# 2000–01 England Hockey League season

The 2000–01 English Hockey League season took place from September 2000 until April 2001.
The men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Leicester. There were no playoffs to determine champions after the regular season but there was a competition for the top four clubs called the Premiership tournament which culminated with men's & women's finals on 22 April. Surbiton won the men's Premiership tournament and Slough claimed the women's premiership tournament.
The Men's Cup was won by Guildford and the Women's Cup was won by Slough.

## Men's Premier Division League Standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Reading | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | Surbiton | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 36 | 26 | 39 |
| 3 | Cannock | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 65 | 36 | 29 | 37 |
| 4 | Guildford | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 41 | -6 | 24 |
| 5 | Old Loughtonians | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 41 | -12 | 23 |
| 6 | Southgate | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 50 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Loughborough Students | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 44 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Canterbury | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 46 | -12 | 19 |
| 9 | Teddington | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 15 |
| 10 | Bournville | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 63 | -29 | 13 |
* = Champions
* = Qualified for Premiership tournament
* = Relegated

## Women's Premier Division League Standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Leicester | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Ipswich | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 25 | 37 |
| 3 | Slough | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 35 | 32 |
| 4 | Clifton | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 32 |
| 5 | Olton & West Warwicks | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 28 |
| 6 | Canterbury | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 23 |
| 7 | Hightown | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 39 | 20 |
| 8 | Chelmsford | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 17 |
| 9 | Sutton Coldfield | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 49 | 13 |
| 10 | Loughborough Students | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 12 |
* = Champions
* = Qualified for Premiership tournament
* = Relegated

## Men's Premiership Tournament

| Round | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| First round | Apr 7 | Cannock | Guildford | 3-3 (4-5 p) |
| Positional | Apr 7 | Reading | Surbiton | 2-3 |
| Second round | Apr 8 | Guildford | Reading | 1-0 |
| Final | Apr 22 | Surbiton | Guildford | 1-0 |

## Women's Premiership Tournament

| Round | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| First round | Apr 7 | Slough | Clifton | 1-1 (4-2 p) |
| Positional | Apr 7 | Ipswich | Leicester | 1-0 |
| Second round | Apr 8 | Slough | Leicester | 2-0 |
| Final | Apr 22 | Slough | Ipswich | 3-1 |

## Men's Cup (EHA Cup)
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| St.Albans | Reading | 2-4 |
| Guildford | Southgate | 2-0 |
| Teddington | Canterbury | 2-3 |
| Chelmsford | Surbiton | 3-9 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Reading | Surbiton | 1-0 |
| Guildford | Canterbury | 3-2 |

### Final

(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 25 March)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Guildford | Reading | 2-1 aet |

## Women's Cup (EHA Cup)
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Hightown | Canterbury | 1-0 |
| Olton & West Warwick | Clifton | 2-1 |
| Loughborough Students | Slough | 2-3 |
| Sutton Coldfield | Doncaster | 3-2 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Olton & West Warwick | Hightown | 2-0 |
| Slough | Sutton Coldfield | 2-1 |

### Final

(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 25 March)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Slough | Olton & West Warwick | 3-2 |