2012 Men's Host country New Zealand Dates 18 August – 2 September Teams 8 Venue(s) 9 (in 8 host cities) Champions –– Auckland (2nd title) Runner-up –– Third place –– North Harbour Matches played 36 Goals scored 195 (5.42 per match) Top scorer(s) –– Nicholas Wilson (12 goals)Best player –– Blair Tarrant
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The 2012 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 14th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in various cities across New Zealand , from 18 August to 2 September.
Auckland won the title for the third time, defeating Southern 2–1 in extra time .[1] [2] North Harbour finished in third place, defeating Capital 6–5 in the third place match.[3]
Participating teams [ ] The following eight teams competed for the title:
Results [ ] All times are local (NZST ).
Preliminary round [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
WD
LD
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
––
7
4
2
0
1
26
17
+9
20
Advanced to Semi-Finals
2
–– North Harbour
7
4
0
2
1
18
9
+9
18
3
–– Auckland
7
4
0
1
2
27
10
+17
17
4
––
7
4
0
0
3
14
15
−1
16
5
–– Midlands
7
4
0
0
3
23
18
+5
16
6
–– Central
7
2
1
0
4
14
17
−3
10
7
–– Canterbury
7
2
0
1
4
14
22
−8
9
8
–– Northland
7
0
1
0
6
9
37
−28
2
Source:
Hockey New Zealand Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for; 6) field goals scored.
Fixtures [ ] Classification round [ ] Fifth to eighth place classification [ ] Crossover [ ] Seventh and eighth place [ ] Fifth and sixth place [ ] First to fourth place classification [ ] Semi-finals [ ] Third and fourth place [ ] Final [ ] Statistics [ ] Final standings [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
WD
LD
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
–– Auckland
9
6
0
1
2
33
13
+20
25
Gold Medal
––
9
4
1
0
4
16
18
−2
18
Silver Medal
–– North Harbour
9
5
0
2
2
26
18
+8
22
Bronze Medal
4
––
9
4
2
1
2
32
24
+8
21
5
–– Central
9
4
1
0
4
21
22
−1
18
6
–– Midlands
9
5
0
0
4
33
22
+11
20
7
–– Canterbury
9
3
0
1
5
23
27
−4
13
8
–– Northland
9
0
1
0
8
11
51
−40
2
Goalscorers [ ] There were 195 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match.
12 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References [ ] External links [ ] 
