2018 Men's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Johannesburg | ||
| City | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 11 August 2018–27 August 2018 | ||
| Teams | 6 | ||
| Venue(s) | Randburg Hockey Stadium | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 16 | ||
| Goals scored | 63 (3.94 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Jethro Eustice (Dragons) (6 goals) | ||
| Best player | Jethro Eustice (Dragons) | ||
| Best young player | Peter Jarvis | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Siya Nolutshungu (Gazelles) | ||
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The 2018 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 3rd edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.
The Drakensberg Dragons won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Addo Elephants 2–0 in the final.[1]
Competition format[edit]
Format[edit]
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[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 2018 squads ahead of the draft.[2]
Addo Elephants
Drakensberg Dragons
Head Coach: Siphesihle Ntuli
Golden Gate Gladiators
Garden Route Gazelles
Head Coach: Ashlin Freddy
Maropeng Cavemen
Head Coach: Mark Sanders
Mapungubwe Mambas
Head Coach: Lungile Tsolekile
Results[edit]
Pool stage[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | –– Drakensberg Dragons | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 12 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | –– Addo Elephants | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | |
| 3 | –– Garden Route Gazelles | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 10 | |
| 4 | –– Maropeng Cavemen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 6 | |
| 5 | –– Golden Gate Gladiators | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | –– Mapungubwe Mambas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 |
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.
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]
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Classification stage[edit]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 25 August 2018 | ||||||
| Drakensberg Dragons | 2 | |||||
| 26 August 2018 | ||||||
| Maropeng Cavemen | 0 | |||||
| Drakensberg Dragons | 2 | |||||
| 25 August 2018 | ||||||
| Addo Elephants | 0 | |||||
| Addo Elephants | 3 | |||||
| Garden Route Gazelles | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 26 August 2018 | ||||||
| Maropeng Cavemen (SO) | 2(0) | |||||
| Garden Route Gazelles | 2(2) | |||||
Semi-finals[edit]
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Third place game[edit]
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Final[edit]
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Awards[edit]
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer | Young Player of the tournament |
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| Jethro Eustice (Dragons)[3] | Siya Nolutshungu (Gazelles)[3] | Richard Pautz (Dragons)[3] | Peter Jarvis (Dragons)[3] |
Final ranking[edit]
| Rank | Team |
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Drakensberg Dragons |
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Addo Elephants |
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Garden Route Gazelles |
| 4 | Maropeng Cavemen |
| 5 | Golden Gate Gladiators |
| 6 | Mapungubwe Mambas |
Goalscorers[edit]
There have been 63 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.
6 goals
- Richard Pautz (Drakensberg Dragons)
4 goals
- Julian Hykes (Addo Elephants)
- Brandon James (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Ignatius Malgraff (Addo Elephants)
3 goals
- Michael Abrahams (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Chad Futcher (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Nqobile Ntuli (Drakensberg Dragons)
2 goals
- Reece Arendse (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Connor Beauchamp (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Wade Dollman (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Tim Guise-Brown (Addo Elephants)
- Luthando Jonas (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Damian Kimfley (Addo Elephants)
- Amkelwe Letuka (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Kyle Lion-Cachet (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Andrew Manson (Addo Elephants)
- Sam Mvimbi (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Taine Paton (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Bradley Sherwood (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Caleb Syce (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Blake Tyack (Drakensberg Dragons)
1 goal
- Rusten Abrahams (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Michael Baiden (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Berne Burger (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Chad Cairncross (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Jared Cass (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Brynn Cleak (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Tyson Dlungwana (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Jethro Eustice (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Michael Forrest (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Ross Gonzalves (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Courtney Halle (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Keenan Horne (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Peter Jarvis (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Cameron Mackay (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Melrick Maddocks (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Chris Makaba (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Mbuso Mgobozi (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Gerald Mpopo (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Clinton Panther (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Steven Paulo (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Francois Pretorius (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Jonty Robinson (Mapungubwe Mambas)
- Matthew Roman (Golden Gate Gladiators)
- Reza Rosenberg (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Cameron Ryan (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Luke Schooling (Garden Route Gazelles)
- Lethu Thomo (Maropeng Cavemen)
- Cody van Wyk (Drakensberg Dragons)
- Rayner York (Maropeng Cavemen)
Source: SAHA
References[edit]
- ^ Villiers, Ockert De (26 August 2018). "PHL set for new champs". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "CTM PHL 2018 ready to go after the Draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa". Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "The Blyde River Bunters and the Drakensberg Dragons are 2018 CTM Premier Hockey League Champions - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.