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]
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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 |
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← 2017 2025–26 → | |
On 10 April 2023, Hockey India announced Big Bang Media Ventures as its exclusive commercial and marketing partner agency.[2] The league has 8 teams for the men's and 4 for the women's tournaments.[3]
Format
editEight teams for the men's tournament and four teams for the women's tournament are placed in a group to play round-robin matches. The top four teams qualify 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 | Location | Owners | Men's | Women's |
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| Delhi SG Pipers | New Delhi | SG Sports | 
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| Hyderabad Toofans | Hyderabad | Resolute Sports |
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| Kalinga Lancers | Odisha | Vedanta Limited |
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| Odisha Warriors | Rourkela | Navoyam Sports Ventures |
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| Rarh Bengal Tigers | Kolkata | Shrachi Sports |
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| Soorma Hockey Club | Punjab Haryana |
JSW Group |
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| Tamil Nadu Dragons | Chennai | Charles Group |
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| Team Gonasika | Visakhapatnam | Tarini Prasad Mohanty |
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| UP Rudras | Lucknow | JK Cement |
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| Total | 8 | 4 | ||
Venues
editThe matches will be held across two cities, Ranchi and Rourkela, with all women's games taking place at the Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi and all men's games at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.[6][7]
| Venues of the 2024–25 Hockey India League | |
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| Rourkela | Ranchi |
| Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium | Jaipal Singh Stadium |
| Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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 | Advance 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 | Rarh Bengal Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Soorma Hockey Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Tamil Nadu Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Team Gonasika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | UP Rudras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | TBA |
| 2 | Odisha Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Rarh Bengal Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Soorma Hockey Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Hockey India
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
Results
editMen's HIL
editKnockouts
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| Rourkela, Odisha | ||||||
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| Rourkela, Odisha | ||||||
| Q4 | ||||||
| WSF1 | ||||||
| Rourkela, Odisha | ||||||
| WSF2 | ||||||
| Q2 | ||||||
| Q3 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Rourkela, Odisha | ||||||
| LSF1 | ||||||
| LSF2 | ||||||
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Women's HIL
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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.
- ^ "New season of HIL announced". hockeyindia.org. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Hockey India League player auction: All you need to know". ESPN. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.