| Tournament Details | |
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| Dates | 3 January 2026 – 26 January 2026 |
| Administrator(s) | Hockey India |
| Tournament Format(s) | Round-robin tournament Knock-out |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Venue(s) | Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, Chennai Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final Positions | |
 Champions | Kalinga Lancers |
 Runner-up | Ranchi Royals |
 Third Place | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Tournament Summary | |
| Matches played | 33 |
| Goals scored | 166 (5.03 per match) |
| Player of the tournament | Amandeep Lakra (Hyderabad Toofans) |
| Most Goals | Tom Boon (Hyderabad Toofans) |
← 2024–25 | |
| Tournament Details | |
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| Dates | 28 December 2025 – 10 January 2026 |
| Administrator(s) | Hockey India |
| Tournament Format(s) | Double round-robin Knock-out |
| Host(s) | India |
| Venue(s) | Jaipal Singh Stadium, Ranchi |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final Positions | |
| Champions | SG Pipers (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Bengal Tigers |
| Third Place | Ranchi Royals |
| Tournament Summary | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 39 (3 per match) |
| Player of the tournament | Navneet Kaur (Delhi SG Pipers) |
| Most Goals |  Agustina Gorzelany (Rarh Bengal Tigers) |
← 2024–25 | |
The 2025–26 Hockey India League was the seventh season of the annual Hockey India League.[1] It was held from 28 December 2025 and to 26 January 2026.[2] The men's league was won by the Kalinga Lancers, while the SG Pipers won the women's league.
Format[edit | edit source]
Eight teams for the men's tournament and four teams for the women's tournament are placed in a group to play round-robin matches. The top four teams qualify for the knockout stage.[3] Playing eleven, teams had to have a minimum of two and a maximum of five foreign players.[4]
Teams[edit | edit source]
| Franchise | Location | Owners | Men's | Women's |
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| SG Pipers | N/A | SG Sports | 
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| Hyderabad Toofans | Hyderabad, Telangana | Resolute Sports |
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| Kalinga Lancers | Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Vedanta Limited |
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| Ranchi Royals | Ranchi, Jharkhand | Shri Alvish M.A. |
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| Bengal Tigers | West Bengal | Shrachi Sports |
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| Soorma Hockey Club | Punjab Haryana |
JSW Group |
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| Tamil Nadu Dragons | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Charles Group |
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| HIL Governing Council | N/A | N/A |
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| Total | 8 | 4 | ||
Venues[edit | edit source]
The matches will be held across three cities, Bhubaneswar, Chennai and Ranchi.[5] While women's games will be hosted at the Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi, the men's games will be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai and at the Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi.
| Bhubaneswar | Chennai | Ranchi |
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| Kalinga Stadium | Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium | Jaipal Singh Stadium |
| Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 8,670 | Capacity: 5,000 |
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Knockouts[edit | edit source]
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| 1 | Kalinga Lancers | 2 | Q1W | Kalinga Lancers | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ranchi Royals | 1 | Q2W | Ranchi Royals | 2 | ||||||||
| Q1L | Ranchi Royals | 3 | |||||||||||
| Eliminator | EW | Hyderabad Toofans | 2 | Third place | |||||||||
| 3 | Hyderabad Toofans | 2 | Q2L | Hyderabad Toofans | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | HIL Governing Council | 0 | EL | HIL Governing Council | 3 | ||||||||
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Top goalscorers[edit | edit source]
Men's HIL[edit | edit source]
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| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 |  Tom Boon
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Ranchi Royals | 19 |
| 2 |  Kane Russell
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HIL Governing Council | 14 |
| 3 | Alexander Hendrickx
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Kalinga Lancers | 12 |
| 4 | Amandeep Lakra
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Hyderabad Toofans | 9 |
| Tomás Domene
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Delhi SG Pipers | ||
| 5 |  Blake Govers
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | 6 |
| Mandeep Singh
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| 6 | Jugraj Singh
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | 5 |
| 7 | Harmanpreet Singh
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Soorma Hockey Club | 4 |
| Jeremy Hayward
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
 Samuel Ward
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HIL Governing Council | ||
| Zachary Wallace
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Hyderabad Toofans | ||
| 8 | Abhishek Nain
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | 3 |
| Araijeet Singh Hundal
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| Ky Willott
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Delhi SG Pipers | ||
| Tim Brand
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Hyderabad Toofans | ||
| Uttam Singh
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | ||
| 9 | Affan Yousuf
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | 2 |
| Cooper Burns
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Kalinga Lancers | ||
| Dilraj Singh
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Delhi SG Pipers | ||
| Gursahibjit Singh
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Kalinga Lancers | ||
| Jacob Anderson
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Hyderabad Toofans | ||
| Jeetpal
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| Karthi Selvam
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | ||
| Lalit Upadhyay
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HIL Governing Council | ||
| Selvaraj Kanagaraj
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | ||
| Sudeep Chirmako
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HIL Governing Council | ||
| Shilanand Lakra
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Hyderabad Toofans | ||
| Sukhjeet Singh
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
| Tom Sorsby
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | ||
| 10 | Aditya Lalage
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Delhi SG Pipers | 1 |
| Adrohit Ekka
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | ||
| Ajeet Yadav
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HIL Governing Council | ||
| Amit Rohidas
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | ||
| Angad Bir Singh
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Kalinga Lancers | ||
| Arthur De Sloover
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Hyderabad Toofans | ||
| Boby Singh Dhami
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Kalinga Lancers | ||
 Christopher Rühr
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
| Craig Marais
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Kalinga Lancers | ||
| Dilpreet
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Kalinga Lancers | ||
| Wales Gareth Furlong | Delhi SG Pipers | ||
| Gurjant Singh
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| Gursewak SIngh
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
| James Albery
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HIL Governing Council | ||
| Ketan Kushwaha
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
| Lachlan Sharp
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| Liam Henderson
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Kalinga Lancers | ||
| Lucas Martínez
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| Maninder Singh
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| Manmeet Singh Rai
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| Nic Woods
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Hyderabad Toofans | ||
| Nicolás Keenan
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| Nilakanta Sharma
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Hyderabad Toofans | ||
| Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | ||
| Prabhjot Singh
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| Sam Lane
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| Talwinder Singh
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Hyderabad Toofans | ||
| Tom Craig
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Tamil Nadu Dragons | ||
| Tom Grambusch
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
| Vivek Prasad
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Women's HIL[edit | edit source]
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Agustina Gorzelany
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | 5 |
| 2 | Navneet Kaur
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Delhi SG Pipers | 4 |
| Lucina von der Heyde
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| 3 | Hannah Cotter
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Ranchi Royals | 3 |
| Lalremsiami Hmarzote
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Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
 Lola Riera
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Delhi SG Pipers | ||
| Penny Squibb
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| 4 | Sangita Kumari
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Ranchi Royals | 2 |
| Sunelita Toppo
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Delhi SG Pipers | ||
| 5 | Agostina Alonso
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Ranchi Royals | 1 |
| Beauty Dungdung
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| Jyoti Singh
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Delhi SG Pipers | ||
| María José Granatto
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| Olivia Shannon
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
| Preeti Dubey
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Delhi SG Pipers | ||
| Rutuja Pisal
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| Sakshi Rana
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Ranchi Royals | ||
| Sonam
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Soorma Hockey Club | ||
 Teresa Viana
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Delhi SG Pipers |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Hockey India League unveil Mens and Womens schedule for 2025-26 season". The Tribune. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ Sportstar, Team (25 October 2025). "Hockey India League announces schedule for 2025-26 season". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Coal India HIL format is very exciting: Gonzalo Peillat". Hockey India League. League.hockeyindia.org. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ Sen, Debayan (21 January 2017). "Hockey India League 2017: Everything you need to know". ESPN. Espn.in. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ "Next HIL To Be Held In 3 Venues, Women's Event Could Be Expanded To 6 Teams-". news18.com. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Hero Hockey India League 2025-26 (Men's) - Statistics goals". Hockey India.
- ↑ "Hero Hockey India League 2025-26 (Women's) - Statistics goals". Hockey India.