2018 Men's Ford National Hockey League
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 9–23 September | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | –– Capital (5th title) | ||
| Runner-up | –– North Harbour | ||
| Third place | –– Canterbury | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 27 | ||
| Goals scored | 140 (5.19 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | –– Cory Bennett (11 goals) | ||
| Best player | –– Dane Lett | ||
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The 2018 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 20th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in various cities across New Zealand, from 9 to 23 September.
Capital won the title for the fifth time, defeating North Harbour 3–2 in penalties, after the final finished as a 1–1 draw.[1][2] Canterbury finished in third place after defeating Auckland 6–1.[3]
Participating teams
The following eight teams competed for the title:
- –– Auckland
- –– Canterbury
- –– Capital
- –– Central
- –– Midlands
- –– North Harbour
- –– Southern
Results
All times are local (NZST).
Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | –– Canterbury | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 16 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | –– Capital | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 14 | |
| 3 | –– Auckland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 14 | |
| 4 | –– North Harbour | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 12 | |
| 5 | –– Central | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 9 | |
| 6 | –– Midlands | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 8 | |
| 7 | –– Southern | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 6 |
Source: Hockey New Zealand
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Fixtures
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Classification round
Fifth to seventh place classification
| Crossover | Fifth Place | |||||
| 23 September 2018 | ||||||
| –– Central | 7 | |||||
| 22 September 2018 | ||||||
| –– Midlands | 2 | |||||
| –– Midlands | 3 | |||||
| –– Southern | 2 | |||||
Crossover
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
| Semi-Finals | Final | |||||
| 22 September 2018 | ||||||
| –– Canterbury | 2 | |||||
| 23 September 2018 | ||||||
| –– North Harbour | 3 | |||||
| –– North Harbour | 1 (2) | |||||
| 22 September 2018 | ||||||
| –– Capital (pen.) | 1 (3) | |||||
| –– Capital | 2 | |||||
| –– Auckland | 1 | |||||
| Third Place | ||||||
| 23 September 2018 | ||||||
| –– Canterbury | 6 | |||||
| –– Auckland | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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–– Capital | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 20 | Gold Medal |
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–– North Harbour | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 17 | Silver Medal |
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–– Canterbury | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 20 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– Auckland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 14 | |
| 5 | –– Central | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 13 | |
| 6 | –– Midlands | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 12 | |
| 7 | –– Southern | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 6 |
Source: Hockey New Zealand
Goalscorers
There were 140 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 5.19 goals per match.
11 goals
- –– Cory Bennett
8 goals
- –– Samuel Lane
- –– Dylan Thomas
- –– Mark Weber
5 goals
- –– Jacob Smith
- –– Richard Bain
- –– Joshua Pollard
- –– Robert Capizzi
4 goals
- –– Dane Lett
- –– Jason Peel
- –– Kalyan Jeram
- –– Jack Gilbert
3 goals
- –– Joseph Crooks
- –– David Brydon
- –– Daniel Harris
- –– Hayden Phillips
- –– Maks Wyndham-Smith
- –– Steven Edwards
- –– Finn Ward
2 goals
- –– Arun Panchia
- –– Trent Summers
- –– Sebastian Buddle
- –– Nicholas Finlayson
- –– Gabriel Kepes
- –– Oliver MacIntyre
- –– Rowan Yeo
- –– Martin Atkinson
- –– Stirling Milicich
- –– Warren Wild
- –– Lachlan Davidson
- –– Dylan Thomas
1 goal
- –– Tarrant Hami-Jones
- –– Jonathan Keaney
- –– Hamish McGeorge
- –– Lawrence Darling
- –– Moss Jackson
- –– Dominic Newman
- –– Daan Jongejan
- –– Harrison Miskimmin
- –– Benedict van Woerkom
- –– Jordan Cohen
- –– Joseph Hanks
- –– Samuel Hiha
- –– Shea McAleese
- –– Dion Spackman
- –– Reuben Andrews
- –– Connor Herewini
- –– Timothy Neild
- –– Daniel Scanlon
- –– Joseph Bartholomew
- –– Benji Edwards
- –– Connor Greentree
- –– Kenneth Hendricks
- –– George Muir
- –– Malachi Buschl
Source: Hockey New Zealand
References
- ^ "North Harbour women, Capital men win National Hockey League titles". fieldhockey.com. Field Hockey. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "North Harbour women and Capital men Capture Ford NHL Titles". nzherald.co.nz. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "2018 Ford National Hockey League Men". hockeynz.altiusrt.com. Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 14 April 2021.