Malaysia Junior Hockey League


The Malaysia Junior Hockey League is a top junior league competition for junior field hockey clubs in the Malaysian hockey system. At present also it is sponsored by Milo and National Sports Council.

Teams

A record 27 teams will feature in the 2014 Malaysian Junior Hockey League.
Division 1Division 2Women's
BJSS-ThunderboltAkademi Hoki Pahang Kuala Lumpur Wipers
MBPJAnderson PHA MSN Kedah
Nur InsafiAnderson Thunderbolt Mutiara Impian
Olak PKT TigersBJSS Juniors Sekolah Sukan Malaysia Sabah
Politeknik MalaysiaFelda Juniors Selangor Girls
SMK Dato Bentara LuarKHA Kedah Juniors SMK Gunung Rapat Highlander
SSP-MSP-ThunderboltMalacca High School-Hercules SMK Padang Midin
SSTMI JuniorsMATRI SMK Sultan Ibrahim 1
SSTMI-ThunderboltMCKK SMK Tun Hussein Onn
UniKL Young GunsMISCF-UFL SMK Za'ba
MSN/PHP Perlis Young Lion Juniors Southern Girls
MSNPK/ILHC SSTMI-Thunderbolt
MSNT/PHT UniKL Young Guns
MSS Kedah Yayasan Pahang-MSP
MSSPs/PHP Perlis Young Lion Juniors
MSSWPKL
Penang MSSPP-USM
Sekolah Sukan Malaysia Sabah
Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman
SM Sains Johor
SM Sains Raja Tun Azlan Shah
SMK Datuk Mohd Taha
SMKDBL Juniors
Tunku Besar Sports School
Young Hurricanes Malacca

Former teams

Origin

The tournament was initiated to revive interest in the sport which was losing spectator interest to football in recent times. Hockey is one of Malaysia's major sports.
One of the main reasons for the waning popularity of the existing domestic competition was the rise of corporate teams such as Ernst & Young, TNB and Maybank which do not have a steady fan following. MHL is trying to change that by bringing in regional flavour. It fields teams from traditional hockey bastions such as Kuala Lumpur, Penang, other areas, as well as from other places where it has got some fan following.
The MHC-Milo-NSC Malaysia Junior Hockey League made its debut in 1995.

Founding

The competition was first played in 2000 involving 11 teams. Initiated by Malaysian Hockey Federation with active support from sports channel ESPN Malaysia. First season had two tiers division 1 and division 2 but from 2007 season onwards division 2 was scrapped. Except team winning 2006 division 2 championship rest all teams in division 2 were scrapped.

Competition

Malaysian Women's Junior Hockey League

The inaugural women’s junior league, also an Under-19 event took off in 2016 season. It runs from February 19 to April 10. The league attracted the participation of 14 teams from nine states, with exception of teams from Perlis, Malacca and Sarawak.
SSTMI-Thunderbolt lifted the inaugural Women’s Junior Hockey League title with a slim 2-1 win over Kuala Lumpur Wipers in the final.

Girls' team

The league is specifically for boys’ Under-19 league, however few women's team has expressed interest to join the junior league. This includes Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School girls’ team that have submitted their entry to play in the 2013 season.
In the 2011 season, the national women’s team featured in the MJHL as invitation team because there was lack of women’s domestic competitions. It was known as MWHA-SSBP in the MJHL that year. Matri, a team from Perlis refused to play against the MWHA-SSBP team on religious grounds and that resulted in Matri being thrown out of the league, fined RM500 and banned for a year.

New features

Players

A team shall consist of maximum of 18 players to be registered with MHF.
Out of the above 18, maximum of 3 players can be of foreign origin. At any given point of time minimum 2 players of foreign origin shall be within the field of play during the course of a game. All 18 players in a team have to be registered with the MHF and need to submit their identity cards before the start of the league qualifying for playing in a team. All Malaysian players currently employed have to be taken on lien for the duration of the league and then be registered with MHF. All the foreign players must obtain International Transfer Certificates from their respective countries and or clubs before signing up with the team in MHL and MHF.

Import players

There are a number of players from countries other than Malaysia, who have been contracted to play in the league.

Champions

League

The league champion is crowned by finishing top of the league table of two round robin matches.

Cup

The overall cup is also known as MILO-MJHL Cup due to sponsorship reason.