2013 Hockey India League
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| Tournament Details | |
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| Dates | January 14 – February 10 |
| Administrator(s) | Hockey India |
| Tournament Format(s) | Triple Round-robin and Knock-out |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Venue(s) | 5 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final Positions | |
 Champions | TBD |
| Tournament Summary | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 60 (4.62 per match) |
| Most Goals | Sandeep Singh (MM) (4) V. R. Raghunath (UPW) (4) |
2013 Hockey India League, known as Hero Hockey India League and abbreviated as HIL 2013 is the first season of the field hockey tournament Hockey India League. Tournament was due to start from January 5 to February 3 but is postponed to January 14 to February 10.[1]
Rules and Regulations
Five teams will take part in the tournament and each team will play three matches against each team, one at their home venue and one at the venue of the opposition team. The third match will be played against the other four teams two at home and two away.[2]
The points in the league phase of the tournament will be awarded as follows:
| Results | Points |
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| Win | 5 points |
| Draw | 2 point |
| Loss with goal difference of 2 or less goals | 1 points |
| Loss with goal difference of 3 or more goals | 0 points |
If at the end of the League two or more teams have the same number of points for any place, these teams will be ranked according to the following order:[3]
- respective number of matches won;
- respective goal difference (goals for less goals against). A positive goal difference always takes precedence over a negative one;
- respective number of goals scored;
- the cumulative results of the two matches played between those two teams taking firstly the points won in the two matches, secondly the goal difference, and thirdly the number of goals scored
Venues
Five venues have been selected for Hockey India League which will serve as home grounds for each franchise:
- Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi
- Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow
- Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi
- Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai
- Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar
The semi-final, 3rd/4th place playoff and the final of 2013 HIL will be played on 9 and 10 February at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.[4]
Players' Auction
The players' auction for first season of HIL will took place on December 16 in New Delhi.[5] A total of 246 players were available for the auction out of which 120 players were bought by the franchises which include 50 foreign and 70 local players.[6]
League progression
| League Phase | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | SF | 3/4 | F | ||
| Delhi Wave Riders | 5 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Mumbai Magicians | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Punjab Warriors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Ranchi Rhinos | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||||
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Schedule
- All matches' timings according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30)
League Phase
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Delhi Wave Riders | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 22 |
| Ranchi Rhinos | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 17 |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 15 |
| Punjab Warriors | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| Mumbai Magicians | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 5 |
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- Goal of the match:
Oskar Deecke (DWR) - Man of the match:
Jaap Stockmann (PW)
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- Goal of the match:
Kieran Govers (PW) - Man of the match: Moritz Fürste (RR)
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- Goal of the match:
Lloyd Norris-Jones (DWR) - Man of the match:
Sardar Singh (DWR)
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- Goal of the match: Jeroen Hertzberger (UPW)
- Man of the match: Wouter Jolie (UPW)
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- Goal of the match: Austin Smith (RR)
- Man of the match: Birendra Lakra (RR)
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- Goal of the match:
Simon Child (DWR) - Man of the match: Marcel Balkestein (UPW)
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- Goal of the match: Jeroen Hertzberger (UPW)
- Man of the match:
Francisco Juancosa Cortés (RR)
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- Goal of the match: Jamie Dwyer (PW)
- Man of the match: Jamie Dwyer (PW)
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- Goal of the match: Akashdeep Singh (DWR)
- Man of the match: Gurwinder Singh Chandi (DWR)
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- Goal of the match: V.R. Raghunath (UPW)
- Man of the match: V.R. Raghunath (UPW)
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- Goal of the match: Gurwinder Singh Chandi (DWR)
- Man of the match: Tim Jenniskens (DWR)
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- Goal of the match: Nicholas Wilson (RR)
- Man of the match: Birendra Lakra (RR)
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- Goal of the match: Glenn Turner (MM)
- Man of the match: Ignace Tirkey (PW)
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Play-offs
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 February – Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | ||||||
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| 10 February – Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | ||||||
| 4th | ||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 1 | ||||||
| 9 February – Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | ||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 2 | ||||||
| 2nd | ||||||
| 3rd | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 10 February – Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | ||||||
| Loser of Semi-final 1 | ||||||
| Loser of Semi-final 2 | ||||||
Semi-finals
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3rd place
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Final
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Leading Goal Scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Goals [7] |
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| 1 | Sandeep Singh
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Mumbai Magicians | 5 | 6 |
| 2 |  Ashley Jackson
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Ranchi Rhinos | 5 | 4 |
| V. R. Raghunath
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Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mandeep Singh
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Ranchi Rhinos | 5 | 3 |
| Rupinder Pal Singh
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Delhi Wave Riders | 5 | 3 |
References
- ^ "Hockey India League auction postponed". New Delhi: Hindustan Times. Nov 26, 2012. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "REGULATIONS OF THE HERO HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE" (PDF). Hockey India. Retrieved Jan 10, 2013.
- ^ "REGULATIONS OF THE HERO HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE" (PDF). Hockey India. Retrieved Jan 10, 2013.
- ^ "Fixture List 2013" (PDF). Hockey India. Retrieved Jan 12, 2013.
- ^ "HIL to hold auction even though sixth team hasn't been finalised". New Delhi: Daily Mail. Dec 13, 2012. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "The ABC of Hockey India League players' auction". New Delhi: CNN-IBN. Dec 15, 2012. Retrieved Dec 15, 2012.
- ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). Hockey India.
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