Hockey India League Points Table on January 10: Men’s HIL 2024/25 Season Standings After VEKL vs GSKA

Hockey India League Points Table on January 10: Rarh Bengal Tigers remained on top of HIL men's standings, but Vedanta Kalinga Lancers moved into the top four following a narrow win over Team Gonasika on Thursday (January 9).

HIL returned after a seven years hiatus with the 2024/25 season as eight teams kicked off the battle for the coveted trophy in the men's competition from December 28, 2024 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.

Each team are set to battle every other team in the first phase of the tournament, before the eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each in the second phase, where each team will play the other team of their respective group once to decide the top four, who will play the knockout rounds.

In total, each team will be playing 10 matches each in the league stage of the tournament with the top four after the two phases heading into the knockout round that includes the semi-finals followed by the third-place playoff and the title clash.

The league phase will conclude on January 29, 2025 before the knock out round kicks off on January 31 with the two semi-finals followed by the third-place playoff and the final on February 1, 2025.

Team Gonsika remained in seventh despite the loss with Delhi SG Pipers hugging the foot of the table, while Tamil Nadu Dragons stayed in second with the same points as the leaders Bengal Tigers. Here is a look at the results followed by points table as of January 10:

Hockey India League Results

December 28: Team Gonasika 2-2 Delhi SG Pipers (DSGP won penalty shootout 2-4)
December 29: Hyderabad Toofans 2-3 Rarh Bengal Tigers
December 29: Soorma Hockey Club 1-1 Tamil Nadu Dragons (SHC won penalty shootout 4-1)
December 30: UP Rudras 3-1 Kalinga Lancers
December 31: Delhi SG Pipers 2-2 Hyderabad Toofans (HYDT won penalty shootout 5-4)
January 1: Rarh Bengal Tigers 2-1 Team Gonasika
January 2: Soorma Hockey Club 0-3 UP Rudras
January 3: Tamil Nadu Dragons 2-2 Kalinga Lancers (TMLD won penalty shootout 6-5)
January 4: Delhi SG Pipers 1-4 Rarh Bengal Tigers
January 4: Hyderabad Toofans 1-3 Team Gonasika
January 5: Kalinga Lancers 3-4 Soorma Hockey Club
January 5: Tamil Nadu Dragons 2-0 UP Rudras
January 6: Soorma Hockey Club 2-2 Delhi SG Pipers (SHC won penalty shootout 3-1)
January 7: Kalinga Lancers 6-0 Rarh Bengal Tigers
January 8: Team Gonasika 5-6 Tamil Nadu Dragons
January 8: UP Rudras 0-3 Hyderabad Toofans
January 9: Kalinga Lancers 2-1 Team Gonasika

Hockey India League Points Table - HIL 2024/25 Standings on January 10

Position	Team	MP	W	D	L	SO W	SO L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Rarh Bengal Tigers	4	3	0	1	0	0	9	10	-1	9
2	Tamil Nadu Dragons	4	2	2	1	1	1	11	8	+3	9
3	Kalinga Lancers	5	2	1	2	0	1	14	10	+4	7
4	Soorma Hockey Club	4	1	2	1	2	0	7	9	-2	7
5	UP Rudras	4	2	0	2	0	0	6	6	0	6
6	Hyderabad Toofans	4	1	1	2	1	0	8	8	0	5
7	Team Gonasika	5	1	1	3	0	1	12	13	-1	4
8	Delhi SG Pipers	4	0	3	1	1	2	7	10	-3	4

* MP - Matches Played, W - Won, L - Lost, D - Draw, GF - Goals For, GA - Goals Against, GD - Goals Difference, SO W - Shoot-out Wins, SO L - Shoot-out Lost. Note: Top four head into knockout round.