# 2016 Men's Ford National Hockey League

The 2016 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 18th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in various cities across New Zealand, from 27 August to 17 September.
Midlands won the title for the second time, defeating Canterbury 3–1 in the final. Central finished in third place defeating North Harbour 3–2 in penalties following a 3–3 draw.

## Participating teams

The following eight teams competed for the title:
* –– Auckland
* –– Canterbury
* –– Capital
* –– Central
* –– Midlands
* –– Northland
* –– North Harbour

## Results

All times are local (NZST).

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | –– Canterbury | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 16 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | –– Midlands | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 16 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | –– North Harbour | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 16 | Advanced to Third Place Match |
| 4 | –– Central | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 15 | Advanced to Third Place Match |
| 5 | –– Capital | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 13 | |
| 6 | –– Auckland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 5 | |
| 7 | –– Northland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 44 | −41 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 27 August 2016 15:00
| Auckland –– | 1–1 | –– North Harbour |
| Poole 46' | Report | Reckers 2' |
| Penalties |||
| Jujhar Kingstone Keaney O'Connor Panchia | 3–4 | Reckers Bennett Muir Capizzi Elder |
* Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Benjamin Wilson (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)
* 3 September 2016 14:00
| Canterbury –– | 3–1 | –– Capital |
| Lane 5' Bain 33' Brydon 51' | Report | Lett 36' |
* Marist Hockey Club, Christchurch Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Mark Rippin (NZL)
* 3 September 2016 15:00
| Central –– | 4–1 | –– Midlands |
| Stewart 16' Atkinson 33', 55', 56' | Report | Ross 48' |
* Park Island Hockey Stadium, Napier Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)
* 4 September 2016 14:00
| North Harbour –– | 7–0 | –– Northland |
| Bennett 4', 11' Capizzi 8', 31', 44' Coughlan 44' Reckers 46' | Report | |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 4 September 2016 14:00
| Capital –– | 2–2 | –– Central |
| Roper 51' Jenness 60' | Report | Thomas 35' Atkinson 59' |
| Penalties |||
| Jenness Logan Roper Lett Van Woerkom | 2–3 | Wilcox Phillips Thomas Smith Atkinson |
* National Hockey Stadium, Wellington Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)
* 4 September 2016 15:00
| Midlands –– | 3–2 | –– Auckland |
| Stolk 12' Lyons 20' Mitai-Wells 45' | Report | Jimmieson 4' Panchia 42' |
* Hickling Park, Taupō Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Benjamin Wilson (NZL)
* 10 September 2016 13:30
| Midlands –– | 1–6 | –– North Harbour |
| Ross 36' | Report | Jones 4', 53' Capizzi 22', 26', 39' Bennett 32' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 10 September 2016 15:30
| Canterbury –– | 3–1 | –– Central |
| Mouldey 9' Lane 57' Bain 58' | Report | Thorn 58' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Benjamin Wilson (NZL)
* 10 September 2016 17:30
| Northland –– | 0–2 | –– Auckland |
| | Report | Borren 40' Keaney 54' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Mark Rippin (NZL) Andrew Spence (NZL)
* 11 September 2016 14:00
| Central –– | 3–3 | –– North Harbour |
| Young 40' Alexander-Parker 49' Atkinson 60' | Report | Bennett 7', 49' Capizzi 57' |
| Penalties |||
| Young Wilcox Thomas Hanks Atkinson | 1–2 | Coughlan Reckers Bennett Muir Elder |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 11 September 2016 16:00
| Auckland –– | 1–7 | –– Capital |
| Bell-Kake 27' | Report | Lett 17', 29', 34' Roper 30', 51', 57', 59' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Mark Rippin (NZL)
* 11 September 2016 18:00
| Northland –– | 0–8 | –– Canterbury |
| | Report | Lane 18', 32', 33' Haig 20' Niles 31' W. Hayde 34', 36' C. Hayde 56' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 13 September 2016 13:30
| Central –– | 10–0 | –– Northland |
| Atkinson 2', 8', 35' Alexander-Parker 12', 55' Young 27', 49' Thomas 36', 39' Phillips 52' | Report | |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)
* 13 September 2016 15:30
| North Harbour –– | 2–1 | –– Canterbury |
| Bennett 43' Capizzi 59' | Report | Lane 28' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Benjamin Wilson (NZL)
* 13 September 2016 17:30
| Capital –– | 1–2 | –– Midlands |
| Jenness 15' | Report | Mitai-Wells 4' Woods 9' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 14 September 2016 14:00
| North Harbour –– | 1–2 | –– Capital |
| Capizzi 47' | Report | Van Woerkom 35' Yeo 50' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Mark Rippin (NZL)
* 14 September 2016 16:00
| Canterbury –– | 3–1 | –– Auckland |
| Davidson 15' Bain 40' Haig 59' | Report | Bilkey 59' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Andrew Spence (NZL)
* 14 September 2016 18:00
| Northland –– | 1–8 | –– Midlands |
| McKechnie 22' | Report | Sarikaya 4', 60' Mitai-Wells 17', 27' Woods 23' Stolk 30' Ho-García 47' Lyons 55' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Benjamin Wilson (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)
* 16 September 2016 12:30
| Midlands –– | 3–2 | –– Canterbury |
| Stolk 3', 47' Lyons 41' | Report | Newman 44' Haig 47' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 16 September 2016 14:00
| Capital –– | 9–2 | –– Northland |
| Van Liemt 22' Jenness 25' Jones 35', 55' MacIntyre 39' Crossett 39' Logan 40' Van Woerkom 41' Roper 46' | Report | Smith 48' Cronin 58' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Benjamin Wilson (NZL)
* 16 September 2016 13:00
| Auckland –– | 1–3 | –– Central |
| Panchia 52' | Report | Atkinson 6' Young 15', 39' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

### Classification round
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 17 September 2016 11:00
| Capital –– | 6–4 | –– Auckland |
| Jenness 5', 33', 56' Yeo 7' Roper 21', 46' | Report | Crooks 37', 47' O'Connor 44' Keaney 53' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Benjamin Wilson (NZL)

#### Third and fourth place

* 17 September 2016 11:15
| North Harbour –– | 3–3 | –– Central |
| Reckers 5' Bennett 47', 58' | Report | Atkinson 7' Wilcox 39' Stewart 45' |
| Penalties |||
| Hanham Reckers Bennett Muir Elder | 2–3 | Young Phillips Creffier Wilcox |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Mark Rippin (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)

#### Final

* 17 September 2016 15:00
| Canterbury –– | 1–3 | –– Midlands |
| Haig 24' | Report | Lyons 9' Herewini 44', 58' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | –– Midlands | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 20 | Gold Medal |
| | –– Canterbury | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 16 | Silver Medal |
| | –– Central | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 17 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– North Harbour | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 17 | |
| 5 | –– Capital | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 17 | |
| 6 | –– Auckland | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 5 | |
| 7 | –– Northland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 44 | −41 | 0 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 134 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.58 goals per match.
10 goals
* –– Martin Atkinson
9 goals
* –– Robert Capizzi
8 goals
* –– Phillip Roper
* –– Cory Bennett
6 goals
* –– Samuel Lane
* –– Stephen Jenness
5 goals
* –– Matthew Young
4 goals
* –– Nicholas Haig
* –– Dane Lett
* –– Joseph Lyons
* –– Leo Mitai-Wells
* –– Adriaan Stolk
3 goals
* –– Richard Bain
* –– Brennan Alexander-Parker
* –– Dylan Thomas
* –– Rob Reckers
2 goals
* –– Joseph Crooks
* –– Jonathan Keaney
* –– Daniel Panchia
* –– William Hayde
* –– Jared Jones
* –– Benedict van Woerkom
* –– Rowan Yeo
* –– Oscar Stewart
* –– Connor Herewini
* –– Nicholas Ross
* –– Aidan Sarikaya
* –– Zachary Woods
* –– Craig Jones
1 goal
* –– Mark Bell-Kake
* –– Jonathon Bilkey
* –– Guy Borren
* –– Samuel Jimmieson
* –– Kieran O'Connor
* –– Benjamin Poole
* –– David Brydon
* –– William Davidson
* –– Cameron Hayde
* –– Thomas Mouldey
* –– Dominic Newman
* –– Jason Niles
* –– Steven Crosset
* –– Oliver Logan
* –– Oliver MacIntyre
* –– Martin van Liemt
* –– Hayden Phillips
* –– Jonathan Thorn
* –– Mackenzie Wilcox
* –– Gabriel Ho-García
* –– Luther Cronin
* –– Hamish McKechnie
* –– Sanjay Smith
* –– James Coughlan
Source: Hockey New Zealand