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South Africa's national league, second season
The 2017 Women's Premier Hockey League was the second edition of South Africa 's national league. The tournament was held in Johannesburg at the Randburg Astro. The tournament started on 25 November and culminated on 12 December 2017.[2]
The Orange River Rafters won the tournament for the first time, defeating the St. Lucia Lakers 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished as a 0–0 draw.[3] [4]
Competition format [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
The following teams competed for the title:
Results [ edit ]
Pool stage [ edit ]
Source:
South African Hockey Association Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Fixtures [ edit ]
Umpires: Chantelle Britz (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)
Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Claire Cowan (RSA)
Umpires: Claire Cowan (RSA) Lizé Strydom (RSA)
Umpires: Andrea Nicholson (RSA) Wanri Venter (RSA)
Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Chantelle Britz (RSA)
Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Claire Cowan (RSA)
Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)
Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Wanri Venter (RSA)
Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Melissa Taylor (RSA)
Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Claire Cowan (RSA)
Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)
Umpires: Chantelle Britz (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)
Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)
Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Chantelle Britz (RSA)
Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)
Classification round [ edit ]
Semi-finals [ edit ]
Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Lizé Strydom (RSA)
Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)
Third and fourth place [ edit ]
Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Melissa Taylor (RSA)
Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)
Statistics [ edit ]
Final standings [ edit ]
Goalscorers [ edit ]
There were 52 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
Field hockey in South Africa
Governing bodies National teams
field hockey indoor hockey
Competitions