2012 World Series Hockey better known as Bridgestone World Series Hockey, abbreviated as Bridgestone WSH, was the first season of the hockey tournament World Series Hockey, a professional league for field hockey in India. The tournament was to take place from 17 December 2011 to 22 January 2012 but later was postponed to 29 February 2012 owing to Olympic qualifiers.[1] Eight teams took part in this competition. The opening ceremony and the first match was held at Sector 42 Stadium, Chandigarh, where Bhopal Badshahs beat Chandigarh Comets 4–3.[2]
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| Dates | 29 February – 2 April |
| Administrator(s) | Indian Hockey Federation |
| Tournament Format(s) | Double Round-robin and Knock-out |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Venue(s) | 8 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final Positions | |
 Champions | Sher-e-Punjab (1st title) |
 Runner-up | Pune Strykers |
 Third Place | Chandigarh Comets Karnataka Lions |
| Tournament Summary | |
| Matches played | 59 |
| Goals scored | 327 (5.54 per match) |
| Player of the tournament | Gurjinder Singh (CCO) |
| Most Goals | Gurjinder Singh (CCO) (19) Syed Imran Warsi (CCH) (19) |
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The inaugural season of the WSH was won by Sher-e-Punjab by defeating Pune Strykers 5–2 in the final at Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai and thus became the first champions of WSH. Chandigarh Comets' drag-flicker Gurjinder Singh was named WSH Rockstar (Player of the tournament) (19 goals in 15 matches) who also shared the golden stick with Pakistan's Syed Imran Warsi for 19 goals apiece.[3]
Venues
editFollowing 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.[4]
Players
editThe players for the eight teams were finalized on 28 November based on the draft system.[5]
Umpires
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Amar Singh Negi (IND)- A.D. Cariappa (IND)
- A.N. Somaiah (IND)
- Bhupinder Singh (IND)
- Dominic Savio (IND)
- Hardeep Singh Saini (IND)
- Jaspreet Sidhu (IND)
- Lokraju (IND)
Marc Knülle (GER)- Parnam Singh (IND)
Paul Ludwig (AUS)- Pradeep Kalia (IND)
- R.S. Suryaprakash (IND)
- Satinder Kumar Sharma (IND)
- Scott O'Brian (AUS)
- Shridharan Thamba (IND)
- Stewart Dearing (AUS)
Exhibition match
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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.[6]
- Match timings according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +05:30)
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Opening ceremony
editOpening 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.[citation needed]
League progression
edit| League Phase | Knockout | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | SF | F | |||
| Bhopal Badshahs | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||
| Chandigarh Comets | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | L | ||||
| Chennai Cheetahs | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | |||||
| Delhi Wizards | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 19 | |||||
| Karnataka Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | L | ||||
| Mumbai Marines | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | |||||
| Pune Strykers | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | W | L | |||
| Sher-e-Punjab | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | W | W | |||
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Results
edit- All matches' timings according to Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
League Phase
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Chandigarh Comets | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 28 |
| Sher-e-Punjab | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 25 |
| Karnataka Lions | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 40 | –6 | 21 |
| Pune Strykers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 42 | –1 | 21 |
| Delhi Wizards | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 37 | –1 | 19 |
| Chennai Cheetahs | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 43 | –2 | 19 |
| Bhopal Badshahs | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 37 | –5 | 17 |
| Mumbai Marines | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 39 | –7 | 13 |
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Play-offs
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| April 1–Bangalore Hockey Stadium, Bangalore | ||||||
| Sher-e-Punjab | 4 | |||||
| April 2–Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai | ||||||
| Karnataka Lions | 1 | |||||
| Sher-e-Punjab | 5 | |||||
| April 1–Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai | ||||||
| Pune Strykers | 2 | |||||
| Chandigarh Comets | 4 (2) | |||||
| Pune Strykers (PS) | 4 (3) | |||||
Semifinals
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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).[7]
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.[8]
Awards
edit| Rockstar | Superstar | Game Changer | Rookie of the Year | Balkrishan Award | |||||
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| Gurjinder Singh (Chandigarh Comets) |
Roshan Minz (Pune Strykers) |
Shakeel Abbasi (Delhi Wizards) |
Lalit Upadhayay (Bhopal Badshahs) |
Rajinder Singh Sr. (Sher-e-Punjab) |
Statistics
editLeading goalscorers
edit| Rank | Player | Team | Goals[9] |
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| 1 | Gurjinder Singh | Chandigarh Comets | 19 |
| Imran Warsi | Chennai Cheetahs | 19 | |
| 3 | Len Aiyappa | Karnataka Lions | 13 |
| 4 | Deepak Thakur | Sher-e-Punjab | 12 |
| Gurpreet Singh | Pune Strykers | 12 | |
| Vikramjeet Singh | Delhi Wizards | 12 |
Hat-tricks
edit| Player | For | Against | Result | Report |
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| Joga Singh | Mumbai Marines | Pune Strykers | 5–7 | Match 3 |
| Gurpreet Singh4 | Pune Strykers | Mumbai Marines | 7–5 | Match 3 |
| Imran Warsi | Chennai Cheetahs | Chandigarh Comets | 5–3 | Match 7 |
| Len Aiyappa | Karnataka Lions | Chandigarh Comets | 3–2 | Match 14 |
| Ravipal Singh | Karnataka Lions | Chennai Cheetahs | 5–3 | Match 21 |
| Deepak Thakur | Sher-e-Punjab | Chandigarh Comets | 5–2 | Match 31 |
| Len Aiyappa | Karnataka Lions | Bhopal Badshahs | 5–2 | Match 50 |
| Vikramjeet Singh4 | Delhi Wizards | Chennai Cheetahs | 4–6 | Match 52 |
| Gurjinder Singh4 | Chandigarh Comets | Karnataka Lions | 6–1 | Match 53 |
| Simrandeep Singh | Pune Strykers | Bhopal Badshahs | 5–4 | Match 54 |
| Shakeel Abbasi | Delhi Wizards | Sher-e-Punjab | 7–5 | Match 55 |
| Prabhjot Singh | Sher-e-Punjab | Delhi Wizards | 5–7 | Match 55 |
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "World Series Hockey postponed to February 29". NDTV. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ "WSH: Bhopal Badshahs down Chandigarh Comets in opener". The Times of India. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "After 59 matches & 327 goals, it's raining prizes now". World Series Hockey. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ Subrahmanyam, V. V. (13 December 2011). "No WSH matches in city". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
- ^ "Dhanraj to represent Karnataka in WSH: Final Teams". The Fans of Hockey. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ "India XI vs World XI to promote WSH". NDTV Sports. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Shers roar in the final to emerge champions". DNA India.
- ^ Siddharth Rath, Satya (3 April 2012). "Sher-e-Punjab beat Pune Strykers to win inaugural World Series Hockey tournament". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "World Series Hockey Top Scorers". World Series Hockey.