The 2012 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 14th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in various cities across New Zealand, from 18 August to 2 September.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 18 August – 2 September | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue(s) | 9 (in 8 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | –– Auckland (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up | –– Southern | ||
| Third place | –– North Harbour | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 36 | ||
| Goals scored | 195 (5.42 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | –– Nicholas Wilson (12 goals) | ||
| Best player | –– Blair Tarrant | ||
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Auckland won the title for the third time, defeating Southern 2–1 in extra time.[1][2] North Harbour finished in third place, defeating Capital 6–5 in the third place match.[3]
Participating teams
editThe following eight teams competed for the title:
- –– Auckland
- –– Canterbury
- –– Capital
- –– Central
- –– Midlands
- –– Northland
- –– North Harbour
- –– Southern
Results
editAll times are local (NZST).
Preliminary round
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | –– Capital | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 20 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | –– North Harbour | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 18 | |
| 3 | –– Auckland | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 17 | |
| 4 | –– Southern | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 16 | |
| 5 | –– Midlands | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 16 | |
| 6 | –– Central | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 10 | |
| 7 | –– Canterbury | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 9 | |
| 8 | –– Northland | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 2 |
Source: Hockey New Zealand
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for; 6) field goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for; 6) field goals scored.
Fixtures
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Classification round
editFifth to eighth place classification
edit| Crossover | Fifth Place | |||||
| 1 September 2012 | ||||||
| –– Midlands | 9 | |||||
| 2 September 2012 | ||||||
| –– Northland | 2 | |||||
| –– Midlands | 1 | |||||
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| –– Central (a.e.t) | 2 | |||||
| –– Central (a.e.t) | 5 | |||||
| –– Canterbury | 4 | |||||
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| 2 September 2012 | ||||||
| –– Northland | 0 | |||||
| –– Canterbury | 5 | |||||
Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 1 September 2012 | ||||||
| –– Capital | 1 (4) | |||||
| 2 September 2012 | ||||||
| –– Southern (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||
| –– Southern | 1 | |||||
| 1 September 2012 | ||||||
| –– Auckland (a.e.t) | 2 | |||||
| –– North Harbour | 2 | |||||
| –– Auckland | 4 | |||||
| Third Place | ||||||
| 2 September 2012 | ||||||
| –– Capital | 5 | |||||
| –– North Harbour (a.e.t) | 6 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Statistics
editFinal standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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–– Auckland | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 25 | Gold Medal |
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–– Southern | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 18 | Silver Medal |
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–– North Harbour | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 22 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– Capital | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 21 | |
| 5 | –– Central | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 18 | |
| 6 | –– Midlands | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 20 | |
| 7 | –– Canterbury | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 13 | |
| 8 | –– Northland | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 51 | −40 | 2 |
Source: Hockey New Zealand
Goalscorers
editThere were 195 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match.
12 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
- –– David Kosoof
6 goals
- –– Jacob Smith
- –– Andrew Hayward
- –– Joseph Bartholomew
- –– Kane Russell
5 goals
- –– Joseph Crooks
- –– Samuel Miskimmin
- –– Benjamin Radovonich
- –– Trent Summers
- –– Cameron Hayde
4 goals
3 goals
- –– Thomas Wickham
- –– Jared Jones
- –– Ryan Cosgrove
- –– Robin Smith
- –– Nicholas Ross
- –– Lloyd Gurr
- –– Dion Watts
- –– Brennan Alexander-Parker
- –– Callum Bailey
2 goals
- –– Marcus Child
- –– Michael Ritchie
- –– Ryan Cocking
- –– William Davidson
- –– Mitchell Hayde
- –– Jason Hilton
- –– Andrew Ewington
- –– Richard Clark
- –– Thomas Ryan
- –– Samuel Webb
- –– Lucas Brill
- –– James Coughlan
- –– David Green
- –– Jan Peterson
- –– Christopher Ashton
- –– Jason Dungey
- –– Robert Paterson
1 goal
- –– Jonathon Bilkey
- –– Robert Creffer
- –– Ketan Hari
- –– Jignesh Keshoor
- –– Veeran Morar
- –– Arun Panchia
- –– Alexander Shaw
- –– Gareth Brooks
- –– James Kearney
- –– Mohammed Ali Rahman
- –– Redvers Wilbur
- –– Joel Baker
- –– Scott Barnett
- –– Steven Crossett
- –– Todd Gould
- –– Timothy Gyles
- –– Gabriel Kepes
- –– Dane Lett
- –– Fergus Watts
- –– Hoete Mitai-Ngatai
- –– Muhammed Tofeeq
- –– Simon Brill
- –– Sean Laidlaw
- –– Richard Storey
References
edit- ^ "Good times return for heavyweights". fieldhockey.com. Field Hockey. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Auckland claim men's national hockey title". stuff.co.nz. stuff. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "NHL 2012". hockeynz.co.nz. Hockey New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2021.