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It’s Karnataka Vs Uttar Pradesh in the Final of 64th Senior Men’s Hockey Nationals

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On the last day of league stage, Uttar Pradesh defeated Manipur 19-2 to set up summit clash against hosts Karnataka, as with today’s win, UP moved to 2nd place in points’ table above Mumbai on the basis of goal difference, while Punjab beat Jharkhand 6-0 to score their 3rd win of the tournament and will play Mumbai in the Bronze Medal Match at 16:00 on 16th May, 2013 at KSHA Hockey Stadium, Bangalore.

64th Senior Men's National Hockey Championship at KSHA Hockey Stadium BangaloreHosts Karnataka will face Uttar Pradesh in the final match to be played under artificial lights at 18:00 tomorrow (16th May, 2013). Both Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh will be looking for their first ever Rangaswamy Cup victory. Uttar Pradesh last appeared in the final of Rangaswamy Cup in 1960 at Kolkata, where they lost to services to finish 2nd, while Karnataka (then Mysore) had played in the final in the year of 1968 at Udhagamandalam, where they lost to Indian Railways.

Points Table of 64th edition of Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship after league stage (Detailed Results here): Continue reading →

IOCL Won KSHA Ozonegroup National Hockey League Championship 2012-13

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IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation Limited) emerged as the champions of KSHA Ozonegroup National Hockey League Championship 2012-13 played at the KSHA Hockey Stadium, Bangatore from 1st to 20th April 2013.

IOCL : The Champions of KSHA Ozonegroup National Hockey League Championship 2012-13 (Photo by Deepthi Indukuri)

Champions of KSHA Ozonegroup National Hockey League Championship 2012-13 (Photo by Deepthi Indukuri) (LtoR: Baljit SIngh, Deepak Thakur, Vikas Sharma, Bharat Chhikara, Inderjit Chaddha, Ramesh Parameshwaran (Coach), Nitin, Didar Singh, Devesh Chauhan, Sunil Yadav, LtoR Kneeling: Manmeet Singh, Sharabjit SIngh, Vickram Kanth, Roshan Minz, Hamza Mujtaba, Gunasekhar)

IOCL, only undefeated team in the tournament, topped the points table with 22 points from 7 wins and a draw (against Air India) while runners-up Air India earned 17 points from 5 wins and 2 draws of 8 matches.

Final placings and points table (Detailed results here) : Continue reading →

KSHA Ozonegroup National Hockey League Championship 2012-13 : Schedule and Results

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KSHA Ozonegroup National Hockey League Championship 2012-13

KSHA Ozonegroup National Hockey League Championship

from 1st to 20th April 2013 at the KSHA Hockey Stadium, Bangatore (map).

Final Points Table:

Place Teams P W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 IOCL 8 7 1 0 32 12 20 22
2 Air India 8 5 2 1 23 10 13 17
3 SAI 8 5 1 2 24 17 7 16
4 PNB 8 4 0 4 14 14 0 12
5 Namdhari 8 3 2 3 19 17 2 11
6 BPCL 8 2 2 4 22 21 1 8
7 MEG 8 2 2 4 20 28 -8 8
8 Fortis 8 2 2 4 18 27 -9 8
9 ASC 8 0 0 8 12 38 -26 0

Detailed Schedule and Results: Continue reading →

Malaysia face Kookaburras in Final, Black Sticks to play Korea in Bronze and India vs Pakistan in 5th Place Match

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16 March 2013: India were held by Malaysia for 2-2 to deny them a place in Bronze Medal match while Black Sticks fell short 3-2 against Australia and Korea held Pakistan for 2-2 draw at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to set up the summit clash between World #2 side Kookaburras and #13 Malaysia (Points table and all results here).

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2013 Logo

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2013

Malaysia have played in the final on three occasions, in 1985, 2007 and 2009. They lost to India in 85 and 09 and lost to Australia in 07. In the 21 past editions the hosts have yet to lift the trophy. And they will fancy their chances against the Australians who they drew 1-1 in the league match.

India finished at last place in table with draw against Malaysia and will now face Pakistan in wooden spoon match. Malaysia went ahead with a goal from Faizal Saari in 6th minute on Malaysia’s 1st PC of the match. After missing an easy chance in 11th minute, young Mandeep Singh scored the equalizer for India in 20th and the 1-1 score stayed till half time. India went ahead with Rupinder Pal Singh’s low drag flick on PC in second half, which was equalized by Faizal Saari on a controversial penalty stroke in last minute. Continue reading →

Black Sticks Men beat India and remain in contention for Final at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2013

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14 March 2013: The Black Sticks Men defeated India to set-up a crucial match against Australia at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, other two matches, Australia vs Korea and Malaysia vs Pakistan, were drawn.

Andy Hayward

Andy Hayward scored a goal today

With the draws, Australia and Malaysia remain top of the table on eight points with Malaysia set to play India on Saturday. The Black Sticks are on six points followed by Korea and Pakistan on four and India on three points.

With a win against India and six points in the bag, the Black Sticks will play Australia in a winner takes all match that could well decide the finalist. Thursday’s game was a must-win, with both teams on three points they needed the victory to stay in contention for a place in Sunday’s final. Continue reading →

India Beat Pakistan to Keep Podium Finish Chances Alive at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

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Indian Men’s Hockey team came  from behind to beat their arch-rivals Pakistan at 22nd Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to stay in contention for podium finish. Earlier in the day, defending champions New Zealand defeated Korea 3-0 to earn their 1st points after 3 matches, while in the last of the day, hosts Malaysia held world champions Australia for 1-1 draw to stay with the Kookaburras on the top of the table.

Points Table after 3rd day of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup:

# Teams P W D L GD Pts
1 Australia 3 2 1 0 7 7
2 Malaysia 3 2 1 0 2 7
3 New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1 3
4 India 3 1 0 2 0 3
5 Pakistan 3 1 0 2 -7 3
6 Korea 3 1 0 2 -3 3
Abdul Haseem Khan (Pakistan) and Akashdeep (India) in action during Champions Trophy, Melbourne 2012 (Photo by Raghu Prasad R V)

File Photo: Akashdeep Singh (India) who scored a goal today for India against Pakistan in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2013 (Photo by Raghu Prasad R V)

As expected, the India-Pakistan match was much more than any other hockey game, started on frantic pace, 1st goal in 4th minute, an equalizer within next minute and another goal in next 5 minute. Though, the match became little slow as it progressed but remained interesting. A superb show by Indian Goal Keeper PR Sreejesh who won the game for India with his fantastic saves/double saves on PCs, rebounds and on almost everything including deflections from defenders’ sticks. Continue reading →