The 2014 Hockey India League (known as the Hero Hockey India League for sponsorship reasons), abbreviated as HIL 2014, is the second season of the professional field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. The tournament begun on 25 January 2014 with the final on 23 February 2014.
The season will see the addition of one new franchise, Kalinga Lancers, making a total of six franchises in the league. Delhi Waveriders won this year title after finishing the second last year.
Teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Delhi Waveriders Delhi Dhyan Chand National Stadium 16,200 Kalinga Lancers Bhubaneswar Kalinga Hockey Stadium 6,000 Mumbai Magicians Mumbai Mahindra Hockey Stadium8,250 Punjab Warriors Mohali International Hockey Stadium 13,648 Ranchi Rhinos Ranchi Astroturf Hockey Stadium 5,000 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Lucknow Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium 10,000
Players' auction
A mini-auction was held on 22 November 2013, featuring nearly 154 players from India and around the world, out of which 49 were bought. The base prices for the players varied from USD 2,600 to USD 25,000.
League progression League Phase Playoffs Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SF 3/4 F Delhi Waveriders 5 6 11 12 17 19 24 29 34 39 W W Kalinga Lancers 0 0 5 6 7 8 10 11 16 17 Mumbai Magicians 1 2 3 5 6 6 7 8 13 18 Punjab Warriors1 6 11 16 18 23 25 30 35 40 W L Ranchi Rhinos 1 6 11 13 18 23 24 24 25 26 L W Uttar Pradesh Wizards 5 10 11 13 15 16 21 26 27 28 L LNote: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.WinLossDrawNote: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (Playoffs) to see the summary for the match. Team was eliminated in group stage.
Results Visitor team → DWR KL MM PW RR UPW Home team ↓ Delhi Waveriders |style="background:#a9a9a9;"| |style="background:#add8e6;"| 5–0 |style="background:#add8e6;"| 2–1 |style="background:#fbb;"| 1–3 |style="background:#add8e6;"| 1–0 |style="background:#ffffe0;"| 1–1 Kalinga Lancers | style="background:#fbb;"| 3–4 | style="background:#a9a9a9;"| | style="background:#add8e6;"|2–1 | style="background:#fbb;"| 3–7 | style="background:#add8e6;"| 4–1 | style="background:#fbb;"| 3–4 Mumbai Magicians | style="background:#fbb;"| 3–5 | style="background:#add8e6;"| 3–2 | style="background:#a9a9a9;"| | style="background:#fbb;"| 1–4 | style="background:#fbb;"| 0–1 | style="background:#fbb;"| 3–5 Punjab Warriors | style="background:#fbb;"|1–3 | style="background:#ffffe0;"|3–3 | style="background:#add8e6;"|5–3 | style="background:#a9a9a9;"| | style="background:#add8e6;"|4–2 | style="background:#add8e6;"|2–1 Ranchi Rhinos | style="background:#add8e6;"|1–0 | style="background:#add8e6;"|3–2 | style="background:#ffffe0;"|1–1 | style="background:#fbb;"|2–3 | style="background:#a9a9a9;"| | style="background:#fbb;"|2–3 Uttar Pradesh Wizards | style="background:#fbb;"| 3–4 | style="background:#ffffe0;"| 3–1 | style="background:#fbb;"| 2–3 | style="background:#ffffe0;"| 2–2 | style="background:#fbb;"| 1–2 | style="background:#a9a9a9;"| Home team wonVisiting team wonMatch drawn
Note: Click on the results to see match summary.
Schedule All matches' timings according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30)
League Phase TeamPunjab Warriors107213421+1340Delhi Waveriders107122616+1039Uttar Pradesh Wizards104242523+228Ranchi Rhinos104151519–426Mumbai Magicians102171929–1018Kalinga Lancers102172334–1117Qualified for Semi-finalsEliminated
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Most Valuable PlayerMost Prominent PlayerHighest Goal Scorer TeamJaap Stockmann(Punjab Warriors)Akashdeep Singh(Delhi Waveriders)Punjab Warriors(40 in 12 matches)
Statistics
Leading Goal Scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1Sandeep SinghPunjab Warriors112Gonzalo PeillatKalinga Lancers8V. R. RaghunathUttar Pradesh Wizards4Glenn TurnerMumbai Magicians75Rupinder Pal SinghDelhi Waveriders6
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstResultReportVenueV. R. RaghunathUttar Pradesh WizardsMumbai Magicians5–3Match 6Mumbai– Mahindra Hockey Stadium
Clean sheets
Player RankPlayerTeamClean sheets1Nicolas JacobiDelhi Waveriders32Francisco CortésRanchi Rhinos2
Scoring First goal of the season: Talwinder Singh for Delhi Waveriders against Punjab Warriors (25 January 2014) Last goal of the season: Yuvraj Walmiki for Delhi Waveriders against Punjab Warriors (23 February 2014) Largest winning margin: 5 goals Delhi Waveriders 5–0 Kalinga Lancers (30 January 2014) Highest scoring game: 10 goals Kalinga Lancers 3–7 Punjab Warriors (28 January 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals Kalinga Lancers 3–7 Punjab Warriors (28 January 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals Punjab Warriors 5–3 Mumbai Magicians (26 January 2014) Kalinga Lancers 3–7 Punjab Warriors (28 January 2014) Mumbai Magicians 3–5 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (29 January 2014) Kalinga Lancers 3–4 Delhi Waveriders (2 February 2014) Uttar Pradesh Wizards 3–4 Delhi Waveriders (8 February 2014) Kalinga Lancers 3–4 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (13 February 2014) Mumbai Magicians 3–5 Delhi Waveriders (15 February 2014)
Team Most clean sheets: 3 Delhi Waveriders Fewest clean sheets: 0 Kalinga Lancers Mumbai Magicians Punjab Warriors Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Discipline Only green and yellow cards were awarded by umpires during the course of the league.
Player Most Green cards: 04 V. R. Raghunath (Uttar Pradesh Wizards) Most Yellow cards: 02 Mohammed Amir Khan (Kalinga Lancers) Lloyd Norris-Jones (Delhi Wave Riders) Tristan White (Delhi Wave Riders)
Team Green cards: Punjab Warriors: 16 Kalinga Lancers: 11 Mumbai Magicians: 10 Uttar Pradesh Wizards: 10 Delhi Wave Riders: 9 Ranchi Rhinos: 8 Yellow cards: Delhi Wave Riders: 7 Punjab Warriors: 6 Uttar Pradesh Wizards: 5 Ranchi Rhinos: 4 Kalinga Lancers: 3 Mumbai Magicians: 3
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See also List of Hockey India League players World Series Hockey
References
External links Official Website