Premier Hockey League
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The Premier Hockey League (PHL) is a new domestic field hockey competition introduced in India. The tournament was initiated to revive the sport which lost spectator interest to cricket in recent times. Hockey is the nation's National Sport, with the country having won a record eight Olympic Gold medals and having lifted the World Cup once.
The league is made up of two groups, each consisting of five teams. The format is revolutionary and encompasses many innovations such as shorter games, a theme song, and a television friendly format.
One of the main reasons for the unpopularity of the existing domestic competition is the inclusions of dominant teams such as Indian Airlines, Punjab and Sind Bank which do not have a fan following. The PHL rectifies with the fielding of teams from traditional hockey bastions such as Bombay and Punjab.
PHL will be played in Chennai and Chandigarh next year.
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[edit] Matches
Each match is viewed through twelve television cameras, to cover all possible angles. The matches in 2005 were played in Hyderabad's Gachibowli Stadium, with a new Astroturf being laid. All matches begin at eight in the evening to garner maximum television viewer ship.
The prize money in 2005 was Rs 70 lakh (7 million), 30 lakh for the winner and 10 for the runner-up. All players would receive a participation fee.
Hyderabad Sultans have won the Premier Hockey League match.
In the Year 2006 for the second Edition of PHL Chandigarh Dynamos have moved to Tier 1 and Chennai Veerans Have dropped to Tier 2 also Bengal Tigers have lost their place to Orissa Stellars in Tier 2.
Bangalore Hi-Fliers have been renamed themselves as Banglaore Lions.
[edit] New features
The fundamental aberration from the format of normal hockey games is the number of sessions. A normal 70 minute hockey game includes two sessions, each of 35 minutes each. The PHL has four sessions each of 17.5 minutes. This format is tailor made to include more advertising time in order to generate funds. Teams are allowed to take time-outs to chalk out new strategies during the course of the game.
If the match is deadlocked after full-time, the number of players of each team is gradually reduced till a result is obtained. A win within full-time fetches three points, whereas a win after full-time fetches two points to the winning team and one to the losing team. Each team is also allowed to field up to five international players.
[edit] Teams
[edit] Tier 1
- Hyderabad Sultans - Team Lineup
- Devesh Chauhan (GK)
- Pekrelo (GK)
- Saranjeet Singh
- Harpreet Singh
- Nitin Kumar
- Vikram Pillay
- Johnson Ekka
- Didar Singh
- Ajitesh Rai
- Sardara Singh
- Amar Ayanna
- Diwakar Ram
- Rajinder Singh
- Kulwinder Singh
- Baljit Singh Chandi
- Mukesh Kumar N (Chief Coach)
- SD. AQUILLUDDIN (Asst. Coach)
- Ashok Kumar D (Phy. Trainer)
- Satyanarayana G (Manager)
- Maratha Warriors - Team Lineup
- Viren Rasquinha (Captain)
- Andan Zakir (Pakistan)
- Imran Warsi (Pakistan)
- Lodewijk de Bruijn (Holland)
- Adrian D'Souza (G.K.)
- Sairam Bishnoi (G.K.)
- William Xalxo
- Sunil Yadhav
- Gursevak Singh
- Vivek Gupta
- Dhanraj Pillay
- Shivendra Singh
- Vijay Alphonso
- Heman Ghete
- Conroy Remedius
- Girish Pimpele
- Bharat Kumar
- Dhananjay Mahadik
- Clarence Lobo (Coach)
- Mukul Pandey (Asst. Coach)
- SS Walia (Manager)
- Harvinder Singh Cheema (Trainer)
- Sher-e-Jallandhar - Team Lineup
- Gagan Ajit Singh (Captain)
- Mohammad Saqlain (Pakistan)
- Pau quemada (Spain)
- Bevan hari (New zealand)
- Maninder Singh (G.K)
- Swinder Singh (G.K)
- Harpal Singh
- Harmik Singh
- Balwant Singh
- Kanwalpreet Singh
- Baljit Singh Saini
- Ajmer Singh
- Baljit Singh Dhillon
- Prabhjot Singh
- Parminder Singh
- Daljit Singh Dhillo
- Gurvinder Singh Chandi
- Prabdeep Singh
- Surinder Singh Sodhi (Manager)
- Ramandeep Singh (Coach)
- Jagdeep Gill (Physio)
- Sanjeev Kumar (Coach)
- Bangalore Lions - Team Lineup
- Arjun Halappa - (Captain)
- Jordi Quintana (Spain)
- Rehan Butt (Pakistan)
- Bharath Kumar Chetri (G.K)
- Rao P T ( GK)
- Ajay Kumar Saroha
- Ravi Kumar
- Ignace Tirkey
- Bipin Fernandes
- Prabodh Tirkey
- Bimal Lakra
- Tushar Khandekar
- Sandeep Michael
- Hari Prasad
- Len Aiyappa
- Suresh Kumar
- Sabu Varkey
- Ramesh Parameshwaran(Coach)
- Ashish Ballal(Asst. Coach)
- Kannan Krishnamurthy (Manager)
- C.S.Poonacha (Trainer)
- Chandigarh Dynamos - Team Lineup
- Rajpal Singh (Captain)
- Balder Bomans (Netherland)
- Mohammad Shabbir (Pakistan)
- Mudassar ali Khan (Pakistan)
- Kamaldip Singh (G.K.)
- Baljit Singh (G.K.)
- Jugraj Singh
- Sandeep Singh (Sr.)
- Saurabh Bishnoi
- S S Gill
- Jaswinder Singh
- Sandeep Singh (Jr.)
- Gaurav Tokhi
- Inderjit Chadha
- Deepak Thakur
- Ravipal Singh
- Tejbir Singh
- Davinder Kumar
- Imran Khan
- N S Sodhi (Coach)
- Sardar Amarjit Singh (Manager)
- Servesh Sharma (Asst Manager)
- Baldev Singh (Trainer)
Tier 2
- Delhi Dazzlers - Team Lineup
- Jasbir Singh (G.K)
- Sandeep Singh (G.K)
- Gagandeep Singh
- Avtar Singh
- Saranjeet Singh
- Joginder Singh
- Prabhakar Singh
- Sandeep Kumar
- Gurinder Singh
- Sandeep Sethi
- Ajitpal
- Baljit Singh Chandi (Captain)
- Prem Kumar
- Ravinder Singh
- Didar Singh
- Sardar Singh
- Raju
- Kulwinder Singh
- Ashok Mathur (Manager)
- Rajinder Singh (Sr.Chief coach)
- Parnam Singh (Asstt. Coach)
- Hawa Singh (Trainer)
- Chennai Veerans - Team Lineup
- Sreejesh (G.K)
- Raghunath
- Raja V
- Aswin
- Manish Saini
- Vikram Kanth
- Suresh
- Suresh MG (G.K)
- Alfred Asir
- Ramesh Babu
- Gurbaj Singh
- Bajinder Singh
- Siva Balan
- Ganesh
- Jalwinder Singh
- Venkatesh
- Hayath
- Adam Sinclair (Captain)
- Farooq (Manager)
- B. Ramaswamy (Coach)
- Mohammed Riaz (Coach)
- Poonacha (Trainer)
- Lucknow Nawabs - Team Lineup
- Neeraj Kujur (G.K)
- Rizauddin (G.K)
- Anurag Raghuvanshi
- Aftab
- Irffan
- Shekar Mishra
- Mohod Kaleem
- Parvez Ahsan
- Amit Srivastava
- Shamshul Joha
- Afzal Ahmed
- Pratik
- Kamlesh
- Amit Tyagi
- Amarjeet Singh
- Humza
- Pramod
- Imtiaz
- R.S.S. Chauhan (Manager)
- R.K. Mishra (Trainer)
- Neeraj Pant (Coach)
- N.U. Ansari (Coach)
- Imphal Rangers - Team Lineup
- Ksh. Herojit Singh (G.K)
- Y. Robindro Singh (G.K)
- H. Tomba Singh
- KH. Jayanta Singh
- K. Suresh Singh
- Goswamy Mr. (Assam)
- L. Laiba
- L. Braja Kumar
- P. Hemjit Singh
- Ksh. Tenyson
- Th. Brojen
- M. Chitranjan
- Th. Gopal
- K. Hera
- Ksh. Sumesh Kanta
- Lalmaka (Mizoram)
- Lalringnga (Mizoram)
- Deepak A. Tigga (Tripura)
- Gyanendro Ningombam (Manager)
- L. Tiken Singh (Chief Coach)
- K. Leirengliana (Asstt. Coach)
- R.K. Nripen Singh (Trainer)
- Orissa Steelers - Team Lineup
- Gurpreet Singh (G.K)
- Dinesh Ekka (G.K)
- John Jojo
- Kuldeep Singh
- Tarcius Kullu
- Pawel Lakra
- Pramod Kumar
- Bruno Hadrian Lugun
- Roshan Minz
- Bikash Toppo (Captain)
- Birendra Lakra
- Vinay Prakash Kujur
[edit] PHL 2006
[edit] Results
- Bangalore Lions Champion of 2006.They defeated Chandigarh Dynamos in a best of three final series
- Maratha Warriors relegated to Tier-2
- Orissa Steelers promoted to Tier-1
[edit] PHL 2007
[edit] Teams
In the 2007 edition the organisers are planning to eliminate tier 2 and play all the teams in single Tier and they also plan to increase the number of teams.
[edit] Tier-1
- Bangalore Lions
- Chandigarh Dynamos
- Hyderabad Sultans
- Sher-e-Jallandhar
- Orissa Steelers
[edit] Tier-2
- Maratha Warriors
- Chennai Veerans
- Lucknow Nawabs
- Delhi Dazzlers
Fifth team yet to be decided between:
- Imphal Rangers
- Bengal Tigers
[edit] International players
[edit] Hyderabad Sultans
- Salman Akbar (Pakistan)
- Shakeel Abbasi (Pakistan)
- Jorge Lombi (Argentina)
[edit] Sher-e-Jallandar
- Mohommad Saqlain (Pakistan)
- Pau Quemada (Spain)
- Bevan Hari (New Zealand)
[edit] Maratha Warriors
- Andan Zakir (Pakistan)
- Imran Warsi (Pakistan)
- Lodewijk de Bruijn (Holland)
[edit] Bangalore Lions
- Jordi Quintana (Spain)
- Rehan Butt (Pakistan)
[edit] Chandigarh Dynamos
- Balder Bomans (Holland)
- Mohammad Shabbir (Pakistan)
- Mudassar Ali Khan (Pakistan)
[edit] Likely impact
While most experts agree that it is too early to predict the fallout of the PHL, many in the Indian Hockey circles are delighted to have hockey glamorised with the intention of reviving the flagging sport. Experts accuse the Indian Hockey Federation of being to lethargic and bureaucratic in popularising the sport. Meanwhile the International Hockey Federation is keenly studying the format.
Critics argue that traditional hockey bastions such as Kodagu (Coorg), Jharkhand, Orissa and parts of Punjab have been ignored, but organisers say that in due course of time more teams may be included.
