The 2018 Women's Premier Hockey League was the 3rd edition of the Premier Hockey League, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa. The Blyde River Bunters won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Madikwe Rangers 1–0 in the final.

Competition format

Format

The 2018 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: * 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:

Marcelle Keet Marcelle Keet, (born 25 October 1984) is a former water polo player and field hockey player from South Africa. Personal She has an older sister who was also an international water polo player and was also part of the South African national team ...

Head Coach:

Bevan Bennet Bevan is a name of Welsh origin, derived from ab Ifan meaning "son of Evan" (Ifan being a variant of Ieuan, the Welsh equivalent of John). Notable people with the name include: First name *Bevan Congdon (1938–2018), New Zealand cricketer *Beva ...

Head Coach: Andi Bernstein Head Coach: Head Coach: Inky Zondi Head Coach: Lenise Marais

Results

Pool stage

Matches

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Classification stage

Semi-finals

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Third place game

Final

Awards

Final ranking

Goalscorers

References

External links

2018 PHL Women
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