The 2018 Men's Hockey Varsity Hockey will be the 8th edition of the Varsity Hockey, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Johannesburg | ||
| City | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 4 May 2018–31 May 2018 | ||
| Venue(s) | University of the Witwatersrand University of Pretoria | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 33 | ||
| Goals scored | 272 (8.24 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Dayne Samboer (Maties) (13 goals) | ||
| Best player | Sinoxolo Mbekeni (NWU) | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Rob McKinley (Maties) | ||
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In addition to the Power Play rule seen in previous seasons of Varsity Hockey, whereby each team can select to implement a two-minute period where goals count two and the opposition must bench two players, field goals will now count two.[1][2]
Results edit
Preliminary round edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Maties | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 21 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | Tuks | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 14 | |
| 3 | Wits (H) | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 12 | |
| 4 | NWU | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 13 | |
| 5 | Ikeys | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 12 | |
| 6 | UJ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 9 | |
| 7 | Kovsie | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 3 | |
| 8 | Madibaz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 38 | −24 | 0 |
Fixtures edit
All times are local (UTC+2).
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Seven place game edit
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Five place game edit
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Semi-final edit
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Final edit
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Final standings edit
| Pos | Team |
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| 1 | Maties |
| 2 | Tuks |
| 3 | Wits (H) |
| 4 | NWU |
| 5 | Ikeys |
| 6 | UJ |
| 7 | Kovsie |
| 8 | Madibaz |
Goalscorers edit
There have been 272 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 8.24 goals per match.
14 goals
- Reece Arendse (Maties)
- Kingsley Botes (Wits)
13 goals
- Dayne Samboer (Maties)
- Steven Paulo (Tuks)
12 goals
- Bradley Sherwood (Tuks)
10 goals
- Killian Ludick (NWU)
9 goals
- Brandon James (Wits)
- Michael Forrest (Tuks)
8 goals
- Che February (UJ)
7 goals
- Pierre Botma (NWU)
- Chad Futcher (Wits)
- Rusten Abrahams (Wits)
- Brodie Fanoe (Madibaz)
6 goals
- Luke Schooling (Maties)
- Snyman Thessner (NWU)
5 goals
- Laython Coombs (Madibaz)
- Maximilian Pike (Maties)
4 goals
- Courtney Halle (UJ)
- Tim Alfeld (Ikeys)
- Dan Cole (Ikeys)
- Bryce Cressy (Wits)
- Wayne Jeffery (NWU)
- Ashley Kemp (Tuks)
- Willie Kruger (Kovsie)
- Mitesh Makan (NWU)
- Sinoxolo Mbekeni (NWU)
- Matthew Mckechnie (Ikeys)
- Walter Pfaff (Ikeys)
- Matthew Roman (Maties)
- Alex Stewart (Maties)
- Stéphan van Vollenhoven (Kovsie)
3 goals
- Kyle Lion-Cachet (UJ)
- Clayton Saker (Maties)
- Ross Talmage (Ikeys)
2 goals
- Richard Asmah-andoh (Madibaz)
- Tristan Blackie-roden (UJ)
- Spencer Botes (UJ)
- Sean Donaldson (Wits)
- Jack Forrest (Ikeys)
- Michael Gildenhuys (Ikeys)
- Tim Halle (Tuks)
- Michael Hansel (Madibaz)
- Mvelase Mbombisa (Kovsie)
- Thabang Modise (Wits)
- Sam Mvimbi (Tuks)
- Nicholas Pio (Tuks)
- Kamal Ramburuth-Hurt (Wits)
- Justin Smouse (Kovsie)
- Daiyaan Solomons (Ikeys)
- Clayton Tait (NWU)
- Gareth Tate (Maties)
- Egon van der Merwe (Kovsie)
- Tiaan Weldhagen (Kovsie)
- Christopher Wynford (Madibaz)
- Rayner York (UJ)
1 goal
- Francois Cilliers (NWU)
- Mitchell Currie (Tuks)
- Manessah Dube (UJ)
- Nicholas Giger (Maties)
- James Gilbert (UJ)
- Ernest Jacobs (UJ)
- Peabo Lembethe (Tuks)
- Michael Marki (Wits)
- Stean Naude (NWU)
- Keoghan Penhall (Madibaz)
- Jacques Potgieter (Madibaz)
- Jaydee Rossouw (Ikeys)
- James Watters (Ikeys)
Source: SAHA
Awards edit
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer |
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| Sinoxolo Mbekeni (NWU) | Rob McKinley (Maties) | Dayne Samboer (Maties) |
References edit
- ^ "Varsity Hockey bends the rules to double the thrill". Varsity Sport. 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Players' thoughts on Varsity Hockey's Power Play". Varsity Sports. 17 May 2019.