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2017 Hockey India League season

Coal India Hockey India League 2017
Tournament Details
Dates 21 January – 26 February
Administrator(s) Hockey India
Tournament Format(s) Double round-robin and Knock-out
Host(s) India
Venue(s) 6
Teams 6
Final Positions
Gold medal blank.svg Champions Kalinga Lancers (1st title)
Silver medal blank.svg Runner-up Dabang Mumbai
Bronze medal blank.svg Third Place Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Tournament Summary
Matches played 34
Goals scored 206 (6.06 per match)
Player of the tournament Florian Fuchs (Dabang Mumbai)
Most Goals Glenn Turner
Moritz Fürste (12 goals)
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The 2017 Hockey India League, known as Coal India Hockey India League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of the Hockey India League. It was held between 21 January and 26 February 2017. Kalinga Lancers beat Dabang Mumbai 4–1 in the final to win their first title. Six teams played 34 matches in six venues with final played in Sector 42 Stadium, Chandigarh. The prize money was announced to be 3 crores INR.

Punjab Warriors were the defending champions and were eliminated in the round-robin stage. Uttar Pradesh Wizards finished third beating Delhi Waveriders in the third place playoff. Kalinga Lancers' Glenn Turner and Moritz Fürste finished as the tournament's joint top-scorers with 12 goals each. Dabang Mumbai's Florian Fuchs was named the Player of the Tournament.

Six teams competed in the season, the same from last season.

Six teams are placed in a group to play home-away round robin matches. The top four teams will qualify for the knock out stage.This season again features some rules regarding scoring goals as every field goal will be double compared to the goals scored from penalty corners, meaning a field goal will count as two while successfully converted short corner will still be considered as one goal. Playing eleven, must have a minimum of two and a maximum of five foreign players.

Source: Official website

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

(Q) Qualified for semi-finals; (E) Eliminated.


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