2017 Men's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

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2017 Men's Premier Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryJohannesburg
CitySouth Africa
Dates18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)–4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)
Teams6
Venue(s)Randburg Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions ––  Maropeng Cavemen
Runner-up ––  Drakensberg Dragons
Third place ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored79 (4.16 per match)
Top scorer(s) –– Courtney Halle (5 goals)
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The 2017 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 2nd edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.

The Maropeng Cavemen won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Drakensberg Dragons 3–0 in the final.[1]

Competition format[edit]

Format[edit]

The 2017 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[edit]

Match points will be distributed as follows:

  • 4 points: win by 3+ goals
  • 3 points: win and shoot-out win
  • 1 point: shoot-out loss
  • 0 points: loss

Participating teams[edit]

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 2017 squads ahead of the draft.[2]

Addo Elephants

Head Coach:

Drakensberg Dragons

Head Coach:

Golden Gate Gladiators

Head Coach:

Garden Route Gazelles

Head Coach:

Maropeng Cavemen

Head Coach:

Mapungubwe Mambas

Head Coach:

Results[edit]

Pool stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  ––  Maropeng Cavemen 5 4 0 1 0 14 4 +10 13 Semi-Final
2  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas 5 3 0 0 2 11 5 +6 9
3  ––  Drakensberg Dragons 5 2 1 1 1 8 6 +2 10
4  ––  Addo Elephants 5 2 0 0 3 10 10 0 6
5  ––  Garden Route Gazelles 5 0 2 0 3 3 13 −10 6
6  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators 5 1 0 1 3 13 21 −8 4
Source: SA Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Matches[edit]

25 November 2017
08:00
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  4-0  ––  Addo Elephants
Heyns field hockey ball 23'
Letuka field hockey ball 25'
Swanepoel field hockey ball 0'
Ntuli field hockey ball 48' 		Report
25 November 2017
12:00
Maropeng Cavemen  ––  0-0  ––  Garden Route Gazelles
Report
Penalties
da Graca Penalty shoot-out missed
Abrahams Penalty shoot-out scored
Gabela Penalty shoot-out missed
Modise Penalty shoot-out missed
Futcher Penalty shoot-out missed 		1-2 Penalty shoot-out missed Burger
Penalty shoot-out missed Coombes
Penalty shoot-out scored Norris-Jones
Penalty shoot-out scored Julius
Penalty shoot-out missed Mpopo
25 November 2017
16:00
Golden Gate Gladiators  ––  1-6  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Beauchamp field hockey ball 20' Report Abrahams field hockey ball 9'
Scott field hockey ball 0'
Jones field hockey ball 27', 32', 58'
Paulo field hockey ball 43'
26 November 2017
10:00
Maropeng Cavemen  ––  3-2  ––  Addo Elephants
West field hockey ball 25', 55'
Gabela field hockey ball 44' 		Report Hykes field hockey ball 3'
Malgraff field hockey ball 36'
26 November 2017
12:00
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  2-2  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators
de Sousa field hockey ball 33'
Heyns field hockey ball 48' 		Report Halle field hockey ball 26'
Beauchamp field hockey ball 55'
Penalties
Maddocks Penalty shoot-out missed
de Sousa Penalty shoot-out missed
Dart Penalty shoot-out scored
Gonzalves Penalty shoot-out scored
Philips Penalty shoot-out scored 		3-1 Penalty shoot-out missed Coombs
Penalty shoot-out missed Cassiem
Penalty shoot-out scored Pike
Penalty shoot-out missed Hobson
2 December 2017
10:00
Garden Route Gazelles  ––  0-3  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Report Pretorius field hockey ball 27'
Last field hockey ball 29'
Buchanan field hockey ball 40'
2 December 2017
14:00
Addo Elephants  ––  4-2  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators
Christoffels field hockey ball 13'
Mbekeni field hockey ball 16'
Kimfley field hockey ball 26'
Hykes field hockey ball 31' 		Report Beauchamp field hockey ball 53'
Mohlaba field hockey ball 56'
3 December 2017
08:00
Addo Elephants  ––  0-1  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Report Last field hockey ball 28'
3 December 2017
12:00
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  0-3  ––  Maropeng Cavemen
Report West field hockey ball 12'
Futcher field hockey ball 24'
Modise field hockey ball 60'
3 December 2017
16:00
Garden Route Gazelles  ––  3-6  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators
De Voux field hockey ball 3'
James field hockey ball 9'
Norris-Jones field hockey ball 17' 		Report Coombs field hockey ball 21'
Chong field hockey ball 35'
Halle field hockey ball 37', 41'
Pike field hockey ball 40'
Beauchamp field hockey ball 53'
9 December 2017
08:00
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  2-1  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Smith field hockey ball 6'
Heyns field hockey ball 42' 		Report Gonzalves field hockey ball 34'
9 December 2017
12:00
Maropeng Cavemen  ––  6-2  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators
Comerasamy field hockey ball 5'
Panther field hockey ball 12'
Abrahams field hockey ball 25'
da Graca field hockey ball 36'
Robertson field hockey ball 46'
Cleak field hockey ball 56' 		Report Halle field hockey ball 35', 50'
9 December 2017
16:00
Addo Elephants  ––  4-0  ––  Garden Route Gazelles
Christoffels field hockey ball 9'
Mbekeni field hockey ball 45'
Bosman field hockey ball 57'
Kimfley field hockey ball 59' 		Report
10 December 2017
10:00
MC 2-0  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Futcher field hockey ball 4'
Comerasamy field hockey ball 41' 		Report
10 December 2017
14:0
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  0-0  ––  Garden Route Gazelles
Report
Penalties
Gonzalves Penalty shoot-out missed
Letuka Penalty shoot-out missed
Dart Penalty shoot-out scored
Ntuli Penalty shoot-out scored 		2-4 Penalty shoot-out scored de Voux
Penalty shoot-out scored Coombes
Penalty shoot-out scored Horne
Penalty shoot-out scored Mulder

Classification stage[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December 2017
 
 
 ––  Mapungubwe Mambas2
 
12 December 2017
 
 ––  Drakensberg Dragons5
 
 ––  Drakensberg Dragons 0
 
11 December 2017
 
 ––  Maropeng Cavemen 3
 
 ––  Maropeng Cavemen6
 
 
 ––  Addo Elephants1
 
Third place
 
 
12 December 2017
 
 
 ––  Mapungubwe Mambas2
 
 
 ––  Addo Elephants1

Semi-finals[edit]

11 December 2017
14:00
Mapungubwe Mambas  ––  2-5  ––  Drakensberg Dragons
Hetem field hockey ball 47'
Paulo field hockey ball 56' 		Report Smith field hockey ball 21', 39'
de Sousa field hockey ball 24'
Ntuli field hockey ball 28'
Gonzalves field hockey ball 54'
11 December 2017
16:00
Maropeng Cavemen  ––  6-1  ––  Addo Elephants
Comerasamy field hockey ball 13'
Louw field hockey ball 27', 43', 54'
Seerane field hockey ball 40'
Abrahams field hockey ball 55' 		Report Malgraff field hockey ball 56'

Third place game[edit]

12 December 2017
15:00
Mapungubwe Mambas  ––  2–1  ––  Addo Elephants
Mvimbi field hockey ball 3'
Last field hockey ball 9' 		Report Manson field hockey ball 39'

Final[edit]

12 December 2017
19:30
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  0-3  ––  Maropeng Cavemen
Report Cleak field hockey ball 11'
da Graca field hockey ball 14'
Abrahams field hockey ball 43'

Awards[edit]

Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Top goalscorer Young Player of the tournament
 ––  Miguel da Graca[3]| ––  Gowan Jones[3]  ––  Courtney Halle[3]  ––  Tyson Dlungwana[3]

Final ranking[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  ––  Maropeng Cavemen
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  ––  Drakensberg Dragons
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
4  ––  Addo Elephants
5  ––  Garden Route Gazelles
6  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators

Goalscorers[edit]

There have been 79 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 4.16 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: SAHA

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rafters, Cavemen crowned 2017 PHL champions". iol.co.za. Independent Online. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "THE CTM PHL for 2019 ready to go after draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa". Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "National coach hails quality of Premier Hockey League - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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