2000–01 England Hockey League season

The 2000–01 English Hockey League season took place from September 2000 until April 2001.

2000–01 England Hockey League

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The men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Leicester. There were no play offs to determine champions after the regular season but there was a competition for the top four clubs called the Premiership tournament which culminated with men's & women's finals on 22 April.[1] Surbiton won the men's Premiership tournament and Slough claimed the women's premiership tournament.[2]

The Men's Cup was won by Guildford and the Women's Cup was won by Slough. [3]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

[4]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	18	14	2	2	50	23	27	44
2	Surbiton	18	12	3	3	62	36	26	39
3	Cannock	18	12	1	5	65	36	29	37
4	Guildford	18	7	3	8	35	41	-6	24
5	Old Loughtonians	18	7	2	9	29	41	-12	23
6	Southgate	18	6	4	8	47	50	-3	22
7	Loughborough Students	18	5	4	9	41	44	-3	19
8	Canterbury	18	5	4	9	34	46	-12	19
9	Teddington	18	3	6	9	30	47	-17	15
10	Bournville	18	4	1	13	34	63	-29	13

	= Champions
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament
	= Relegated

Women's Premier Division League Standings

[5]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Leicester	18	12	2	4	37	21	38
2	Ipswich	18	11	4	3	37	25	37
3	Slough	18	10	2	6	54	35	32
4	Clifton	18	10	2	6	27	22	32
5	Olton & West Warwicks	18	8	4	6	31	27	28
6	Canterbury	18	6	5	7	23	25	23
7	Hightown	18	5	5	8	35	39	20
8	Chelmsford	18	4	5	9	20	29	17
9	Sutton Coldfield	18	3	4	11	19	49	13
10	Loughborough Students	18	3	3	12	35	46	12

	= Champions
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament
	= Relegated

Men's Premiership Tournament

Round	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
First round	Apr 7	Cannock	Guildford	3-3 (4-5 p)
Positional	Apr 7	Reading	Surbiton	2-3
Second round	Apr 8	Guildford	Reading	1-0
Final [6]	Apr 22	Surbiton	Guildford	1-0

Women's Premiership Tournament

Round	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
First round	Apr 7	Slough	Clifton	1-1 (4-2 p)
Positional	Apr 7	Ipswich	Leicester	1-0
Second round	Apr 8	Slough	Leicester	2-0
Final [7]	Apr 22	Slough	Ipswich	3-1

Men's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
St.Albans	Reading	2-4
Guildford	Southgate	2-0
Teddington	Canterbury	2-3
Chelmsford	Surbiton	3-9

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Reading	Surbiton	1-0
Guildford	Canterbury	3-2

Final

(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 25 March)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Guildford	Reading	2-1 aet

Women's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Hightown	Canterbury	1-0
Olton & West Warwick	Clifton	2-1
Loughborough Students	Slough	2-3
Sutton Coldfield	Doncaster	3-2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Olton & West Warwick	Hightown	2-0
Slough	Sutton Coldfield	2-1

Final

(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 25 March)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Slough	Olton & West Warwick	3-2

References

1. "Cathy Harris. "Reading indebted to Mason." Times [London, England] 19 Mar. 2001". The Times Digital Archive.
2. "Pat Rowley. "Nicol secures title for Surbiton." Times [London, England] 23 Apr. 2001". The Times Digital Archive.
3. "Cathy Harris. "Finals end with a golden flourish." Times [London, England] 26 Mar. 2001". The Times Digital Archive.
4. "2000-01 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
5. "2000-01 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
6. "Pat Rowley. "Nicol secures title for Surbiton." Times [London, England] 23 Apr. 2001". The Times Digital Archive.
7. "Pat Rowley. "Nicol secures title for Surbiton." Times [London, England] 23 Apr. 2001". The Times Digital Archive.