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2019 Men's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)
The 2019 Men's Premier Hockey League was the 4th edition of the Premier Hockey League (South Africa), Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa. Competition format Format The 2019 Premier Hockey League followed a Round-robin tournament, 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 stage, 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 be 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
