2019 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)
The 2019 Women's Premier Hockey League will be the 4th edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa. Competition format. Format. 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. Match points will be distributed as follows: 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. Head Coach: Marcelle Keet Head Coach: Sandile Bosman Head Coach: Bevan Bennet Head Coach: Shaun Hulley Head Coach: Tarrin Ramsden Head Coach: Ryan Pillay 2019