The 2017 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 2nd edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.
| 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 | –– Maropeng Cavemen | ||
| Runner-up | –– Drakensberg Dragons | ||
| Third place | –– Mapungubwe Mambas | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 19 | ||
| Goals scored | 79 (4.16 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | –– Courtney Halle (5 goals) | ||
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The Maropeng Cavemen won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Drakensberg Dragons 3–0 in the final.[1]
Competition format edit
Format edit
The 2017 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.
Point allocation edit
Match points will be distributed as follows:
- 4 points: win by 3+ goals
- 3 points: win and shoot-out win
- 1 point: shoot-out loss
- 0 points: loss
Participating teams edit
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 2017 squads ahead of the draft.[2]
Addo Elephants
Head Coach:
Drakensberg Dragons
Head Coach:
Golden Gate Gladiators
Head Coach:
Garden Route Gazelles
Head Coach:
Maropeng Cavemen
Head Coach:
Mapungubwe Mambas
Head Coach:
Results edit
Pool stage edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | –– Maropeng Cavemen | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | –– Mapungubwe Mambas | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | –– Drakensberg Dragons | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | |
| 4 | –– Addo Elephants | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | –– Garden Route Gazelles | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 6 | |
| 6 | –– Golden Gate Gladiators | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 4 |
Source: SA Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Matches edit
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Classification stage edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 11 December 2017 | ||||||
| –– Mapungubwe Mambas | 2 | |||||
| 12 December 2017 | ||||||
| –– Drakensberg Dragons | 5 | |||||
| –– Drakensberg Dragons | 0 | |||||
| 11 December 2017 | ||||||
| –– Maropeng Cavemen | 3 | |||||
| –– Maropeng Cavemen | 6 | |||||
| –– Addo Elephants | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 December 2017 | ||||||
| –– Mapungubwe Mambas | 2 | |||||
| –– Addo Elephants | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals edit
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Third place game edit
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Final edit
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Awards edit
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer | Young Player of the tournament |
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| –– Miguel da Graca[3]| –– Gowan Jones[3] | –– Courtney Halle[3] | –– Tyson Dlungwana[3] |
Final ranking edit
| Rank | Team |
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–– Maropeng Cavemen |
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–– Drakensberg Dragons |
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–– Mapungubwe Mambas |
| 4 | –– Addo Elephants |
| 5 | –– Garden Route Gazelles |
| 6 | –– Golden Gate Gladiators |
Goalscorers edit
There have been 79 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 4.16 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- –– Gareth Heyns
- –– Austin Smith
- –– Jarryd Jones
- –– Greg Last
- –– Michael Abrahams
- –– Cerezo Comerasamy
- –– Lance Louw
- –– Ricky West
2 goals
- –– Winray Christoffels
- –– Julian Hykes
- –– Damian Kimfley
- –– Ignatius Malgraff
- –– Sinoxolo Mbekeni
- –– Nqobile Ntuli
- –– Mattew de Sousa
- –– Steven Paulo
- –– Brynn Cleak
- –– Chad Futcher
- –– Miguel da Graca
1 goal
- –– Reberto Bosman
- –– Andrew Manson
- –– Nick Gonzalves
- –– Amkelwe Letuka
- –– Dylan Swanepoel
- –– Brandon James
- –– Lloyd Norris-Jones
- –– Jean-Pierre de Voux
- –– Mark Chong
- –– Laython Coombs
- –– Jacki Mohlaba
- –– Maximilian Pike
- –– Rusten Abrahams
- –– Callum Buchanan
- –– Ross Gonzalves
- –– Ross Hetem
- –– Owen Mvimbi
- –– Francois Pretorius
- –– Winchester Scott
- –– Lungani Gabela
- –– Thabang Modise
- –– Clinton Panther
- –– Brad Robertson
- –– Hendy Seerane
Source: SAHA
References edit
- ^ "Rafters, Cavemen crowned 2017 PHL champions". iol.co.za. Independent Online. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "THE CTM PHL for 2019 ready to go after draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa". Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "National coach hails quality of Premier Hockey League - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.