2016–17 England Hockey League season

2016–17 England Hockey League
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The 2016–2017 English Hockey League season took place from September 2016 until April 2017. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March.[1] The end of season play offs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on the 22 & 23 of April.[2]

Surbiton won the Men's Premier League title despite being 3-0 down in the final against Wimbledon with only 10mins to go. Surbiton also won the Investec Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings, making it their 4th in a row. Whilst Canterbury finished one off the bottom and survived the relegation playoffs for the 3rd time in a row as Loughborough Students were relegated having just got up into the top flight last season. Sevenoaks beat Team Bath Buccaneers and Durham University to secure promotion and go up to the top flight next season in the men's competition. In the women's Reading got relegated and Buckingham beat Wimbledon and Brooklands Poynton to secure promotion, as Bowdon Hightown won the group to keep their place in the Premier League.

The Men's Cup was won by Reading with the biggest score difference in 15years against Canterbury in the final. The Investec Women's Cup was won by Surbiton.[3][4]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

Pos Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Wimbledon 18 13 4 1 24 43
2 Holcombe 18 11 3 4 20 36
3 Surbiton 18 9 8 1 23 35
4 Hampstead and Westminster 18 9 5 4 14 32
5 Beeston 18 8 3 7 3 27
6 East Grinstead 18 8 2 8 11 26
7 Reading 18 6 4 8 -5 22
8 Brooklands Manchester University 18 5 3 10 -23 18
9 Canterbury 18 3 3 12 -22 12
10 Loughborough Students 18 0 1 17 -45 1
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Relegated

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

[5]

Pos Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Surbiton 18 15 2 1 39 47
2 Holcombe 18 11 5 2 19 38
3 East Grinstead 18 9 6 3 12 33
4 University of Birmingham 18 10 2 6 3 32
5 Leicester 18 8 5 5 7 29
6 Clifton 18 9 1 8 11 28
7 Canterbury 18 5 5 8 -13 20
8 Slough 18 3 3 12 -22 12
9 Bowdon Hightown 18 1 5 12 -26 8
10 Reading 18 1 2 15 -30 5
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Relegated

League Finals Weekend

Semi-finals

Division Team 1 Team 2 Score
Men's Premier Wimbledon Hampstead and Westminster 2-1
Men's Premier Holcombe Surbiton 2-3
Women's Premier Surbiton University of Birmingham 3-1
Women's Premier Holcombe East Grinstead 2-1

3rd/4th Playoff

[6] Due to Wimbledon's success in the Euro Hockey League a third team from England is allowed to join the competition meaning a 3rd/4th playoff is necessary.

Division Team 1 Team 2 Score
Men's Premier Hampstead and Westminster Holcombe 3-7

Finals

Division Team 1 Team 2 Score
Men's Premier Wimbledon Surbiton 3-3 (2-3 p)
Women's Premier Surbiton Holcombe 3-1

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston Reading 1-3
Havent Bromley and Beckenham 2-0
Bowdon Canterbury 2-5
Brooklands Manchester University Oxford Hawks 3-1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Bromley and Beckenham Canterbury 0-2
Reading Brooklands Manchester University 4-2

Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 29th April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Canterbury 6-1

Women's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Bowdon Hightown Barnes 2-1
Beeston Sevenoaks 5-1
Clifton Ben Rhydding 4-1
Slough Surbiton 1-6

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Surbiton Bowdon Hightown 5-0
Clifton Beeston 2-1

Final

(Held at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 30 April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Clifton Surbiton 0-5

Men's Promotion Tournament

The winners of the 3 regional conferences and the second to bottom placed team in Premier League play a Promotion Tournament with the top 2 placed teams playing in the Premier League next season while the bottom 2 play in the conference leagues.

Pos Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Canterbury 3 2 1 0 7 7
2 Sevenoaks 3 2 0 1 -2 6
3 Team Bath Buccaneers 3 0 2 1 -1 2
4 Durham University 3 0 1 2 -4 1
= Qualified for Premier League next season

Women's Promotion Tournament

The winners of the 3 regional conferences and the second to bottom placed team in Premier League play a Promotion Tournament with the top 2 placed teams playing in the Premier League next season while the bottom 2 play in the conference leagues.

Pos Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Bowdon Hightown 3 2 1 0 2 7
2 Buckingham 3 2 0 1 1 6
3 Wimbledon 3 1 0 2 -1 3
4 Brooklands Poynton 3 0 1 2 -2 1
= Qualified for Premier League next season

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  2. ↑ "Results". England Hockey.
  3. ↑ "2015-16 Men's Cup". England Hockey.
  4. ↑ "2015-16 Women's Cup". England Hockey.
  5. ↑ "2015-16 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  6. ↑ "Wimbledon success results in extra Finals fixture". England Hockey.
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