2024–25 Hockey India League

2024–25 Hockey India League
Tournament Details
Dates28 December 2024 (2024-12-28) – 1 February 2025 (2025-02-01)
Administrator(s)Hockey India
Tournament Format(s)Double round-robin
Knock-out
Host(s) India
Venue(s)
Teams
  • Men's: 8
  • Women's: 4
← 2017

The 2024–25 Hockey India League, known as the Hero Hockey India League for sponsorship reasons[1] will be the sixth season of the Hockey India League. It will be held from 28 December 2024 to 1 February 2025.[2]

On 10 April 2023, Hockey India announced Big Bang Media Ventures as its exclusive commercial and marketing partner agency.[3] The league has 8 teams for the men's and 4 for the women's tournaments.[4]

Format

Eight 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.[5] Playing eleven, teams had to have a minimum of two and a maximum of five foreign players.[6]

Owners

Franchise Location Owners Men's Women's
Delhi SG Pipers New Delhi SG Sports Yes Yes
Hyderabad Toofans Hyderabad Resolute Sports Yes No
Kalinga Lancers Odisha Vedanta Limited Yes No
Odisha Warriors Rourkela Navoyam Sports Ventures No Yes
Rarh Bengal Tigers Kolkata Shrachi Sports Yes Yes
Soorma Hockey Club Punjab
Haryana 		JSW Group Yes Yes
Tamil Nadu Dragons Chennai Charles Group Yes No
Team Gonasika Visakhapatnam Tarini Prasad Mohanty Yes No
UP Rudras Lucknow JK Cement Yes No
Total 8 4

Venues

The 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.[7][8]

Venues of the 2024–25 Hockey India League
Rourkela Ranchi
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium Jaipal Singh Stadium
Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 15,000

Squads

Men

A total of 8 men's team will compete in the sixth season of Hockey India League.[9]

Teams Squad
Delhi SG Pipers
Hyderabad Toofans
Kalinga Lancers
Rarh Bengal Tigers
Soorma Hockey Club
Tamil Nadu Dragons
Team Gonasika
UP Rudras

Women

A total of 4 women's team, will compete in the sixth season of Hockey India League.[10]

Teams Squad
Delhi SG Pipers
Odisha Warriors
Rarh Bengal Tigers
Soorma Hockey Club

Men's HIL

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Delhi SG Pipers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to knockouts
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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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
Home \ Away DSP HT KL RBT SHC TND TG UPR
Delhi SG Pipers —
Hyderabad Toofans —
Kalinga Lancers —
Rarh Bengal Tigers —
Soorma Hockey Club —
Tamil Nadu Dragons —
Team Gonasika —
UP Rudras —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Hockey India

Men's League Stage

Phase 1

28 December 2024
20:15
Team Gonasika v Delhi SG Pipers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
29 December 2024
18:00
Hyderabad Toofans v Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
29 December 2024
20:15
Soorma Hockey Club v Tamil Nadu Dragons
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
30 December 2024
20:15
UP Rudras v Kalinga Lancers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
31 December 2024
20:15
Delhi SG Pipers v Hyderabad Toofans
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
1 January 2025
20:15
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers v Team Gonasika
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
2 January 2025
20:15
Soorma Hockey Club v UP Rudras
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
3 January 2025
20:15
Tamil Nadu Dragons v Kalinga Lancers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
4 January 2025
18h00
Delhi SG Pipers v Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
4 January 2025
20:15
Hyderabad Toofans v Team Gonasika
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
5 January 2025
18h00
Kalinga Lancers v Soorma Hockey Club
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
5 January 2025
20:15
Tamil Nadu Dragons v UP Rudras
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
6 January 2025
20h15
Soorma Hockey Club v Delhi SG Pipers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
7 January 2025
20:15
Kalinga Lancers v Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
8 January 2025
18h00
Team Gonasika v Tamil Nadu Dragons
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
8 January 2025
20:15
UP Rudras v Hyderabad Toofans
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
9 January 2025
20h15
Kalinga Lancers v Team Gonasika
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
10 January 2025
20:15
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers v Tamil Nadu Dragons
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
11 January 2025
18h00
Delhi SG Pipers v UP Rudras
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
11 January 2025
20:15
Hyderabad Toofans v Soorma Hockey Club
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
12 January 2025
20h15
Kalinga Lancers v Hyderabad Toofans
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
13 January 2025
20:15
Tamil Nadu Dragons v Delhi SG Pipers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
14 January 2025
20h15
Team Gonasika v Soorma Hockey Club
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
15 January 2025
20:15
UP Rudras v Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
16 January 2025
20h15
Delhi SG Pipers v Kalinga Lancers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
17 January 2025
20:15
Soorma Hockey Club v Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
[ Report]
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
18 January 2025
18h00
Hyderabad Toofans v Tamil Nadu Dragons
[ Report]
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
18 January 2025
20:15
Team Gonasika v UP Rudras
[ Report]
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi

Men's Knockouts

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Rourkela, Odisha
 
 
Q1
 
Rourkela, Odisha
 
Q4
 
WSF1
 
Rourkela, Odisha
 
WSF2
 
Q2
 
 
Q3
 
Third place
 
 
Rourkela, Odisha
 
 
LSF1
 
 
LSF2

Semi-finals

January 2025
Q1 - Q4
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela

January 2025
Q2 – Q3
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela

Third and fourth place

1 February 2025
LSF1 – LSF2
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela

Men's Final

1 February 2025
WSF1 – WSF2
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela

Women's HIL

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Delhi SG Pipers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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
Home \ Away DSP OW RBT SHC
Delhi SG Pipers —
Odisha Warriors —
Rarh Bengal Tigers —
Soorma Hockey Club —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Hockey India

Women's League Stage

12 January 2025
18:00
Delhi SG Pipers v Odisha Warriors
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
13 January 2025
18:00
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers v Soorma Hockey Club
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
14 January 2025
18:00
Delhi SG Pipers v Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
15 January 2025
18:00
Odisha Warriors v Soorma Hockey Club
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
16 January 2025
18:00
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers v Odisha Warriors
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
17 January 2025
18:00
Delhi SG Pipers v Soorma Hockey Club
Report
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
19 January 2025
18:00
Odisha Warriors v Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
Report
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
20 January 2025
18:00
Soorma Hockey Club v Delhi SG Pipers
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
21 January 2025
18:00
Soorma Hockey Club v Odisha Warriors
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
22 January 2025
18:00
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers v Delhi SG Pipers
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
23 January 2025
18:00
Odisha Warriors v Delhi SG Pipers
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi
24 January 2025
18:00
Soorma Hockey Club v Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
Report
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi

Women's Final

26 January 2025
20:15
1st Ranked v 2nd Ranked
[ Report]
Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi

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