2019 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa) Explained

Tournament:2019 Women's Premier Hockey League
Country:Johannesburg
City:South Africa
Dates:
Venues:Randburg Hockey Stadium
Teams:6
Champions:Madikwe Rangers
Second:Wineland Wings
Third:Orange River Rafters
Matches:19
Goals:75
Top Scorer:Sylvia van Jaarsveldt
Top Scorer Goals:6
Best Player:Lisa-Marie Deetlefs
Young Player:Bianca Wood
Goalkeeper:Mmatshepo Modipane
Previous Year:2018
Previous Tournament:2018 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

The 2019 Women's Premier Hockey League was the 4th edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa.[1]

Competition format

Format

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 stage|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 were 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.[2] Head Coach: Marcelle Keet

Head Coach: Sandile Bosman

Head Coach: Bevan Bennet

Head Coach: Shaun Hulley

Head Coach: Tarrin Ramsden

Head Coach: Ryan Pillay

Results

Pool stage

Matches

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Classification stage

Final

[3]

Awards

[4]

Final ranking

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zall. Nicholas. 2019-08-18 . Hockey finals blitz . 2022-10-31 . Randburg Sun . en-ZA.
  2. Web site: THE CTM PHL for 2019 ready to go after draft completed – Premiere Hockey League (PHL) – South Africa. 2022-02-20. en-US. 2023-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20230111113028/http://premierhockeyleague.co.za/2019/07/10/the-ctm-phl-for-2019-ready-to-go-after-draft-completed/. dead.
  3. Web site: van Schalkwyk . Annette . 2019-08-07 . GALLERY: Worthy champions after best of battles in PHL . 2022-10-31 . Comaro Chronicle . en-US.
  4. Web site: CTM PHL 2019 ends with two worthy champions – South African Hockey Association. 2022-02-18. www.sahockey.co.za.