2017 Men's Ford National Hockey League

2017 Men's
Ford National Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Wellington
Dates	16–24 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)
Final positions
Champions	––  North Harbour (5th title)
Runner-up	––  Auckland
Third place	––
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	134 (5.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	––  Samuel Lane (13 goals)
Best player	––  Arun Panchia
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The 2017 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 19th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in Wellington, New Zealand, from 16 to 24 September.

North Harbour won the title for the fifth time, defeating Auckland 5–3 in the final.^[1][2] finished in third place after winning the bronze medal match 6–1 against .^[3]

Participating Teams[]

The following eight teams competed for the title:

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	––  North Harbour	3	3	0	0	0	13	3	+10	12
2	––	3	2	0	0	1	10	7	+3	8
3	––	3	1	0	0	2	3	7	−4	4
4	––  Midlands	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

16 September 2017 14:30 (NZST) North Harbour  ––  4–3  ––   28' Bennett  48', 55'  58' Report  12', 38'  45' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

16 September 2017 16:30 (NZST) Midlands  ––  1–2  ––  A. Hayward  2' Report  2' Ross  35' Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)

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18 September 2017 17:00 (NZST) North Harbour  ––  4–0  ––  Shimmins  39'  49', 51' Bennett  57' Report Umpires: Lee Erskine (NZL) Nicholas Saunders (NZL)

18 September 2017 19:00 (NZST)  ––  5–2  ––  Midlands  13'  42', 50' D. Lett  48'  56' Report A. Hayward  11' Sarikaya  24' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)

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20 September 2017 17:00 (NZST) Midlands  ––  0–5  ––  North Harbour Report  3'  4' Bennett  24'  29'  50' Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Andrew Spence (NZL)

20 September 2017 19:00 (NZST)  ––  1–2  ––   37' Report  50'  52' Umpires: Benjamin Wilson (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	––  Auckland	3	3	0	0	0	9	1	+8	12
2	––  Central	3	2	0	0	1	9	4	+5	8
3	––  Canterbury	3	1	0	0	2	10	5	+5	4
4	––  Northland	3	0	0	0	3	3	21	−18	0

16 September 2017 10:30 (NZST) Canterbury  ––  10–1  ––  Northland Lane  4', 37', 39', 57'  14' Newman  28', 32', 52'  41' Brydon  49' Report  50' Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) Benjamin Wilson (NZL)

16 September 2017 12:30 (NZST) Central  ––  0–3  ––  Auckland Report A. Panchia  20' J. Panchia  37'  51' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nicholas Saunders (NZL)

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18 September 2017 13:00 (NZST) Central  ––  7–1  ––  Northland  15', 23' Thomas  28', 54'  34'  43' Phillips  53' Report  47' Umpires: Hamish Ellis-Jack (NZL) Andrew Spence (NZL)

18 September 2017 15:00 (NZST) Auckland  ––  2–0  ––  Canterbury  37'  59' Report Umpires: Benjamin Wilson (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

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20 September 2017 13:00 (NZST) Northland  ––  1–4  ––  Auckland  18' Report  5', 37'  22', 50' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)

20 September 2017 15:00 (NZST) Canterbury  ––  0–2  ––  Central Report Phillips  16'  56' Umpires: Hamish Ellis-Jack (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Classification round[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 September 2017
	––  North Harbour	7
					23 September 2017
	––  Northland	0
					––  North Harbour	2
	21 September 2017
					––	1
	––  Central	2
									24 September 2017
	––	3
									––  North Harbour	5
	21 September 2017
									––  Auckland	3
	––  Auckland (pen)	2 (4)
					23 September 2017
	––  Midlands	2 (3)
					––  Auckland	2
	21 September 2017
					––	1			Third Place
	––	2
									24 September 2017
	––  Canterbury	1
									––	1
									––	6

Quarter-finals[]

21 September 2017 17:00 (NZST) Auckland  ––  2–2  ––  Midlands J. Panchia  8'  37' Report  15'  16' Penalties Child J. Panchia —— Child 4–3 Sarikaya —— Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Nicholas Saunders (NZL)

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21 September 2017 17:15 (NZST) North Harbour  ––  7–0  ––  Northland  1'  2', 27' Shimmins  8'  17'  26', 33' Report Umpires: Lee Erskine (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)

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21 September 2017 19:00 (NZST)  ––  2–1  ––  Canterbury  24'  50' Report Lane  20' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

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21 September 2017 19:15 (NZST) Central  ––  2–3  ––  Thomas  4' Wilcox  19' Report Ross  12'  42'  58' Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Benjamin Wilson (NZL)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	23 September 2017
	––  Northland	0
					24 September 2017
	––  Central	10
					––  Central	3
	23 September 2017
					––  Midlands	4
	––  Midlands (pen)	3 (3)
	––  Canterbury	3 (1)
					Seventh Place
					24 September 2017
					––  Northland	0
					––  Canterbury	11

Crossover[]

23 September 2017 10:15 (NZST) Midlands  ––  3–3  ––  Canterbury  11' Sarikaya  51'  59' Report Lane  9', 18'  36' Penalties Sarikaya 3–1 Deavin Lane Umpires: Hamish Ellis-Jack (NZL) Andrew Spence (NZL)

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23 September 2017 10:30 (NZST) Central  ––  10–0  ––  Northland Wilson  4'  13', 26', 42'  30' Phillips  33' Thomas  43', 48', 50'  44' Report Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) Nicholas Saunders (NZL)

Seventh and eighth place[]

24 September 2017 08:45 (NZDT) Northland  ––  0–11  ––  Canterbury Report Lane  4', 31', 37', 58', 58', 59'  5'  18', 46', 55'  58' Umpires: Lee Eriskine (NZL) Hamish Ellis-Jack (NZL)

Fifth and sixth place[]

24 September 2017 10:30 (NZDT) Central  ––  3–4  ––  Midlands Wilson  18' Thomas  32'  34' Report  48' A. Hayward  50', 60'  55' Umpires: Andrew Spence (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals[]

23 September 2017 12:30 (NZST) Auckland  ––  2–1  ––   50' Child  53' Report  3' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)

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23 September 2017 14:30 (NZST) North Harbour  ––  2–1  ––  Bennett  5'  20' Report  34' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)

Third and fourth place[]

24 September 2017 11:00 (NZDT)  ––  1–6  ––   2' Report  10'  11', 21' D. Lett  34', 39'  35' Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Benjamin Wilson (NZL)

Final[]

24 September 2017 15:00 (NZDT) North Harbour  ––  5–3  ––  Auckland Bennett  30', 52', 58'  53' Muir  60' Report  15' J. Panchia  38', 45+' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	––  North Harbour	6	6	0	0	0	27	7	+20	24	Gold Medal
	––  Auckland	6	4	1	0	1	16	9	+7	18	Silver Medal
	––	6	4	0	0	2	19	11	+8	16	Bronze Medal
4	––	6	2	0	0	4	8	17	−9	8
5	––  Midlands	6	1	1	1	3	12	20	−8	7
6	––  Central	6	3	0	0	3	24	11	+13	12
7	––  Canterbury	6	2	0	1	3	25	10	+15	9
8	––  Northland	6	0	0	0	6	3	49	−46	0

Goalscorers[]

There were 134 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.58 goals per match.

13 goals

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Hockey New Zealand

References[]

External links[]

• Official website