Country: | Johannesburg |
City: | South Africa |
Dates: | – |
Venues: | Randburg Hockey Stadium |
Teams: | 6 |
Champions: | Blyde River Bunters |
Second: | Madikwe Rangers |
Third: | St. Lucia Lakers |
Top Scorer Goals: | 5 |
Best Player: | Kara-Lee Botes |
Young Player: | Lezaan Jansen van Vuuren |
Goalkeeper: | Phumelela Mbande |
Previous Year: | 2017 |
Previous Tournament: | 2017 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa) |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Next Tournament: | 2019 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa) |
The 2018 Women's Premier Hockey League was the 3rd edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa.[1]
The Blyde River Bunters won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Madikwe Rangers 1–0 in the final.[2]
The 2018 Premier Hockey League followed a single round-robin format, followed by a classification round.
During the pool stage teams played each other once. The top four ranked teams qualified for the Classification Round. Team 1 played Team 4, while Team 2 played Team 3 in the two semi-finals. The two victorious teams moved onto the Final, while the losing teams competed for third place.
Match points will be distributed as follows:
Each squad consists of 20 players, made up of 7 marquee players as determined by SA Hockey’s team, with a further 3 players into their 20 from the "new generation" pool featuring the country’s most exciting young talent. Coaches were forced to release between 4 and 8 players from the 2018 squads ahead of the draft.[3] Head Coach: Marcelle Keet
Head Coach: Bevan Bennet
Head Coach: Andi Bernstein
Head Coach:
Head Coach: Inky Zondi
Head Coach: Lenise Marais
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Rank | Team | |
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Blyde River Bunters | ||
Madikwe Rangers | ||
St. Lucia Lakers | ||
4 | Orange River Rafters | |
5 | Namaqualand Daisies | |
6 | Wineland Wings |