The 2014 in Indian sports was held across the Indian cities all through the season.
Events
January 30 December – 5 January: 2014 Aircel Chennai Open was scheduled. Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland beat Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin by 7–5, 6–2 in men's singles final and became the champion and in the men's doubles final Sweden's Johan Brunström and Frederik Nielsen of Denmark beat the Croatian pair Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]. 10–18 January: 2012–14 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final was held at Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi. The Dutch hockey team beat the Black Stick Men 7–2 in the final. 18–29 January: 2014 Lusophony Games was held in Goa, India. Host India ended up on first place with 37 Gold, 27 Silver and 28 Bronze followed by Portugal with 18 Gold, 20 Silver and 12 Bronze and Macau on third place with 15 Gold, 9 Silver and 14 Bronze. 21–26 January: 2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold was held at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow.
February 23 January – 23 February: 2014 Hockey India League is scheduled. Kalinga Lancers was the debuting team. Delhi Waveriders became the champions by beating Jaypee Punjab Warriors. The scores were leveled at 3–3 but Delhi took the game in penalties 3–1. Defending champions Ranchi Rhinos ended up 3rd after beating Uttar Pradesh Wizards 3–2 in penalties after the game was drawn 1–1. 31 January – 2 February: 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I first round match India vs Chinese Taipei was played at Indore, India winning 5–0. 2 February: 2013–14 Ranji Trophy final was scheduled to end. Karnataka won the match by 7 wickets by beating Maharashtra.Scorecard (Karnataka vs Maharashtra) Ranji Trophy Final 7–11 February: First round of I-League 2nd Division was held. Royal Wahingdoh F.C. and Kalighat Milan Sangha FC made to final round from group A and Bhawanipore F.C. and Hindustan F.C. made it to final round from group B
March 23 March – 11 April: I-League 2nd Division final round was held. Royal Wahingdoh F.C. won the round and advanced to 2014–15 I-League 1st Division.
April 1–6 April: 2014 India Super Series was held at Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi. 16 April – 1 June: 2014 Indian Premier League is scheduled. 22 April: Chitra Magimairaj won the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship on 22 April 2014 at Leeds, United Kingdom. 30 April: Last match of 2014 Indian Premier League will be played in the United Arab Emirates. The remaining season will return to India.
May 2 May: 2014 Indian Premier League returns to India. 18 May: 2013–14 I-League matches ends. 18–25 May: Thomas cup and Uber cup of Badminton were scheduled in New Delhi. Japan and China won Thomas and Uber Cups, respectively.
June 1 June: 2014 Indian Premier League final match was held at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets to win their second title.
September 10–18 September: 2014 World University Squash Championship will be held in Chennai. 12–14 September: 2014 Davis Cup World Group play-offs will be held in KSLTA Tennis Stadium, Bangalore. India to face Serbia to qualify for group stage. 2014 Indian Super League will kick off.
October 30 September – 15 October: 2014 Indian Badminton League is scheduled.
November 2014 Indian Super League will end.
December 13–21 December: 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy will be held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar. 2014–15 I-League season begins.
Sports leagues in 2014
National leagues
GameTournamentWinnerTournament Length From To Association football 2013–14 I-League Bengaluru FC 21 September 2013 18 May 2014 2014 I-League 2nd Division Royal Wahingdoh F.C. 7 February 2014 11 April 2014 2014 I-League U19 Tata FA U-19 10 February 2014 29 April 2014 2014 Indian Super League Atletico de Kolkata September 2014 November 2014 2014–15 I-League Mohun Bagan December 2014 Badminton 2014 Indian Badminton League TBA 30 September 2014 15 October 2014 Cricket 2013–14 Ranji Trophy Karnataka 27 October 2013 2 February 2014 2014 Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders 16 April 2014 1 June 2014 2014–15 Ranji Trophy TBA TBA TBA Field hockey 2014 Hockey India League Delhi Waveriders 23 January 2014 23 February 2014 Kabaddi 2014 Pro Kabaddi League Jaipur Pink Panthers 26 July 2014 31 August 2014 Tennis 2014 International Premier Tennis League TBA 28 November 2014 13 December 2014
Continental leagues
Game Tournament Clubs Total Clubs Tournament Winners Name Qualified Finished Tournament Association Football2014 AFC Cup Churchill Brothers 2012–13 I-League Champions Round of 16216TBA Pune 2012–13 I-League Runner up Fourth in Group H Volleyball 2014 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship N.A KSEB Fifth in Group B 1 10 Hisamitsu
India in 2014 international sports
Multi-sport event EventScheduleMedalsFinishAthletes and EventsReport From To Total Goa Lusophonia 18 January 29 January 37 27 28 92 1st Place Report Sochi Winter Olympics 7 February 23 February 0 0 0 0 Unranked 3 in 3 events Report Glasgow Commonwealth Games 23 July 3 August 15 30 19 64 5 215 in 14 sports Report Nanjing Youth Olympics 16 August 28 August 0 1 1 2 64 Report Incheon Asiad 19 September 4 October 1110 36 57 8 515 in 23 Sports Report
Association football Clubs 2014 AFC Cup: Pune F.C. finished fourth in group H. Churchill Brothers reached knock out stage to round of 16.
International seasons 2013–14 in Indian football 2014–15 in Indian football
Badminton Championships 2014 Thomas and Uber Cup was scheduled to be held in New Delhi, India.
Basketball 2014 FIBA Asia Cup in . finished 7th.
Cricket Tournaments 2014 Asia Cup in Bangladesh. India finished on 3rd place after they lost to Pakistan and Sri Lanka in group stage. India was followed by on 4th place and host Bangladesh on last place, i.e. 5th place. Sri Lanka won the tournament by beating in the final match. 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. India was unbeaten till semi-final match when they evolved and the deserving champions. But beat India in final to win the world T20 champions title. India eventually finished as runners-up. 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. India finished 3rd in group stage. India played Pakistan in 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualification playoff where India beat Pakistan and qualified for 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 scheduled to take place in India.
Tours India faced New Zealand. India lost four out of five ODIs and one out of two test matches losing One Day series 4–0 and Test series 1–0 to New Zealand Black Caps (Kiwis) which are a comparatively weaker team to India. India will face England
Field hockey Tournaments 2012–14 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final in New Delhi, India was won by the Netherlands. India ended up on sixth position after losing to Belgium 2–1. 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup in The Hague, Netherlands. 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Bhubaneshwar, India.
Tennis Grand Slam
Player / Pair Rounds Finished First Second Third Fourth Quarterfinals Semisinals Final 2014 Australian OpenMen's singles Somdev Devvarman Lost 4–6, 4–6, 6(2)-7(7) Feliciano López DNA First roundBoys' singles Sumit Nagal Lost 3–6, 3–6 Harry Bourchier DNA NA DNA First roundGirls' singles Snehadevi Reddy Lost 4–6, 0–6 Zhang Ying DNA NA DNA First round Simran Kaur Sethi Lost 4–6, 2–6 Destanee Aiava DNA NA DNA First round Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Lost 3–6, 3–6 Katie Boulter DNA NA DNA First roundMen's doubles Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Won 6–3, 4–6, 7(7)-6(5) Rameez Junaid Adrian Mannarino Won 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins Lost 4–6, 6(1)-7(7) Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot NA DNA Third round Lu Yen-hsun Divij Sharan Lost 2–6, 4–6 Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen DNA NA DNA First round Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek Won 6–4, 6–1 Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Dlouhý Won 6–1, 6–4 Daniele Bracciali Alexandr Dolgopolov Won 6–3, 6–2 Yuki Bhambri Michael Venus NA Lost 2–6, 6(4)-7(7) Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut DNA Quarterfinal Yuki Bhambri Michael Venus Won 6–2, 7–5 Roberto Bautista Agut Daniel Gimeno Traver Won 6–4, 6–4 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău Lost 3–6, 2–6 Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek NA DNA Third round Mahesh Bhupathi Rajeev Ram Won 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 Santiago Giraldo João Sousa Lost 4–6, 6(7)-7(9) Alexander Peya Bruno Soares DNA NA DNA Second roundWomen's doubles Sania Mirza Cara Black Won 6–1, 6–4 Tammi Patterson Arina Rodionova Won 7–5, 6–1 Monica Niculescu Klára Koukalová Won 6–4, 6–3 Eugenie Bouchard Vera Dushevina NA Lost 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci DNA QuarterfinalGirls' doubles Snehadevi Reddy Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopa Won 6–2, 6(5)-7(7), 10–5 Nozomi Ohya Yukina Saigo Lost 4–6, 6(7)-7(9) Anhelina Kalinina Elizaveta Kulichkova DNA NA DNA Second round Ilze Hattingh Simran Kaur Sethi Lost 6(2)-7(7), 7(9)-6(7), [3–10] Michaela Gordon Katrine Steffensen DNA NA DNA First roundMixed doubles Sania Mirza Horia Tecău Won 6–1, 6–4 Chan Hao-ching Robert Lindstedt Won 6–2, 6–2 Anastasia Rodionova Colin Fleming NA Won 6–3, 6–4 Julia Görges Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Won 2–6, 6–3, [10–2] Jarmila Gajdošová Matthew Ebden Lost 3–6, 2–6 Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor Runners-up Daniela Hantuchová Leander Paes Won 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] Ajla Tomljanović James Duckworth Won 6–0, 2–6, [10–6] Elena Vesnina Mahesh Bhupathi NA Lost 3–6, 3–6 Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor DNA Quarterfinal Elena Vesnina Mahesh Bhupathi Won 6(3)-7(7), 6–4, 10–5 Arantxa Parra Santonja David Marrero Lost 0–6, 6–2, 6–10 Daniela Hantuchová Leander Paes NA DNA Second round Katarina Srebotnik Rohan Bopanna Won 6–2, 6–3 Raquel Kops-Jones Treat Huey Won 7(7)-6(5), 7–5 Ashleigh Barty John Peers NA Lost 5–7, 3–6 Jarmila Gajdošová Matthew Ebden DNA Quarterfinal
Championships 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I first round match India vs Chinese Taipei was held in Indore, India. Host India beat Chinese Taipei by 5–0. 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I second round match India vs South Korea was held in Busan, South Korea. India beat host South Korea 3–1 to enter the 2014 Davis Cup World Group play-offs against Serbia. 2014 Davis Cup World Group play-offs match host India against Serbia. Winner will qualify for 2015 Davis Cup World Group.
See also 2014 in India
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