The 2019 Women's Premier Hockey League was the 4th edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament in women's field hockey championship of South Africa.
Competition format Format The 2019 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 were 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 2018 squads ahead of the draft.
Head Coach: Marcelle Keet
Head Coach: Sandile Bosman
Head Coach: Bevan Bennet
Head Coach: Shaun Hulley
Head Coach: Tarrin Ramsden
Head Coach: Ryan Pillay
Results Pool stage
Matches
Classification stage
Semi-finals
Third place game
Final
Awards Player of the tournamentGoalkeeper of the tournamentTop goalscorerYoung Player of the tournament Lisa-Marie Deetlefs (Rangers) Mmatshepo Modipane (Rangers) Sylvia van Jaarsveldt (Wings)Bianca Wood (Daisies)
Final ranking Rank Team Madikwe Rangers Wineland Wings Orange River Rafters 4 Namaqualand Daisies 5 Blyde River Bunters 6 St. Lucia Lakers
Goalscorers
References
External links 2019 PHL Women at South African Hockey Association