2019 Men's Premier Hockey League
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
ChampionsDrakensberg Dragons
Runner-upMapungubwe Mambas
Third placeGarden Route Gazelles
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored102 (5.37 per match)
Top scorer(s)Keegan Hezlett (5 goals)
Best playerNqobile Ntuli
Best young playerMustaphaa Cassiem
Best goalkeeperRob McKinley
← 2018 (previous)

The 2019 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 4th edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.[1]

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.[2]

Addo Elephants

Head Coach: Cheslyn Gie

  1. Onke Letuka
  2. Matthew Davies
  3. Lungani Gabela
  4. Aiden Tun
  5. Zamo Ngubo
  6. Chris Makaba
  7. Reza Rosenberg
  8. Cerezo Comerasamy
  9. Jared de Kock
  10. Cody Posthumus
  11. Andrew Buckley
  12. Bjorn Sorenson
  13. Rusten Abrahams
  14. Laython Coombs
  15. Sinoxolo Mbekeni
  16. Gareth Heyns
  17. Julian Hykes (C)
  18. Chad Futcher
  19. Matthew Martins (GK)
  20. Liyabona Sigwabe
Drakensberg Dragons

Head Coach: Siphesihle Ntuli

  1. Jethro Eustice (C)
  2. Ross Hetem
  3. Cody van Wyk
  4. Melrick Maddocks
  5. Dylan Swanepoel
  6. Suubi Mugerwa-Sekawabe
  7. Amkelwe Letuka
  8. Nqobile Ntuli
  9. Trevor de Lora
  10. Chad Cairncross
  11. Ignatius Malgraff
  12. Mattew de Sousa
  13. Miguel da Graca
  14. Francois Pretorius
  15. Ryan Crowe
  16. Richard Pautz
  17. Pierre Botma
  18. Andile Ndlovu
  19. Cameron Ryan
  20. Gowan Jones (C, GK)
  21. Sizwe Mthembu (GK)
Golden Gate Gladiators

Head Coach:Neville Rothman

  1. Taine Bird
  2. Mpumelelo Maphumula
  3. Tumi Ramphele
  4. Angelo Walstroom
  5. Tevin Peterson
  6. Luke Wynford
  7. Idrees Abdulla
  8. Michael Horan
  9. Matthew Dewar
  10. Jared Campbell
  11. Michael van den Berg
  12. Guy Morgan
  13. Michael Newland-Nel
  14. Sam Mvimbi
  15. Peter Jarvis
  16. Jacques van Tonder
  17. Clayton Saker
  18. Bayanda Simetu
  19. Kyle Coker
Garden Route Gazelles

Head Coach: Ashlin Freddy

  1. Siya Nolutshungu (GK)
  2. Brandon James
  3. Senswesihle Ngubane
  4. Hans Neethling
  5. Berne Burger
  6. Daniel Sibbald
  7. Marvin Simmons
  8. Keenan Horne (C)
  9. Lance Louw
  10. Jonty Robinson (C)
  11. Taylor Dart
  12. Dayne Samboer
  13. Charlie Bowren
  14. Taine Paton
  15. Jayson Reed
  16. Brett Walraven
  17. Connor Beauchamp
  18. Reece Arendse
  19. Kewan Harries
  20. Abenathi Botha
  21. Sizwe Mthembu (GK)
Maropeng Cavemen

Head Coach: Mark Sanders

  1. Dayaan Cassiem
  2. Gerald Mpopo
  3. James Watters
  4. Michael Abrahams
  5. Lethu Thomo
  6. Cameron Mackay
  7. Spencer Botes
  8. Mark Chong
  9. Keegan Hezlett
  10. Callum Buchanan
  11. Nicholas Pio
  12. Donovan Cheng
  13. Clinton Panther
  14. Joshua Finlay
  15. Nduduzo Lembethe
  16. Brynn Cleak
  17. Adrian Abrahams
  18. Courtney Halle
  19. Rassie Pieterse
  20. Craig Wiid
Mapungubwe Mambas

Head Coach: Lungile Tsolekile

  1. Rob Mckinley (GK)
  2. Luthando Jonas
  3. Ryan Mann
  4. Wade Dollman
  5. Tevin Kok
  6. Owen Mvimbi (C)
  7. Caleb Syce
  8. Cole Walbrugh
  9. Niel Raath
  10. Greg Last (C)
  11. Mjekejwa Mohlaba
  12. Michael Marki
  13. Ross Gonzalves
  14. Ryan Julius
  15. Damian Kimfley
  16. Matt Brown
  17. Tommy Hammond
  18. Mustaphaa Cassiem
  19. Robin Jones
  20. Bulelani Ngqukuvana

Results

Pool stage

Pos Team Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  ––  Mapungubwe Mambas 5 4 1 0 0 16 7 +9 15 Semi-Final
2  ––  Drakensberg Dragons 5 2 1 0 2 17 12 +5 9
3  ––  Garden Route Gazelles 5 2 0 1 2 19 12 +7 7
4  ––  Maropeng Cavemen 5 3 0 0 2 14 14 0 9
5  ––  Addo Elephants 5 2 0 0 3 15 17 −2 6
6  ––  Golden Gate Gladiators 5 0 0 1 4 6 26 −20 1
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

18 July 2019
10:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 2–2 Mapungubwe Mambas
Ramphele field hockey ball 23'
S. Mvimbi field hockey ball 30'		 Report Last field hockey ball 38'
Jonas field hockey ball 44'
Penalties
van den Berg Penalty shoot-out missed
van Tonder Penalty shoot-out scored
Saker Penalty shoot-out missed
Abdulla Penalty shoot-out missed		 1–3 Penalty shoot-out missed Mann
Penalty shoot-out missed O. Mvimbi
Penalty shoot-out scored Jonas
Penalty shoot-out scored M. Cassiem
Penalty shoot-out scored Gonzalves
18 July 2019
14:00
Maropeng Cavemen 2–1 Garden Route Gazelles
Mackay field hockey ball 34'
Botes field hockey ball 39'		 Report Sibbald field hockey ball 38'
18 July 2019
18:00
Addo Elephants 1–4 Drakensberg Dragons
Mbekeni field hockey ball 56' Report Pautz field hockey ball 4', 19'
Botma field hockey ball 39', 53'
19 July 2019
10:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 0-5 Addo Elephants
Report Rosenberg field hockey ball 27'
Comerasamy field hockey ball 34', 49'
Mbekeni field hockey ball 55'
Hykes field hockey ball 59'
18 July 2019
14:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 2-1 Maropeng Cavemen
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 7'
Kok field hockey ball 56'		 Report Wiid field hockey ball 57'
20 July 2019
12:00
Drakensberg Dragons 4-4 Garden Route Gazelles
Crowe field hockey ball 13'
Ntuli field hockey ball 50'
Botma field hockey ball 55'
da Graca field hockey ball 60'		 Report James field hockey ball 44'
Beauchamp field hockey ball 48'
Burger field hockey ball 54'
Neethling field hockey ball 58'
Penalties
van Wyk Penalty shoot-out scored
Botma Penalty shoot-out missed
Crowe Penalty shoot-out scored
Ntuli Penalty shoot-out scored		 3-0 Penalty shoot-out missed Samboer
Penalty shoot-out missed Dart
Penalty shoot-out missed Simmons
20 July 2019
16:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 3-5 Maropeng Cavemen
Abdulla field hockey ball 35'
Walstroom field hockey ball 51'
Ramphele field hockey ball 58'		 Report Hezlett field hockey ball 24', 45'
Wiid field hockey ball 35'
Mackay field hockey ball 37'
Mpopo field hockey ball 45'
21 July 2019
08:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 1-7 Garden Route Gazelles
S. Mvimbi field hockey ball 4' Report Neethling field hockey ball 1'
Ngubane field hockey ball 3'
Louw field hockey ball 5'
Beauchamp field hockey ball 9', 48'
Burger field hockey ball 27'
Simmons field hockey ball 42'
21 July 2019
10:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 5-1 Addo Elephants
Dollman field hockey ball 16', 40'
Brown field hockey ball 24'
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 36'
Kok field hockey ball 55'		 Report Futcher field hockey ball 10'
21 July 2019
16:00
Drakensberg Dragons 2-3 Maropeng Cavemen
Cairncross field hockey ball 28'
Malgraff field hockey ball 41'		 Report D. Cassiem field hockey ball 36'
Hezlett field hockey ball 48'
Halle field hockey ball 57'
27 July 2019
12:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 3-2 Garden Route Gazelles
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 17'
O. Mvimbi field hockey ball 27'
Dollman field hockey ball 45'		 Report James field hockey ball 53'
Simmons field hockey ball 57'
27 July 2019
16:00
Addo Elephants 6-3 Maropeng Cavemen
Comerasamy field hockey ball 4', 44'
Hykes field hockey ball 6', 15', 52'
Mbekeni field hockey ball 38'		 Report Abrahams field hockey ball 6'
Hezlett field hockey ball 27'
Halle field hockey ball 36'
27 July 2019
18:00
Golden Gate Gladiators 0-6 Drakensberg Dragons
Report Crowe field hockey ball 2'
Swanepoel field hockey ball 5'
Malgraff field hockey ball 29', 54'
Pautz field hockey ball 32'
Hetem field hockey ball 42'
28 July 2019
12:00
Addo Elephants 2-5 Garden Route Gazelles
Rosenberg field hockey ball 12'
Heyns field hockey ball 43'		 Report Beauchamp field hockey ball 6'
Horne field hockey ball 13'
Paton field hockey ball 30'
Arendse field hockey ball 41'
Simmons field hockey ball 47'
28 July 2019
14:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 4-1 Drakensberg Dragons
Raath field hockey ball 4'
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 52'
Gonzalves field hockey ball 55'
Syce field hockey ball 59'		 Report Swanepoel field hockey ball 7'

Classification stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 August 2019
 
 
Drakensberg Dragons3
 
4 August 2019
 
Maropeng Cavemen1
 
Drakensberg Dragons4
 
3 August 2019
 
Mapungubwe Mambas 0
 
Mapungubwe Mambas (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
 
Garden Route Gazelles1(0)
 
Third place
 
 
4 August 2019
 
 
Maropeng Cavemen2
 
 
Garden Route Gazelles3

Semi-finals

3 August 2019
14:00
Drakensberg Dragons 3-1 Maropeng Cavemen
Ntuli field hockey ball 12'
Hetem field hockey ball 36'
Letuka field hockey ball 51'		 Report Buchanan field hockey ball 33'
3 August 2019
16:00
Mapungubwe Mambas 1-1 Garden Route Gazelles
Jonas field hockey ball 6' Report Horne field hockey ball 56'
Penalties
Mann Penalty shoot-out scored
M. Cassiem Penalty shoot-out scored
Julius Penalty shoot-out scored		 3-0 Penalty shoot-out missed Louw
Penalty shoot-out missed Horne
Penalty shoot-out missed Simmons

Third place game

4 August 2019
12:00
Maropeng Cavemen 2-3 Garden Route Gazelles
D. Cassiem field hockey ball 3'
Hezlett field hockey ball 28'		 Report Horne field hockey ball 2'
James field hockey ball 2'
Arendse field hockey ball 34'

Final

4 August 2019
Drakensberg Dragons 4-0 Mapungubwe Mambas
da Graca field hockey ball 3'
Ntuli field hockey ball 32', 49'
Pautz field hockey ball 34'		 Report

[3]

Awards

Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Top goalscorer Young Player of the tournament
Nqobile Ntuli (Dragons)[4] Rob Mckinley (Mambas)[4] Keegan Hezlett (Cavemen)[4] Mustaphaa Cassiem (Mambas)[4]

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)Drakensberg Dragons
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Mapungubwe Mambas
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Garden Route Gazelles
4Maropeng Cavemen
5Addo Elephants
6Golden Gate Gladiators

Goalscorers

There have been 102 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 5.37 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: SAHA

References

  1. ↑ Zaal, Nicholas (18 August 2019). "Hockey finals blitz". Randburg Sun. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "THE CTM PHL for 2019 ready to go after draft completed - Premiere Hockey League (PHL) - South Africa". Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ↑ van Schalkwyk, Annette (7 August 2019). "GALLERY: Worthy champions after best of battles in PHL". Comaro Chronicle. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "CTM PHL 2019 ends with two worthy champions - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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