Malaysia Junior Hockey League

Malaysia Junior Hockey League

Sport	Field Hockey
No. of teams	Division 1: 6 Division 2: 10
Country(ies)	Malaysia
Most titles	Bukit Jalil Sports School
TV partner(s)	ESPN

The Malaysia Junior Hockey League (MJHL) 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

Division 1

• Bukit Jalil Sports School
• BJSS Juniors
• UniKL
• Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya
• BPSS-TNB Thunderbolt
• BPSS Juniors
• Anderson School
• Kelantan Sports Council
• MBI-MSN Junior Perak
• MSSP-Pahang

Division 2

• Politeknik KPT
• SMK Datuk Taha
• SMK Tunku Besar
• SMK Datuk Syed Ahmad
• MATRI
• MSNJ-PHJ
• OLAK-Klang PKT
• Penang Free School HC Junior
• MSSP-USM
• Malaysia National Under-19 Women's Team
• MSSWP-KLHC
• SMK Padang Midin
• SMK Tinggi Melaka
• MSS-Perlis

History

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 flavor. 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.

Founding

The competition was first played in 2000 involving 11 teams. Initiated by Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) 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

New format

New features

Players

A team shall consist of maximum of 18 (eighteen) 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

Season	Division 1	Division 2
2011	Universiti Kuala Lumpur	SMK Tunku Besar
2010	BPSS-Thunderbolt[1]	Majlis Sukan Negeri Sabah[2]
2009	Bukit Jalil Sports School	Nur Insafi HC Juniors
2008	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2007	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2006
2005	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2004	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2003	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2002
2001	n/a
2000	OLAK Klang HC
1999	n/a
1998
1997	OLAK Klang HC
1996	Electrical Switchgear Automation
1995	n/a

MILO-MJHL Cup

Season	Overall Champions
2011	BPSS-Thunderbolts
2010	Universiti Kuala Lumpur
2009	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2008	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2007	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2006
2005	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2004	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2003	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2002
2001
2000	OLAK Klang HC
1999
1998
1997	Electrical Switchgear Automation
1996	Electrical Switchgear Automation
1995

See also

• Malaysian Hockey Federation
• Malaysia national field hockey team
• Malaysia Hockey League
• Hockey Asian Champion Clubs Cup
• List of foreign Malaysia Hockey League players
• Field hockey in Malaysia

References

1. ^ S. Ramaguru (2010-05-22). "BPSS-Thunderbolt thwart UniKL’s title bid". The Star. http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2010/5/22/sports/6317415&sec=sports. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
2. ^ S. Ramaguru (2010-05-23). "Division Two title is for debutants Sabah MSN to lose". The Star. http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2010/5/23/sports/6321127&sec=sports. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 

• The Star May 5, 2007
• The Star June 26, 2009

External links

• Official website