The 2018 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 3rd 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 | 11 August 2018–27 August 2018 | ||
| Teams | 6 | ||
| Venue(s) | Randburg Hockey Stadium | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 16 | ||
| Goals scored | 63 (3.94 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Jethro Eustice (Dragons) (6 goals) | ||
| Best player | Jethro Eustice (Dragons) | ||
| Best young player | Peter Jarvis | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Siya Nolutshungu (Gazelles) | ||
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The Drakensberg Dragons won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Addo Elephants 2–0 in the final.[1]
Competition format edit
Format edit
The 2018 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 2018 squads ahead of the draft.[2]
Addo Elephants
Drakensberg Dragons
Head Coach: Siphesihle Ntuli
Golden Gate Gladiators
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 |
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| 1 | –– Drakensberg Dragons | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 12 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | –– Addo Elephants | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | |
| 3 | –– Garden Route Gazelles | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 10 | |
| 4 | –– Maropeng Cavemen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 6 | |
| 5 | –– Golden Gate Gladiators | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | –– Mapungubwe Mambas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 |
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 | |||||
| 25 August 2018 | ||||||
| Drakensberg Dragons | 2 | |||||
| 26 August 2018 | ||||||
| Maropeng Cavemen | 0 | |||||
| Drakensberg Dragons | 2 | |||||
| 25 August 2018 | ||||||
| Addo Elephants | 0 | |||||
| Addo Elephants | 3 | |||||
| Garden Route Gazelles | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 26 August 2018 | ||||||
| Maropeng Cavemen (SO) | 2(0) | |||||
| Garden Route Gazelles | 2(2) | |||||
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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| Jethro Eustice (Dragons)[3] | Siya Nolutshungu (Gazelles)[3] | Richard Pautz (Dragons)[3] | Peter Jarvis (Dragons)[3] |
Final ranking edit
| Rank | Team |
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Drakensberg Dragons |
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Addo Elephants |
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Garden Route Gazelles |
| 4 | Maropeng Cavemen |
| 5 | Golden Gate Gladiators |
| 6 | Mapungubwe Mambas |
Goalscorers edit
There have been 63 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.
6 goals
- Richard Pautz (Drakensberg Dragons)
4 goals
- Julian Hykes (Addo Elephants)
- Brandon James (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Ignatius Malgraff (Addo Elephants)
3 goals
- Michael Abrahams (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Chad Futcher (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Nqobile Ntuli (Drakensberg Dragons)
2 goals
- Reece Arendse (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Connor Beauchamp (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Wade Dollman (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Tim Guise-Brown (Addo Elephants)
- Luthando Jonas (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Damian Kimfley (Addo Elephants)
- Amkelwe Letuka (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Kyle Lion-Cachet (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Andrew Manson (Addo Elephants)
- Sam Mvimbi (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Taine Paton (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Bradley Sherwood (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Caleb Syce (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Blake Tyack (Drakensberg Dragons)
1 goal
- Rusten Abrahams (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Michael Baiden (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Berne Burger (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Chad Cairncross (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Jared Cass (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Brynn Cleak (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Tyson Dlungwana (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Jethro Eustice (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Michael Forrest (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Ross Gonzalves (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Courtney Halle (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Keenan Horne (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Peter Jarvis (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Cameron Mackay (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Melrick Maddocks (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Chris Makaba (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Mbuso Mgobozi (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Gerald Mpopo (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Clinton Panther (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Steven Paulo (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Francois Pretorius (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Jonty Robinson (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Matthew Roman (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Reza Rosenberg (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Cameron Ryan (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Luke Schooling (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Lethu Thomo (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Cody van Wyk (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Rayner York (Maropeng Cavemen)
Source: SAHA
References edit
- ^ Villiers, Ockert De (26 August 2018). "PHL set for new champs". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "CTM PHL 2018 ready to go after the Draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa". Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "The Blyde River Bunters and the Drakensberg Dragons are 2018 CTM Premier Hockey League Champions - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.