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Premier Hockey League
Sport	Field Hockey
Founded	2005
Ceased	2008
No. of teams	7:; Hyderabad Sultans; Sher-e-Jalandhar; Maratha Warriors; Bangalore Lions; Chandigarh Dynamos; Chennai Veerans; Orissa Steelers
Country	India
Last; champion(s)	Bangalore Hi-fliers
Most titles	Bangalore Hi-fliers (2 titles)
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Official website	premierhockeyleague.com

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Premier Hockey League (PHL) was a professional field hockey league in India. There were seven teams in the PHL. The competition was held every year from 2005 until 2008.

History

Bangalore Lions after winning PHL in 2006

The competition conceptualized by Anurag Dahiya of ESPN Star Sports was created and promoted in partnership with Leisure Sports Management (LSM) and sanctioned by Indian Hockey Federation (IHF). It was first played in 2005 involving 5 teams with active support from sports channel ESPN India. First season had two tiers division 1 and division 2 but from 2007 season onwards division 2 was scrapped. Except team winning 2006 division 2 championship rest all teams in division 2 were scrapped. The competition was disbanded in 2008.^[2]

The 5 inaugural members of the new Premier Hockey League in 2005 were Bangalore Hi-Fliers, Chennai Veerans, Hyderabad Sultans, Maratha Warriors and Sher-e-Jalandhar.

Competition

Format

Regular season of PHL run between December and January. Since the inaugural season, the format has varied regularly. According to the last format, each team played each other once in a single round robin format (21 matches) in the regular league season, then the top four play the semifinals (1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3), followed by the finals, adopting a best of three format. There was a total of 26 matches for each session.

During a PHL match, points that contribute to team standings could be earned in the following ways:

Result in regulation time
- 3 points to the winner
- 0 point to the loser
Result after extra time
- 2 points to the winner
- 1 point to the loser

In case of no winner has been decided after completion of a match and two periods of extra time, the winner of the match will be determined by a shoot-out competition.

New features

The fundamental aberration from the format of normal hockey games is the number of sessions. A normal 70-minute hockey game includes two sessions, each of 35 minutes each. The PHL had four sessions each of 17.5 minutes. This format was tailor-made to include more advertising time in order to generate funds.

If the match is deadlocked after full-time, the number of players of each team got gradually reduced till a result is obtained. A win within full-time fetched three points, whereas a win after full-time fetched two points to the winning team and one to the losing team. Each team was allowed to field up to five international players.

In addition, another feature of the PHL for the year 2007 has been the innovative penalty shootout competition, modelled similar to the ice hockey. Each team had five penalties. The player can take as many shots possible within the stipulated 8 secs.

Another interesting feature of PHL were timeouts. Each team was allowed 2 x 120 second timeouts per team in regulation time. These timeouts were mandatory and had to be taken once in each half of play. There will be a warning from the bench 5 minutes before the end of the second/fourth quarter if the team has still not availed of the mandatory timeout. 2 minutes from the end of the second/fourth quarter the timeout could be imposed by the technical bench if the team has still not availed of it.

In addition, each team was allowed 1 x 2 minute timeout which could be taken at any point in time during the regulation time.

Players

A team shall consist of maximum of 18 (eighteen) players to be registered with PHDPL. At any given point of time, minimum 2 players of foreign origin shall be within the field of play during the course of a game.

International players

There are a number of players from countries other than India, who have been contracted to play in the league.

Results

2005: Hyderabad Sultans^[3]
2006: Bangalore Lions^[4]
- Chandigarh Dynamos finished 1st in the league table.
2007: Orissa Steelers^[5]
- Orissa Steelers also finished 1st in the league table.
2008: Bangalore Hi-fliers
- Chandigarh Dynamos finished 1st in the league table.

Impact and legacy

At the time of launch, many in the Indian hockey circles were delighted with the intention of reviving the flagging sport. Experts accused the Indian Hockey Federation of being too lethargic and bureaucratic in popularizing the sport. Hockey players of the likes of Sohail Abbas excited a number of youngsters and drew them towards the game. Critics argued that traditional hockey bastions such as Kodagu, Jharkhand, Odisha and parts of Punjab were ignored and the organizers stated that in due course of time more teams would be included.

PHL did gain some ground in popular culture. Famously, in a scene in the hit Bollywood movie, Chak De! India, a character could be spotted wearing a PHL fan jersey. The league also had a long-lasting impact on the sport of field hockey globally, and commercial leagues in other sports that followed PHL in India. In field hockey, the biggest shift was the move away from 2 halves of 35 minutes each to 4 quarters of 17.5 minutes each. This measure, originally pioneered by PHL as quickening the pace of the game, has survived to this day. PHL's introduction of franchise teams This served as a template for later sports leagues including the IPL.

However, after 4 successful seasons, the Premier Hockey League ceased to exist. It has made way to another similar formatted tournament, the Hockey India League.

References

^ "Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 January 2010.
^ "Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 January 2010.
^ "Hyderabad Sultans win PHL title". sports.ndtv.com. 25 February 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
^ "Bangalore Lions win Premier Hockey League". www.rediff.com. 1 February 2006. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2006.
^ "Orissa Steelers thrash Chennai Veera". https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 26 February 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 26 February 2007. {{cite news}}: External link in |work= (help)

External links

[1] "Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 January 2010.

[2] "Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 January 2010.

[3] "Hyderabad Sultans win PHL title". sports.ndtv.com. 25 February 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2007.

[4] "Bangalore Lions win Premier Hockey League". www.rediff.com. 1 February 2006. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2006.

[5] "Orissa Steelers thrash Chennai Veera". https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 26 February 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 26 February 2007. {{cite news}}: External link in |work= (help)

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 | logo = Phl_logo1.jpg
+| logo_size = 160px
-| caption = The logo of the Premier Hockey League
+| caption =
 | sport = [[Field Hockey]]
 | founded = 2005
+| folded = 2008<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/top-stories/Dhanraj-Pillay-bats-for-hockey-league-in-India/articleshow/5451037.cms|title = Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India &#124; undefined News - Times of India| newspaper=The Times of India | date=16 January 2010 }}</ref>
-| teams = 7<br>[[Hyderabad Sultans]]<br>[[Sher-e-Jalandhar]]<br>[[Maratha Warriors]]<br>[[Bangalore Lions]]<br>[[Chandigarh Dynamos]]<br>[[Chennai Veerans]]<br>[[Orissa Steelers]]
+| teams = 7:<br />[[Hyderabad Sultans]]<br />Sher-e-Jalandhar<br />[[Maratha Warriors]]<br />[[Bangalore Lions]]<br />[[Chandigarh Dynamos]]<br />[[Chennai Veerans]]<br />[[Orissa Steelers]]
 | country = {{IND}}
 | champion = [[Bangalore Hi-fliers]]
 | most_champs = [[Bangalore Hi-fliers]] (2 titles)
 | TV = [[ESPN]]
-|website=[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com premierhockeyleague.com]
+| website=[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com premierhockeyleague.com]
 }}
-The now defunct '''Premier Hockey League (PHL)''' was a professional league competition for [[field Hockey]] clubs in the top division of the Indian hockey system. There were seven teams in the PHL. The competition was held every year from 2005 till 2008.
+'''Premier Hockey League''' ('''PHL''') was a professional [[field hockey]] league in [[India]]. There were seven teams in the PHL. The competition was held every year from 2005 until 2008.
 ==History==
-[[Image:Banglore lions.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Bangalore Lions]] after winning PHL in 2006]]
+[[File:Banglore lions.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Bangalore Lions]] after winning PHL in 2006]]
-<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:H S1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Hyderabad Sultans]], winner of first session of PHL{{deletable image-caption|Friday, 1 February 2013}}]] -->
+<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:H S1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Hyderabad Sultans]], winner of first session of PHL{{deletable image-caption|Friday, 1 February 2013}}]] -->
-The competition was first played in 2005 involving 5 teams. Initiated by Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) with active support from sports channel [[ESPN]] India. First season had two tiers division 1 and division 2 but from 2007 season onwards division 2 was scrapped. Except team winning 2006 division 2 championship rest all teams in division 2 were scrapped.
+The competition conceptualized by Anurag Dahiya of ESPN [[Star Sports (Indian TV network)|Star Sports]] was created and promoted in partnership with Leisure Sports Management (LSM) and sanctioned by [[Indian Hockey Federation]] (IHF). It was first played in 2005 involving 5 teams with active support from sports channel [[ESPN]] India. First season had two tiers division 1 and division 2 but from 2007 season onwards division 2 was scrapped. Except team winning 2006 division 2 championship rest all teams in division 2 were scrapped. The competition was disbanded in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/top-stories/Dhanraj-Pillay-bats-for-hockey-league-in-India/articleshow/5451037.cms|title = Dhanraj Pillay bats for hockey league in India &#124; undefined News - Times of India| newspaper=The Times of India | date=16 January 2010 }}</ref>
-The 5 inaugural members of the new Premier Hockey League in 2005 were   [[Bangalore Hi-Fliers]], [[Chennai Veerans]], [[Hyderabad Sultans]], [[Maratha Warriors]] and [[Sher-e-Jalandhar]].
+The 5 inaugural members of the new Premier Hockey League in 2005 were   [[Bangalore Hi-Fliers]], [[Chennai Veerans]], [[Hyderabad Sultans]], [[Maratha Warriors]] and Sher-e-Jalandhar.
 ==Competition==
 {{Update|this section|date=February 2013}}
+===Format===
+Regular season of PHL run between December and January. Since the inaugural season, the format has varied regularly. According to the last format, each team played each other once in a single [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] format (21 matches) in the regular league season, then the top four play the semifinals (1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3), followed by the finals, adopting a best of three format. There was a total of 26 matches for each session.
+During a PHL match, points that contribute to team standings could be earned in the following ways:
-===Format===mfv
-Regular season of PHL runs between December and January. Since the inaugural season, the format has varied regularly. According to the last format, each team plays each other once in a single [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] format (21 matches) in the regular league season, then the top four play the semifinals (1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3) followed by the finals, adopting a best of three format, for the top 2 teams. There are a total of 26 matches for each session.
-During a PHL match, points that contribute to team standings can be earned in the following ways:
 * Result in regulation time
 ** 3 points to the winner
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 * Result after [[extra time]]
 ** 2 points to the winner
 ** 1 point to the loser
 In case of no winner has been decided after completion of a match and two periods of extra time, the winner of the match will be determined by a shoot-out competition.
-===New Features===
+===New features===
-The fundamental aberration from the format of normal hockey games is the number of sessions. A normal 70 minute hockey game includes two sessions, each of 35 minutes each. The PHL has four sessions each of 17.5 minutes. This format is tailor made to include more advertising time in order to generate funds. Teams are allowed to take time-outs to chalk out new strategies during the course of the game.
+The fundamental aberration from the format of normal hockey games is the number of sessions. A normal 70-minute hockey game includes two sessions, each of 35 minutes each. The PHL had four sessions each of 17.5 minutes. This format was tailor-made to include more advertising time in order to generate funds.
-If the match is deadlocked after full-time, the number of players of each team is gradually reduced till a result is obtained. A win within full-time fetches three points, whereas a win after full-time fetches two points to the winning team and one to the losing team. Each team is also allowed to field up to five international players.
+If the match is deadlocked after full-time, the number of players of each team got gradually reduced till a result is obtained. A win within full-time fetched three points, whereas a win after full-time fetched two points to the winning team and one to the losing team. Each team was allowed to field up to five international players.
-In addition, another feature of the PHL for the year 2007, has been the innovative penalty shootout competition, modelled similar to the [[ice hockey]] penalty shootout. Each team will have five penalty shoot outs each where 5 players will play a one on one with the goal keeper of the opponent team. Each player will start with the ball on the 25 yard line and when the umpire blows the whistle player will have maximum of 8 secs to score a goal with only the goal keeper defending the goal. The player can take as many shots possible within the stipulated 8 secs.
+In addition, another feature of the PHL for the year 2007 has been the innovative penalty shootout competition, modelled similar to the [[ice hockey]]. Each team had five penalties. The player can take as many shots possible within the stipulated 8 secs.
-Another interesting feature of PHL is timeouts, similar to basketball and volleyball. Each team will be allowed 2 x 120 second timeouts per team in regulation time. These timeouts will be mandatory and has to be taken once in each half of play. There will be a warning from the bench 5 minutes before the end of the second/fourth quarter if the team has still not availed of the mandatory timeout. 2 minutes from the end of the second/fourth quarter the timeout will be imposed by the technical bench if the team has still not availed of it.
+Another interesting feature of PHL were [[Time-out (sport)|timeout]]s. Each team was allowed 2 x 120 second timeouts per team in regulation time. These timeouts were mandatory and had to be taken once in each half of play. There will be a warning from the bench 5 minutes before the end of the second/fourth quarter if the team has still not availed of the mandatory timeout. 2 minutes from the end of the second/fourth quarter the timeout could be imposed by the technical bench if the team has still not availed of it.
-In addition, each team will also be allowed 1 x 2 minute timeout which is not mandatory and could be taken at any point in time during the regulation time.
+In addition, each team was allowed 1 x 2 minute timeout which could be taken at any point in time during the regulation time.
 ==Players==
 {{Update|this section|date=February 2013}}
-A team shall consist of maximum of 18 (eighteen) players to be registered with PHDPL.
+A team shall consist of maximum of 18 (eighteen) players to be registered with PHDPL. At any given point of time, minimum 2 players of foreign origin shall be within the field of play during the course of a game.
-Out of the above 18, maximum of 3 players can be of foreign origin. At any given point of time minimum 2 players of foreign origin shall be within the field of play during the course of a game. All eighteen players in a team have to be registered with the PHDPL and need to submit their identity cards before the start of the league qualifying for playing in a team. All Indian players currently employed have to be taken on lien for the duration of the league and then be registered with PHDPL. All the foreign players must obtain international transfer certificates from their respective countries and or clubs before signing up with the team and PHDPL.
-===International Players===
+===International players===
 {{see also|List of foreign Premier Hockey League players}}
 There are a number of players from countries other than India, who have been contracted to play in the league.
 ==Results==
-[[Image:Orissa steelers.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Orissa Steelers]] after winning PHL in 2007]]
+<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Orissa steelers.jpg|thumb|200px|Orissa Steelers after winning PHL in 2007]] -->
-* 2005 [[Hyderabad Sultans]]
+* 2005: [[Hyderabad Sultans]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 February 2007 |title=Hyderabad Sultans win PHL title |pages=1 |work=sports.ndtv.com |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/hockey/hyderabad-sultans-win-phl-title-1614549 |access-date=25 February 2007}}</ref>
-Introduction of play offs from 2006 season.
+* 2006: [[Bangalore Lions]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 February 2006 |title=Bangalore Lions win Premier Hockey League |pages=1 |work=www.rediff.com |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/feb/01phl1.htm |access-date=1 February 2006}}</ref>
-* 2006 [[Bangalore Lions]]
 ** [[Chandigarh Dynamos]] finished 1st in the league table.
+* 2007: [[Orissa Steelers]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 February 2007 |title=Orissa Steelers thrash Chennai Veera |pages=1 |work=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/orissa-steelers-thrash-chennai-veerans-5-1/articleshow/1689432.cms |access-date=26 February 2007}}</ref>
-* 2007 [[Orissa Steelers]]
 ** [[Orissa Steelers]] also finished 1st in the league table.
-* 2008 [[Bangalore Hi-fliers]]
+* 2008: [[Bangalore Hi-fliers]]
 ** [[Chandigarh Dynamos]] finished 1st in the league table.
-==Likely impact==
+==Impact and legacy==
+At the time of launch, many in the Indian hockey circles were delighted with the intention of reviving the flagging sport. Experts accused the Indian Hockey Federation of being too lethargic and bureaucratic in popularizing the sport. Hockey players of the likes of [[Sohail Abbas]] excited a number of youngsters and drew them towards the game. Critics argued that traditional hockey bastions such as [[Kodagu]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Odisha]] and parts of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] were ignored and the organizers stated that in due course of time more teams would be included.
-{{Update|this section|date=February 2013}}
-While most experts agree that it is too early to predict the fallout of the PHL, many in the Indian Hockey circles are delighted to have hockey glamorised with the intention of reviving the flagging sport. Experts accuse the [[Indian Hockey Federation]] of being to lethargic and bureaucratic in popularising the sport. Meanwhile the [[International Hockey Federation]] is keenly studying the format.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
+PHL did gain some ground in popular culture. Famously, in a scene in the hit [[Bollywood]] movie, [[Chak De! India]], a character could be spotted wearing a PHL fan jersey. The league also had a long-lasting impact on the sport of field hockey globally, and commercial leagues in other sports that followed PHL in India. In field hockey, the biggest shift was the move away from 2 halves of 35 minutes each to 4 quarters of 17.5 minutes each. This measure, originally pioneered by PHL as quickening the pace of the game, has survived to this day. PHL's introduction of [[Sports league|franchise]] teams This served as a template for later sports leagues including the [[Indian Premier League|IPL.]]
+However, after 4 successful seasons, the Premier Hockey League ceased to exist. It has made way to another similar formatted tournament, the [[Hockey India League]].
-Critics argue that traditional hockey bastions such as [[Kodagu]] (Coorg), [[Jharkhand]], [[Odisha]] and parts of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] have been ignored, but organisers say that in due course of time more teams may be included.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
 ==See also==
 * [[World Series Hockey]]
 * [[Field hockey in India|Hockey in India]]
-* [[India national field hockey team|Indian National Hockey Team (Men)]]
+* [[India men's national field hockey team]]
-* [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian National Hockey Team (Women)]]
+* [[India women's national field hockey team]]
+* [[Premier Hockey League (South Africa)]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-== External links ==
+==External links==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080618154813/http://www.indianhockey.com/Tournaments/PremierHockeyLeague/PHL200708/tabid/85/language/en-US/Default.aspx PHL 2007-08]
-* [http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_index.html Official Website]
-* [http://www.indianhockey.com/Tournaments/PremierHockeyLeague/PHL200708/tabid/85/language/en-US/Default.aspx PHL 2007-08]
 * [http://www.sport195.com/leagues/premier_hockey_league_1387 Premier Hockey League on SPORT195]
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v t e Premier Hockey League
Seasons	2005 2006 2007 2008
Participating teams	Bangalore Hi-Fliers Chandigarh Dynamos Chennai Veerans Hyderabad Sultans Maratha Warriors Orissa Steelers
PHL Stadia	Bangalore Hockey Stadium, Bangalore Sector 42 Stadium, Chandigarh Gachibowli Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad