Tournament: | 2019 Men's Premier Hockey League |
Country: | Johannesburg |
City: | South Africa |
Dates: | – |
Venues: | Randburg Hockey Stadium |
Teams: | 6 |
Champions: | Drakensberg Dragons |
Second: | Mapungubwe Mambas |
Third: | Garden Route Gazelles |
Matches: | 19 |
Goals: | 102 |
Top Scorer: | Keegan Hezlett |
Top Scorer Goals: | 5 |
Best Player: | Nqobile Ntuli |
Young Player: | Mustaphaa Cassiem |
Goalkeeper: | Rob McKinley |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Previous Tournament: | 2018 Men's Premier Hockey League (South Africa) |
The 2019 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 4th edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.[1]
The 2019 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 were 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.[2] Head Coach: Cheslyn Gie
Head Coach: Siphesihle Ntuli
Head Coach:Neville Rothman
Head Coach: Ashlin Freddy
Head Coach: Mark Sanders
Head Coach: Lungile Tsolekile
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Rank | Team | |
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Drakensberg Dragons | ||
Mapungubwe Mambas | ||
Garden Route Gazelles | ||
4 | Maropeng Cavemen | |
5 | Addo Elephants | |
6 | Golden Gate Gladiators |