The 2016 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 18th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in various cities across New Zealand, from 27 August to 17 September.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 27 August – 17 September | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 6 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | –– Midlands (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up | –– Canterbury | ||
| Third place | –– Central | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 24 | ||
| Goals scored | 134 (5.58 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | –– Martin Atkinson (10 goals) | ||
| Best player | –– David Brydon | ||
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Midlands won the title for the second time, defeating Canterbury 3–1 in the final.[1][2] Central finished in third place defeating North Harbour 3–2 in penalties following a 3–3 draw.[3]
Participating teams edit
The following eight teams competed for the title:
- –– Auckland
- –– Canterbury
- –– Capital
- –– Central
- –– Midlands
- –– Northland
- –– North Harbour
Results edit
All times are local (NZST).
Preliminary round edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | –– Canterbury | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 16 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | –– Midlands | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 16 | |
| 3 | –– North Harbour | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 16 | Advanced to Third Place Match |
| 4 | –– Central | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 15 | |
| 5 | –– Capital | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 13 | |
| 6 | –– Auckland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 5 | |
| 7 | –– Northland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 44 | −41 | 0 |
Source: Hockey New Zealand
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.
Fixtures edit
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Classification round edit
Fifth and sixth place edit
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Third and fourth place edit
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Final edit
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Statistics edit
Final standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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–– Midlands | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 20 | Gold Medal |
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–– Canterbury | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 16 | Silver Medal |
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–– Central | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 17 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– North Harbour | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 17 | |
| 5 | –– Capital | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 17 | |
| 6 | –– Auckland | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 5 | |
| 7 | –– Northland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 44 | −41 | 0 |
Source: Hockey New Zealand
Goalscorers edit
There were 134 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.58 goals per match.
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
- –– Phillip Roper
- –– Cory Bennett
6 goals
- –– Samuel Lane
- –– Stephen Jenness
5 goals
4 goals
- –– Nicholas Haig
- –– Dane Lett
- –– Joseph Lyons
- –– Leo Mitai-Wells
- –– Adriaan Stolk
3 goals
- –– Richard Bain
- –– Brennan Alexander-Parker
- –– Dylan Thomas
- –– Rob Reckers
2 goals
- –– Joseph Crooks
- –– Jonathan Keaney
- –– Daniel Panchia
- –– William Hayde
- –– Jared Jones
- –– Benedict van Woerkom
- –– Rowan Yeo
- –– Oscar Stewart
- –– Connor Herewini
- –– Nicholas Ross
- –– Aidan Sarikaya
- –– Zachary Woods
- –– Craig Jones
1 goal
- –– Mark Bell-Kake
- –– Jonathon Bilkey
- –– Guy Borren
- –– Samuel Jimmieson
- –– Kieran O'Connor
- –– Benjamin Poole
- –– David Brydon
- –– William Davidson
- –– Cameron Hayde
- –– Thomas Mouldey
- –– Dominic Newman
- –– Jason Niles
- –– Steven Crosset
- –– Oliver Logan
- –– Oliver MacIntyre
- –– Martin van Liemt
- –– Hayden Phillips
- –– Jonathan Thorn
- –– Mackenzie Wilcox
- –– Gabriel Ho-García
- –– Luther Cronin
- –– Hamish McKechnie
- –– Sanjay Smith
- –– James Coughlan
Source: Hockey New Zealand
References edit
- ^ "Midlands, Canterbury take out Ford NHL titles". fieldhockey.com. Field Hockey. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Midlands win NHL title". nzherald.co.nz. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "2016 National Hockey League Men". hockeynz.altiusrt.com. Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 9 April 2021.