2024–25 Hockey India League
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 28 December 2024 – 1 February 2025 |
| Administrator(s) | Hockey India |
| Format(s) | Double round-robin Knock-out |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Venue(s) | Birsa Munda Stadium, Rourkela |
| Teams | 8 |
| Tournament summary | |
| Matches played | 35 |
| Goals scored | 156 (4.46 per match) |
← 2017 2025–26 → | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 12 January 2024 – 26 January 2025 |
| Administrator(s) | Hockey India |
| Format(s) | Double round-robin Knock-out |
| Host(s) | India |
| Venue(s) | Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
 Champions | Odisha Warriors (1st title) |
 Runner-up | Soorma Hockey Club |
 Third Place | Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Tournament summary | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 41 (3.15 per match) |
| Player of the tournament | Jyoti Rumavat |
| Most Goals | Charlotte Englebert Yibbi Jansen (5 goals) |
| Attendance | 15,000 |
2026 → | |
The 2024–25 Hockey India League, known as the Hero Hockey India League for sponsorship reasons, is the sixth season of the Hockey India League. It was held from 28 December 2024 to 1 February 2025.[1] Odisha Warriors won the women's league.[2]
In April 2024, Hockey India announced Big Bang Media Ventures as its commercial and marketing partner agency.[3] The league had 8 men's and 4 women's league teams.[4]
Format
[edit]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
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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 |
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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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Venues
[edit]The matches will be held across two cities, Ranchi and Rourkela.[7] While all women's games will be hosted at the Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi, all men's games will be held at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.[8]
| 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 |
Men's league
[edit]Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Rarh Bengal Tigers (Q) | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 18 | Qualification to knockouts |
| 2 | Hyderabad Toofans | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 18 | |
| 3 | Soorma Hockey Club | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 17 | |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu Dragons | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 17 | |
| 5 | UP Rudras | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 15 | |
| 6 | Kalinga Lancers (E) | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 12 | |
| 7 | Team Gonasika (E) | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 12 | |
| 8 | Delhi SG Pipers (E) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 5 |
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2025. Source: Hockey India
Rules for classification: 1) Points: Win (3) Draw (1) Shoot-out win (1); 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points, goal difference & goals scored; 6) shoot‐out competition
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Rules for classification: 1) Points: Win (3) Draw (1) Shoot-out win (1); 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points, goal difference & goals scored; 6) shoot‐out competition
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
League stage
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Phase 2
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Men's Knockouts
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Women's league
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Soorma Hockey Club | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 | Qualification to Final |
| 2 | Odisha Warriors | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | |
| 3 | Rarh Bengal Tigers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 | |
| 4 | Delhi SG Pipers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 5 |
Source: Hockey India
Rules for classification: 1) Points: Win (3) Draw (1) Shoot-out win (1); 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points, goal difference & goals scored; 6) shoot‐out competition
Rules for classification: 1) Points: Win (3) Draw (1) Shoot-out win (1); 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points, goal difference & goals scored; 6) shoot‐out competition
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Final results
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| 2025 | Odisha Warriors | 2–1 | Soorma Hockey Club | Jaipal Singh Stadium | Jyoti Rumavat
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Goalscorers
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Source: HIL
Women's league
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Source: HIL
Awards
[edit]Women's league
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| Player of the Tournament | Jyoti Rumavat
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| Top Scorers of the Tournament |  Yibbi Jansen Charlotte Englebert
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| Best Goalkeeper | Savita Punia
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| Upcoming Player of the Tournament | Sonam
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| Fairplay Award | Delhi SG Pipers |
References
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- ^ Dey, Santadeep (26 January 2025). "Odisha Warriors wins first-ever Women's Hockey India League title". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ 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.
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