2019 Men's Ford National Hockey League

The 2019 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 21st and final edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in Tauranga, New Zealand, from 14 to 22 September.

2019 Men's
Ford National Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Tauranga
Dates	14–22 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Blake Park
Final positions
Champions	––  North Harbour (6th title)
Runner-up	––  Auckland
Third place	––  Canterbury
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	141 (5.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	––  Samuel Lane  ––  Joel Rintala (7 goals)
Best player	––  James Coughlan
← 2018 (previous)

North Harbour won the title for the sixth time, defeating Auckland 2–1 in the final. Canterbury finished in third place after defeating Capital in the third place match, 2–1.

Participating teams

For the first time in history, the NHL hosted an international team from Australia, comprising players from the country's most southern state, Tasmania. The following eight teams competed for the title:

•  ––  Auckland
•  ––  Canterbury
•  ––  Capital
•  ––  Central
•  ––  Midlands
•  ––  North Harbour
•  ––  Southern
• Tasmania

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	––  Capital	3	3	0	0	0	13	5	+8	12	Advanced to Pool C
2	––  Auckland	3	2	0	0	1	9	6	+3	8
3	Tasmania	3	1	0	0	2	4	8	−4	4
4	––  Central	3	0	0	0	3	5	12	−7	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.

14 September 2019 12:15 Capital  ––  5–1 Tasmania Patel  11' Rintala  13' Yeo  22' Van Woerkom  25' Harris  53' Report McHugh  15' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

14 September 2019 14:15 Auckland  ––  5–2  ––  Central Fraser  17' Keaney  31' Rowsell  33' Finlayson  55' McGeorge  56' Report Scanlon  2' Peel  39' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

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15 September 2019 12:00 Central  ––  2–5  ––  Capital Thomas  12' Hiha  36' Report Patel  8' Rintala  10', 48', 59' Lovett  45' Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

15 September 2019 14:00 Auckland  ––  2–1 Tasmania Mitai-Wells  49' Rowsell  53' Report Brooks  19' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)

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17 September 2019 13:30 Capital  ––  3–2  ––  Auckland Logan  8' Yeo  26' Miskimmin  56' Report Finlayson  18' Mitai-Wells  38' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Bren Duckworth (NZL)

17 September 2019 15:30 Central  ––  1–2 Tasmania Findlay  38' Report Thomas  12', 46' Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	––  Canterbury	3	3	0	0	0	13	6	+7	12	Advanced to Pool C
2	––  North Harbour	3	2	0	0	1	8	6	+2	8
3	––  Southern	3	1	0	0	2	5	10	−5	4
4	––  Midlands	3	0	0	0	3	6	10	−4	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.

14 September 2019 16:15 Canterbury  ––  3–2  ––  Midlands Lane  5', 42' Newman  22' Report Wyndham-Smith  32' Rees-Gibbs  41' Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)

14 September 2019 18:15 North Harbour  ––  2–0  ––  Southern Capizzi  12' Guy  27' Report Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

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15 September 2019 16:00 Midlands  ––  3–4  ––  North Harbour Hayward  15' De Jong  19' Andrews  60' Report B. Edwards  3' Capizzi  20' Ottow  40' Guy  43' Umpires: Lee Erskine (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

15 September 2019 18:00 Canterbury  ––  7–2  ––  Southern Connell  13' Jackson  14' Anderson  34' Newman  35' Summers  38' Wakeling  40' Lane  60' Report J. O'Connor  10' Dempster  39' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Bren Duckworth (NZL)

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17 September 2019 17:30 North Harbour  ––  2–3  ––  Canterbury Capizzi  37' Jeram  42' Report Newman  1' Lane  13' Summers  24' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)

17 September 2019 19:30 Midlands  ––  1–3  ––  Southern Rees-Gibbs  57' Report Thomas  19', 42', 50' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

Classification round

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	––  Auckland	3	3	0	0	0	10	4	+6	12	Advanced to Final
2	––  North Harbour	3	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	8
3	––  Canterbury	3	1	0	0	2	6	8	−2	4
4	––  Capital	3	0	0	0	3	7	11	−4	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.

18 September 2019 19:30 Canterbury  ––  2–4  ––  Auckland Jackson  22' Bartholomew  59' Report Keaney  12' Rowsell  21' Hanks  32' S. Child  54' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

18 September 2019 19:45 Capital  ––  3–4  ––  North Harbour Harris  42' Lovett  47' Rintala  51' Report Lum  4' B. Edwards  41', 48' Herewini  58' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

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19 September 2019 19:30 Auckland  ––  2–0  ––  North Harbour S. Child  5' M. Child  25' Report Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

19 September 2019 19:45 Capital  ––  2–3  ––  Canterbury Rintala  34' Yeo  55' Report Newman  5' Lane  36', 44' Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)

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21 September 2019 10:00 Canterbury  ––  1–2  ––  North Harbour Brydon  17' Report M. Hayde  37' Muir  45' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)

21 September 2019 14:00 Capital  ––  2–4  ––  Auckland Lovett  22', 53' Report McGeorge  7', 46' Kingstone  10' Iswar  16' Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	––  Central	3	2	1	0	0	10	7	+3	10
2	––  Southern	3	1	0	1	1	6	7	−1	5
3	––  Midlands	3	1	0	0	2	7	8	−1	4
4	Tasmania	3	0	1	1	1	6	7	−1	3

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.

18 September 2019 17:30 Tasmania 2–3  ––  Midlands Beltz  4' Thomas  50' Report Scanlon  8' Andrews  37' Whitehead  55' Umpires: Lee Erskine (NZL) Nicholas Saunders (NZL)

18 September 2019 17:45 Southern  ––  2–4  ––  Central Thomas  29' K. O'Connor  30' Report Thomas  20', 49', 49' Yamasaki  59' Umpires: Bren Duckworth (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)

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19 September 2019 17:30 Central  ––  4–3  ––  Midlands Thomas  30' Collier  41' Findlay  44' Yamasaki  53' Report Rees-Gibbs  11' Wyndham-Smith  26' Scanlon  30' Umpires: Bren Duckworth (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

19 September 2019 17:45 Tasmania 2–2  ––  Southern Beltz  10' Smith  53' Report Thorn  23' Thomas  25' Penalties Thomas Brooks Beltz Smith Wilcox —— Smith Brooks Beltz 6–5 J. Ward K. O'Connor Thomas Milicich J. O'Connor —— K. O'Connor Milicich Thomas Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)

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21 September 2019 08:15 Southern  ––  2–1  ––  Midlands Ross  6' K. O'Connor  53' Report De Jong  36' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)

21 September 2019 10:15 Tasmania 2–2  ––  Central Watson  18' Beltz  50' Report Hiha  4' Thomas  26' Penalties Smith Walker-Kidd Beltz Bourke Wilcox 1–2 Yamasaki Scanlon Thomas McAleese Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Bren Duckworth (NZL)

Classification matches

Seventh and eighth place

22 September 2019 08:15 Midlands  ––  2–3 Tasmania Wyndham-Smith  3', 32' Report Watson  15' Read  33' Hogan-Jones  56' Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)

Fifth and sixth place

22 September 2019 12:15 Central  ––  3–3  ––  Southern Scanlon  2' Hiha  5' Yamasaki  50' Report J. Ward  20' Gilbert  49' K. O'Connor  54' Penalties Yamasaki Scanlon Thomas McAleese Wilcox 2–3 J. Ward Ross Thomas K. O'Connor Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

Third and fourth place

22 September 2019 12:00 Canterbury  ––  4–2  ––  Capital Heale  14' Jackson  21' Lane  43' Shaw  53' Report Rintala  54' Smith  58' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

Final

22 September 2019 16:15 Auckland  ––  1–2  ––  North Harbour Iswar  42' Report Capizzi  17' Coughlan  29' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	––  North Harbour	7	5	0	0	2	16	13	+3	20	Gold Medal
	––  Auckland	7	5	0	0	2	20	12	+8	20	Silver Medal
	––  Canterbury	7	5	0	0	2	23	16	+7	20	Bronze Medal
4	––  Capital	7	3	0	0	4	22	20	+2	12
5	––  Southern	7	2	1	1	3	14	20	−6	11
6	––  Central	7	2	1	1	3	18	22	−4	11
7	Tasmania	7	2	1	1	3	13	17	−4	11
8	––  Midlands	7	1	0	0	6	15	21	−6	4

Source: Hockey New Zealand

Goalscorers

There were 141 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 5.04 goals per match.

7 goals

•  ––  Samuel Lane
•  ––  Joel Rintala

6 goals

•  ––  Dylan Thomas

5 goals

•  ––  Dylan Thomas

4 goals

•  ––  Dominic Newman
•  ––  Kurt Lovett
•  ––  Maks Wyndham-Smith
•  ––  Robert Capizzi

3 goals

•  ––  Hamish McGeorge
•  ––  Dwayne Rowsell
•  ––  Moss Jackson
•  ––  Rowan Yeo
•  ––  Samuel Hiha
•  ––  Koji Yamasaki
•  ––  Matthew Rees-Gibbs
•  ––  Benji Edwards
•  ––  Kieran O'Connor
• Hayden Beltz
• James Thomas

2 goals

•  ––  Simon Child
•  ––  Nicholas Finlayson
•  ––  Shae Iswar
•  ––  Jonathan Keaney
•  ––  Leo Mitai-Wells
•  ––  Trent Summers
•  ––  Daniel Harris
•  ––  Sajan Patel
•  ––  Sean Findlay
•  ––  Andrew Scanlon
•  ––  Reuben Andrews
•  ––  Frithjof de Jong
•  ––  Daniel Scanlon
•  ––  Xavier Guy
• Brenton Watson

1 goal

•  ––  Marcus Child
•  ––  Zander Fraser
•  ––  Joseph Hanks
•  ––  Kim Kingstone
•  ––  Peter Anderson
•  ––  Joseph Bartholomew
•  ––  David Brydon
•  ––  George Connell
•  ––  Llewelyn Heale
•  ––  Bradley Shaw
•  ––  Gus Wakeling
•  ––  Oliver Logan
•  ––  Harrison Miskimmin
•  ––  Jacob Smith
•  ––  Benedict van Woerkom
•  ––  Benjamin Collier
•  ––  Jason Peel
•  ––  Richard Hayward
•  ––  Chad Whitehead
•  ––  James Coughlan
•  ––  Mitchell Hayde
•  ––  Connor Herewini
•  ––  Kalyan Jeram
•  ––  Richmond Lum
•  ––  George Muir
•  ––  Mitchell Ottow
•  ––  Callum Dempster
•  ––  Nathan Gilbert
•  ––  Joseph O'Connor
•  ––  Nicholas Ross
•  ––  Jonathan Thorn
•  ––  Jordan Ward
• Joshua Brooks
• Alexander Hogan-Jones
• Ian McHugh
• Benjamin Read
• Oliver Smith

Source: Hockey New Zealand

External links

• Official website