2012 World Series Hockey

Venues

Following eight venues will host the matches of eight franchises on a home and away basis: Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Bangalore and Chennai will host the matches of eight franchises on a home and away basis.

• Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi
• Bangalore Hockey Stadium, Bangalore
• Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai
• PCMC Hockey Stadium, Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
• Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai
• Sector 42 Stadium, Chandigarh
• Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar
• Aishbagh Stadium, Bhopal Originally, nine venues were selected and upgraded with floodlights, replay screens, and scoreboards but organisers decided not to have any matches in Hyderabad's Gachibowli Hockey Stadium.

Players

Main article: List of World Series Hockey players

The players for the eight teams were finalized on 28 November based on the draft system.

Umpires

• Amar Singh Negi
• A.D. Cariappa
• A.N. Somaiah
• Bhupinder Singh
• Dominic Savio
• Hardeep Singh Saini
• Jaspreet Sidhu
• Lokraju
• Marc Knülle
• Parnam Singh
• Paul Ludwig
• Pradeep Kalia
• R.S. Suryaprakash
• Satinder Kumar Sharma
• Scott O'Brian
• Shridharan Thamba
• Stewart Dearing

Exhibition match

An exhibition match was organised on 20 December at Sector 42 Stadium, Chandigarh. Match was played between WSH World XI and WSH India XI. A one-sided match from the start was won by World XI. The World XI was captained by Brent Livermore and coached by José Brasa and Andrew Meredith. Prabhjot Singh led the India XI and coached by Jude Felix and Harendra Singh.

:Match timings according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +05:30)

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Opening ceremony

Opening ceremony of Bridgestone World Series Hockey was held at Sector 42 Stadium of Chandigarh followed by the inaugural match between Chandigarh Comets and Bhopal Badshahs.

League progression

Results

:All matches' timings according to Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

League Phase

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match8{{fieldhockeybox Gurpreet Pradeep Kalia (IND)}}

match9{{fieldhockeybox Prabhjot Toppo A.D. Cariappa (IND)}}

match10{{fieldhockeybox Joga Gurjinder Ranjodh Dominic Savio (IND)}}

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match13{{fieldhockeybox Yadav Anthony Ajmer Lakra Marc Knülle (GER)}}

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match21{{fieldhockeybox Harris Bijwad Deepak Shridharan Thamba (IND)}}

match22{{fieldhockeybox Upadhyay Harpeet R.S. Suryaprakash (IND)}}

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match24{{fieldhockeybox Abbasi A.D. Cariappa (IND)}}

match25{{fieldhockeybox Tsolekile Damandeep Naveen Jaspreet Sidhu (IND)}}

match26{{fieldhockeybox Upadhyay Henwood Pradeep Kalia (IND)}}

match27{{fieldhockeybox Walkimi Thakur Amar Singh Negi (IND)}}

match28{{fieldhockeybox Dominic Savio (IND)}}

match29{{fieldhockeybox Shyam Warsi Jaspreet Sidhu (IND)}}

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match31{{fieldhockeybox Vinaya Harpeet Green R.S. Suryaprakash (IND)}}

match32{{fieldhockeybox Lakra Naveen Aiyappa Parnam Singh (IND)}}

match33{{fieldhockeybox Antil Gagan Ajit Hotchkis Upadhyay Bundela Dominic Savio (IND)}}

match34{{fieldhockeybox Warsi Sinclair Shivamani Bhupinder Singh (IND)}}

match35{{fieldhockeybox Gurjinder Sukhvinder K. Pereira Gurpreet Scott O'Brian (AUS)}}

match36{{fieldhockeybox Abbasi Stewart Dearing (AUS)}}

match37{{fieldhockeybox Khan Abbasi Dominic Savio (IND)}}

match38{{fieldhockeybox Pillay Sinclair Stewart Dearing (AUS)}}

match39{{fieldhockeybox Thakur Scott O'Brian (AUS)}}

match40{{fieldhockeybox Aiyappa Radzi Toppo Marc Knüllei (GER)}}

match41{{fieldhockeybox Almada Thimmaiah Ekka Bhupinder Singh (IND)}}

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match43{{fieldhockeybox Dad Bundela Gurjinder M. Amir Jaspreet Sidhu (IND)}}

match44{{fieldhockeybox Jernail Aiyappa Marc Knüllei (GER)}}

match45{{fieldhockeybox Warsi Harpeet Thakur Gagan Ajit A.D. Cariappa (IND)}}

match46{{fieldhockeybox Mudassar Parnam Singh (IND)}}

match47{{fieldhockeybox Gurjinder Sukhvinder Hardeep Singh Saini (IND)}}

match48{{fieldhockeybox Pillay Abbasi Vikramjeet K Victo Bhupinder Singh (IND)}}

match49{{fieldhockeybox Gurpreet Gagan Ajit Marc Knüllei (GER)}}

match50{{fieldhockeybox Baskaran Aiyappa Naveen Amar Singh Negi (IND)}}

match51{{fieldhockeybox Gurjinder M. A. Khan Green Sutherland Ajmer Bhupinder Singh (IND)}}

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match53{{fieldhockeybox Ramandeep Horo Marc Knüllei (GER)}}

match54{{fieldhockeybox Baskaran Yousef Randhawa Lakra Jaspreet Sidhu (IND)}}

match55{{fieldhockeybox Gupta Abbasi Pillay Rajpal Prabhjot Karamjit Marc Knüllei (GER)}}

match56{{fieldhockeybox Ajmer Sutherland Ekka Satinder Kumar (IND)}}

Play-offs

|April 1–Bangalore Hockey Stadium, Bangalore|Sher-e-Punjab|4|Karnataka Lions|1 |April 1–Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai|Chandigarh Comets|4 (2)|Pune Strykers (PS)|4 (3) |April 2–Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai|Sher-e-Punjab|5|Pune Strykers|2}}

Semifinals

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semifinal2{{fieldhockeybox Ramandeep Roy Butt Pereira Toppo Randhawa Stewart Dearing (AUS) Chhikara Ramandeep Sukhwinder Butt Almada Toppo Thimmaiah}}

Final

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The final of World Series Hockey was held in front of the capacity crowd at the Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai. Pune Strykers got into early lead when Tyron Pereira's cross creeped in during the 4th minute of the game. Pune's joy was short-lived as V.S. Vinaya neutralized off their first penalty corner a minute later. Prabhjot Singh and Deepak Thakur led Punjab's attacks and were awarded with couple of penalty corners but could not be converted. Few close shots were saved by the goal-keeper Gurpreet Guri Singh. Attacks on the other end were made by Argentine recruit Mario Almada, Roshan Minz, Nikkin Thimmiah and Bikash Topo. Second quarter seemed like taking a goalless path before Deepak Thakur broke the deadlock between the sides by slotting in off a reverse stick just before the half time and Punjab saw themselves riding on a slender lead (2–1).

The first half saw an evenly contested match but the second half was completely dominated by Punjab. Skipper Prabhjot Singh in the 47th minute gave Punjab a two-goal cushion with a reverse-stick over Pune before the end off the third quarter. Sher-e-Punjab continued the tempo in the 4th quarter with Punjab's penalty-corner specialist Harpeet Singh converted off a penalty corner with a drag-flick. Known as the comeback kings, Strykers' all efforts were prevented by some robust defending by Punjab. A solo effort by the Prabhjot put Punjab into an unassailable 5–1 lead with four minutes left, who added 10th goal to his season's tally, and confirmed that his team as the champions. Simrandeep Randhawa added a consolation goal to Pune's tally by converting a penalty corner in the last minute and the match ended with Sher-e-Jalandhar 5, Pune Strykers 2 making Sher-e-Punjab the winners of the first WSH.

Awards

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

Hat-tricks

:4 Player scored 4 goals

References

References

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