2018 Men's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Johannesburg | ||
| City | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 4 May 2018–31 May 2018 | ||
| Venue(s) | University of the Witwatersrand University of Pretoria | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 33 | ||
| Goals scored | 272 (8.24 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Dayne Samboer (Maties) (13 goals) | ||
| Best player | Sinoxolo Mbekeni (NWU) | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Rob McKinley (Maties) | ||
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The 2018 Men's Hockey Varsity Hockey will be the 8th edition of the Varsity Hockey, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.
In addition to the Power Play rule seen in previous seasons of Varsity Hockey, whereby each team can select to implement a two-minute period where goals count two and the opposition must bench two players, field goals will now count two.[1][2]
Results
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Maties | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 21 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | Tuks | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 14 | |
| 3 | Wits (H) | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 12 | |
| 4 | NWU | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 13 | |
| 5 | Ikeys | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 12 | |
| 6 | UJ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 9 | |
| 7 | Kovsie | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 3 | |
| 8 | Madibaz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 38 | −24 | 0 |
Fixtures
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Seven place game
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Five place game
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Semi-final
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Final
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Final standings
[edit]| Pos | Team |
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| 1 | Maties |
| 2 | Tuks |
| 3 | Wits (H) |
| 4 | NWU |
| 5 | Ikeys |
| 6 | UJ |
| 7 | Kovsie |
| 8 | Madibaz |
Goalscorers
[edit]There have been 272 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 8.24 goals per match.
14 goals
- Reece Arendse (Maties)
- Kingsley Botes (Wits)
13 goals
- Dayne Samboer (Maties)
- Steven Paulo (Tuks)
12 goals
- Bradley Sherwood (Tuks)
10 goals
- Killian Ludick (NWU)
9 goals
- Brandon James (Wits)
- Michael Forrest (Tuks)
8 goals
- Che February (UJ)
7 goals
- Pierre Botma (NWU)
- Chad Futcher (Wits)
- Rusten Abrahams (Wits)
- Brodie Fanoe (Madibaz)
6 goals
- Luke Schooling (Maties)
- Snyman Thessner (NWU)
5 goals
- Laython Coombs (Madibaz)
- Maximilian Pike (Maties)
4 goals
- Courtney Halle (UJ)
- Tim Alfeld (Ikeys)
- Dan Cole (Ikeys)
- Bryce Cressy (Wits)
- Wayne Jeffery (NWU)
- Ashley Kemp (Tuks)
- Willie Kruger (Kovsie)
- Mitesh Makan (NWU)
- Sinoxolo Mbekeni (NWU)
- Matthew Mckechnie (Ikeys)
- Walter Pfaff (Ikeys)
- Matthew Roman (Maties)
- Alex Stewart (Maties)
- Stéphan van Vollenhoven (Kovsie)
3 goals
- Kyle Lion-Cachet (UJ)
- Clayton Saker (Maties)
- Ross Talmage (Ikeys)
2 goals
- Richard Asmah-andoh (Madibaz)
- Tristan Blackie-roden (UJ)
- Spencer Botes (UJ)
- Sean Donaldson (Wits)
- Jack Forrest (Ikeys)
- Michael Gildenhuys (Ikeys)
- Tim Halle (Tuks)
- Michael Hansel (Madibaz)
- Mvelase Mbombisa (Kovsie)
- Thabang Modise (Wits)
- Sam Mvimbi (Tuks)
- Nicholas Pio (Tuks)
- Kamal Ramburuth-Hurt (Wits)
- Justin Smouse (Kovsie)
- Daiyaan Solomons (Ikeys)
- Clayton Tait (NWU)
- Gareth Tate (Maties)
- Egon van der Merwe (Kovsie)
- Tiaan Weldhagen (Kovsie)
- Christopher Wynford (Madibaz)
- Rayner York (UJ)
1 goal
- Francois Cilliers (NWU)
- Mitchell Currie (Tuks)
- Manessah Dube (UJ)
- Nicholas Giger (Maties)
- James Gilbert (UJ)
- Ernest Jacobs (UJ)
- Peabo Lembethe (Tuks)
- Michael Marki (Wits)
- Stean Naude (NWU)
- Keoghan Penhall (Madibaz)
- Jacques Potgieter (Madibaz)
- Jaydee Rossouw (Ikeys)
- James Watters (Ikeys)
Source: SAHA
Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer |
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| Sinoxolo Mbekeni (NWU) | Rob McKinley (Maties) | Dayne Samboer (Maties) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Varsity Hockey bends the rules to double the thrill". Varsity Sport. 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Players' thoughts on Varsity Hockey's Power Play". Varsity Sports. 17 May 2019.