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NEW DELHI: Hockey India (HI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the fifth edition of the Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) which will be held from January 21 to February 26.
The opening game will be held in Mumbai between hosts Dabang Mumbai and former champions Ranchi Rays. The match will follow the opening ceremony.
The semi-finals and the final, as is the tradition, will be hosted at the defending champions' home ground, in this case the Jaypee Punjab Warriors' stadium at Chandigarh.
During the league phase, the matches will begin at 7.pm Only one match will take place in a day during the league phase, while during the knock-out stage, two matches per day will be held.
The HIL 2016 closed bid for the 2017 edition took place on November 16. Gurbaj Singh was the first player to go in the bid for $99,000 to Ranchi Rays.
Among the foreign players it was German forward Christopher Ruhr who went to Ranchi Rays, securing their second player at $75,000.
HIL 2017: Hockey India League 2017 to begin on January 21 - Times of India
