The 2017 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 2nd edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.
The Maropeng Cavemen won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Drakensberg Dragons 3–0 in the final.
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.
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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 Gowan Jones Courtney Halle Tyson Dlungwana
Final ranking Rank Team Maropeng Cavemen Drakensberg Dragons Mapungubwe Mambas 4 Addo Elephants 5 Garden Route Gazelles 6 Golden Gate Gladiators
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References
External links 2017 PHL Men at South African Hockey Association