Indian Men’s Hockey Team Announced For FIH Pro League European Leg

The FIH  Pro League 2024-25 heads to its European leg and India on Thursday announced a 24-member men’s team for the event. It is scheduled to take place in Amstelveen, the Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium from 7th to 22nd June 2025.

Harmanpreet Singh will continue to lead the side as Captain and will be assisted by midfielder Hardik Singh who will serve as Vice-Captain.

India will begin their FIH Hockey Pro League European leg with two matches each against the Netherlands on 7th and 9th June followed by the double header against Argentina on 11th and 12th June at the Wagner Stadium in Amstelveen. 

The team will then travel to Antwerp to face Australia on 14th and 15th June before they end their campaign against hosts Belgium on 21st and 22nd June.  

In the FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 Bhubaneswar led earlier this year, the Indian men’s hockey team secured fifteen points with five wins in eight games to stand third in the points table.

India will be looking to win maximum points in the remaining eight matches of the tournament.  The highest-placed team of the league will secure a spot in the 2026 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup. 

Speaking on the squad selection, Indian Men’s Team Chief Coach Craig Fulton stated, “We wanted a bit more experience in the squad this time around and I am really happy with the selection. The team has been training well as we’re looking to try and push as hard as possible and win the Pro League. Since there’s qualification for the World Cup on the line, we want to try and get as many points to put ourselves in a good position for that.”

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Reflecting on the Bhubaneswar leg and the way ahead, Fulton said, “We haven’t drawn any games so far in the tournament and I believe we need to turn our losses into draws and then go for a shootout, so if we don’t really get the desired results, we can still get points on the board. We also need to improve our penalty corner conversion rate so yes, we’ve got some good objectives to try and achieve this time around,” he concluded.

Indian Men’s Hockey Team for FIH Pro League 2024-25 European Leg

GOALKEEPERS 

1. Krishan Bahadur Pathak
2. Suraj Karkera

DEFENDERS 

3. Sumit
4. Amit Rohidas
5. Jugraj Singh
6. Nilam Sanjeep Xess
7. Harmanpreet Singh  (C)
8. Jarmanpreet Singh
9. Sanjay
10. Yashdeep Siwach

MIDFIELDERS 

11. Raj Kumar Pal
12. Nilakanta Sharma
13. Hardik Singh (VC)
14. Rajinder Singh
15. Manpreet Singh
16. Vivek Sagar Prasad
17. Shamsher Singh

FORWARDS 

18. Gurjant Singh
19. Abhishek
20. Shilanand Lakra
21. Mandeep Singh
22. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay
23. Dilpreet Singh
24. Sukhjeet Singh

FIH Pro League 2024-25 European Leg: Indian Men’s Hockey Team Schedule