The 2017 Women's Premier Hockey League was the second edition of South Africa's national league. The tournament was held in Johannesburg at the Randburg Astro. The tournament started on 25 November and culminated on 12 December 2017.[2]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | South Africa | ||
| City | Johannesburg | ||
| Dates | 25 November – 12 December | ||
| Teams | 6 | ||
| Venue(s) | Randburg Astro | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | –– Orange River Rafters (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | –– St. Lucia Lakers | ||
| Third place | –– Blyde River Bunters | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 19 | ||
| Goals scored | 52 (2.74 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | –– Sulette Damons –– Tiffany Jones (4 goals) | ||
| Best player | –– Kristen Paton | ||
| Best young player | –– Ongeziwe Mali[1] | ||
| Best goalkeeper | –– Nicole La Fleur[1] | ||
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The Orange River Rafters won the tournament for the first time, defeating the St. Lucia Lakers 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished as a 0–0 draw.[3][4]
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
The following teams competed for the title:
- –– Blyde River Bunters
- –– Madikwe Rangers
- –– Namaqualand Daisies
- –– Orange River Rafters
- –– St. Lucia Lakers
- –– Wineland Wings
Results edit
Pool stage edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | –– Blyde River Bunters | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | –– St. Lucia Lakers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | |
| 3 | –– Namaqualand Daisies | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| 4 | –– Orange River Rafters | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 7 | |
| 5 | –– Madikwe Rangers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | |
| 6 | –– Wineland Wings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 |
Source: South African Hockey Association
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
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 11 December 2017 | ||||||
| –– Blyde River Bunters | 0 | |||||
| 12 December 2017 | ||||||
| –– Orange River Rafters | 2 | |||||
| –– Orange River Rafters (pen.) | 0 (3) | |||||
| 11 December 2017 | ||||||
| –– St. Lucia Lakers | 0 (2) | |||||
| –– St. Lucia Lakers | 2 | |||||
| –– Namaqualand Daisies | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 December 2017 | ||||||
| –– Blyde River Bunters | 1 | |||||
| –– Namaqualand Daisies | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals edit
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Third and fourth place edit
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Final edit
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Awards edit
| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer(s) | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
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| –– Kristen Paton | 2 Players (see list below) | –– Nicole la Fleur | –– Ongeziwe Mali |
Statistics edit
Final standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final standing |
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–– Orange River Rafters | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | Gold Medal |
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–– St. Lucia Lakers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 15 | Silver Medal |
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–– Blyde River Bunters | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 15 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– Namaqualand Daisies | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 10 | |
| 5 | –– Madikwe Rangers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | |
| 6 | –– Wineland Wings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 |
Source: South African Hockey Association
Goalscorers edit
There were 52 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.
4 goals
- –– Sulette Damons
- –– Tiffany Jones
2 goals
- –– Natalie Esteves
- –– Celia Evans
- –– Thati Segaole
- –– Donna Small
- –– Kara-Lee Botes
- –– Kelly Reed
- –– Tarryn Glasby
1 goal
- –– Anél Luüs
- –– Izelle Verster
- –– Louise de Jager
- –– Lilian du Plessis
- –– Sylvia van Jaarsveldt
- –– Kirsty Adams
- –– Stephanie Botha
- –– Teagan Fourie
- –– Charné Maddocks
- –– Ongeziwe Mali
- –– Kristen Paton
- –– Hannah Pearce
- –– Dirkie Chamberlain
- –– Chané Hartel
- –– Luche Klaasen
- –– Marié Louw
- –– Lerato Mahlangu
- –– Taryn Mallett
- –– Jackie Scheepers
- –– Megan Anderson
- –– Ayanga Baleni
- –– Erin Christie
- –– Pollert Mashau
- –– Bianca Wood
- –– Illse Davids
- –– Liné Malan
- –– Jade Mayne
- –– Catherine McNulty
- –– Danielle Rhodes
- –– Kaila Richards
References edit
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "PHL Women 2017". saha.altiusrt.com. South African Hockey Association. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Rafters, Cavemen crowned 2017 PHL champions". iol.co.za. Independent Online. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Orange River Rafters crowned PHL champions". ofm.co.za. OFM. Retrieved 23 March 2022.