––  Jethro Eustice	––  Siya Nolutshungu	––  Richard Pautz	––  Peter Jarvis
2019 [8]	––  Nqobile Ntuli	––  Rob Mckinley	––  Keegan Hezlett	––  Mustaphaa Cassiem

Women's tournament

Summaries

Year		Gold Medal Match				Third and Fourth
		Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2016		––  Blyde River Bunters [5] [12]	2-0	––  Madikwe Rangers		–– Wineland Wings	3-2	–– St. Lucia Lakers
2017		––  Orange River Rafters [7]	0 - 0 (2 - 3 SO)	–– St. Lucia Lakers		––  Blyde River Bunters	1-0	––  Namaqualand Daisies
2018		––  Blyde River Bunters	1-0	––  Madikwe Rangers		–– St. Lucia Lakers	3-0	––  Orange River Rafters
2019		––  Madikwe Rangers [8]	1-1 (3-2 SO)	–– Wineland Wings		––  Orange River Rafters	4-1	––  Namaqualand Daisies

Awards

Year	Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Top goalscorer	Young Player of the tournament
2016			––  Jacinta Jubb [9]
2017 [10]	––  Kristen Paton	––  Nicole La Fleur	––  Sulette Damons  ––  Tiffany Jones	––  Ongi Mali
2018 [10]	––  Kara-Lee Botes	––  Phumelela Mbande	––  Carmen Smith	––  Lezaan Jansen van Vuuren
2019 [8]	––  Lisa-Marie Deetlefs	––  Mmatshepo Modipane	––  Sylvia van Jaarsveldt	––  Bianca Wood

Broadcasting

• SuperSport ^[1]

See also

• Hockey India League
• Hockey One

References

1. "The 2016 Premier Hockey League - SAHA" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
2. "PREMIER HOCKEY LEAGUE UNVEILS INNOVATIVE PLAYER DRAFT FORMAT - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
3. "Minister Fikile Mbalula launches Premier Hockey League, 2 Sept | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
4. "Hockey now in its own league". News24. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
5. Etheridge, Mark (17 August 2018). "PHL champions Cavemen stunned by Gladiators". TeamSA. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
6. "Cavemen and Bunters first champions of the hockey revolution - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa" . Retrieved 20 February 2022.
7. "Rafters, Cavemen crowned 2017 PHL champions". IOL. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
8. "CTM PHL 2019 ends with two worthy champions - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
9. "2016: Final list of event goal scorers - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa" . Retrieved 16 March 2022.
10. "National coach hails quality of Premier Hockey League - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
11. "The Blyde River Bunters and the Drakensberg Dragons are 2018 CTM Premier Hockey League Champions - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
12. "Cavemen and Bunters first champions of the hockey revolution - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa" . Retrieved 20 February 2022.