2015 Men's Host country New Zealand Dates 29 August – 20 September Teams 8 Venue(s) 9 (in 8 host cities) Champions –– (4th title) Runner-up –– Third place –– Auckland Matches played 36 Goals scored 180 (5 per match) Top scorer(s) –– Nicholas Haig (8 goals)Best player –– Blair Tarrant
The 2015 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 17th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in various cities across New Zealand , from 29 August to 20 September.
Capital won the title for the fourth time, defeating Southern 4–3 in penalties after the final finished as 0–0 draw.[1] [2] Auckland finished in third place defeating Canterbury 3–2 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
–– Auckland
7
6
0
0
1
20
9
+11
24
Advanced to Semi-Finals
2
––
7
4
0
2
1
19
10
+9
18
3
–– Midlands
7
4
1
0
2
19
10
+9
18
4
––
7
3
1
0
3
17
12
+5
14
5
–– North Harbour
7
3
1
0
3
17
20
−3
14
6
–– Canterbury
7
2
1
3
1
21
16
+5
13
7
–– Central
7
1
1
0
5
20
29
−9
6
8
–– Northland
7
0
0
0
7
11
38
−27
0
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.
Fixtures [ ]
Rosa Birch Park , Pukekohe
Porritt Park , Christchurch
, Auckland
, Taupo
, Wellington
, Dunedin
Classification round [ ] Fifth to eighth place classification [ ] Crossover [ ] Seventh and eighth place [ ] Fifth and sixth place [ ] First to fourth place classification [ ]
Semi-Finals Final
19 September 2015
–– Auckland 2
20 September 2015
–– 3
–– (pen. )0 (4)
19 September 2015
–– 0 (3)
–– 2
–– Midlands 0
Third Place
20 September 2015
–– Auckland 3
–– Midlands 2
Semi-finals [ ] Third and fourth place [ ] Final [ ] Statistics [ ] Final standings [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
WD
LD
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
––
9
4
2
0
3
20
14
+6
20
Gold Medal
––
9
5
0
3
1
21
10
+11
23
Silver Medal
–– Auckland
9
7
0
0
2
25
14
+11
28
Bronze Medal
4
–– Midlands
9
4
1
0
4
21
15
+6
18
5
��– Canterbury
9
4
1
3
1
30
19
+11
21
6
–– North Harbour
9
4
1
0
4
25
23
+2
18
7
–– Central
9
2
1
0
6
26
36
−10
10
8
–– Northland
9
0
0
0
9
12
49
−37
0
Goalscorers [ ] There were 180 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: Hockey New Zealand
References [ ] External links [ ] 
