The 2024–25 Hockey India League will be the sixth season of the Hockey India League. It will be held from 28 December 2024 to 1 February 2025.[1]
| Tournament Details | |
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| Dates | 28 December 2024 – 1 February 2025 |
| Administrator(s) | Hockey India |
| Tournament Format(s) | Double round-robin Knock-out |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Venue(s) | Rourkela and Ranchi |
| Teams | 6 & 8 |
← 2017 2025–26 → | |
On 10 April 2023, Hockey India announced Big Bang Media Ventures Pvt. Ltd. as its exclusive commercial and marketing partner agency for the league.[2] The plan is to have 8 teams for men's and 6 for women's competition.[3]
Format
editEight teams will be placed in a group to play home-away round-robin matches. The top four teams qualified for the knockout stage.[4] Playing eleven, teams had to have a minimum of two and a maximum of five foreign players.[5]
Owners
edit| Franchise | Owner(s)[6] | Men's | Women's |
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| Chennai | Charles Group | 
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| Kolkata | Shrachi Sports |
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| Delhi | SG Sports and Entertainment |
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| Lucknow | JK Cement |
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| Punjab | JSW Group |
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| Hyderabad | Resolute Sports |
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| Odisha | Vedanta Limited |
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| Odisha | Navoyam Sports Ventures |
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| Ranchi |
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| Total | 8 | 4 | |
Teams
editA total of 14 teams: 8 men's and 6 women's will compete in the sixth season of Hockey India League.[6]
Men's
edit- Delhi SG Pipers
- Hyderabad Toofans
- Kalinga Lancers
- Rarh Bengal Tigers
- Team Chennai
- Team Lucknow
- Team Punjab
- Team Ranchi
Women's
edit- Delhi SG Pipers
- Bengal Tigers
- Team Odisha
- Team Haryana
- TBA
- TBA
Standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Delhi SG Pipers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Hyderabad Toofans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Kalinga Lancers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Team Chennai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Team Lucknow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Team Punjab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Team Ranchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points (Win (5) Draw (2) Lost by 3 goals (1) or (0); 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points, goal difference & goals scored; 6) shoot‐out competition
References
edit- ^ Sportstar, Team (31 March 2024). "HIL Men's and Women's League set to begin in January 2025, says Bhola Nath Singh". Sportstar. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Hockey India (10 April 2023). "Hockey India announces Big Bang Media Ventures Pvt. Ltd. as its exclusive commercial and marketing partner agency to revive the much-awaited Hockey India League". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Mishra, Sambit (22 August 2023). "Everything about the to-be-revamped Hockey India League". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "Coal India HIL format is very exciting: Gonzalo Peillat". Hockey India League. League.hockeyindia.org. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ Sen, Debayan (21 January 2017). "Hockey India League 2017: Everything you need to know". ESPN. Espn.in. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Hockey India League returns with revamped version: Check teams, auction details, squad strength and more". Khelnow.com. Retrieved 4 October 2024.