2013 Hockey India League

2013 Hockey India League, known as Hero Hockey India League and abbreviated as HIL 2013 was the first season of the field hockey tournament Hockey India League. Tournament was scheduled to start from 5 January to 3 February but was postponed to 14 January to 10 February.^[1]

Hero Hockey India League 2013

Tournament details
Dates	14 January – 10 February
Administrator(s)	Hockey India
Format(s)	Triple Round-robin and Knock-out
Host(s)	India
Venue(s)	5
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Ranchi Rhinos (1st title)
Runner-up	Delhi Waveriders
Third Place	Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Tournament summary
Matches played	34
Goals scored	147 (4.32 per match)
Player of the tournament	Sardar Singh (DWR)
Most goals	Sandeep Singh (MM) (11)
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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.^[2]

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

Points

Results	Points
Win	5 points
Draw	2 points
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 had the same number of points for any place, these teams would be ranked according to the following order:^[2]

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

Mumbai

Delhi

Jalandhar

Ranchi

Lucknow

Locations of 2012 Hockey India League teams

Venues

Five venues have been selected for Hockey India League which will serve as home grounds for each franchise:

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Delhi Waveriders	Delhi	Dhyan Chand National Stadium	20,000
Mumbai Magicians	Mumbai	Mahindra Hockey Stadium	8,250
Punjab Warriors	Jalandhar	Surjit Hockey Stadium	8,000
Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi	Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium	5,000
Uttar Pradesh Wizards	Lucknow	Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium	10,000

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

League progression

		League Phase													Playoffs
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	27	32	34	39	44	49	49		W		L
Mumbai Magicians		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	12	13	14	15	16
Punjab Warriors		1	2	3	8	10	15	20	20	25	27	28	29		L	L
Ranchi Rhinos		5	10	11	12	17	22	27	29	29	31	36	41		W		W
Uttar Pradesh Wizards		5	7	12	14	15	16	17	17	22	22	27	32		L	W
Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.									Win			Loss			Draw
Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (Playoffs) to see the summary for the match.									Team was eliminated in group stage.

Schedule

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

League Phase

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Delhi Wave Riders	12	9	2	1	37	24	+13	49
Ranchi Rhinos	12	7	2	3	26	22	+4	41
Uttar Pradesh Wizards	12	5	2	5	19	22	–3	32
Punjab Warriors	12	4	2	6	25	27	–2	29
Mumbai Magicians	12	1	0	11	20	32	–12	16
						Qualified for Semi-finals
						Eliminated

14 January 2013 20:00 Delhi Wave Riders (H) 2–1 Punjab Warriors Deecke  14' Chandi  23' Report Padrós  42' Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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16 January 2013 18:00 Punjab Warriors (H) 1–2 Ranchi Rhinos Govers  63' Report Jackson  43' Mandeep  50' Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Gurinder Sangha (IND)

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16 January 2013 20:00 Delhi Wave Riders (H) 2–1 Mumbai Magicians Rupinder Pal  27' Norris-Jones  48' Report Sandeep  50' Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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17 January 2013 20:00 Punjab Warriors (H) 1–2 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Dwyer  39' Report Hertzberger  17'  59' Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

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18 January 2013 20:00 Ranchi Rhinos (H) 3–1 Mumbai Magicians Chaudhary  9' Mandeep  22' Smith  29' Report Chinglensana  45' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Suresh Thakur Kumar (IND)

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19 January 2013 11:30 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) 1–1 Delhi Wave Riders Raghunath  24' Report Child  6' Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Harsha Vardhan (IND)

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20 January 2013 15:00 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) 2–0 Ranchi Rhinos Hertzberger  47' Raghunath  60' Report Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)

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20 January 2013 20:00 Mumbai Magicians (H) 2–4 Punjab Warriors Satbir  7' Sandeep  33' Report Dharamvir  4', 70' Dwyer  56' Ranjit  65' Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Anil Kumar (IND)

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21 January 2013 20:00 Mumbai Magicians (H) 4–6 Delhi Wave Riders Sandeep  8', 51' Turner  42' Wilson  48' Report Deecke  14' Norris-Jones  23' Mujtaba  25' Akashdeep  53' Mir  55' Child  58' Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Gurinder Sangha (IND)

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22 January 2013 20:00 Punjab Warriors (H) 2–2 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Shivendra  12' Malak  28' Report Raghunath  24', 35+' Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Suresh Thakur Kumar (IND)

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23 January 2013 20:00 Ranchi Rhinos (H) 4–5 Delhi Wave Riders Reid-Ross  13' Jackson  46', 64' Mandeep  60' Report Akashdeep  5' Rupinder Pal  47', 57' Chandi  51' Jenniskens  65' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

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24 January 2013 18:00 Ranchi Rhinos (H) 3–1 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Fürste  27' Wilson  67' Jackson  69' Report Doerner  53' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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24 January 2013 20:00 Punjab Warriors (H) 4–3 Mumbai Magicians  30' Malak  35' Sunil  40' Ford  44' Report Sandeep  14' Turner  54'  64' Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Harsha Vardhan (IND)

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26 January 2013 15:00 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) 1–3 Ranchi Rhinos Hertzberger  68' Report Mandeep  58', 67' Tarandeep  69' Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Anil Kumar (IND)

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26 January 2013 18:00 Delhi Wave Riders (H) 4–3 Mumbai Magicians Khan  6' Norris-Jones  12', 22' Rupinder Pal  51' Report Sandeep  28', 56', 66' Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)

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27 January 2013 15:00 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) 3–4 Punjab Warriors Alegre  11' Raghunath  65' Hertzberger  67' Report Sunil  2', 4' Dwyer  8' Ciriello  15' Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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28 January 2013 20:00 Ranchi Rhinos (H) 2–1 Mumbai Magicians Jackson  28' Mandeep  49' Report Sandeep  2' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gurinder Sangha (IND)

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29 January 2013 20:00 Delhi Wave Riders (H) 3–0 Punjab Warriors Akashdeep  13' Hayward  52' Child  69' Report Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

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30 January 2013 18:00 Mumbai Magicians (H) 4–0 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Jasrotia  11' Wilson  45' Sandeep  52', 66' Report Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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30 January 2013 20:00 Delhi Wave Riders (H) 2–2 Ranchi Rhinos  20' Walmiki  53' Report Reid-Ross  14' Evers  61' Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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31 January 2013 20:00 Mumbai Magicians (H) 1–3 Punjab Warriors De Young  48' Report Dharamvir  8' Hammond  23' Malak  52' Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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1 February 2013 20:00 Ranchi Rhinos (H) 2–5 Delhi Wave Riders Wilson  24' Manpreet  68' Report Chandi  4', 19' Child  7' Rupinder Pal  40' Gurbaj  49' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Harsha Vardhan (IND)

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2 February 2013 15:00 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) 2–0 Mumbai Magicians Mor  9' Shanker  58' Report Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Gurinder Sangha (IND)

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2 February 2013 20:00 Ranchi Rhinos (H) 1–1 Punjab Warriors Mandeep  34' Report Malak  14' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

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3 February 2013 15:00 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) 0–3 Delhi Wave Riders Report Mir  10' Deecke  17' Chandi  30' Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Suresh Thakur Kumar (IND)

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4 February 2013 20:00 Punjab Warriors (H) 2–3 Ranchi Rhinos Govers  34' Ciriello  50' Report Reid-Ross  52', 69' Mandeep  62' Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Harsha Vardhan (IND)

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5 February 2013 18:00 Punjab Warriors (H) 2–3 Delhi Wave Riders Dharamvir  17' Ciriello  70' Report Rupinder Pal  7' Deecke  11' Norris-Jones  23' Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Gurinder Sangha (IND)

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5 February 2013 20:00 Mumbai Magicians (H) 0–1 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Report Doerner  33' Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

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7 February 2013 18:00 Delhi Wave Riders (H) 1–4 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Hayward  64' Report Hertzberger  39' Uthappa  49' Pudiyokkada  56' Malayalan  64' Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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7 February 2013 20:00 Mumbai Magicians (H) 0–1 Ranchi Rhinos Report Wilson  61' Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Play-offs

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi
	Ranchi Rhinos	4
					10 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi
	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	2
					Ranchi Rhinos	2
	9 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi
					Delhi Wave Riders	1
	Delhi Wave Riders	3
	Punjab Warriors	1
					Third place
					10 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi
					Uttar Pradesh Wizards	4
					Punjab Warriors	3

Semifinals

9 February 2013 16:30 Ranchi Rhinos 4–2 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Mandeep  5', 66' Wilson  32', 64' Report Thimmaiah  16', 54' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Marcello Servetto (ESP) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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9 February 2013 20:00 Delhi Wave Riders 3–1 Punjab Warriors Mir  14' Rupinder Pal  32' Norris-Jones  67' Report Dwyer  33' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

Third and fourth place

10 February 2013 17:00 Uttar Pradesh Wizards 4–3 (a.e.t.) Punjab Warriors Raghunath  42', 62', 64', 85' Report Knowles  4' Sunil  8' Ranjit  39' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Javed Shaikh (IND)

Final

10 February 2013 20:00 Ranchi Rhinos 2–1 Delhi Wave Riders Smith  55' Manpreet  63' Report Child  25' Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Marcello Servetto (ESP)

Awards

Player of the Tournament		Upcoming player of the tournament		Most goals in league phase		Fair play
Sardar Singh (Delhi Waveriders)		Mandeep Singh (Ranchi Rhinos)		Delhi Waveriders (37 in 12 matches)		Ranchi Rhinos

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Goals
1	Sandeep Singh	Mumbai Magicians	12	11
2	Mandeep Singh	Ranchi Rhinos	13	10
3	V. R. Raghunath	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	14	9
4	Rupinder Pal Singh	Delhi Wave Riders	14	7
5	Lloyd Norris-Jones	Delhi Wave Riders	14	6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Report	Venue
Sandeep Singh	Mumbai Magicians	Delhi Wave Riders	3–4	Match 15	New Delhi–Dhyan Chand National Stadium
V.R. Raghunath4	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	Punjab Warriors	4–3	3rd place	Ranchi– Astroturf Hockey Stadium

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

Rank	Player	Team	Clean sheets
1	George Bazeley	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	3
2	Francisco Juancosa Cortés	Ranchi Rhinos	1
	Nicolas Jacobi	Delhi Waveriders	1
	Pirmin Blaak	Delhi Waveriders	1
	P. R. Shreejesh	Mumbai Magicians	1

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

See also

• List of Hockey India League players
• World Series Hockey