Hockey India League 2025-26: Format, schedule, full squads, live streaming info
The second season of the new Hockey India League (HIL) will commence on Saturday with Tamil Nadu Dragons taking on Hyderabad Toofans at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai.
This year, the tournament will be played across three cities. The league will move to Ranchi for the next stage of round robin before heading to Bhubaneswar for the final stretch.
There are a couple of new teams in the reckoning as well, with Gonasika now being replaced by Ranchi Royals and HIL Governing Council team participating instead of UP Rudras.
Here is everything you need to know about the second season of Hockey India League:
Format
The eight teams will start off with a round-robin phase. Each team will play the other seven once in this stage and the top four will qualify for the playoffs. Teams get three points for a win in the league stage. In case the match ends in a draw, the winner of the shootout will get two points and the loser go back with one point.
This year, the HIL has revamped the playoffs format, prioritising the teams that finish in the top two. The teams finishing first and second will play the Qualifier 1 and the teams finishing third and fourth will take on in the Eliminator.
The winner of Qualifier 1 will advance to the final. The loser will play the winner of the Eliminator in the Qualifier 2. The winner of the second qualifier advances to the final.
Schedule
- January 3 – Tamil Nadu Dragons vs Hyderabad Toofans – 7:30 PM – Chennai
- January 4 – Soorma Hockey Club vs Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers – 5 PM – Chennai
- January 4 – Kalinga Lancers vs Ranchi Royals – 7:30 PM – Chennai
- January 5 – SG Pipers vs HIL GC – 7:30 PM – Chennai
- January 6 – Tamil Nadu Dragons vs Soorma Hockey Club – 7:30 PM – Chennai
- January 7 – HIL GC vs Shrachi Bengal Tigers – 5 PM – Chennai
- January 7 – Hyderabad Toofans vs Ranchi Royals – 7:30 PM – Chennai
- January 8 – Shrachi Bengal Tigers vs Kalinga Lancers – 7:30 PM – Chennai
- January 9 – Hyderabad Toofans vs Soorma Hockey Club 5 PM – Chennai
- January 9 – Tamil Nadu Dragons vs SG Pipers – 7:30 PM – Chennai
- January 11 – HIL GC vs Kalinga Lancers – 5 PM – Ranchi
- January 11 – Ranchi Royals vs Shrachi Bengal Tigers – 7:30 PM – Ranchi
- January 12 – SG Pipers vs Hyderabad Toofans – 5 PM – Ranchi
- January 12 – HIL GC vs Tamil Nadu Dragons – 7:30 PM – Ranchi
- January 13 – Shrachi Bengal Tigers vs Tamil Nadu Dragons – 7:30 PM – Ranchi
- January 14 – Hyderabad Toofans vs Kalinga Lancers – 5 PM – Ranchi
- January 14 – Ranchi Royals vs SG Pipers – 7:30 PM – Ranchi
- January 15 – Soorma Hockey Club vs HIL GC – 7:30 PM – Ranchi
- January 16 – Ranchi Royals vs Soorma Hockey Club – 7:30 PM – Ranchi
- January 17 – Shrachi Bengal Tigers vs Hyderabad Toofans – 5 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 17 – Kalinga Lancers vs SG Pipers – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 18 – SG Pipers vs Shrachi Bengal Tigers – 5 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 18 – Kalinga Lancers vs Tamil Nadu Dragons – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 19 – HIL GC vs Ranchi Royals – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 20 – Hyderabad Toofans vs HIL GC – 5 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 20 – Kalinga Lancers vs Soorma Hockey Club – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 21 – Tamil Nadu Dragons vs Ranchi Royals – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 22 – Soorma Hockey Club vs SG Pipers – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 23 – Qualifier 1 – 5 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 23 – Eliminator – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 25 – Qualifier 2 – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 26 – 3rd Place Playoff – 5 PM – Bhubaneswar
- January 26 – Final – 7:30 PM – Bhubaneswar
Squads
Tamil Nadu Dragons: David Harte (Ireland), Prince Deep Singh, Anand Lakra, Pruthvi G M, Sander de Wijn (Netherlands), Amit Rohidas [captain], Mohammed Raheel Mouseen, Chandan Yadav, Tom Craig (Australia), Blake Govers (Australia), Paul Kaufmann (Germany), Thomas Sorsby (Great Britain), Shesha Gowda, Arun J, Sushil Dhanwar, Adrohit Ekka, Selvaraj Kanagaraj, Selvam Karthi, Nathan Ephraums (Australia), Uttam Singh. Head coach: Rein van Eijk.
Hyderabad Toofans: Jean Paul Danneberg (Germany), Bikramjit Singh, Mukul Sharma, Amandeep Lakra, Devindar Walmiki, Arthur de Sloover (Netherlands), Sundram Singh Rajawat, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit [captain], Zachary Wallace (Great Britain), Rajinder Singh, Michel Struthoff (Germany), Nic Woods (Australia), Rahim Aakib Sayyed, Tim Brand (Australia), Shilanand Lakra, Irengbam Rohit Singh, Talwinder Singh, Jacob Anderson (Australia), Arshdeep Singh. Head coach: Pasha Gademan.
Soorma Hockey Club: Vincent Vanasch (Belgium), Mohith H.S., Gurinder Singh, Pradip Mandal, Nicolas Della Torre (Argentina), Jeremy Hayward (Australia), Sukhvinder, Harmanpreet Singh [captain], Vivek Sagar Prasad, Jeet Pal, Victor Wegnez (Belgium), Prabhjot Singh, Harjeet Singh, Nicolas Poncelet (Belgium), Akashdeep Singh, Nicolas Keenan (Argentina), Dayaan Cassiem (South Africa), Pawan Rajbhar, Maninder Singh, Gurjant Singh. Head coach: Philippe Goldberg.
Rarh Bengal Tigers: Vivek Lakra, James Carr (New Zealand), Tommy Willems (Belgium), Gauthier Boccard (Belgium), Parmod, Enrique Gonzalez De Castejon (Spain), Jugraj Singh [captain], Christopher Ruhr (Germany), Tom Grambusch (Germany), Sean Findlay (New Zealand), Jaskaran Singh, Affan Yousuf, Pradhan Poovanna Chandura, Atul Deep, Pardeep Singh Sandhu, Ajinkya Jadhav, Ketan Kushwaha, Gursewak Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek. Head coach: Valentin Altenburg.
Kalinga Lancers: Jed Snowden (Australia), Krishan B Pathak, Sunil PB, Antoine Kina (Belgium), Pratap Lakra, Arthur Van Doren (Belgium, co-captain), Rohit Kullu, Alexander Hendrickx (Belgium), Sanjay [co-captain], Craig Marais (Australia), Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Amit Kumar Toppo, Liam Henderson (Australia), Rosan Kujur, Gursahibjit Singh, Cooper Burns (Australia), Angad Bir Singh, Deepak Pradhan, Dilpreet Singh, Boby Singh Dhami. Head coach: Jay Stacy.
Ranchi Royals: Rajak Pankaj Kumar, Suraj Karkera, Joshua Beltz (Australia), Van Oots Maxime (Belgium), Purti Ashish Tani, Ravneet Singh, Tim Howard (Australia), Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Anmol Ekka, Amir Ali, Jack Waller (Great Britain), Vishnukant Singh, Yashdeep Siwach, Manpreet Singh, Manmeet Singh Rai, Mustaphaa Cassiem (South Africa), Tom Boon (Belgium), Sam Lane (New Zealand), Araijeet Singh Hundal, Mandeep Singh [captain]. Head coach: Harendra Singh.
SG Pipers: Tomas Santiago (Argentina), Pawan, Bram Van Battum (Netherlands), Rupinder Pal Singh, Varun Kumar, Gareth Furlong (Great Britain), Manjeet, Rohit, Jarmanpreet Singh [captain], Ankit Pal, Willott KY (Australia), Jacob Draper (Great Britain), Raj Kumar Pal, Thokchom Kingson Singh, Shamsher Singh, Tomas Domene (Argentina), Roman Duvekot (Belgium), Aditya Lalage, Dilraj Singh, Sourabh Anand Khushwaha. Head coach: Tim Oudenaller.
HIL Governing Council: James Mazarelo (Great Britain), Prashant Kumar Chauhan, James Albery (Great Britain), Jasjit Singh Kular, Mohammad Haris, Surender Kumar, Kane Russell (New Zealand), Prasant Barla, Talem Priyobarta, Hardik Singh [captain], Manmeet Singh, Rahul Yadav, Daragh Walsh (Ireland), Simon Yorston (New Zealand), Ajeet Yadav, Sudeep Chirmako, Sam Ward (Great Britain), Tanguy Cosyns (Belgium), Gurjot Singh, Lalit Upadhyay. Head coach: Vikram Pillay.
Live Streaming Info
All matches of the Hockey India League will be broadcast live on Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 3, and DD Sports. The matches can be live streamed on the SonyLIV mobile app and website .
Published on Jan 02, 2026