The 2019 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 4th edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.
Competition format
Format
The 2019 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 were 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
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: Cheslyn Gie
Head Coach: Siphesihle Ntuli
Head Coach:Neville Rothman
Head Coach: Ashlin Freddy
Head Coach: Mark Sanders
Head Coach: Lungile Tsolekile
Results
Pool stage
Matches
Classification stage
Semi-finals
Third place game
Final
Awards
Final ranking
Goalscorers
References
External links
2019 PHL Men at South African Hockey Association
Premier Hockey League (South Africa) Premier Hockey League (South Africa)