Hockey India League is about for a return after 7 years, with a males’s match that includes 8 groups and a girls’s match (for the primary time) that includes 4 groups. The league might be headlined by India’s Olympic medallists Harmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Abhishek and Hardik Singh, whereas abroad stars like Thierry Brinkman, Blake Govers and Jip Janssen are additionally in motion.
Right here’s a fast information to get you began:
What number of groups are a part of the Hockey India League?
Within the males’s match, eight groups in rivalry: Delhi SG Pipers, Workforce Gonasika, Hyderabad Toofans, Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers, Soorma Hockey Membership, Tamil Nadu Dragons, UP Rudras, Vedanta Kalinga Lancers.
The place are the lads’s HIL matches happening?
Aside from 4 matches in Ranchi, males’s HIL will happen in Rourkela on the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium.
What’s the format of the lads’s HIL?
Section 1 spans from 28 December to 18 January, the place all eight groups will play in opposition to one another as soon as. Section 2, starting on 19 January, will see the groups divided into two swimming pools: Pool A (Delhi SG Pipers, Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers, Soorma Hockey Membership, Vedanta Kalinga Lancers) and Pool B (Gonasika, Hyderabad Toofans, Tamil Nadu Dragons, UP Rudras). Every group will face others of their respective pool, with the highest 4 groups advancing to the semifinals on 31 January.
Will there be attracts in males’s HIL?
Any drawn matches within the league part might be adopted by a shootout. Three factors to the winner in regular time; one level to the winner of a shootout following a draw plus one bonus level, and one level to the loser of the shootout, within the occasion of a draw. It’s the identical system in place within the FIH Professional League
How large are the squads in males’s HIL?
The squad measurement for all 8 groups in 24 gamers and the auctions happened in Delhi in October. Through the match, groups will nominate 20 out of their 24-member squad (8 abroad) for a match. At least 2 and not more than 5 abroad gamers could also be on the pitch for every group at any time throughout the match, together with the goalkeeper.
The place are you able to watch males’s HIL matches?
Matches might be proven dwell on Sony Sports activities Community and DD Sports activities. Tickets are free for followers attending matches in Ranchi and Rourkela. Free tickets at the moment are accessible on Ticketgenie’s internet portal and app.
What in regards to the girls’s HIL?
The ladies’s match is occurring for the primary time. That begins on twelfth January 2025 in Ranchi’s Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Astro Turf Stadium, with the ultimate slated for twenty sixth January.
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