2012 Men's Ford National Hockey League Explained

Tournament:	2012 Men's Ford National Hockey League
Country:	New Zealand
Cities:	8
Venues:	9
Teams:	8
Dates:	18 August – 2 September
Champions:	Auckland
Count:	2
Second:	Southern
Third:	North Harbour
Matches:	36
Goals:	195
Top Scorer:	Nicholas Wilson
Top Scorer Goals:	12
Best Player:	Blair Tarrant
Previous Year:	2011
Previous Tournament:	2011 Men's Ford National Hockey League
Next Year:	2013
Next Tournament:	2013 Men's Ford National Hockey League

The 2012 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 14th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in various cities across New Zealand, from 18 August to 2 September.

Auckland won the title for the third time, defeating Southern 2–1 in extra time.^{[1] [2]} North Harbour finished in third place, defeating Capital 6–5 in the third place match.^[3]

Participating teams

The following eight teams competed for the title:

• Auckland
• Canterbury
• Capital
• Central
• Midlands
• Northland
• North Harbour
• Southern

Results

All times are local (NZST).

Preliminary round

Fixtures

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Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

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Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Good times return for heavyweights . . fieldhockey.com . 4 May 2021 .
2. Web site: Auckland claim men's national hockey title . . stuff.co.nz . 4 May 2021 .
3. Web site: NHL 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121008001521/http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/eventscalendar/nhl2012/ . dead . 8 October 2012 . . hockeynz.co.nz . 4 May 2021.