2018 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

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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 ––  Blyde River Bunters
Runner-up ––  Madikwe Rangers
Third place ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) ––  Carmen Smith (5 goals)
Best player ––  Kara-Lee Botes
Best young player ––  Lezaan Jansen van Vuuren
Best goalkeeper ––  Phumelela Mbande
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The 2018 Women's Premier Hockey League was the 3rd edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa.[1]

The Blyde River Bunters won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Madikwe Rangers 1–0 in the final.[2]

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.[3]

Blyde River Bunters

Head Coach: Marcelle Keet

Madikwe Rangers

Head Coach: Bevan Bennet

Namaqualand Daisies

Head Coach: Andi Bernstein

Orange River Rafters

Head Coach:

St. Lucia Lakers

Head Coach: Inky Zondi

Wineland Wings

Head Coach: Lenise Marais

Results[edit]

Pool stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  ––  Orange River Rafters 5 5 0 0 0 10 3 +7 15 Semi-Final
2  ––  Blyde River Bunters 5 4 0 0 1 6 3 +3 12
3  ––  St. Lucia Lakers 5 3 0 0 2 4 4 0 9
4  ––  Madikwe Rangers 5 1 1 0 3 5 6 −1 6
5  ––  Namaqualand Daisies 5 0 1 0 4 2 9 −7 3
6  ––  Wineland Wings 5 0 0 2 3 3 6 −3 2
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]

11 August 2018
10:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  3-2  ––  Wineland Wings
Walraven field hockey ball 15'
Hartel field hockey ball 29'
Martin field hockey ball 31' 		Report Glasby field hockey ball 1', 46'
11 August 2018
14:00
Blyde River Bunters  ––  1-0  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Kungoane field hockey ball 33' Report
12 August 2018
08:00
Namaqualand Daisies  ––  1-2  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Marks field hockey ball 53' Report Hill field hockey ball 10'
Botes field hockey ball 48'
12 August 2018
12:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  3-1  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Damons field hockey ball 10'
Mahlangu field hockey ball 11'
Minnaar field hockey ball 20' 		Report Deetlefs field hockey ball 13'
12 August 2018
16:00
Blyde River Bunters  ––  2–1  ––  Wineland Wings
Smith field hockey ball 11'
Segaole field hockey ball 23' 		Report Glasby field hockey ball 10'
16 August 2018
10:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  2–0  ––  Blyde River Bunters
Mahlangu field hockey ball 18'
Barnard field hockey ball 49' 		Report
16 August 2018
12:00
Namaqualand Daisies  ––  1–4  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Nina field hockey ball 23' Report van Jaarsveldt field hockey ball 42', 45'
Veto field hockey ball 55'
Deetlefs field hockey ball 57'
16 August 2018
16:00
St. Lucia Lakers  ––  1–0  ––  Wineland Wings
Fourie field hockey ball 27' Report
17 August 2018
12:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  1–0  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Botha field hockey ball 35' Report
17 August 2018
16:00
Namaqualand Daisies  ––  1–1  ––  Wineland Wings
Esteves field hockey ball 43' Report Lardant field hockey ball 24'
Penalties
Jubb Penalty shoot-out scored
Nina Penalty shoot-out scored
Marks Penalty shoot-out missed
Esteves Penalty shoot-out scored 		3–1 Penalty shoot-out scored Glasby
Penalty shoot-out missed Molikoe
Penalty shoot-out missed Sivertsen
Penalty shoot-out missed Lardant
18 August 2018
08:00
Blyde River Bunters  ––  2–0  ––  Namaqualand Daisies
Smith field hockey ball 39'
Kungoane field hockey ball 59' 		Report
18 August 2018
12:00
St. Lucia Lakers  ––  1–0  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Fourie field hockey ball 28' Report
19 August 2018
08:00
Madikwe Rangers  ––  2–2  ––  Wineland Wings
Paton field hockey ball 40', 60' Report Manuel field hockey ball 1'
Botha field hockey ball 36'
Penalties
Deetlefs Penalty shoot-out missed
Bartsch Penalty shoot-out scored
Isabella Penalty shoot-out missed
van Jaarsveldt Penalty shoot-out scored
Paton Penalty shoot-out scored 		3–1 Penalty shoot-out scored Johnson
Penalty shoot-out missed Glasby
Penalty shoot-out missed Sivertsen
Penalty shoot-out missed Manuel
19 August 2018
12:00
Blyde River Bunters  ––  2–0  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Smith field hockey ball 39', 54' Report
19 August 2018
16:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  1–0  ––  Namaqualand Daisies
Mahlangu field hockey ball 28' Report

Classification stage[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 August 2018
 
 
 ––  Orange River Rafters2 (1)
 
26 August 2018
 
 ––  Madikwe Rangers (pen.)2 (3)
 
 ––  Madikwe Rangers0
 
25 August 2018
 
 ––  Blyde River Bunters1
 
 ––  Blyde River Bunters (pen.) 1 (3)
 
 
 ––  St. Lucia Lakers1 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
26 August 2018
 
 
 ––  Orange River Rafters0
 
 
  ––  St. Lucia Lakers3

Semi-finals[edit]

25 August 2018
10:00
 ––  Blyde River Bunters 1–1  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Smith field hockey ball 56' Report Anderson field hockey ball 35'
Penalties
Segaole Penalty shoot-out missed
Marais Penalty shoot-out scored
Verster Penalty shoot-out scored
Smith Penalty shoot-out missed
Van Heerden Penalty shoot-out scored 		3–2 Penalty shoot-out scored Botes
Penalty shoot-out missed Jones
Penalty shoot-out scored Fourie
Penalty shoot-out missed Wood
Penalty shoot-out missed Baxter
Umpires:
Lizé Strydom (RSA)
Melissa Taylor (RSA)
25 August 2018
14:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  1–1  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Maddocks field hockey ball 4'
Damons field hockey ball 16' 		Report Van Jaarsveldt field hockey ball 36'
Simmons field hockey ball 47'
Penalties
Maddocks Penalty shoot-out missed
Barnard Penalty shoot-out scored
Small Penalty shoot-out missed
Botha Penalty shoot-out missed 		1–3 Penalty shoot-out scored Deetlefs
Penalty shoot-out missed Bartsch
Penalty shoot-out missed Raubenheimer
Penalty shoot-out scored Janse van Vuren
Penalty shoot-out scored Van Jaarsveldt
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Wanri Venter (RSA)

Third place game[edit]

26 August 2018
10:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  1–1  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Report Baxter field hockey ball 12'
Jones field hockey ball 24'
Botes field hockey ball 45'
Umpires:
Melissa Taylor (RSA)
Lizé Strydom (RSA)

Final[edit]

26 August 2018
14:00
Madikwe Rangers  ––  0–1  ––  Blyde River Bunters
Report Verster field hockey ball 29'
Umpires:
Wanri Venter (RSA)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Awards[edit]

Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Top goalscorer Young Player of the tournament
Kara-Lee Botes (Lakers) Phumelela Mbande (Bunters) Carmen Smith (Bunters) Lezaan Jansen van Vuuren (Bunters)

[4]

Final ranking[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  ––  Blyde River Bunters
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  –– Madikwe Rangers
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
4  ––  Orange River Rafters
5  ––  Namaqualand Daisies
6  ––  Wineland Wings

Goalscorers[edit]

There have been 47 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: SAHA

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zaal, Nicholas (14 August 2018). "Randburg witnesses an action-packed first weekend of the Premier Hockey League". Randburg Sun. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ Villiers, Ockert De (26 August 2018). "PHL set for new champs". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ "CTM PHL 2018 ready to go after the Draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa". Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ "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.

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