2018 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

The 2018 Women's Premier Hockey League was the 3rd edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa.[1]

Tournament details
Host countryJohannesburg
CitySouth Africa
Dates18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)–4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)
Teams6
Venue(s)Randburg Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions ––  Blyde River Bunters
Runner-up ––  Madikwe Rangers
Third place ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) ––  Carmen Smith (5 goals)
Best player ––  Kara-Lee Botes
Best young player ––  Lezaan Jansen van Vuuren
Best goalkeeper ––  Phumelela Mbande
2017 (previous) (next) 2019

The Blyde River Bunters won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Madikwe Rangers 1–0 in the final.[2]

Competition format

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Format

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The 2018 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

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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

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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.[3]

Blyde River Bunters

Head Coach: Marcelle Keet

Results

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Pool stage

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Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  ––  Orange River Rafters 5 5 0 0 0 10 3 +7 15 Semi-Final
2  ––  Blyde River Bunters 5 4 0 0 1 6 3 +3 12
3  ––  St. Lucia Lakers 5 3 0 0 2 4 4 0 9
4  ––  Madikwe Rangers 5 1 1 0 3 5 6 −1 6
5  ––  Namaqualand Daisies 5 0 1 0 4 2 9 −7 3
6  ––  Wineland Wings 5 0 0 2 3 3 6 −3 2
Source: SA Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Matches

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11 August 2018
10:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  3-2  ––  Wineland Wings
Walraven   15'
Hartel   29'
Martin   31'
Report Glasby   1'46'
11 August 2018
14:00
Blyde River Bunters  ––  1-0  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Kungoane   33' Report

12 August 2018
08:00
Namaqualand Daisies  ––  1-2  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Marks   53' Report Hill   10'
Botes   48'
12 August 2018
12:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  3-1  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Damons   10'
Mahlangu   11'
Minnaar   20'
Report Deetlefs   13'
12 August 2018
16:00
Blyde River Bunters  ––  2–1  ––  Wineland Wings
Smith   11'
Segaole   23'
Report Glasby   10'

16 August 2018
10:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  2–0  ––  Blyde River Bunters
Mahlangu   18'
Barnard   49'
Report
16 August 2018
12:00
Namaqualand Daisies  ––  1–4  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Nina   23' Report van Jaarsveldt   42'45'
Veto   55'
Deetlefs   57'
16 August 2018
16:00
St. Lucia Lakers  ––  1–0  ––  Wineland Wings
Fourie   27' Report

17 August 2018
12:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  1–0  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Botha   35' Report
17 August 2018
16:00
Namaqualand Daisies  ––  1–1  ––  Wineland Wings
Esteves   43' Report Lardant   24'
Penalties
Jubb  
Nina  
Marks  
Esteves  
3–1   Glasby
  Molikoe
  Sivertsen
  Lardant

18 August 2018
08:00
Blyde River Bunters  ––  2–0  ––  Namaqualand Daisies
Smith   39'
Kungoane   59'
Report
18 August 2018
12:00
St. Lucia Lakers  ––  1–0  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Fourie   28' Report

19 August 2018
08:00
Madikwe Rangers  ––  2–2  ––  Wineland Wings
Paton   40'60' Report Manuel   1'
Botha   36'
Penalties
Deetlefs  
Bartsch  
Isabella  
van Jaarsveldt  
Paton  
3–1   Johnson
  Glasby
  Sivertsen
  Manuel
19 August 2018
12:00
Blyde River Bunters  ––  2–0  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Smith   39'54' Report
19 August 2018
16:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  1–0  ––  Namaqualand Daisies
Mahlangu   28' Report

Classification stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 August 2018
 
 
 ––  Orange River Rafters2 (1)
 
26 August 2018
 
 ––  Madikwe Rangers (pen.)2 (3)
 
 ––  Madikwe Rangers0
 
25 August 2018
 
 ––  Blyde River Bunters1
 
 ––  Blyde River Bunters (pen.) 1 (3)
 
 
 ––  St. Lucia Lakers1 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
26 August 2018
 
 
 ––  Orange River Rafters0
 
 
 ––  St. Lucia Lakers3

Semi-finals

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25 August 2018
10:00
 ––  Blyde River Bunters 1–1  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Smith   56' Report Anderson   35'
Penalties
Segaole  
Marais  
Verster  
Smith  
Van Heerden  
3–2   Botes
  Jones
  Fourie
  Wood
  Baxter
Umpires:
Lizé Strydom (RSA)
Melissa Taylor (RSA)

25 August 2018
14:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  1–1  ––  Madikwe Rangers
Maddocks   4'
Damons   16'
Report Van Jaarsveldt   36'
Simmons   47'
Penalties
Maddocks  
Barnard  
Small  
Botha  
1–3   Deetlefs
  Bartsch
  Raubenheimer
  Janse van Vuren
  Van Jaarsveldt
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Wanri Venter (RSA)

Third place game

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26 August 2018
10:00
Orange River Rafters  ––  1–1  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
Report Baxter   12'
Jones   24'
Botes   45'
Umpires:
Melissa Taylor (RSA)
Lizé Strydom (RSA)

Final

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26 August 2018
14:00
Madikwe Rangers  ––  0–1  ––  Blyde River Bunters
Report Verster   29'
Umpires:
Wanri Venter (RSA)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Awards

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Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Top goalscorer Young Player of the tournament
Kara-Lee Botes (Lakers) Phumelela Mbande (Bunters) Carmen Smith (Bunters) Lezaan Jansen van Vuuren (Bunters)

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Final ranking

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Rank Team
   ––  Blyde River Bunters
   –– Madikwe Rangers
   ––  St. Lucia Lakers
4  ––  Orange River Rafters
5  ––  Namaqualand Daisies
6  ––  Wineland Wings

Goalscorers

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There have been 47 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: SAHA

References

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  1. ^ Zaal, Nicholas (14 August 2018). "Randburg witnesses an action-packed first weekend of the Premier Hockey League". Randburg Sun. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ Villiers, Ockert De (26 August 2018). "PHL set for new champs". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ "CTM PHL 2018 ready to go after the Draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa". Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ "The Blyde River Bunters and the Drakensberg Dragons are 2018 CTM Premier Hockey League Champions - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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