2015–16 England Hockey League season

The 2015–2016 English Hockey League season took place from September 2015 until April 2016. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March.[1] The end of season playoffs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on the 16 & 17 of April.[2]

2015–16 England Hockey League
2014–15 (previous) (next) 2016–17

Wimbledon won the Men's Premier League title despite finishing fourth in the regular season league standings. Surbiton won the Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings.

The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Clifton. [3] [4]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

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Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Holcombe 18 13 5 0 57 24 33 44
2 Surbiton 18 12 1 5 67 46 21 37
3 Reading 18 10 2 6 51 41 11 32
4 Wimbledon 18 10 2 6 41 35 6 32
5 Brooklands Manchester University 18 7 4 7 49 46 3 25
6 Beeston 18 5 4 9 38 40 -2 19
7 Hampstead and Westminster 18 5 4 9 26 36 -10 19
8 East Grinstead 18 5 3 10 36 50 -14 18
9 Canterbury 18 5 1 12 32 58 -26 16
10 Cannock 18 4 2 12 45 66 -21 14
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away Bee Bro Can Can EG HW Hol Rea Sub Wim
Beeston 2–2 6–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–3 2–3 1–0
Brooklands MU 2–2 3–3 5–0 3–1 3–2 2–5 3–1 4–6 2–2
Cannock 2–1 6–4 2–4 4–3 1–2 2–3 2–6 3–6 2–4
Canterbury 4–3 3–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–4 4–2 0–4
East Grinstead 0–3 1–2 5–2 4–3 4–1 2–3 4–3 1–5 1–2
Hampstead and Westminster 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–4 2–2
Holcombe 4–1 3–1 4–1 7–2 3–0 1–1 3–3 3–1 3–1
Reading 3–2 3–1 3–2 4–0 2–4 1–0 2–2 1–2 5–3
Surbiton 4–3 3–5 5–3 6–2 7–0 4–2 1–1 5–4 2–3
Wimbledon 3–0 0–4 4–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–5 1–2 4–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

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[5]

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Surbiton 18 14 4 0 53 11 46
2 Canterbury 18 12 4 2 45 18 40
3 University of Birmingham 18 11 3 4 37 20 36
4 Holcombe 18 9 3 6 28 31 30
5 East Grinstead 18 7 4 7 36 30 25
6 Leicester 18 7 1 10 24 36 22
7 Clifton 18 5 3 10 30 46 18
8 Reading 18 4 2 12 24 44 13
9 Bowdon Hightown 18 4 1 13 21 44 13
10 Buckingham 18 3 3 12 19 37 12
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away Bow Buc Can Cli EG Hol Lei Rea Sub Bir
Bowdon Hightown 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–5 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–2
Buckingham 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–3 1–3 3–3 1–1 1–3 0–1
Canterbury 7–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–1
Clifton 2–1 2–1 0–4 3–0 2–3 2–6 1–3 1–4 2–4
East Grinstead 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 4–1 4–0 3–2 0–2 1–3
Holcombe 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–5 3–1
Leicester 0–2 2–0 0–4 4–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1
Reading 3–5 1–2 2–3 1–2 3–3 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–5
Surbiton 4–1 5–0 4–3 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 7–0 1–1
University of Birmingham 5–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


League Finals Weekend

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Semi-finals

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Division Team 1 Team 2 Score
Men's Premier Surbiton Reading 2-4
Men's Premier Holcombe Wimbledon 2-3
Women's Premier Surbiton Holcombe 2-0
Women's Premier Canterbury University of Birmingham 6-0

Finals

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Division Team 1 Team 2 Score
Men's Premier Wimbledon Reading 1-1 (4-3 p) [6]
Women's Premier Surbiton Holcombe 0-0 (3-1 p)


Men's Cup

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Chichester Havant 3-1
Beeston Sheffield University Bankers 2-1
City of Peterborough Banbury 5-2
Surbiton Univ of Birmingham 3-1

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston City of Peterborough 5-1
Chichester Surbiton 1-0

Final

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(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 14 February)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston Chichester 3-0


Women's Cup

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Brooklands Poynton Barnes 2-1
Holcombe Bowdon Hightown 1-0
Buckingham Ben Rhydding 3-2
Clifton Univ of Birmingham 3-2

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Buckingham Brooklands Poynton 5-1
Clifton Holcombe 3-1

Final

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(Held at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 30 April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Clifton Buckingham 1-0


References

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  1. ^ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  2. ^ "Results". England Hockey.
  3. ^ "2015–16 Men's Cup". England Hockey.
  4. ^ "2015–16 Women's Cup". England Hockey.
  5. ^ "2015–16 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  6. ^ "Wimbledon hold their nerve to capture crown". England Hockey.