2013 Hockey India League, known as Hero Hockey India League and abbreviated as HIL 2013 was the first season of the field hockey tournament Hockey India League. Tournament was scheduled to start from 5 January to 3 February but was postponed to 14 January to 10 February.[1]
Rules and regulations
Five teams took part in the tournament and each team played three matches against each team, one at their home venue and one at the venue of the opposition team. The third match was played against the other four teams two at home and two away.[2]
The points in the league phase of the tournament were awarded as follows:
Points
Results
Points
Win
5 points
Draw
2 points
Loss with goal difference of 2 or less goals
1 points
Loss with goal difference of 3 or more goals
0 points
If at the end of the League two or more teams had the same number of points for any place, these teams would be ranked according to the following order:[2]
respective number of matches won;
respective goal difference (goals for less goals against). A positive goal difference always takes precedence over a negative one;
respective number of goals scored;
the cumulative results of the two matches played between those two teams taking firstly the points won in the two matches, secondly the goal difference, and thirdly the number of goals scored
The players' auction for first season of HIL took place on 16 December in New Delhi. A total of 246 players were available for the auction out of which 120 players were bought by the franchises which included 50 foreign and 70 local players.[4]
India
Champions
Runner-up
Third Place
