World Series Hockey
The logo of the World Series Hockey
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| Countries |
 India
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| Administrator | Indian Hockey Federation |
| Headquarter | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Tournament Format | Double Round-robin and Knock-out |
| First tournament | 2012 |
| Next tournament | 2012–13 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champion | Sher-e-Punjab (1st title) |
| Most successful | Sher-e-Punjab (1 title) |
| Most goals |
Gurjinder Singh (CCO) (19 goals) Syed Imran Warsi (CCH) (19 goals) |
| TV partner(s) | Neo Sports Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. |
| Website |
Official Website Official Facebook Page Official Twitter Account Official YouTube Channel |
 2012–13 World Series Hockey
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World Series Hockey (WSH) was a professional league for field hockey competition in India. It was organised by Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus Sports with the objective to reinvigorate hockey in India. It was contested among eight franchisee-based teams consisting of players from India and around the world. The entire event took place on home and away basis culminating into multi header playoffs. Australian Dennis Meredith, a member of the FIH panel of tournament directors is the technical director of the WSH. It is currently sponsored by tyre manufacterers, Bridgestone, and therefore officially known as Bridgestone World Series Hockey.
The inaugural season of the tournament was played between eight teams out of which Sher-e-Punjab was crowned the champion after defeating Pune Strykers 5-2 in the final. WSH became the first hockey tournament ever to live stream all the matches online on Google's video and music sharing site YouTube. The second season of World Series Hockey will be played from 15 December 2012 to 20 January 2013.
The inaugural season of WSH was to take place from 17 December 2011 to 22 January 2012 but later was postponed owing to Olympic qualifiers. It kicked off on 29 February amidst confusion and controversies when the Indian players opted out of the tournament and FIH, HI and PHF warned players looking to participate in the WSH that they will be suspended from international matches as the event was unsanctioned.
A total of 59 matches were played in 34 days. The top four teams in the league phase advanced to the semi-finals followed by the final which was played in Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai. Sher-e-Punjab defeated Pune Strykers 5 – 2 to become the champions of the first WSH.
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