The Premier Hockey League (PHL) is a field hockey competition organised by South African Hockey Association.
Format All matches for PHL will be played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium in Johannesburg – on a Saturday and Sunday. The event consists of a league stage and a play-off stage: Each team will play each other once in the league stage. This means each team will play 5 games. The teams who finish 5th and 6th respectively in the log, at the end of the league stage, will be knocked out of the competition. The top four teams in the log will progress to the semi-finals. The losing semi-finalists will play-off for 3rd and 4th respectively and the winning semi-finalists will progress to the finals of the men’s and women’s competitions.
The team identities have been inspired by famous tourist areas in South Africa and are representative of all nine Provinces. Teams
Men + Caption Team famous tourist Provinces Addo Elephants Addo Elephant National Park Eastern Cape Drakensberg Dragons uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park KwaZulu-Natal Garden Route Gazelles Garden Route Western Cape Golden Gate Gladiators Golden Gate Highlands National Park Free State Mapungubwe Mambas Mapungubwe National Park Limpopo Maropeng Cavemen Maropeng Visitors Centre, Cradle of Humankind Gauteng
Women + Caption Team famous tourist Provinces Blyde River Bunters Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve Mpumalanga Madikwe Rangers Madikwe Game Reserve North West Province Namaqualand Daisies Namaqua National Park Northern Cape Orange River Rafters Orange River Free State Northern Cape St. Lucia Lakers Lake St. Lucia KwaZulu-Natal Wineland Wings South Africa wine Western Cape
Men's tournament Summaries YearGold Medal MatchThird and FourthChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place2016 Maropeng Cavemen2–0 Addo Elephants Golden Gate Gladiators3–1 Garden Route Gazelles2017 Maropeng Cavemen3–0 Drakensberg Dragons Mapungubwe Mambas2–1 Addo Elephants2018 Drakensberg Dragons2–0 Addo Elephants Garden Route Gazelles2–2(0–2) penalty shootout Maropeng Cavemen2019 Drakensberg Dragons4–0 Mapungubwe Mambas Garden Route Gazelles3–2 Maropeng Cavemen
Awards
YearPlayer of the tournamentGoalkeeper of the tournamentTop goalscorerYoung Player of the tournament 2016 Ignatius Malgraff2017 Miguel da Graca Gowan Jones Courtney Halle Tyson Dlungwana2018 Jethro Eustice Siya Nolutshungu Richard Pautz Peter Jarvis 2019 Nqobile Ntuli Rob Mckinley Keegan Hezlett Mustaphaa Cassiem
Women's tournament Summaries YearGold Medal MatchThird and FourthChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place2016 Blyde River Bunters2–0 Madikwe Rangers Wineland Wings3–2 St. Lucia Lakers2017 Orange River Rafters 0–0(2–3) penalty shootout St. Lucia Lakers Blyde River Bunters1–0 Namaqualand Daisies2018 Blyde River Bunters1–0 Madikwe Rangers St. Lucia Lakers3–0 Orange River Rafters2019 Madikwe Rangers1–1(3–2) penalty shootout Wineland Wings Orange River Rafters4–1 Namaqualand Daisies
Awards
YearPlayer of the tournamentGoalkeeper of the tournamentTop goalscorerYoung Player of the tournament 2016 Jacinta Jubb2017 Kristen Paton Nicole La Fleur Sulette Damons Tiffany Jones Ongi Mali 2018 Kara-Lee Botes Phumelela Mbande Carmen Smith Lezaan Jansen van Vuuren 2019 Lisa-Marie Deetlefs Mmatshepo Modipane Sylvia van Jaarsveldt Bianca Wood
Broadcasting SuperSport
See also Hockey India League Hockey One
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