The Senior National Hockey Championship is a state-level national field hockey competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under Hockey India, the sport's governing body in India. It was first held in 1928 under the aegis of Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), the former Indian field hockey federation and was also known as Rangaswamy Cup. Since 2011, it has been organised by Hockey India under the name of Hockey India Senior National Championship.
History In 1928, the Indian Hockey Federation organised the first national championship at Calcutta which was won by United Provinces. The competition was held biennially until 1944 following which it was held annually. During the Indian hockey team tour to New Zealand in 1935, the Maoris offered a shield to the team which was hence awarded to the winners of the National Championships. This shield won by Punjab in 1947 but was never returned by Pakistan following partition. In 1951, Madras hosted the National Championships for the first time and a new trophy was donated by the proprietors of The Hindu group.
Results Men's championships The results of the Senior National Hockey Championship:
Indian Hockey Federation (1928–2010) Year Winner Runner-up 1928 United Provinces Rajputana 1930 Railways Punjab 1932 Punjab Bengal 1934 Not Played 1936 Bengal Manavadar 1938 Bengal Bhopal 1940 Bombay Delhi 1942 Delhi Punjab 1944 Bombay Gwalior 1945 Bhopal United Provinces 1946 Punjab Delhi 1947 Punjab Bombay 1948 Bhopal Bombay 1949 Punjab Bengal 1950 Punjab Bhopal 1951 Punjab Services 1952 Bengal Punjab 1953 Services Punjab 1954 Punjab Services 1955 Services and Madras were joint winners 1956 Services Uttar Pradesh 1957 Railways Bombay 1958 Railways Bombay 1959 Railways Services 1960 Services Uttar Pradesh 1961 Railways Services 1962 Punjab Bhopal 1963 Railways Services 1964 Railways Services 1965 Punjab Bombay 1966 Services and Railways were joint winners 1967 Railways and Madras were joint winners 1968 Railways Mysore 1969 Punjab Railways 1970 Punjab and Railways were joint winners 1971 Punjab Bombay 1972 Punjab Railways 1973 Services Railways 1974 Railways Tamil Nadu 1975 Railways Tamil Nadu 1976 Railways Services 1977 Indian Airlines Corporation and Railways were joint winners 1978 Indian Airlines Corporation Railways 1979 Indian Airlines Corporation Railways 1980 Railways Indian Airlines 1981 Punjab Railways 1982 Punjab Indian Airlines 1983 Punjab Bombay 1984 Indian Airlines Services 1985 Services Punjab 1986 Indian Airlines Railways 1987 Railways Punjab 1988 Railways Indian Airlines 1989 Bombay Punjab 1990 Railways Punjab 1991 Not Played 1992 Services Indian Airlines 1993 Railways Services 1994 Indian Airlines Bombay 1995–96 Not Played 1997 Railways Tamil Nadu 1998 Not Played 1999 Indian Airlines Tamil Nadu 2000 Indian Airlines Railways 2001–04 Not Played 2005 Punjab and Sindh Bank Indian Oil 2006 Punjab and Sindh Bank Delhi 2007–09 Not Played 2010 Mumbai Haryana
Hockey India (2011–present) Year Winner Runner-up Third place 2011 Haryana Karnataka Punjab 2012 Punjab Air India Karnataka 2013 Air India Punjab Karnataka 2014 Air India Comptroller and Auditor General of India Uttar Pradesh 2015 Railways Uttar Pradesh Air India 2016 Railways Punjab Odisha 2017 Railways Punjab and Sind Bank Punjab 2018 Punjab Petroleum Sports Promotion Board Railways 2019 Railways Punjab Petroleum Sports Promotion Board 2020 Services Air India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board 2021 Punjab Uttar Pradesh Karnataka 2022 Haryana Tamil Nadu Karnataka 2023 Punjab Haryana Tamil Nadu 2024 Odisha Haryana Uttar Pradesh 2025 Punjab Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh
Women's championships Women's nationals have been held since 1947 under IWHF/IHF until the start of HI championships,but the statistics are yet to be integrated here due to lack of coverage and reports.
Hockey India (2011–present) Year Winner Runner-up Third place 2011 Railways Haryana Odisha 2012 Railways Haryana Jharkhand 2013 Haryana Railways Jharkhand 2014 Railways Haryana Jharkhand 2015 Railways Jharkhand Punjab 2016 Railways Punjab Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 2017 Railways Haryana Madhya Pradesh 2018 Railways Madhya Pradesh Haryana 2019 Railways Madhya Pradesh Haryana 2020 Haryana Sports Authority of India Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 2021 Madhya Pradesh Haryana Punjab 2022 Odisha Karnataka Jharkhand 2023 Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Jharkhand 2024 Haryana Maharashtra Jharkhand 2025 Jharkhand Haryana Mizoram
Performance by teams Men's Includes both IHF and HI championships.
Team Championships Railways 25 Punjab 21 Services 9 Indian Airlines 8 Maharashtra / Mumbai / Bombay 4 West Bengal / Bengal 3 Haryana 2 Air India 2 Tamil Nadu / Madras 2 Madhya Pradesh / Bhopal 2 Punjab and Sind Bank 2 Uttar Pradesh / United Provinces 1 Delhi 1 Odisha 1
Women's Includes only HI championships.
Team Championships Railways 8 Haryana 3 Madhya Pradesh 2 Odisha 1 Jharkhand 1
References
External links Hockey India