2018 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa) Explained

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]

Competition format

Format

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.

Point allocation

Match points will be distributed as follows:

Participating teams

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

Results

Pool stage

Matches

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Classification stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Awards

[4]

Final ranking

RankTeam
Blyde River Bunters
Madikwe Rangers
St. Lucia Lakers
4 Orange River Rafters
5 Namaqualand Daisies
6 Wineland Wings

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zaal. Nicholas. 2018-08-14 . Randburg witnesses an action-packed first weekend of the Premier Hockey League . 2022-10-31 . Randburg Sun . en-US.
  2. Web site: Villiers . Ockert De . PHL set for new champs . 2022-04-27 . www.iol.co.za . en. 2018-08-26.
  3. Web site: CTM PHL 2018 ready to go after the Draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa . 2022-03-17 . en-US.
  4. Web site: The Blyde River Bunters and the Drakensberg Dragons are 2018 CTM Premier Hockey League Champions - South African Hockey Association. 2022-02-18. www.sahockey.co.za.