# Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

The Premier Hockey League (PHL) is a field hockey competition organised by South African Hockey Association.

## Format

All matches for PHL will be played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium in Johannesburg – on a Saturday and Sunday. The event consists of a league stage and a play-off stage: Each team will play each other once in the league stage. This means each team will play 5 games. The teams who finish 5th and 6th respectively in the log, at the end of the league stage, will be knocked out of the competition. The top four teams in the log will progress to the semi-finals. The losing semi-finalists will play-off for 3rd and 4th respectively and the winning semi-finalists will progress to the finals of the men’s and women’s competitions.
The team identities have been inspired by famous tourist areas in South Africa and are representative of all nine Provinces.

### Teams
#### Men

Caption :
| Team | famous tourist | Provinces |
| –– Addo Elephants | Addo Elephant National Park | Eastern Cape |
| –– Drakensberg Dragons | uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park | KwaZulu-Natal |
| –– Garden Route Gazelles | Garden Route | Western Cape |
| –– Golden Gate Gladiators | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | Free State |
| –– Mapungubwe Mambas | Mapungubwe National Park | Limpopo |
| –– Maropeng Cavemen | Maropeng Visitors Centre, Cradle of Humankind | Gauteng |

#### Women

Caption :
| Team | famous tourist | Provinces |
| –– Blyde River Bunters | Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve | Mpumalanga |
| –– Madikwe Rangers | Madikwe Game Reserve | North West Province |
| –– Namaqualand Daisies | Namaqua National Park | Northern Cape |
| –– Orange River Rafters | Orange River | Free State Northern Cape |
| –– St. Lucia Lakers | Lake St. Lucia | KwaZulu-Natal |
| –– Wineland Wings | South Africa wine | Western Cape |

## Men's tournament
### Summaries

| Year | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Third and Fourth | Third and Fourth | Third and Fourth |
| Year | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 2016 | –– Maropeng Cavemen | 2–0 | –– Addo Elephants | –– Golden Gate Gladiators | 3–1 | –– Garden Route Gazelles |
| 2017 | –– Maropeng Cavemen | 3–0 | –– Drakensberg Dragons | –– Mapungubwe Mambas | 2–1 | –– Addo Elephants |
| 2018 | –– Drakensberg Dragons | 2–0 | –– Addo Elephants | –– Garden Route Gazelles | 2–2 (0–2) penalty shootout | –– Maropeng Cavemen |
| 2019 | –– Drakensberg Dragons | 4–0 | –– Mapungubwe Mambas | –– Garden Route Gazelles | 3–2 | –– Maropeng Cavemen |

### Awards

| Year | Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer | Young Player of the tournament |
| 2016 | | | –– Ignatius Malgraff | |
| 2017 | –– Miguel da Graca | –– Gowan Jones | –– Courtney Halle | –– Tyson Dlungwana |
| 2018 | –– Jethro Eustice | –– Siya Nolutshungu | –– Richard Pautz | –– Peter Jarvis |
| 2019 | –– Nqobile Ntuli | –– Rob Mckinley | –– Keegan Hezlett | –– Mustaphaa Cassiem |

## Women's tournament
### Summaries

| Year | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Third and Fourth | Third and Fourth | Third and Fourth |
| Year | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 2016 | –– Blyde River Bunters | 2–0 | –– Madikwe Rangers | –– Wineland Wings | 3–2 | –– St. Lucia Lakers |
| 2017 | –– Orange River Rafters | 0–0 (2–3) penalty shootout | –– St. Lucia Lakers | –– Blyde River Bunters | 1–0 | –– Namaqualand Daisies |
| 2018 | –– Blyde River Bunters | 1–0 | –– Madikwe Rangers | –– St. Lucia Lakers | 3–0 | –– Orange River Rafters |
| 2019 | –– Madikwe Rangers | 1–1 (3–2) penalty shootout | –– Wineland Wings | –– Orange River Rafters | 4–1 | –– Namaqualand Daisies |

### Awards

| Year | Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer | Young Player of the tournament |
| 2016 | | | –– Jacinta Jubb |
| 2017 | –– Kristen Paton | –– Nicole La Fleur | –– Sulette Damons –– Tiffany Jones | –– Ongi Mali |
| 2018 | –– Kara-Lee Botes | –– Phumelela Mbande | –– Carmen Smith | –– Lezaan Jansen van Vuuren |
| 2019 | –– Lisa-Marie Deetlefs | –– Mmatshepo Modipane | –– Sylvia van Jaarsveldt | –– Bianca Wood |

## Broadcasting

* SuperSport