The 2025–26 Hockey India League was the seventh season of the annual Hockey India League. It was held from 28 December 2025 and to 26 January 2026. The men's league was won by the Kalinga Lancers, while the SG Pipers won the women's league.
Format Eight teams for the men's tournament and four teams for the women's tournament are placed in a group to play round-robin matches. The top four teams qualify for the knockout stage. Playing eleven, teams had to have a minimum of two and a maximum of five foreign players.
Teams FranchiseLocation OwnersMen'sWomen's SG PipersSG Sports Hyderabad ToofansHyderabad, TelanganaResolute Sports Kalinga LancersBhubaneswar, OdishaVedanta LimitedRanchi RoyalsRanchi, JharkhandShri Alvish M.A.Bengal TigersWest BengalShrachi Sports Soorma Hockey ClubPunjabHaryanaJSW GroupTamil Nadu DragonsChennai, Tamil NaduCharles Group HIL Governing CouncilTotal84
Venues The matches will be held across three cities, Bhubaneswar, Chennai and Ranchi. While women's games will be hosted at the Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi, the men's games will be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai and at the Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi.
BhubaneswarChennaiRanchiKalinga StadiumMayor Radhakrishnan Hockey StadiumJaipal Singh StadiumCapacity: 16,000Capacity: 8,670Capacity: 5,000
Men's HIL Standings
League stage
Knockouts
Qualifier 1
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Third and fourth place
Final
Women's HIL Standings
League stage
Women's Final
Top goalscorers
Men's HIL
RankPlayerTeamGoals 1 Tom Boon Ranchi Royals 19 2 Kane Russell HIL Governing Council 14 3 Alexander Hendrickx Kalinga Lancers 12 4 Amandeep Lakra Hyderabad Toofans 9 Tomás Domene Delhi SG Pipers 5 Blake Govers Tamil Nadu Dragons 6 Mandeep Singh Ranchi Royals 6 Jugraj Singh Rarh Bengal Tigers 5 7 Harmanpreet Singh Soorma Hockey Club 4 Jeremy Hayward Soorma Hockey Club Samuel Ward HIL Governing Council Zachary Wallace Hyderabad Toofans 8 Abhishek Nain Rarh Bengal Tigers 3 Araijeet Singh Hundal Ranchi Royals Ky Willott Delhi SG Pipers Tim Brand Hyderabad Toofans Uttam Singh Tamil Nadu Dragons 9 Affan Yousuf Rarh Bengal Tigers 2 Cooper Burns Kalinga Lancers Dilraj Singh Delhi SG Pipers Gursahibjit Singh Kalinga Lancers Jacob Anderson Hyderabad Toofans Jeetpal Soorma Hockey Club Karthi Selvam Tamil Nadu Dragons Lalit Upadhyay HIL Governing Council Selvaraj Kanagaraj Tamil Nadu Dragons Sudeep Chirmako HIL Governing Council Shilanand Lakra Hyderabad Toofans Sukhjeet Singh Rarh Bengal Tigers Tom Sorsby Tamil Nadu Dragons 10 Aditya Lalage Delhi SG Pipers 1 Adrohit Ekka Tamil Nadu Dragons Ajeet Yadav HIL Governing Council Amit Rohidas Tamil Nadu Dragons Angad Bir Singh Kalinga Lancers Arthur De Sloover Hyderabad Toofans Boby Singh Dhami Kalinga Lancers Christopher Rühr Rarh Bengal Tigers Craig Marais Kalinga Lancers Dilpreet Kalinga Lancers Gareth Furlong Delhi SG Pipers Gurjant Singh Soorma Hockey Club Gursewak SIngh Rarh Bengal Tigers James Albery HIL Governing Council Ketan Kushwaha Rarh Bengal Tigers Lachlan Sharp Ranchi Royals Liam Henderson Kalinga Lancers Lucas Martínez Soorma Hockey Club Maninder Singh Soorma Hockey Club Manmeet Singh Rai Ranchi Royals Nic Woods Hyderabad Toofans Nicolás Keenan Soorma Hockey Club Nilakanta Sharma Hyderabad Toofans Paul-Philipp Kaufmann Tamil Nadu Dragons Prabhjot Singh Soorma Hockey Club Sam Lane Ranchi Royals Talwinder Singh Hyderabad Toofans Tom Craig Tamil Nadu Dragons Tom Grambusch Rarh Bengal Tigers Vivek Prasad Soorma Hockey Club
Women's HIL RankPlayerTeamGoals 1 Agustina Gorzelany Rarh Bengal Tigers 5 2 Navneet Kaur Delhi SG Pipers 4 Lucina von der Heyde Ranchi Royals 3 Hannah Cotter Ranchi Royals 3 Lalremsiami Hmarzote Rarh Bengal Tigers Lola Riera Delhi SG Pipers Penny Squibb Soorma Hockey Club 4 Sangita Kumari Ranchi Royals 2 Sunelita Toppo Delhi SG Pipers 5 Agostina Alonso Ranchi Royals 1 Beauty Dungdung Ranchi Royals Jyoti Singh Delhi SG Pipers María José Granatto Soorma Hockey Club Olivia Shannon Soorma Hockey Club Preeti Dubey Delhi SG Pipers Rutuja Pisal Ranchi Royals Sakshi Rana Ranchi Royals Sonam Soorma Hockey Club Teresa Viana Delhi SG Pipers
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