2001–02 England Hockey League season

The 2001–02 English Hockey League season took place from September 2001 until May 2002.

2001–02 England Hockey League
2000–01 (previous) (next) 2002–03

The men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Slough. There were no playoffs to determine champions after the regular season but there was a competition for the top four clubs called the Premiership tournament which culminated with men's & women's finals on 6 May.[1]

The Men's Cup was won by Cannock and the Women's Cup was won by Ipswich.[2][3]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

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Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Reading 18 16 1 1 61 24 37 49
2 Surbiton 18 12 2 4 42 24 18 38
3 Cannock 18 10 3 5 45 30 15 33
4 Loughborough Students 18 8 2 8 49 36 13 26
5 Guildford 18 8 2 8 49 37 12 26
6 Canterbury 18 7 2 9 52 56 -4 23
7 Teddington 18 5 4 9 28 44 -16 19
8 Hampstead and Westminster 18 5 2 11 30 41 -11 17
9 Old Loughtonians 18 4 5 9 25 45 -20 17
10 Southgate 18 1 5 12 19 63 -44 8
= Champions
= Qualified for Premiership tournament
= Relegated

Women's Premier Division League Standings

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Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Slough 18 12 3 3 40 22 39
2 Olton & West Warwicks 18 9 5 4 52 29 32
3 Leicester 18 10 2 6 34 23 32
4 Clifton 18 9 4 5 37 17 31
5 Canterbury 18 7 4 7 30 34 25
6 Chelmsford 18 6 5 7 26 26 23
7 Ipswich 18 6 5 7 34 41 23
8 Hightown 18 5 2 11 29 44 17
9 Sutton Coldfield 18 5 2 11 25 51 17
10 Doncaster 18 4 2 12 23 43 14
= Champions
= Qualified for Premiership tournament
= Qualified for Premiership tournament by virtue of winning EHA cup
= Relegated

Men's Premiership Tournament

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Round Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
First round Apr 27 Cannock Loughborough Students 3-2
Positional Apr 27 Reading Surbiton 4-1
Second round May 4 Surbiton Cannock 2-1
Final [6] May 6 Reading Surbiton 3-2

Women's Premiership Tournament

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Round Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
First round Apr 27 Leicester Ipswich 4-0
Positional Apr 27 Slough Olton & West Warwicks 6-1
Second round May 4 Olton & West Warwicks Leicester 3-2
Final [7] May 6 Olton & West Warwicks Slough 3-1

Men's Cup (EHA Cup)

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Cannock Bath Buccaneers 5-2
Bowdon Havant 2-0
Southgate Teddington 2-3
Belper Doncaster 2-3

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Belper Bowdon 1-1 (7-6 p)
Teddington Cannock 1-6

Final

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(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 7 April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Cannock Belper 7-0

Scorers
Ben Sharpe (3), Craig Parnham, Andy Humphrey, Simon Ramsden, Matt Taylor

Women's Cup (EHA Cup)

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Ipswich Bradford 4-0
Olton & West Warwick St.Albans 2-1
Hounslow & Ealing Sutton Coldfield 3-4
Deeside Ramblers Leyland Motors 2-3

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Olton & West Warwick Leyland Motors 8-0
Ipswich Sutton Coldfield 5-2

Final

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(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 7 April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score Note
Ipswich Olton & West Warwick 3-2 golden goal

Scorers
Leisa King (3)

References

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  1. ^ "Cathy Harris. "Students join the chase for Europe." Times [London, England] 22 Apr. 2002". The Times.
  2. ^ "Cathy Harris. "Sharpe hits hat-trick as Cannock cruise to record win." Times [London, England] 8 Apr. 2002". The Times.
  3. ^ "Ipswich seize cup". www.telegraph.co.uk. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ "2001–02 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  5. ^ "2001–02 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  6. ^ "Cathy Harris. "Todd caps season of success with late winner." Times [London, England] 7 May 2002". The Times.
  7. ^ "Cathy Harris. "Todd caps season of success with late winner." Times [London, England] 7 May 2002". The Times.