Hockey Champions Trophy Bangladesh

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Hockey Champions Trophy Bangladesh
File:HCT Update Logo - 2022.png
SportField hockey
Founded2022
Inaugural season2022
AdministratorBangladesh Hockey Federation
Organising bodyACE
MottoHockey in heart (হকি ইন হার্ট)
No. of teams6
CountryBangladesh
Venue(s)Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium
TV partner(s)T Sports
Sponsor(s)DMCB, Bashundhara Group, Prime Bank Limited, Banglalink, Asian Paints, Share Trip, Holiday Inn, Aamra
Tournament formatRound-robin tournament & Playoffs
Current sports event 2022 Hockey Champions Trophy Bangladesh
Seasons

The Hockey Champions Trophy Bangladesh (Bengali: হকি চ্যাম্পিয়নস ট্রফি বাংলাদেশ) also known as HCT Bangladesh is men's professional field hockey league. It is Bangladesh's first ever franchise based professional field hockey league. It is administrated by BHF and organized by ACE. It was formed in 2022. The inaugural season of the league was held in 2022. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

History

Hockey Champions Trophy Bangladesh is organized by Bangladesh Hockey Federation and ACE which is owned by Bashundhara Group. It was formed in 2022 and it's inaugural took place in 2022. Walton, Monarch Mart, Acme, Rupayan Group, Metro Group and Saif Power Group bought the franchises.

DMCB became the title sponsor for the first season.

Competition Format & rules

It will be a round robin format competition. Top 4 teams from the point table will advance to the playoffs. The top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in the first Qualifying match, with the winner going straight to the final and the loser getting another chance to qualify for the final by playing the second Qualifying match. Meanwhile, the third and fourth place teams from the league phase play against each other in an eliminator match and the winner from that match will play the loser from the first Qualifying match. The winner of the second Qualifying match will move onto the final to play the winner of the first Qualifying match in the Final match, where the winner will be crowned the league champions.

Player acquisition, squad composition and salaries

A team can acquire players from players draft and sign one player directly.

The local players are categorised as icon, A plus, A, B and C category players, while foreign players are as icon, A, B and six in reserved category players, listed in draft.

Team composition rules (as of 2022) are:

  • The squad strength must be 17-18 players.
  • A team can buy 17 players from players draft, with a maximum of 4 overseas players and 13 local players.
  • A team can buy one local or foreign player directly.
  • Two under-18 level local players are mandatory.
  • A team can play maximum of 3 overseas players in their playing eleven of a match.

The term of a player contract is one year, with the franchise having the option to extend the contract.

Venue

All matches will played at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka
Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 10,000

Teams

On 8 September 2022 Bangladesh Hockey Federation have announced the name of participating teams.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Team City Head Coach Captain Debut Owner
Acme Chattogram Chattogram Pakistan Waseem Ahmad 2022 Acme
Metro Express Barishal Barisal South Korea Song Seung-tae 2022 Metro Group
Monarch Mart Padma Faridpur South Korea Yu Seung-jin 2022 Shakib Al Hasan
Rupayan City Cumilla Comilla South Korea Young Kyu 2022 Rupayan Group
Saif Power Group Khulna Khulna Malaysia Dhaarma Raj Abdullah 2022 Saif Powertec
Walton Dhaka Dhaka Malaysia Shafiul Azli 2022 Walton Group

Teams on the map

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Locations of HCT Bangladesh teams

League championships

Season Winner Final score Runner-up Final venue Number of Teams Player of the tournament
2022 TBD TBD TBD Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium 6 TBD

References

  1. ^ "'The potential of hockey in Bangladesh is more than any other sport': Shakib says after buying hockey team". The Business Standard. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Shakib buys hockey team in franchise tournament". Daily Dhaka Tribune. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  3. ^ "ফ্র্যাঞ্চাইজি লিগের মাইলস্টোনে হকি". Daily Kalerkantho (in Bengali). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh hockey steps into franchise era". The Business Post. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ "BHF sign five years contract with ACE". Hockey Bangladesh. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Logo of Hockey Champions Trophy unveiled". Daily Sun. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ "ফ্রাঞ্চাইজি হকিতে নিশ্চিত হলো ষষ্ঠ দল". Daily Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  8. ^ "ফ্রাঞ্চাইজি হকির ষষ্ঠ দল কিনবে মেট্রো এক্সপ্রেস". Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ^ "ফ্রাঞ্চাইজি হকিতে নিশ্চিত হলো ষষ্ঠ দল". বাংলাদেশ বুলেটি (in Bengali). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  10. ^ "ফ্র‍্যাঞ্চাইজি হকির কোচেজ ড্রাফট সম্পন্ন". Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  11. ^ "দেখে নিন ফ্র্যাঞ্চাইজি হকিতে কে কোন দলের কোচ". Jagonews24.com (in Bengali). 27 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  12. ^ "ফ্রাঞ্চাইজি হকির ৬ বিদেশি কোচ নির্বাচিত". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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