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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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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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Hockey India League: Jaypee Punjab Warriors Lose 1-4 to UP Wizards

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:01:10 +0000

Uttar Pradesh Wizards climbed to 3^rd position in Hockey India League Season 4 table by defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors. UP Wizards have collected 23 points so far and become 3^rd in the top teams of HIL 2016 keeping their hopes of playing semifinal alive in Ranchi on 20 February.
In the First quarter Mark Gleghorne from the Jaypee Punjab Warriors made no mistakes in converting the penalty corner giving the visitors an early lead of 1-0 in the match in the 10^th minute. The rest of the quarter saw Uttar Pradesh Wizards trying to equalize but Jaypee Punjab Warriors held on to their lead successfully.

Uttar Pradesh Wizards Smashed Jaypee Punjab Warriors in HIL 2016

In the second quarter UP Wizards geared up in an attacking mode and got a penalty corner conversion through Argentine Gonazlo to equalize the score 1-1 in 19th minute. Within two minutes of 3rd quarter Gonazl Peillat made no mistakes in converting the penalty corner giving the hosts a much needed lead of 2-1 in the game.
After a series of unsuccessful attempts to score Uttar Pradesh Wizards finally scored again in the 43rd minute through a field goal from Agustin Mazilli, taking a comfortable lead of 4-1 in the game which becomes the winning score in favor of Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

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Jaypee Punjab Warriors’ Win Showed Kalinga Lancers Way Out of the Winning Race in HIL

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:53:00 +0000

Kalinga Lancers at their homeland Kalinga Stadium defeated by the visiting team Jaypee Punjab Warriors. The match was really interesting to see as the clash between both the teams was full of energy.
First two quarters were goalless because of the strong defence of both the teams. Lancers made their first penalty corner to register their opening score 1-0 in the 42nd minute of the game. The third quarter ended with the score of 1-0 in the favor of Kalingas.

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The Simon Orchard in the 48th minute scored a field goal giving a 2-1 lead to Punjab warriors over the home team. The Lancers tried hard to break the score and get the lead but failed to score any goal.
Satbir Singh from Punjab Warriors shot another goal giving his team a lead of 4-1 in the 58th minute was the final goal of the match. The match ended with a score of 4-1 in the favor of Punjab warriors. Kalinga Lancers with loss of this match were out of the race to win HIL 2016.

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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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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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