2015–16 England Hockey League season explained

Tournament:	2015–16 England Hockey League
Previous Year:	2014–15
Previous Tournament:	2014–15 England Hockey League season
Next Year:	2016–17
Next Tournament:	2016–17 England Hockey League season

The 2015–2016 English Hockey League season took place from September 2015 until April 2016. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March.^[1] The end of season playoffs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on the 16 & 17 of April.^[2]

Wimbledon won the Men's Premier League title despite finishing fourth in the regular season league standings. Surbiton won the Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings.

The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Clifton. ^{[3] [4]}

Men's Premier Division League Standings

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	Holcombe	18	13	5	0	57	24	33	44
2	Surbiton	18	12	1	5	67	46	21	37
3	Reading	18	10	2	6	51	41	11	32
4	Wimbledon	18	10	2	6	41	35	6	32
5		18	7	4	7	49	46	3	25
6	Beeston	18	5	4	9	38	40	-2	19
7		18	5	4	9	26	36	-10	19
8		18	5	3	10	36	50	-14	18
9		18	5	1	12	32	58	-26	16
10	Cannock	18	4	2	12	45	66	-21	14

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Relegated

Results

Women's Investec 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	Surbiton	18	14	4	0	53	11	46
2		18	12	4	2	45	18	40
3		18	11	3	4	37	20	36
4	Holcombe	18	9	3	6	28	31	30
5		18	7	4	7	36	30	25
6	Leicester	18	7	1	10	24	36	22
7	Clifton	18	5	3	10	30	46	18
8		18	4	2	12	24	44	13
9		18	4	1	13	21	44	13
10	Buckingham	18	3	3	12	19	37	12

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Relegated

Results

League Finals Weekend

Semi-finals

width=200	Division	width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=120	Score
Men's Premier			2-4
Men's Premier			2-3
Women's Premier			2-0
Women's Premier			6-0

Finals

width=200	Division	width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=120	Score
Men's Premier			1-1 (4-3 p) ^[6]
Women's Premier			0-0 (3-1 p)

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
		align=center	3-1
		align=center	2-1
		align=center	5-2
		align=center	3-1

Semi-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
		align=center	5-1
		align=center	1-0

Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 14 February)

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

Women's Cup

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
		align=center	5-1
		align=center	3-1

Final

(Held at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 30 April)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's Hockey League. England Hockey.
2. Web site: Results. England Hockey.
3. Web site: 2015–16 Men's Cup. England Hockey.
4. Web site: 2015–16 Women's Cup. England Hockey.
5. Web site: 2015–16 Women's Hockey League. Fixtures Live.
6. Web site: Wimbledon hold their nerve to capture crown. England Hockey.