World Series Hockey
Team Name City Home Ground Owner ( s ) Captain Head Coach
Bhopal Badshahs Bhopal Aishbagh Stadium Dainik Bhaskar Sameer Dad Vasudevan Bhaskaran
Chandigarh Comets Chandigarh Sector 42 Stadium Rehan Butt Harendra Singh
Chennai Cheetahs Chennai Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium Chennai Sports Organisers Pvt . Ltd Brent Livermore Jose Brasa
Delhi Wizards Delhi Dhyan Chand National Stadium Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt . Ltd Shakeel Abbasi Darryl D'Souza
Karnataka Lions Bangalore Bangalore Hockey Stadium Sporting Ace Pvt . Ltd. ( Zentrum Group ) Arjun Halappa Jude Felix
Mumbai Marines Mumbai Mahindra Hockey Stadium Ashish Bharatram ( SRF Group ) and Harish Thawani ( Nimbus ) Adrian D'Souza Andrew Meredith
Pune Strykers Pune PCMC Hockey Stadium Sai Grace Sports & Events Pvt . Ltd Ken Pereira Gundeep Singh
Sher-e-Punjab Jalandhar Surjeet Hockey Stadium Prabhjot Singh Rajinder Singh
Franchises
World Series Hockey (WSH) was a professional league for field hockey competition in India. It was organised by Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus Sports with the objective to reinvigorate hockey in India. It was contested among eight franchisee-based teams consisting of players from India and around the world. The entire event took place on home and away basis culminating into multi header playoffs. Australian Dennis Meredith, a member of the FIH panel of tournament directors is the technical director of the WSH. It is currently sponsored by tyre manufacturers, Bridgestone, and therefore officially known as Bridgestone World Series Hockey. The inaugural season of the tournament was played between eight teams out of which Sher-e-Punjab was crowned the champion after defeating Pune Strykers 5-2 in the final. WSH became the first field hockey tournament ever to live stream all the matches online on Google's video and music sharing site YouTube.