# 2014 Hockey India League

The 2014 Hockey India League (known as the Hero Hockey India League for sponsorship reasons), abbreviated as HIL 2014, is the second season of the professional field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. The tournament begun on 25 January 2014 with the final on 23 February 2014.
The season will see the addition of one new franchise, Kalinga Lancers, making a total of six franchises in the league. Delhi Waveriders won this year title after finishing the second last year.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Delhi Waveriders | Delhi | Dhyan Chand National Stadium | 16,200 |
| Kalinga Lancers | Bhubaneswar | Kalinga Hockey Stadium | 6,000 |
| Mumbai Magicians | Mumbai | Mahindra Hockey Stadium | 8,250 |
| Punjab Warriors | Mohali | International Hockey Stadium | 13,648 |
| Ranchi Rhinos | Ranchi | Astroturf Hockey Stadium | 5,000 |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Lucknow | Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium | 10,000 |

## Players' auction

A mini-auction was held on 22 November 2013, featuring nearly 154 players from India and around the world, out of which 49 were bought. The base prices for the players varied from USD 2,600 to USD 25,000.

## League progression

| | | League Phase | League Phase | League Phase | League Phase | League Phase | League Phase | League Phase | League Phase | League Phase | League Phase | | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Team | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | SF | 3/4 | F |
| Delhi Waveriders | | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 39 | | W | | W |
| Kalinga Lancers | | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 17 | | | | |
| Mumbai Magicians | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 18 | | | | |
| Punjab Warriors | | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | | W | | L |
| Ranchi Rhinos | | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | | L | W | |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 28 | | L | L | |
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## Results

| Visitor team → | DWR | KL | MM | PW | RR | UPW |
| Home team ↓ | DWR | KL | MM | PW | RR | UPW |
| Delhi Waveriders | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Kalinga Lancers | 3–4 | | 2–1 | 3–7 | 4–1 | 3–4 |
| Mumbai Magicians | 3–5 | 3–2 | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–5 |
| Punjab Warriors | 1–3 | 3–3 | 5–3 | | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Ranchi Rhinos | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 2–3 |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Home team won | Visiting team won | Match drawn |
Note: Click on the results to see match summary.

## Schedule

    All matches' timings according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30)

### League Phase

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Punjab Warriors | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 40 |
| Delhi Waveriders | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 39 |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 28 |
| Ranchi Rhinos | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | –4 | 26 |
| Mumbai Magicians | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 29 | –10 | 18 |
| Kalinga Lancers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 34 | –11 | 17 |
| | | | | | | Qualified for Semi-finals | Qualified for Semi-finals | Qualified for Semi-finals |
| | | | | | | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
* 25 January 2014 20:00
| Punjab Warriors (H) | 1–3 | Delhi Waveriders |
| Yousuf 33' | Report | Talwinder 29' Wilson 47', 68' |
* International Hockey Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 26 January 2014 18:00
| Ranchi Rhinos (H) | 2–3 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards |
| Mandeep 4' Reid Ross 46' | Report | Thimmaiah 9' Raghunath 51' Mor 63' |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 26 January 2014 20:00
| Punjab Warriors (H) | 5–3 | Mumbai Magicians |
| Mazzilli 7' Malak 30' Sandeep 40' Ciriello 47' Dharamvir 67' | Report | Gleghorne 15' Ravipal 17' Vakkaliga 39' |
* International Hockey Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 27 January 2014 20:00
| Ranchi Rhinos (H) | 1–0 | Delhi Waveriders |
| Jackson 63' | Report | |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 28 January 2014 20:00
| Kalinga Lancers (H) | 3–7 | Punjab Warriors |
| Peillat PC' Antil 60' | Report | Dharamvir 6' Rey 23' Sandeep 29', 40' Yousuf 31' Orchard 33' Dwyer 51' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 29 January 2014 20:00
| Mumbai Magicians (H) | 3–5 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards |
| Gurjinder 12' Turner 18' Sarvanjit 57' | Report | Raghunath 28', 41', 56' Shanker 52' Uthappa 59' |
* Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) G.S. Sangha (IND)
* 30 January 2014 20:00
| Delhi Waveriders (H) | 5–0 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Rupinder Pal 13', 29' Gohdes 21' Mujtaba 48' Norris-Jones 53' | Report | |
* Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
* 31 January 2014 20:00
| Delhi Waveriders (H) | 1–3 | Punjab Warriors |
| Rupinder Pal 65' | Report | Sandeep 8' Satbir 64' Shivendra 66' |
* Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Jakub Majzlik (CZE) Harsha Vardhan (IND)
* 1 February 2014 15:00
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) | 1–2 | Ranchi Rhinos |
| Ockenden 50' | Report | Jackson 18' Middleton 26' |
* Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 1 February 2014 20:00
| Kalinga Lancers (H) | 2–1 | Mumbai Magicians |
| L. Vila 8' Zalewski 27' | Report | Turner 39' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 2 February 2014 15:00
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) | 2–2 | Punjab Warriors |
| de Nooijer 12' Uthappa 54' | Report | Whetton 6' Satbir 50' |
* Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Harsha Vardhan (IND) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 2 February 2014 20:00
| Kalinga Lancers (H) | 3–4 | Delhi Waveriders |
| Vila 22', 57' Peillat 46' | Report | Rupinder Pal 4' Child 28', 40' Halappa 59' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 4 February 2014 20:00
| Ranchi Rhinos (H) | 1–1 | Mumbai Magicians |
| Reid-Ross 52' | Report | Mitton 58' |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 5 February 2014 20:00
| Delhi Waveriders (H) | 1–1 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards |
| Walmiki 23' | Report | Uthappa 62' |
* Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 6 February 2014 20:00
| Delhi Waveriders (H) | 2–1 | Mumbai Magicians |
| Akashdeep 20' Walmiki 66' | Report | Turner 49' |
* Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 7 February 2014 20:00
| Ranchi Rhinos (H) | 3–2 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Jackson 6' Fürste 57' Tirkey 63' | Report | Peillat 32' Brown 51' |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
* 8 February 2014 15:00
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) | 3–4 | Delhi Waveriders |
| Thimmaiah 30' Raghunath 38' Nooijer 58' | Report | Talwinder 8' Rupinder Pal 14' Child 19', 20' |
* Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 8 February 2014 20:00
| Mumbai Magicians (H) | 1–4 | Punjab Warriors |
| Vakkaliga 30' | Report | Sunil 3' Dharamvir 17' Yousuf 25' Sandeep 26' |
* Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 9 February 2014 15:00
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) | 3–1 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Raghunath 17' Thimmaiah 41' de Nooijer 70' | Report | Peillat 59' |
* Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 9 February 2014 20:00
| Mumbai Magicians (H) | 0–1 | Ranchi Rhinos |
| | Report | Reid-Ross 11' |
* Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 11 February 2014 20:00
| Punjab Warriors (H) | 3–3 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Ciriello 18' Whetton 22' Orchard 50' | Report | Gagandeep 10' Antil 26' Archibald 41' |
* International Hockey Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) G.S Sangha (IND)
* 12 February 2014 20:00
| Delhi Waveriders (H) | 1–0 | Ranchi Rhinos |
| Akashdeep 65' | Report | |
* Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
* 13 February 2014 20:00
| Kalinga Lancers (H) | 3–4 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards |
| Upadhyay 23' Gagandeep 58' Peillat 62' | Report | Nt. Thimmaiah 8' Malayalan 17' Thimmaiah 55' Khandker 68' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 14 February 2014 20:00
| Kalinga Lancers (H) | 4–1 | Ranchi Rhinos |
| Zalewski 23' D. Walmiki 28' Peillat 33', 70' | Report | Somaiah 45' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 15 February 2014 18:00
| Punjab Warriors (H) | 2–1 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards |
| Dwyer 21' Sandeep 29' | Report | Inglis 35' |
* International Hockey Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 15 February 2014 20:00
| Mumbai Magicians (H) | 3–5 | Delhi Waveriders |
| Turner 10', 68' Deavin 35' | Report | Walmiki 3' Rajpal 11', 54' Akashdeep 36' Rupinder Pal 58' |
* Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Harsha Vardhan (IND) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 16 February 2014 18:00
| Mumbai Magicians (H) | 3–2 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Turner 17' Gleghorne 33' Ravipal 57' | Report | Nizammudin 43' Vila 58' |
* Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 16 February 2014 20:00
| Punjab Warriors (H) | 4–2 | Ranchi Rhinos |
| Sunil 17' Knowles 34' Sandeep 55' Govers 61' | Report | Rohidas 23' Reid-Ross 29' |
* International Hockey Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ARG) G. S. Sangha (IND)
* 18 February 2014 15:00
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards (H) | 2–3 | Mumbai Magicians |
| Nt. Thimmaiah 22' Raghunath 62' | Report | Gurjinder 31' Prabhjot 56' Turner 61' |
* Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 19 February 2014 20:00
| Ranchi Rhinos (H) | 2–3 | Punjab Warriors |
| Fürste 14' Jackson 40' | Report | Sandeep 21', 52' Govers 30' |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Diego Barbas (ESP) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | 22 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi |
| Delhi Waveriders | 1 |
| Delhi Waveriders | 1 | 23 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | 23 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 0 | 23 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | 23 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 0 | Delhi Waveriders | 3 (3) |
| 22 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | 22 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | | Delhi Waveriders | 3 (3) |
| 22 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | 22 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | Punjab Warriors | 3 (1) |
| Punjab Warriors | 3 | Punjab Warriors | 3 (1) |
| Ranchi Rhinos | 2 | | |
| Ranchi Rhinos | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 23 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi | 23 February–Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi |
| | | Ranchi Rhinos | 1 (3) |
| | | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 1 (2) |

#### Semi-finals

* 22 February 2014 17:30
| Delhi Waveriders | 1–0 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards |
| Walmiki 15' | Report | |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
* 22 February 2014 20:00
| Punjab Warriors | 3–2 | Ranchi Rhinos |
| Sandeep 24' Whetton 55' | Report | Jackson 15' Evers 58' |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

#### Third and fourth place

* 23 February 2014 17:30
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 1–1 | Ranchi Rhinos |
| Raghunath 15' | Report | Manpreet 30' |
| Penalties |||
| Baart Alegre Thimmaiah Ockenden Khandker | 2–3 | Jackson Manpreet Fürste Lakra del Perez |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ARG) G. S. Sangha (IND)

#### Final

* 23 February 2014 20:00
| Punjab Warriors | 3–3 | Delhi Waveriders |
| Knowles 2' Shivendra 45' Yousuf 48' | Report | Norris-Jones 33' Sardara 35+' Walmiki 52' |
| Penalties |||
| Orchard Dwyer Sardara Hammond | 1–3 | Gohdes Rajpal Child Edwards |
* Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

## Awards

| Most Valuable Player | Most Prominent Player | Highest Goal Scorer Team |
| Jaap Stockmann (Punjab Warriors) | Akashdeep Singh (Delhi Waveriders) | Punjab Warriors (40 in 12 matches) |

## Statistics
### Leading Goal Scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Sandeep Singh | Punjab Warriors | 11 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Peillat | Kalinga Lancers | 8 |
| 2 | V. R. Raghunath | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 8 |
| 4 | Glenn Turner | Mumbai Magicians | 7 |
| 5 | Rupinder Pal Singh | Delhi Waveriders | 6 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Report | Venue |
| V. R. Raghunath | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Mumbai Magicians | 5–3 | Match 6 | Mumbai– Mahindra Hockey Stadium |

### Clean sheets
#### Player

| Rank | Player | Team | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Nicolas Jacobi | Delhi Waveriders | 3 |
| 2 | Francisco Cortés | Ranchi Rhinos | 2 |

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Talwinder Singh for Delhi Waveriders against Punjab Warriors (25 January 2014)
* Last goal of the season: Yuvraj Walmiki for Delhi Waveriders against Punjab Warriors (23 February 2014)
* Largest winning margin: 5 goals
** Delhi Waveriders 5–0 Kalinga Lancers (30 January 2014)
* Highest scoring game: 10 goals
** Kalinga Lancers 3–7 Punjab Warriors (28 January 2014)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
** Kalinga Lancers 3–7 Punjab Warriors (28 January 2014)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
** Punjab Warriors 5–3 Mumbai Magicians (26 January 2014)
** Kalinga Lancers 3–7 Punjab Warriors (28 January 2014)
** Mumbai Magicians 3–5 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (29 January 2014)
** Kalinga Lancers 3–4 Delhi Waveriders (2 February 2014)
** Uttar Pradesh Wizards 3–4 Delhi Waveriders (8 February 2014)
** Kalinga Lancers 3–4 Uttar Pradesh Wizards (13 February 2014)
** Mumbai Magicians 3–5 Delhi Waveriders (15 February 2014)

#### Team

* Most clean sheets: 3
** Delhi Waveriders
* Fewest clean sheets: 0
** Kalinga Lancers
** Mumbai Magicians
** Punjab Warriors
** Uttar Pradesh Wizards

### Discipline

Only green and yellow cards were awarded by umpires during the course of the league.

#### Player

* Most Green cards: 04
** V. R. Raghunath (Uttar Pradesh Wizards)
* Most Yellow cards: 02
** Mohammed Amir Khan (Kalinga Lancers)
** Lloyd Norris-Jones (Delhi Wave Riders)
** Tristan White (Delhi Wave Riders)

#### Team

* Green cards:
** Punjab Warriors: 16
** Kalinga Lancers: 11
** Mumbai Magicians: 10
** Uttar Pradesh Wizards: 10
** Delhi Wave Riders: 9
** Ranchi Rhinos: 8
* Yellow cards:
** Delhi Wave Riders: 7
** Punjab Warriors: 6
** Uttar Pradesh Wizards: 5
** Ranchi Rhinos: 4
** Kalinga Lancers: 3
** Mumbai Magicians: 3
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