2019 Women's Ford National Hockey League Explained

Tournament:	2019 Women's Ford National Hockey League
Country:	New Zealand
City:	Tauranga
Venues:	Tauranga Hockey Association
Teams:	8
Dates:	14–22 September
Champions:	North Harbour
Count:	5
Second:	Northland
Third:	Canterbury
Matches:	28
Goals:	103
Top Scorer:	Gemma McCaw
Top Scorer Goals:	8
Best Player:	Stephanie Dickins
Previous Year:	2018
Previous Tournament:	2018 Women's Ford National Hockey League

The 2019 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 21st and final edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in Tauranga, New Zealand between 14–22 September.^{[1] [2]}

North Harbour won the title for the fifth time, equalling the record for most wins previously set by Auckland. The team defeated Northland 2–0 in the final.^[3] Canterbury finished in third place after defeating Central 2–1.^[4]

In 2020, the tournament will be replaced by the Premier Hockey League.^[5]

Participating teams

The following eight teams competed for the title:

• Auckland
• Canterbury
• Capital
• Central
• Midlands
• Northland
• North Harbour
• Southern

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Second round

Pool C (Medal Round)

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Pool D (Classification Round)

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Classification

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to the 2019 Ford NHL Tournament . . tgahockey.co.nz . 14 September 2019 . 9 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190909114249/http://www.tgahockey.co.nz/Ford-NHL-National-Senior-Tournament-2019/Pretournament-Information-NHL-1 . dead .
2. Web site: Ford National Hockey League . . hockeynz.co.nz . 14 September 2019.
3. Web site: Tiger Turf North Harbour reign supreme at 21st Ford NHL . . nelsonhockey.org.nz . 20 March 2021 .
4. Web site: 2019 Ford National Hockey League Women . . hockeynz.altiusrt.com . 20 March 2021 .
5. Web site: New Zealand Hockey overhauls national league and cuts regional teams for 2020 . . stuff.co.nz . 14 September 2019.