The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.
Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve teams. Below this is tier two, which consists of two ten-team Division One regional teams (North and South). The third tier consists of three regional conferences North, West, and East, all consisting of ten teams. The teams play each other home and away during an 18 week season from September to April. The league has a winter break between December and February. The winners of the Premier Division regular season automatically qualify to play in the Euro Hockey League.
League Finals Weekend The top four Premier Division teams from the regular season qualify for the League Finals Weekend. The team that wins this tournament will be overall champions of the Men's England Hockey League and will qualify to play in the Euro Hockey League. If the team finishing top of the Premier Division at the end of the regular season also wins the League Finals Weekend tournament, the tournament runners-up will qualify as England's second team in the Euro Hockey League.
2025–26 teams
List of champions The Men's National League was introduced for the first time in 1974–75. Season Champions Runners Up 1974–75 Bedfordshire Eagles (1) Southgate 1975–76 Slough (1) Bury St Edmunds YMCA 1976–77 Southgate (1) Bedfordshire Eagles 1977–78 Southgate (2) Trojans 1978–79 Isca (1) Westcliff 1979–80 Slough (2) Westcliff 1980–81 Slough (3) Westcliff 1981–82 Slough (4) Cambridge City 1982–83 Slough (5) Fareham 1983–84 Neston (1) Lyons 1984–85 East Grinstead (1) Slough 1985–86 East Grinstead (2) Isca 1986–87 Slough (6) Old Loughtonians 1987–88 Southgate (3) Stourport 1988–89 Southgate (4) Havant 1989–90 Hounslow (1) East Grinstead 1990–91 Havant (1) Indian Gymkhana 1991–92 Havant (2) Hounslow 1992–93 Hounslow (2) Southgate 1993–94 Havant (3) Hounslow 1994–95 Teddington (1) Reading 1995–96 Cannock (1) Reading 1996–97 Reading (1) Teddington 1997–98 Cannock (2) Canterbury 1998–99 Cannock (3) Southgate 1999–2000 Canterbury (1) Cannock 2000–01 Reading (2) Surbiton 2001–02 Reading (3) Surbiton 2002–03 Cannock (4) Reading 2003–04 Cannock (5) Reading 2004–05 Cannock (6) Reading 2005–06 Cannock (7) Surbiton 2006–07 Reading (4) Cannock 2007–08 Reading (5) East Grinstead 2008–09 East Grinstead (2) Reading 2009–10 East Grinstead (3) Beeston 2010–11 Beeston (1) East Grinstead 2011–12 Reading (6) East Grinstead 2012–13 Beeston (2) Surbiton 2013–14 Beeston (3) East Grinstead 2014–15 Wimbledon (1) East Grinstead 2015–16 Wimbledon (2) Reading 2016–17 Surbiton (1) Wimbledon 2017–18 Surbiton (2) Hampstead & Westminster 2018–19 Hampstead & Westminster (1)Surbiton 2019–20 Surbiton (3)Hampstead & Westminster 2020–21Cancelled due to COVID-19 2021–22Old Georgians (1)Wimbledon 2022–23Old Georgians (2)Holcombe2023–24Old Georgians (3)Surbiton2024–25Surbiton (4)Old Georgians 2025–26Old Georgians (4) Wimbledon
Champions By club ClubChampionshipsRunners-upWinning seasons Cannock 7 2 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 Reading 6 7 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12 Slough 6 1 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87 East Grinstead 4 6 1984–85, 1985–86, 2008–09, 2009–10 Southgate 4 3 1976–77, 1977–78, 1987–88, 1988–89 Surbiton 4 6 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2024-25 Old Georgians 4 1 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023-24, 2024-25 Havant 3 1 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94 Beeston 3 1 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14 Hounslow 2 2 1989–90, 1992–93 Wimbledon 2 1 2014–15, 2015–16 Hampstead & Westminster 1 2 2018–19 Bedfordshire Eagles 1 1 1974–75 Isca 1 1 1978–79 Teddington 1 1 1994–95 Canterbury 1 1 1999–2000 Neston 1 0 1983–84 Westcliff 0 2 Bury St Edmunds YMCA 0 1 Trojans 0 1 Cambridge City 0 1 Fareham 0 1 Lyons 0 1 Old Loughtonians 0 1 Stourport 0 1 Indian Gymkhana 0 1 Holcombe 01
By region RegionChampionshipsClubs South East England 28 Reading (6), Slough (6), East Grinstead (4), Surbiton (4), Old Georgians (4), Havant (3), Canterbury (1) Greater London 10 Southgate (4), Hounslow (2), Wimbledon (2), Teddington (1), Hampstead & Westminster (1) West Midlands 7 Cannock (7) East Midlands 3 Beeston (3) South West England 1 Isca (1) North West England 1 Neston (1) East of England 1 Bedfordshire Eagles (1)
Premiership Tournament/Super Cup winners Season Champions Runners Up 1998–99 Cannock Reading 1999–2000 Cannock Canterbury 2000–01 Surbiton Guildford 2001–02 Reading Surbiton 2002–03 Reading Loughborough Students 2003–04 Reading Cannock 2004–05 Cannock Reading 2005–06 Reading Surbiton
See also England Hockey Men's Championship Cup Women's England Hockey League England Hockey Women's Championship Cup
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