2016–17 England Hockey League season

The 2016–2017 English Hockey League season took place from September 2016 until April 2017. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March.[1] The end of season play offs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on 22 & 23 April.[2]

Surbiton won the Men's Premier League title despite being 3-0 down in the final against Wimbledon with only 10mins to go. Surbiton also won the Investec Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings, making it their 4th in a row. Whilst Canterbury finished one off the bottom and survived the relegation playoffs for the 3rd time in a row as Loughborough Students were relegated having just got up into the top flight last season. Sevenoaks beat Team Bath Buccaneers and Durham University to secure promotion and go up to the top flight next season in the men's competition. In the women's Reading got relegated and Buckingham beat Wimbledon and Brooklands Poynton to secure promotion, as Bowdon Hightown won the group to keep their place in the Premier League.

The Men's Cup was won by Reading with the biggest score difference in 15years against Canterbury in the final. [3] The Investec Women's Cup was won by Surbiton. [4][5]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wimbledon	18	13	4	1	56	32	24	43
2	Holcombe	18	11	3	4	50	30	20	36
3	Surbiton	18	9	8	1	62	39	23	35
4	Hampstead and Westminster	18	9	5	4	54	40	14	32
5	Beeston	18	8	3	7	40	37	3	27
6	East Grinstead	18	8	2	8	52	41	11	26
7	Reading	18	6	4	8	40	45	-5	22
8	Brooklands Manchester University	18	5	3	10	31	54	-23	18
9	Canterbury	18	3	3	12	37	59	-22	12
10	Loughborough Students	18	0	1	17	18	63	-45	1

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	Bee	Bro	Can	EG	HW	Hol	Lou	Rea	Sub	Wim
Beeston	—	0–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	4–2	1–4	2–3
Brooklands MU	2–3	—	2–1	0–6	3–3	0–6	2–0	1–4	3–3	2–3
Canterbury	0–3	2–3	—	3–4	2–2	3–5	2–1	1–2	4–4	5–2
East Grinstead	2–1	3–1	4–1	—	2–3	4–1	5–1	2–2	2–2	2–4
Hampstead and Westminster	4–3	2–1	7–2	4–3	—	3–3	4–1	4–1	3–4	2–2
Holcombe	4–3	5–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2
Loughborough Students	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–6	1–4	2–6	—	1–6	2–4	0–4
Reading	2–2	2–4	4–1	3–2	4–5	0–3	3–1	—	0–3	1–6
Surbiton	6–1	6–2	5–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	—	3–3
Wimbledon	2–2	4–1	5–2	5–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

[6]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Surbiton	18	15	2	1	53	14	39	47
2	Holcombe	18	11	5	2	44	25	19	38
3	East Grinstead	18	9	6	3	32	20	12	33
4	University of Birmingham	18	10	2	6	38	35	3	32
5	Leicester	18	8	5	5	31	24	7	29
6	Clifton	18	9	1	8	42	31	11	28
7	Canterbury	18	5	5	8	25	38	-13	20
8	Slough	18	3	3	12	15	37	-22	12
9	Bowdon Hightown	18	1	5	12	18	44	-26	8
10	Reading	18	1	2	15	17	47	-30	5

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	Bow	Can	Cli	EG	Hol	Lei	Rea	Slo	Sub	Bir
Bowdon Hightown	—	2–3	1–1	1–4	3–3	2–0	0–0	3–4	0–5	1–2
Canterbury	2–1	—	0–6	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–2
Clifton Robinsons	2–1	3–0	—	1–2	2–4	3–2	5–1	2–0	1–2	1–2
East Grinstead	0–0	0–0	3–1	—	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–2
Holcombe	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–1	—	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–2	3–1
Leicester	5–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	—	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1
Reading	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–4	2–5	0–3	—	1–3	0–1	2–3
Slough	1–0	1–4	1–4	1–2	2–2	0–3	0–1	—	0–2	0–4
Surbiton	6–0	4–1	4–3	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	—	3–2
University of Birmingham	4–1	4–4	2–1	1–4	1–3	0–1	6–2	1–0	0–6	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Finals Weekend

Semi-finals

Division	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Men's Premier	Wimbledon	Hampstead and Westminster	2-1
Men's Premier	Holcombe	Surbiton	2-3
Women's Premier	Surbiton	University of Birmingham	3-1
Women's Premier	Holcombe	East Grinstead	2-1

3rd/4th Playoff

[7] Due to Wimbledon's finishing fourth in the 2016–17 Euro Hockey League a third team from England is allowed to join the competition meaning a 3rd/4th playoff is necessary.

Division	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Men's Premier	Hampstead and Westminster	Holcombe	3-7

Finals

Division	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Men's Premier	Wimbledon	Surbiton	3-3 (2-3 p)
Women's Premier	Surbiton	Holcombe	3-1

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Beeston	Reading	1-3
Havant	Bromley and Beckenham	0-2
Bowdon	Canterbury	2-5
Brooklands Manchester University	Oxford Hawks	3-1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Bromley and Beckenham	Canterbury	0-2
Reading	Brooklands Manchester University	4-2

Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 29 April)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Reading	Canterbury	6-1

Women's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Bowdon Hightown	Barnes	2-1
Beeston	Sevenoaks	5-1
Clifton	Ben Rhydding	4-1
Slough	Surbiton	1-6

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Surbiton	Bowdon Hightown	5-0
Clifton	Beeston	2-1

Final

(Held at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 30 April)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Clifton	Surbiton	0-5

Men's Promotion Tournament

The winners of the 3 regional conferences and the second to bottom placed team in Premier League play a Promotion Tournament with the top 2 placed teams playing in the Premier League next season while the bottom 2 play in the conference leagues.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Canterbury	3	2	1	0	7	7
2	Sevenoaks	3	2	0	1	-2	6
3	Team Bath Buccaneers	3	0	2	1	-1	2
4	Durham University	3	0	1	2	-4	1

= Qualified for Premier League next season

Women's Promotion Tournament

The winners of the 3 regional conferences and the second to bottom placed team in Premier League play a Promotion Tournament with the top 2 placed teams playing in the Premier League next season while the bottom 2 play in the conference leagues.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Bowdon Hightown	3	2	1	0	2	7
2	Buckingham	3	2	0	1	1	6
3	Wimbledon	3	1	0	2	-1	3
4	Brooklands Poynton	3	0	1	2	-2	1

= Qualified for Premier League next season

References

"Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
"Results". England Hockey.
"Reading men win England National Cup after hitting Canterbury for six". www.readingchronicle.co.uk. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
"Surbiton crowned the Investec Women's Cup Winners". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
"L1 Beat Clifton Robinsons 5-0 To Lift Investec Women's Cup". surbitonhc.com. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
"2015-16 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
"Wimbledon success results in extra Finals fixture". England Hockey.

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[1] "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.

[2] "Results". England Hockey.

[readingchronicle060517-3] "Reading men win England National Cup after hitting Canterbury for six". www.readingchronicle.co.uk. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[englandhockey300417-4] "Surbiton crowned the Investec Women's Cup Winners". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[surbitonhc300417-5] "L1 Beat Clifton Robinsons 5-0 To Lift Investec Women's Cup". surbitonhc.com. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[6] "2015-16 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.

[7] "Wimbledon success results in extra Finals fixture". England Hockey.

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