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Hockey India

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Hockey India
SportField hockey
Jurisdiction India
Founded2009; 17 years ago (2009)
AffiliationInternational Hockey Federation
Affiliation date2017
Regional affiliationAsian Hockey Federation
Affiliation date2011
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
PresidentDilip Tirkey
Vice president
  • Nitin Kohli
SecretaryBhola Nath Singh
Men's coachSouth Africa Craig Fulton
Women's coachNetherlands Sjoerd Marijne
Replaced
Official website
hockeyindia.org
India

Hockey India plans, directs and conducts all the activities for both men's and women's field hockey in India. It is recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India as the sole body responsible towards promoting the sport.[1] It was formed after the Indian Hockey Federation was dismissed in 2008.[2]

Hockey India was established on 20 May 2009 and is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF).

Hockey India, with the assistance of the Sports Authority of India and Department of Sports, trains players at sub-junior, junior and senior level. The governing body is responsible for training the coaches, as well as educating and equipping technical officials and umpires.

Hockey India launched its own logo in a ceremony on 24 July 2008. It resembles the Ashok Chakra on the Indian flag. It is made up of hockey sticks.[3]

Hockey India manages the following squads that represent India in international field hockey: the India men's national field hockey team, the India women's national field hockey team, the India men's national under-21 field hockey team, the India women's national under-21 field hockey team, the India men's national under-18 field hockey team and the India women's national under-18 field hockey team. It also manages India men's national hockey5s team, India women's national hockey5s team, India men's national under-18 hockey5's team and India women's national under-18 hockey5s team.

Member units

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Hockey India's member units are divided into four separate categories: permanent members, associate members, academy members and hockey members.[4]

State and UT hockey associations

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  • Hockey Andaman and Nicobar
  • Hockey Andhra Pradesh
  • Hockey Arunachal
  • Assam Hockey
  • Hockey Bengal
  • Hockey Association of Bihar
  • Hockey Chandigarh
  • Hockey Chhattisgarh
  • Dadra & Nagar and Haveli & Daman & Diu Hockey
  • Delhi Hockey
  • Goans Hockey
  • Hockey Gujarat
  • Hockey Haryana
  • Hockey Himachal
  • Hockey Jammu and Kashmir
  • Hockey Jharkhand
  • Hockey Karnataka
  • Hockey Keralam
  • Hockey Madhya Pradesh
  • Hockey Maharashtra
  • Manipur Hockey
  • Hockey Mizoram
  • Hockey Nagaland
  • Hockey Association of Odisha
  • Le Puducherry Hockey
  • Hockey Punjab
  • Hockey Rajasthan
  • Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu
  • Hockey Telangana
  • Tripura Hockey
  • Uttar Pradesh Hockey
  • Hockey Uttarakhand

Competitions

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Hockey India National Championships

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These National Championships are divided into two divisions, to ensure that participating teams are competing in a fair, equal environment, and against teams with similar level of skills.

Below is the list of National Championships that Hockey India conducts every season:

  • Hockey India Senior Men National Championship
  • Hockey India Senior Women National Championship
  • Hockey India Junior Men National Championship
  • Hockey India Junior Women National Championship
  • Hockey India Sub-Junior Men National Championship
  • Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship
  • Hockey India 5-a-side National Championship (women)
  • Hockey India 5-a-side National Championship (men)
  • Hockey India 5-a-side National Championship (mixed)

Leagues

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All India hockey tournaments

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  • Beighton Cup
  • Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament
  • Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament
  • All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
  • All India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament
  • All India Scindia Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
  • All India Swami Shradhanand Hockey Tournament
  • All India Guru Teg Bahadur Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
  • Mahant Raja Sarwesjwardas Memorial All India Tournament
  • All India Guru Gobind Singh Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
  • All India Trades Cup Hockey Tournament
  • All India Police Hockey Championship
  • Aga Khan Hockey Tournament
  • All India K.D Singh Babu Memorial Invitation Prize Money Hockey Tournament
  • Lychettira Hockey Cup/Kodava Hockey Festival
  • Bombay Gold Cup
  • Liberals All India Hockey Tournament

Executive board members

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Past office bearers

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Presidents

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The following is a list of presidents of the Indian Hockey Federation[9][10] and Hockey India:[11]

PresidentTenure
Indian Hockey Federation (1925–2008)
Col. Bruce Turnbull[12]1925–1927
Major Ian Burn-Murdoch[12]1927–1930
R. E. Powell1930–1931
A. M. Hayman1931–1934
Joseph William Bhore[13]1934–1935
Kunwar Jagdish Prasad1935–1936
N. N. Sircar1936–1938
Mohd. Zaffurullah Khan1938–1939
Khwaja Nazimuddin1939–1944
Azizul Haque1944–1946
Naval Tata1946–1958
Ashwini Kumar[14]1958–1974
M. A. M. Ramaswamy1974–1980
I. M. Mahajan1980–1983
Raja Bhupinder Singh1983–1985
M. A. M. Ramaswamy1985–1987
R. Prasad1987–1994
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill1994–2008
Hockey India (since 2009)
A. K. Mattoo2009–2010
Vidya Stokes2010
Narinder Batra (interim)2010
Mariamma Koshy2010–2014
Narinder Batra2014–2016
Mariamma Koshy2016–2018
Rajinder Singh (interim)2018
Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad2018–2020
Gyanendro Ningombam2020–2022
Dilip Tirkey2022–present

Hockey India Awards

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Hockey India instituted the Hockey India Awards from 2014 for recognition of hockey players for promoting field hockey as a sport on the national and international platform.[15]

Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award

Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Men)

Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Women)

Jugraj Singh Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (U21 Men)

Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (U21 Women)

Dhanraj Pillay Award for Forward of the Year

Ajit Pal Singh Award for Midfielder of the Year

Pargat Singh Award for Defender of the Year

Baljit Singh Award for Goalkeeper of the Year

Jaman Lal Sharma Award for Invaluable Contribution

Hockey India President's Award for Outstanding Achievement

  • 2014: One Thousand Hockey Legs
  • 2015: Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy
  • 2019: Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha
  • 2022: Vandana Katariya
  • 2023: Hockey Ace Foundation

Hockey India President's Award for Technical Official

  • 2022: Harkirat Singh Sokhi
  • 2023: Mohammad Moghul Muneer

Hockey India President's Award for Umpire / Umpire Manager

  • 2022: Raghuprasad RV
  • 2023: Gurinder Singh Sangha

Hockey India League

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References

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  1. ↑ "Hockey India Gets Recognition". Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Indian Hockey Federation suspended after bribery scandal". Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Hockey India League Logo Launch". 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Member Units Detail". Hockey India. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Elections of Office Bearers and Members of the Executive Board, 2022" (PDF). Hockey India. 23 September 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Dilip Tirkey becomes first player-president of Hockey India". The Times of India. 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Dilip Tirkey elected new Hockey India president". The Telegraph. 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Officers and Employees". Hockey India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ↑ D'Mello, Anthony (1959). Portrait Of Indian Sport. Macmillan. p. 83. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "About Us - History". indiahockey.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "HOCKEY INDIA OFFICER BEARERS SINCE FORMATION". Hockey India. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  12. 1 2 "How The Indian Hockey Federation Was Formed". Bharatiya Hockey. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "The World's Hockey Champions 1936". Bharatiya Hockey. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  14. ↑ Bala, Vijayan (27 December 2020). "A sports lover's century". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Hockey India Annual Awards". Hockey India. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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