The Premier Hockey League (PHL) is a
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
competition organised by
South African Hockey Association
The South African Hockey Association (SAHA) is the governing body of field hockey in South Africa. It is affiliated to FIH International Hockey Federation and AHF African Hockey Federation. The Head Office of SAHA is in Illovo, Johannesburg ...
.
Format
All matches for PHL will be played at the
Randburg Hockey Stadium
Randburg Hockey Stadium, known as the Randburg Astroturf , is a field hockey stadium in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
See also
*1999 All-Africa Games
*2002 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge
*2012 Men's Junior Africa Cup for Nations ...
in
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 Dem ...
– on a Saturday and Sunday. The event consists of a league stage and a play-off stage:
Each team will play each other once in the league stage. This means each team will play 5 games. The teams who finish 5th and 6th respectively in the log, at the end of the league stage, will be knocked out of the competition. The top four teams in the log will progress to the semi-finals. The losing semi-finalists will play-off for 3rd and 4th respectively and the winning semi-finalists will progress to the finals of the men’s and women’s competitions.
The team identities have been inspired by famous tourist areas in South Africa and are representative of all nine Provinces.
Teams
Men
Women
Men's tournament
Summaries
Awards
Women's tournament
Summaries
Awards
Broadcasting
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SuperSport
See also
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Hockey India League
Hockey India League (HIL), known as the Coal India Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. The league is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. HIL, along with the Indian Premier League, ...
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Hockey One
References
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Field hockey competitions in South Africa
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