2000–01 England Hockey League season explained

Tournament:	2000–01 England Hockey League
Previous Year:	1999–2000
Previous Tournament:	1999–2000 England Hockey League season
Next Year:	2001–02
Next Tournament:	2001–02 England Hockey League season

The 2000–01 English Hockey League season took place from September 2000 until April 2001.

The men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Leicester. 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 22 April.^[1] Surbiton won the men's Premiership tournament and Slough claimed the women's premiership tournament.^[2]

The Men's Cup was won by Guildford and the Women's Cup was won by Slough. ^[3]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

^[4]

width=20	Pos	width=400	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
1	Reading	18	14	2	2	50	23	27	44
2	Surbiton	18	12	3	3	62	36	26	39
3	Cannock	18	12	1	5	65	36	29	37
4	Guildford	18	7	3	8	35	41	-6	24
5	Old Loughtonians	18	7	2	9	29	41	-12	23
6	Southgate	18	6	4	8	47	50	-3	22
7		18	5	4	9	41	44	-3	19
8	Canterbury	18	5	4	9	34	46	-12	19
9	Teddington	18	3	6	9	30	47	-17	15
10	Bournville	18	4	1	13	34	63	-29	13

	= Champions
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament
	= Relegated

Women's Premier Division League Standings

^[5]

width=20	Pos	width=400	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1	Leicester	18	12	2	4	37	21	38
2	Ipswich	18	11	4	3	37	25	37
3	Slough	18	10	2	6	54	35	32
4	Clifton	18	10	2	6	27	22	32
5		18	8	4	6	31	27	28
6	Canterbury	18	6	5	7	23	25	23
7	Hightown	18	5	5	8	35	39	20
8	Chelmsford	18	4	5	9	20	29	17
9	Sutton Coldfield	18	3	4	11	19	49	13
10		18	3	3	12	35	46	12

	= Champions
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament
	= Relegated

Men's Premiership Tournament

width=100	Round	width=100	Date	width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=120	Score
First round	Apr 7			3-3 (4-5 p)
Positional	Apr 7			2-3
Second round	Apr 8			1-0
Final ^[6]	Apr 22			1-0

Women's Premiership Tournament

width=100	Round	width=100	Date	width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=120	Score
First round	Apr 7			1-1 (4-2 p)
Positional	Apr 7			1-0
Second round	Apr 8			2-0
Final ^[7]	Apr 22			3-1

Men's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
St.Albans		align=center	2-4
		align=center	2-0
		align=center	2-3
		align=center	3-9

Semi-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
		align=center	1-0
		align=center	3-2

Final

(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 25 March)

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
		align=center	2-1 aet

Women's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
		align=center	1-0
		align=center	2-1
		align=center	2-3
		align=center	3-2

Semi-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
		align=center	2-0
		align=center	2-1

Final

(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 25 March)

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
		align=center	3-2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cathy Harris. "Reading indebted to Mason." Times [London, England] 19 Mar. 2001]. The Times Digital Archive.
2. Web site: Pat Rowley. "Nicol secures title for Surbiton." Times [London, England] 23 Apr. 2001]. The Times Digital Archive.
3. Web site: Cathy Harris. "Finals end with a golden flourish." Times [London, England] 26 Mar. 2001]. The Times Digital Archive.
4. Web site: 2000–01 Men's Hockey League. Fixtures Live.
5. Web site: 2000–01 Women's Hockey League. Fixtures Live.
6. Web site: Pat Rowley. "Nicol secures title for Surbiton." Times [London, England] 23 Apr. 2001]. The Times Digital Archive.
7. Web site: Pat Rowley. "Nicol secures title for Surbiton." Times [London, England] 23 Apr. 2001]. The Times Digital Archive.