2016–17 England Hockey League season explained

2016–17 England Hockey League season
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The 2016–2017 English Hockey League season took place from September 2016 until April 2017. 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 22 & 23 April.[2]

Surbiton won the Men's Premier League title despite being 3-0 down in the final against Wimbledon with only 10mins to go. Surbiton also won the Investec Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings, making it their 4th in a row. Whilst Canterbury finished one off the bottom and survived the relegation playoffs for the 3rd time in a row as Loughborough Students were relegated having just got up into the top flight last season. Sevenoaks beat Team Bath Buccaneers and Durham University to secure promotion and go up to the top flight next season in the men's competition. In the women's Reading got relegated and Buckingham beat Wimbledon and Brooklands Poynton to secure promotion, as Bowdon Hightown won the group to keep their place in the Premier League.

The Men's Cup was won by Reading with the biggest score difference in 15 years against Canterbury in the final.[3] The Investec Women's Cup was won by Surbiton.[4] [5]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

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1 Wimbledon 18 13 4 1 56 32 24 43
2 Holcombe 18 11 3 4 50 30 20 36
3 Surbiton 18 9 8 1 62 39 23 35
4 Hampstead and Westminster 18 9 5 4 54 40 14 32
5 18 8 3 7 40 37 3 27
6 East Grinstead 18 8 2 8 52 41 11 26
7 18 6 4 8 40 45 -5 22
8 18 5 3 10 31 54 -23 18
9 18 3 3 12 37 59 -22 12
10 Loughborough Students 18 0 1 17 18 63 -45 1
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Relegated

Results

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

[6]

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1 Surbiton 18 15 2 1 53 14 39 47
2 18 11 5 2 44 25 19 38
3 18 9 6 3 32 20 12 33
4 University of Birmingham 18 10 2 6 38 35 3 32
5 Leicester 18 8 5 5 31 24 7 29
6 Clifton 18 9 1 8 42 31 11 28
7 18 5 5 8 25 38 -13 20
8 18 3 3 12 15 37 -22 12
9 18 1 5 12 18 44 -26 8
10 Reading 18 1 2 15 17 47 -30 5
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Relegated

Results

League Finals Weekend

Semi-finals

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Men's Premier2-1
Men's Premier2-3
Women's Premier3-1
Women's Premier2-1

3rd/4th Playoff

[7] Due to Wimbledon's finishing fourth in the 2016–17 Euro Hockey League a third team from England is allowed to join the competition meaning a 3rd/4th playoff is necessary.

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Men's Premier3-7

Finals

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Men's Premier3-3 (2-3 p)
Women's Premier3-1

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 29 April)

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Women's Cup

Final

Promotion Tournaments

The winners of the 3 regional conferences and the second to bottom placed team in Premier League play a Promotion Tournament with the top 2 placed teams playing in the Premier League next season while the bottom 2 play in the conference leagues.

Men's competition

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Women's competition

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Hockey League. England Hockey.
  2. Web site: Results. England Hockey.
  3. Web site: Reading men win England National Cup after hitting Canterbury for six. www.readingchronicle.co.uk. 23 January 2019. 6 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Surbiton crowned the Investec Women's Cup Winners. www.englandhockey.co.uk. 20 January 2019. 30 April 2017.
  5. Web site: L1 Beat Clifton Robinsons 5-0 To Lift Investec Women's Cup. surbitonhc.com. 20 January 2019. 30 April 2017.
  6. Web site: 2015–16 Women's Hockey League. Fixtures Live.
  7. Web site: Wimbledon success results in extra Finals fixture. England Hockey.