2018 Men's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

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.

Tournament details
Host countryJohannesburg
CitySouth Africa
Dates11 August 2018 (2018-08-11)–27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)
Teams6
Venue(s)Randburg Hockey Stadium
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jethro Eustice (Dragons) (6 goals)
Best playerJethro Eustice (Dragons)
Best young playerPeter Jarvis
Best goalkeeperSiya Nolutshungu (Gazelles)
2017 (previous) (next) 2019

The Drakensberg Dragons won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Addo Elephants 2–0 in the final.[1]

Competition format

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Format

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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

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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

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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

Head Coach: Cheslyn Gie

Results

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Pool stage

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Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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.

Matches

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11 August 2018
08:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 1-3 Mapungubwe Mambas
Forrest   38' Report Jonas   2'
Baiden   19'
Robinson   49'
11 August 2018
12:00
Addo Elephants 3-2 Drakensberg Dragons
Hykes   13'60+'
Manson   15'
Report Pretorius   26'
Pautz   42'
11 August 2018
16:00
Maropeng Cavemen 3-3 Garden Route Gazelles
Mackay   30'
Lion-Cachet   49'58'
Report Dlungwana   21'
Arendse   24'
Schooling   60'
Penalties
Hardnick  
Mackay  
Crowe  
Futcher  
Paulo  
4-3   Panther
  Coombes
  Dart
  Horne
  Abrahams

12 August 2018
10:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 3-3 Addo Elephants
Roman   2'
Dollman   7'
S. Mvimbi   32'
Report Hykes   21'25'
Manson   36'
Penalties
Pike  
Hobson  
Davies  
Sherwood  
February  
2-3   Hykes
  Sorenson
  da Graca
  Manson
12 August 2018
14:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 1-4 Maropeng Cavemen
Syce   21' Report Futcher   1'
York   4'
Thomo   22'
Paulo   41'

16 August 2018
08:00
Drakensberg Dragons 4-2 Garden Route Gazelles
Tyack   10'
Pautz   14'
Maddocks   45'
van Wyk   46'
Report Paton   2'
Beauchamp   11'
16 August 2018
14:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 3-1 Maropeng Cavemen
Makaba   1'
Dollman   18'
Cass   60'
Report Rosenberg   47'

16 August 2018
14:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 1-2 Addo Elephants
Gonzalves   28' Report Guise-Brown   29'
Malgraff   40'
17 August 2018
10:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 3-5 Garden Route Gazelles
S. Mvimbi   28'
Sherwood   35'0'
Report James   4'20'
Abrahams   23'
Paton   45'
Horne   46'
17 August 2018
14:00
Drakensberg Dragons 6-1 Maropeng Cavemen
Eustice   9'
Tyack   23'
Ryan   34'
Cairncross   46'
Jarvis   50'
Ntuli   59'
Report Futcher   26'

18 August 2018
10:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 1-3 Garden Route Gazelles
Syce   25' Report Beauchamp   1'
Panther   44'
Burger   47'
18 August 2018
14:00
Addo Elephants 2-1 Maropeng Cavemen
Malgraff   26'60' Report Futcher   55'
18 August 2018
16:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 0-2 Drakensberg Dragons
Report Pautz   21'50'

19 August 2018
10:00
Addo Elephants 1-3 Garden Route Gazelles
Malgraff   60' Report James   27'
Abrahams   53'
Mpopo   60'
19 August 2018
14:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 2-3 Drakensberg Dragons
Halle   54'
Jonas   57'
Report Mgobozi   26'
Pautz   35'
Letuka   47'

Classification stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
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

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25 August 2018
12:00
Addo Elephants 3-1 Garden Route Gazelles
Kimfley   47'
Guise-Brown   60'
Report Arendse   38'
25 August 2018
16:00
Drakensberg Dragons 2-0 Maropeng Cavemen
Ntuli   44'
Letuka   54'
Report

Third place game

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26 August 2018
12:00
Maropeng Cavemen 2-2 Garden Route Gazelles
Cleak   15'
Abrahams   53'
Report Abrahams   22'
James   37'
Penalties
Mackay  
Abrahams  
Crowe  
Futcher  
0-2   Mpopo
  Dlungwana
  Botma
  Arendse

Final

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26 August 2018
16:00
Drakensberg Dragons 2-0 Addo Elephants
Ntuli   3'
Pautz   20'
Report

Awards

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Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Top goalscorer Young Player of the tournament
Jethro Eustice (Dragons)[3] Siya Nolutshungu (Gazelles)[3] Richard Pautz (Dragons)[3] Peter Jarvis (Dragons)[3]

Final ranking

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Rank Team
  Drakensberg Dragons
  Addo Elephants
  Garden Route Gazelles
4 Maropeng Cavemen
5 Golden Gate Gladiators
6 Mapungubwe Mambas

Goalscorers

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There have been 63 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: SAHA

References

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  1. ^ Villiers, Ockert De (26 August 2018). "PHL set for new champs". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. ^ "CTM PHL 2018 ready to go after the Draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa". Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
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