2013 Hockey India League
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 January 5 to February 3 but was postponed to January 14 to February 10.
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.The points in the league phase of the tournament were awarded as follows:
| 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:
- respective number of matches won;
- respective goal difference. 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
Venues
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Delhi Waveriders | Delhi | Dhyan Chand National Stadium | 20,000 |
| Mumbai Magicians | Mumbai | Mahindra Hockey Stadium | 8,250 |
| Punjab Warriors | Jalandhar | Surjit Hockey Stadium | 8,000 |
| Ranchi Rhinos | Ranchi | Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium | 5,000 |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Lucknow | Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium | 10,000 |
The semi-final, third and fourth place playoff and the final of 2013 HIL were played on 9 and 10 February at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.
Players
The players' auction for first season of HIL took place on December 16 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.League progression
Schedule
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Play-offs
Semifinals
----Third and fourth place
Final
Awards
Statistics
Leading goalscorers
Hat-tricks
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Oskar Deecke for Delhi Waveriders against Punjab Warriors '
- Last goal of the season: Manpreet Singh for Ranchi Rhinos against Delhi Waveriders '
- Largest winning margin: 4 goals
- *Mumbai Magicians 4–0 Uttar Pradesh Wizards '
- Highest scoring game: 10 goals
- *Mumbai Magicians 4–6 Delhi Waveriders '
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
- *Mumbai Magicians 4–6 Delhi Waveriders '
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
- *Mumbai Magicians 4–6 Delhi Waveriders '
- *Ranchi Rhinos 4–5 Delhi Waveriders
Clean sheets
Player
Team
- Most clean sheets: 3
- *Uttar Pradesh Wizards
- Fewest clean sheets: 0
- *Punjab Warriors
Discipline
Player
- Most green cards: 4
- *Yuvraj Walmiki
- Most yellow cards: 2
- *Manpreet Singh
- *Pradhan Somanna
- *Robert Hammond
- *Sardara Singh
- *Wouter Jolie
- Most red cards: 1
- *Ranjit Singh
Team
- Most green cards: 15
- *Delhi Waveriders
- Most yellow cards: 7
- *Mumbai Magicians
- *Punjab Warriors
- Most red cards: 1
- *Punjab Warriors