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Jaypee Punjab Warriors Crowned Coal India Hockey India League Champions

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:17:19 +0000

Jaypee Punjab Warriors made the ink on 4th Coal India Hockey India League Champion Trophy on their name. The Punjab was reaching finals but was not able to make victory from last two tournaments, but this time they locked the finals and registered victory on their name.

Jaypee Punjab Warriors won the 4th Coal India Hockey India League

The final score in the end was 6-1 in the favor of Jaypee Piunjab Warriors due to their 3 field goals scored by Armaan Qureshi (4th minute), Matt Gohdes (39th) and Satbir Singh (42nd) for Punjab Warriors while Kalinga Lancers captain Moritz Fuerste was able to score a consolation goal as penalty corner conversion for Kalinga Lancers in the 24th minute.
Kalinga Lancers were locked by Jaypee Punjab Warriors in a very well planned way and not letting them score any goal however Kalinga Lancers captain Moritz Fuerste made a penalty corner conversion but that was nowhere against the 3 field goals made by Punjab players.

Winning Team Jaypee Punjab Warriors

Jaypee Punjab Warriors who were crowned Champions of the 4th Coal India Hockey India League walked away with a winners cheque of INR 2.50 Crores along with the winner’s trophy. Honorable Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Mr. Raghubar Das presented the winner’s trophy to Jaypee Punjab Warriors Captain Sardar Singh and Mark Knowles. Kalinga Lancers who finished as the Runner’s up in the 4th Coal India Hockey India League were awarded a cheque of INR 1.25 Crores. The Dhruv Batra Maximum Goals award for the maximum goals scored by an individual of INR 20.00 Lac was awarded by Mr. Leandro Negre, President, FIH to Kalinga Lancers Glenn Turner. The Ponty Chadha Upcoming Player of the Tournament award of INR 20.00 Lac went to Sumit from the Ranchi Rays. The Coal India Player of the Tournament Award of INR 50.00 Lac was awarded to Rupinder Pal Singh from the Delhi Waveriders.

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Exciting Semifinal Games in Store for Hockey Fans

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:17:36 +0000

People can once more assemble this weekend to celebrate another joy, the end result of the Hockey India League. The past 5 weeks were thrilling and amusive. Now, we’ve reached the business finish of the league. The crown is just 2 steps away. 3 of the four groups are here before; 2 have gone to on to win the title within the past. it’ll be a battle of favor and character, each on and off the sphere.
The two semi encounters will be regional derbies of kinds. Delhi Waveriders can fight geographic region Warriors, whereas Kalinga Lancers can face-off against Ranchi Rays. it’ll even be a battle between Indian and Australian coaches.
Waveriders are a well-structured team, whereas Warriors are far-famed for their aptitude. I foresee it to be a battle wherever the Waveriders can implement a planned attack that starts from the defence, against one in every of the foremost flamboyant sides within the fray.
Waveriders coach Cedric D’Souza are hoping to feature another title to the team with controlled play, whereas Warriors coach Barry Dancer can hope to be fourth time lucky. the opposite semi is equally interesting. Ranchi Rays are the defensive champions, and that they have qualified modish. They finished eight points clear at the highest, previous the second-placed Warriors. they need dominated the opposition, won all their games reception, and can be wanting to stay their momentum.
Playing reception has blessings. Rivals Lancers have reached the knockouts for the primary time. there’ll be pressure on the team. Captain Moritz Fuerste are up against former team at a venue special to his heart. John Herschel Glenn Jr. Turner has been in fetters over previous few games, and his performance are key to the team’s fortunes.
Rays coach Harendra Singh is aware of the venue and format well. Lancers counterpart Mark Hager may be a newcomer to HIL. It’ll be associate exciting day for hockey, and one factor that’s sure enough is that the game is fully flow, and stands are brimful.

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Jaypee Punjab Warriors Book Place in Semi-Final

Indian Hockey Admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:40:54 +0000

With a draw between Jaypee Punjab Warriors and Kalinga Lancers in Chandigarh, the Punjab Warriors has booked their place in the list of semifinalists with total 29 points.
The game was very interesting to see Kalinga Lancers were able to get their first success to make a field goal through Malak Singh taking a lead of 2-0 over Punjab in the very first quarter. After 15 minutes Kalingas got another advantage as second field goal from Quirjin Caspers in the 29th minute which extended their lead to 4-0 in the match at the end of the second quarter.

Jaypee Punjab Warriors Vs Kalinga Lancers in Chandigarh

Punjab Warriors were battling to equalize the score from the start of the 3rd quarter and got success in 35th minute with a field goal from Mathew Ghodes making 2-4 but still in the favor of Kalinga Lancers.
Both teams looked tried hard to get another score but in the 59th minute Jake Whetton finally got the hosts the much needed equalizer field goal making a draw with 4-4. This was the first draw of 4th Coal India Hockey India League.

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Ranchi Rays won the match with a score line of 3-2 against Kalinga Lancers

Indian Hockey Admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:36:17 +0000

The defending champions Ranchi Rays came on the top of the table by defeating Kalinga Lancers 3-2 at the Kalinga Stadium with total 27 points in the 4th Coal India Hockey India League.
In the first quarter both teams battled hard showing their defensive skills but field goal from Dharamvir Singh took the Kalinga Lancers 2-0 up in the 9^th minute. Ranchi Rays captain Ashley Jackson made an excellent penalty corner conversion to rise the score to 2-1.
The score was unchanged till the half time due to an eye catching performance of both teams. The score board was looking like its freezed at 2-1 in the favor of Kalinga Lancers. The Ranchi Rays tried their best to get a goal in the third quarter but failed to get one. The score was still 2-1 after end of the third quarter.

Ranchi Rays vs Kalinga Lancers Photo Credits: Hockey india League

In the 49^th minute of the game Mohd Amir Khan shot a goal giving Ranchi Rays a lead 3-2 over Kalinga Lancers. Kalingas tried hard to equalize the game by getting penalty corner but failed to score one.
“The Man of the Match’ award of INR 50,000 was given to Mohd. Amir Khan from Ranchi Rays. The Coal India Goal of the Match of INR 50,000 was awarded to Ashley Jackson from Ranchi Rays by Shri Anil Kumar Jha. The ‘Hero Emerging Player of the Match’ award of INR 25,000 was awarded to Matthew Dawson form Kalinga Lancers, while ‘The Most Entertaining Player of the Match’ award went to Moritz Fuerste from Kalinga Lancers.

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Jaypee Punjab Warriors Lost Their Match Against Uttar Pradesh Wizards by 3-0

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:52:56 +0000

Sardar Singh in an interview before the match denied the alleged accuses that has raised questions on him in last couple of days and said that his full concentration is on match and he will give his best.
But the Captain Sardar Singh was totally out of form and the team Jaypee Punjab Warriors lost the match against Uttar Pradesh Wizards at their homeland.

Jaypee Punjab Warriors Lost Their Match Against Uttar Pradesh Wizards by 3-0

The team JPW recently won big against Delhi Waveriders with a score of 5-1 and the credits were fully in the court of Captain Sardar Singh who played brilliant midfield in the match couple of days ago.
After Sardar was not in the form the team was dependent on Australian Mark Knowles to deliver the good performance and lead the team to win. But Mark was also not able to do anything with the score.

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Hockey India League: Kalinga Lancers defeat Dabang Mumbai

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:03:20 +0000

Kalinga Lancers made a comeback in Hockey India League by defeating Dabang Mumbai on Thursday. Kalinga Lancers had lost their opening match on 18^th January against Uttar Pradesh Wizards.
Both teams scored zero goals till the half time but in the last 30 minutes three goals were made. The game was very entertaining; Dabang Mumbai was able to make 1 goal while Kalinga Lancers made 2 goals.

Dabang Mumbai Vs. Kalinga Lancers – Hockey India League

All the goals were counted as a score of 2 as per the new rule introduced in HIL2016; so the resulting score comes out to be 4-2.
With this win, the Lancers have secured six points from two matches, the same as Jaypee Punjab Warriors, to occupy the top of the table. This was the opening match for the Mumbai side.

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Coal India Hockey India League 2016 Starts Today

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:05:40 +0000

The much-awaited Coal India Hockey India League 2016 will be inaugurated at the Kalinga Stadium here today at 6 pm. Chief Minister Odisha Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to inaugurate the tournament in the presence of Coal India officials.
The Kalinga Lancers will take on Uttar Pradesh (UP) Wizards in the opening match of the fourth edition of Hockey India League (HIL). Both teams are fully prepared for the match.

Hockey India League 2016 Starts Today

A total of six team team are participating in the tournament and the tournament will take place from 18th January to 21 January 2016.
The prizes for players has been doubled, the player of the tournament will get 50 lakhs which was 25 lakhs in the previous session.

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The Coal India Hockey India League Announces To Double The Prizes Amount

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:51:11 +0000

The Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) player of the tournament in the fourth edition will get Rs. 50 lakhs, a jump of Rs.25 lakhs from the last edition, Hockey India announced on Wednesday.
Hockey India also announced that the “Man of the Match” award will be increased from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 50,000 and will be awarded by the host franchises in each of their home matches. The ‘Goal of the Match’ will see a hike of Rs 25,000 to Rs. 50,000.
Further tournament awards include the “Upcoming Player of the Tournament” award of Rs 20 lakh to the best Under-21 player and the “Maximum Goal Award” also for Rs 20 lakh, a hike of Rs.10 lakhs, to the player who scores the most goals.

Hockey India League 2016 Prizes Doubled

The winning team will take home a whopping Rs. 2.50 crore while the runners-up will walk away with Rs. 1.75 crore. A cash reward of Rs. 75 lakhs will be awarded to the team finishing third in the tournament.
The six franchises battling for supremacy in the richest field hockey league in the world are Jaypee Punjab Warriors, Delhi WaveRiders, Kalinga Lancers, Uttar Pradesh Wizards, Dabang Mumbai and defending champions Ranchi Rays. The tournament will begin on 18^th January.

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