2017 Men's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

The 2017 Men's Premier Hockey League will be the 2th edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.

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)
2016 (previous) (next) 2018

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

Competition format

Format

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

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

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

Pool stage

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

25 November 2017
08:00
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  4-0  ––  Addo Elephants
Heyns  23'
Letuka  25'
Swanepoel  0'
Ntuli  48'
Report
25 November 2017
12:00
Maropeng Cavemen  ––  0-0  ––  Garden Route Gazelles
Report
Penalties
da Graca
Abrahams
Gabela
Modise
Futcher
1-2 Burger
Coombes
Norris-Jones
Julius
Mpopo
25 November 2017
16:00
Golden Gate Gladiators  ––  1-6  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Beauchamp  20' Report Abrahams  9'
Scott  0'
Jones  27', 32', 58'
Paulo  43'

26 November 2017
10:00
Maropeng Cavemen  ––  3-2  ––  Addo Elephants
West  25', 55'
Gabela  44'
Report Hykes  3'
Malgraff  36'
26 November 2017
12:00
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  2-2  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators
de Sousa  33'
Heyns  48'
Report Halle  26'
Beauchamp  55'
Penalties
Maddocks
de Sousa
Dart
Gonzalves
Philips
3-1 Coombs
Cassiem
Pike
Hobson

2 December 2017
10:00
Garden Route Gazelles  ––  0-3  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Report Pretorius  27'
Last  29'
Buchanan  40'
2 December 2017
14:00
Addo Elephants  ––  4-2  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators
Christoffels  13'
Mbekeni  16'
Kimfley  26'
Hykes  31'
Report Beauchamp  53'
Mohlaba  56'

3 December 2017
08:00
Addo Elephants  ––  0-1  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Report Last  28'
3 December 2017
12:00
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  0-3  ––  Maropeng Cavemen
Report West  12'
Futcher  24'
Modise  60'
3 December 2017
16:00
Garden Route Gazelles  ––  3-6  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators
De Voux  3'
James  9'
Norris-Jones  17'
Report Coombs  21'
Chong  35'
Halle  37', 41'
Pike  40'
Beauchamp  53'

9 December 2017
08:00
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  2-1  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Smith  6'
Heyns  42'
Report Gonzalves  34'
9 December 2017
12:00
Maropeng Cavemen  ––  6-2  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators
Comerasamy  5'
Panther  12'
Abrahams  25'
da Graca  36'
Robertson  46'
Cleak  56'
Report Halle  35', 50'
9 December 2017
16:00
Addo Elephants  ––  4-0  ––  Garden Route Gazelles
Christoffels  9'
Mbekeni  45'
Bosman  57'
Kimfley  59'
Report

10 December 2017
10:00
MC 2-0  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas
Futcher  4'
Comerasamy  41'
Report
10 December 2017
14:0
Drakensberg Dragons  ––  0-0  ––  Garden Route Gazelles
Report
Penalties
Gonzalves
Letuka
Dart
Ntuli
2-4 de Voux
Coombes
Horne
Mulder

Classification stage

 
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

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Awards

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

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

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

  •  –– Courtney Halle

4 goals

  •  –– Connor Beauchamp

3 goals

  •  –– Gareth Heyns
  •  –– Austin Smith
  •  –– Jarryd Jones
  •  –– Greg Last
  •  –– Michael Abrahams
  •  –– Cerezo Comerasamy
  •  –– Lance Louw
  •  –– Ricky West

2 goals

  •  –– Winray Christoffels
  •  –– Julian Hykes
  •  –– Damian Kimfley
  •  –– Ignatius Malgraff
  •  –– Sinoxolo Mbekeni
  •  –– Nqobile Ntuli
  •  –– Mattew de Sousa
  •  –– Steven Paulo
  •  –– Brynn Cleak
  •  –– Chad Futcher
  •  –– Miguel da Graca

1 goal

  •  –– Reberto Bosman
  •  –– Andrew Manson
  •  –– Nick Gonzalves
  •  –– Amkelwe Letuka
  •  –– Dylan Swanepoel
  •  –– Brandon James
  •  –– Lloyd Norris-Jones
  •  –– Jean-Pierre de Voux
  •  –– Mark Chong
  •  –– Laython Coombs
  •  –– Jacki Mohlaba
  •  –– Maximilian Pike
  •  –– Rusten Abrahams
  •  –– Callum Buchanan
  •  –– Ross Gonzalves
  •  –– Ross Hetem
  •  –– Owen Mvimbi
  •  –– Francois Pretorius
  •  –– Winchester Scott
  •  –– Lungani Gabela
  •  –– Thabang Modise
  •  –– Clinton Panther
  •  –– Brad Robertson
  •  –– Hendy Seerane

Source: SAHA

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