1999–2000 England Hockey League season

The 1999–2000 English Hockey League season took place from September 1999 until May 2000.

1999–2000 England Hockey League

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The men's National League was won by Canterbury with the women's National League going to Hightown. The top four clubs entered the Premiership tournament which culminated with men's & women's finals on 1 May. Cannock won the men's Premiership tournament and Hightown claimed the women's Premiership tournament.

The Men's Cup was won by Reading and the Women's Cup was won by Clifton. ^[1]

Men's National League Premier Division League Standings

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Canterbury	18	13	2	3	68	43	25	41
2	Cannock	18	13	1	4	62	35	27	40
3	Reading	18	12	3	3	71	37	34	39
4	Guildford	18	10	3	5	53	43	10	33
5	Surbiton	18	7	4	7	46	44	2	25
6	Old Loughtonians	18	5	8	5	46	46	0	23
7	Southgate	18	4	2	12	38	52	-14	14
8	Bournville	18	4	2	12	34	55	-21	14
9	Teddington	18	3	5	10	35	64	-29	14
10	Beeston	18	3	2	13	36	70	-34	11

	= Champions
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament
	= Relegated

Women's National League Premier Division League Standings

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Hightown	18	13	1	4	49	21	40
2	Ipswich	18	10	4	4	53	36	34
3	Leicester	18	9	6	3	38	22	33
4	Canterbury	18	9	3	6	36	29	30
5	Clifton	18	9	2	7	28	25	29
6	Slough	18	7	5	6	40	35	26
7	Sutton Coldfield	18	6	3	9	30	43	21
8	Olton & West Warwicks	18	5	5	8	31	41	20
9	Chelmsford	18	4	5	9	26	36	17
10	Doncaster	18	1	0	17	12	55	3

	= Champions
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament
	= Relegated

Men's Premiership Tournament

Round	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
First round	Apr 8	Guildford	Reading	2-2 (5-4 p)
Positional	Apr 8	Canterbury	Cannock	0-1
Second round	Apr 16	Canterbury	Guildford	5-1
Final ^[4]	May 1	Cannock	Canterbury	3-2

Women's Premiership Tournament

Round	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
First round	Apr 8	Leicester	Canterbury	2-0
Positional	Apr 8	Hightown	Ipswich	0-0 (4-2 p)
Second round	Apr 16	Ipswich	Leicester	2-1
Final ^[5]	May 1	Hightown	Ipswich	3-1

Men's Cup (EHA Cup)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Canterbury	Reading	1-3
Old Loughtonians	Southgate	6-3

Final

(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 7 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Reading	Old Loughtonians	3-2

Women's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Loughborough Students	Wimbledon	4-2
Clifton	Doncaster	5-0
Slough	Sutton Coldfield	0-1
Chelmsford	Hampton In Arden	5-1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Chelmsford	Clifton	1-3
Loughborough Students	Sutton Coldfield	4-5

Final

(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 7 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Clifton	Sutton Coldfield	4-2

References

1. "Cathy Harris. "Todd puts Reading back in Europe." Times [London, England] 8 May 2000". The Times Digital Archive.
2. "1999-2000 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
3. "1999-2000 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
4. "Cathy Harris. "Resilient Cannock hold." Times [London, England] 2 May 2000". The Times Digital Archive.
5. "Cathy Harris. "Cullen finishes on a high note." Times [London, England] 2 May 2000". The Times Digital Archive.