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2019 Men's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

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]

2019 Men's Premier Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryJohannesburg
CitySouth Africa
Dates18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)–4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)
Teams6
Venue(s)Randburg Hockey Stadium
Final positions
ChampionsDrakensberg Dragons
Runner-upMapungubwe Mambas
Third placeGarden Route Gazelles
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored102 (5.37 per match)
Top scorer(s)Keegan Hezlett (5 goals)
Best playerNqobile Ntuli
Best young playerMustaphaa Cassiem
Best goalkeeperRob McKinley
← 2018 (previous)

Competition format edit

Format edit

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.

Point allocation edit

Match points were 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 2018 squads ahead of the draft.[2]

Addo Elephants

Head Coach: Cheslyn Gie

Drakensberg Dragons

Head Coach: Siphesihle Ntuli

Golden Gate Gladiators

Head Coach:Neville Rothman

Garden Route Gazelles

Head Coach: Ashlin Freddy

Maropeng Cavemen

Head Coach: Mark Sanders

Mapungubwe Mambas

Head Coach: Lungile Tsolekile

Results edit

Pool stage edit

Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
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.

Matches edit

18 July 2019
10:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 2–2 Mapungubwe Mambas
Ramphele   23'
S. Mvimbi   30' 		Report Last   38'
Jonas   44'
Penalties
van den Berg  
van Tonder  
Saker  
Abdulla   		1–3   Mann
  O. Mvimbi
  Jonas
  M. Cassiem
  Gonzalves
18 July 2019
14:00
Maropeng Cavemen 2–1 Garden Route Gazelles
Mackay   34'
Botes   39' 		Report Sibbald   38'
18 July 2019
18:00
Addo Elephants 1–4 Drakensberg Dragons
Mbekeni   56' Report Pautz   4', 19'
Botma   39', 53'
19 July 2019
10:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 0-5 Addo Elephants
Report Rosenberg   27'
Comerasamy   34', 49'
Mbekeni   55'
Hykes   59'
18 July 2019
14:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 2-1 Maropeng Cavemen
M. Cassiem   7'
Kok   56' 		Report Wiid   57'
20 July 2019
12:00
Drakensberg Dragons 4-4 Garden Route Gazelles
Crowe   13'
Ntuli   50'
Botma   55'
da Graca   60' 		Report James   44'
Beauchamp   48'
Burger   54'
Neethling   58'
Penalties
van Wyk  
Botma  
Crowe  
Ntuli   		3-0   Samboer
  Dart
  Simmons
20 July 2019
16:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 3-5 Maropeng Cavemen
Abdulla   35'
Walstroom   51'
Ramphele   58' 		Report Hezlett   24', 45'
Wiid   35'
Mackay   37'
Mpopo   45'
21 July 2019
08:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 1-7 Garden Route Gazelles
S. Mvimbi   4' Report Neethling   1'
Ngubane   3'
Louw   5'
Beauchamp   9', 48'
Burger   27'
Simmons   42'
21 July 2019
10:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 5-1 Addo Elephants
Dollman   16', 40'
Brown   24'
M. Cassiem   36'
Kok   55' 		Report Futcher   10'
21 July 2019
16:00
Drakensberg Dragons 2-3 Maropeng Cavemen
Cairncross   28'
Malgraff   41' 		Report D. Cassiem   36'
Hezlett   48'
Halle   57'
27 July 2019
12:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 3-2 Garden Route Gazelles
M. Cassiem   17'
O. Mvimbi   27'
Dollman   45' 		Report James   53'
Simmons   57'
27 July 2019
16:00
Addo Elephants 6-3 Maropeng Cavemen
Comerasamy   4', 44'
Hykes   6', 15', 52'
Mbekeni   38' 		Report Abrahams   6'
Hezlett   27'
Halle   36'
27 July 2019
18:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 0-6 Drakensberg Dragons
Report Crowe   2'
Swanepoel   5'
Malgraff   29', 54'
Pautz   32'
Hetem   42'
28 July 2019
12:00
Addo Elephants 2-5 Garden Route Gazelles
Rosenberg   12'
Heyns   43' 		Report Beauchamp   6'
Horne   13'
Paton   30'
Arendse   41'
Simmons   47'
28 July 2019
14:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 4-1 Drakensberg Dragons
Raath   4'
M. Cassiem   52'
Gonzalves   55'
Syce   59' 		Report Swanepoel   7'

Classification stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 August 2019
 
 
Drakensberg Dragons3
 
4 August 2019
 
Maropeng Cavemen1
 
Drakensberg Dragons4
 
3 August 2019
 
Mapungubwe Mambas 0
 
Mapungubwe Mambas (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
 
Garden Route Gazelles1(0)
 
Third place
 
 
4 August 2019
 
 
Maropeng Cavemen2
 
 
Garden Route Gazelles3

Semi-finals edit

3 August 2019
14:00
Drakensberg Dragons 3-1 Maropeng Cavemen
Ntuli   12'
Hetem   36'
Letuka   51' 		Report Buchanan   33'
3 August 2019
16:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 1-1 Garden Route Gazelles
Jonas   6' Report Horne   56'
Penalties
Mann  
M. Cassiem  
Julius   		3-0   Louw
  Horne
  Simmons

Third place game edit

4 August 2019
12:00
Maropeng Cavemen 2-3 Garden Route Gazelles
D. Cassiem   3'
Hezlett   28' 		Report Horne   2'
James   2'
Arendse   34'

Final edit

4 August 2019
Drakensberg Dragons 4-0 Mapungubwe Mambas
da Graca   3'
Ntuli   32', 49'
Pautz   34' 		Report

[3]

Awards edit

Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Top goalscorer Young Player of the tournament
Nqobile Ntuli (Dragons)[4] Rob Mckinley (Mambas)[4] Keegan Hezlett (Cavemen)[4] Mustaphaa Cassiem (Mambas)[4]

Final ranking edit

Rank Team
  Drakensberg Dragons
  Mapungubwe Mambas
  Garden Route Gazelles
4 Maropeng Cavemen
5 Addo Elephants
6 Golden Gate Gladiators

Goalscorers edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Zaal, Nicholas (18 August 2019). "Hockey finals blitz". Randburg Sun. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ van Schalkwyk, Annette (7 August 2019). "GALLERY: Worthy champions after best of battles in PHL". Comaro Chronicle. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "CTM PHL 2019 ends with two worthy champions - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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