2013 Hockey India League

Rules

Five teams took part in the tournament and each team played three matches against each team, one at their home venue and one at the venue of the opposition team. The third match was played against the other four teams two at home and two away.

The points in the league phase of the tournament were awarded as follows:

If at the end of the League two or more teams had the same number of points for any place, these teams would be ranked according to the following order:

1. respective number of matches won;
2. respective goal difference (goals for less goals against). A positive goal difference always takes precedence over a negative one;
3. respective number of goals scored;
4. 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:

The semi-final, third and fourth place playoff and the final of 2013 HIL were played on 9 and 10 February at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.

Players

Main article: 2013 Hockey India League players' auction

Main article: List of 2013 Hockey India League team rosters

The players' auction for first season of HIL took place on 16 December in New Delhi. A total of 246 players were available for the auction out of which 120 players were bought by the franchises which included 50 foreign and 70 local players.

League progression

Schedule

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

League Phase

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match2{{fieldhockeybox Mandeep Gurinder Sangha (IND)}}

match3{{fieldhockeybox Norris-Jones Javed Shaikh (IND)}}

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Ripudaman Sharma (IND)}}

match5{{fieldhockeybox Mandeep Smith Suresh Thakur Kumar (IND)}}

match6{{fieldhockeybox Harsha Vardhan (IND)}}

match7{{fieldhockeybox Raghunath Pankaj Tyagi (IND)}}

match8{{fieldhockeybox Sandeep Dwyer Ranjit Anil Kumar (IND)}}

match9{{fieldhockeybox Turner Wilson Norris-Jones Mujtaba Akashdeep Mir Child Gurinder Sangha (IND)}}

match10{{fieldhockeybox Malak Suresh Thakur Kumar (IND)}}

match11{{fieldhockeybox Jackson Mandeep Rupinder Pal Chandi Jenniskens Ripudaman Sharma (IND)}}

match12{{fieldhockeybox Wilson Jackson Javed Shaikh (IND)}}

match13{{fieldhockeybox Malak Sunil Ford Turner

Harsha Vardhan (IND)}}

match14{{fieldhockeybox Tarandeep Anil Kumar (IND)}}

match15{{fieldhockeybox Norris-Jones Rupinder Pal Pankaj Tyagi (IND)}}

match16{{fieldhockeybox Raghunath Hertzberger Dwyer Ciriello Raghu Prasad (IND)}}

match17{{fieldhockeybox Mandeep Gurinder Sangha (IND)}}

match18{{fieldhockeybox Hayward Child Ripudaman Sharma (IND)}}

match19{{fieldhockeybox Wilson Sandeep Javed Shaikh (IND)}}

match20{{fieldhockeybox Walmiki Evers Raghu Prasad (IND)}}

match21{{fieldhockeybox Hammond Malak Javed Shaikh (IND)}}

match22{{fieldhockeybox Manpreet Child Rupinder Pal Gurbaj Harsha Vardhan (IND)}}

match23{{fieldhockeybox Shanker Gurinder Sangha (IND)}}

match24{{fieldhockeybox Ripudaman Sharma (IND)}}

match25{{fieldhockeybox Deecke Chandi Suresh Thakur Kumar (IND)}}

match26{{fieldhockeybox Ciriello Mandeep Harsha Vardhan (IND)}}

match27{{fieldhockeybox Ciriello Deecke Norris-Jones Gurinder Sangha (IND)}}

match28{{fieldhockeybox Michael Eilmer (AUT)}}

match29{{fieldhockeybox Uthappa Pudiyokkada Malayalan Javed Shaikh (IND)}}

match30{{fieldhockeybox Raghu Prasad (IND)}}

Play-offs

|9 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi|Ranchi Rhinos|4|Uttar Pradesh Wizards|2 |9 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi|Delhi Wave Riders|3|Punjab Warriors|1 |10 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi|Ranchi Rhinos|2|Delhi Wave Riders|1 |10 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi|Uttar Pradesh Wizards|4|Punjab Warriors|3

Semifinals

Semi-final1{{fieldhockeybox Wilson Raghu Prasad (IND)}}

Semi-final2{{fieldhockeybox Rupinder Pal Norris-Jones Javed Shaikh (IND)}}

Third and fourth place

3rdplace{{fieldhockeybox Sunil Ranjit Javed Shaikh (IND)}}

Final

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Awards

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Oskar Deecke for Delhi Waveriders against Punjab Warriors (14 January 2013)
• Last goal of the season: Manpreet Singh for Ranchi Rhinos against Delhi Waveriders (10 February 2013)
• Largest winning margin: 4 goals
  • Mumbai Magicians 4–0 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (30 January 2013)
• Highest scoring game: 10 goals
  • Mumbai Magicians 4–6 Delhi Waveriders (21 January 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
  • Mumbai Magicians 4–6 Delhi Waveriders (21 January 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
  • Mumbai Magicians 4–6 Delhi Waveriders (21 January 2013)
  • Ranchi Rhinos 4–5 Delhi Waveriders (23 January 2013)

Clean sheets

Player

Team

• Most clean sheets: 3
  • Uttar Pradesh Wizards
• Fewest clean sheets: 0
  • Punjab Warriors

Discipline

Player

• Most green cards: 4
  • Yuvraj Walmiki (Delhi Waveriders)
• Most yellow cards: 2
  • Manpreet Singh (Ranchi Rhinos)
  • Pradhan Somanna (Uttar Pradesh Wizards)
  • Robert Hammond (Punjab Warriors)
  • Sardara Singh (Delhi Waveriders)
  • Wouter Jolie (Uttar Pradesh Wizards)
• Most red cards: 1
  • Ranjit Singh (Punjab Warriors)

Team

• Most green cards: 15
  • Delhi Waveriders
• Most yellow cards: 7
  • Mumbai Magicians
  • Punjab Warriors
• Most red cards: 1
  • Punjab Warriors Source: Hockey India League

References

References

1. (26 November 2012). "Hockey India League auction postponed". [[Hindustan Times]].
2. "Regulations of the Hero Hockey India League". [[Hockey India]].
3. "Fixture List 2013". [[Hockey India]].
4. (15 December 2012). "The ABC of Hockey India League players' auction". [[CNN-IBN]].