Hockey Masters Cup 2025: Odisha women, Tamil Nadu men crowned champions of inaugural edition

Haryana won the bronze in women’s category while Tamil Nadu finished third in men’s division in the Hockey Masters Cup 2025.

Odisha (Women) and Tamil Nadu (Men) were crowned as the champions of 1st Hockey India Masters Cup 2025 and created history after defeating Punjab (Women) and Maharashtra (Men) respectively, at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Haryana won the bronze medal match in the women’s category after defeating Tamil Nadu whereas Chandigarh defeated Odisha in the men’s category to finish their campaign on the podium.

Odisha narrowly defeated Punjab 1-0 in the final match to become the champions. Both the teams displayed grit and commitment to keep the match goalless at the end of the first half. But it was Ranjita Beck (34’) who proved her mettle once again in the tournament to take the ball past the strong defence of Punjab and scored the match-winning goal of the match to lift the trophy.

In the men’s category, Tamil Nadu defeated Maharashtra 5-0 to lift the trophy. After remaining goalless most of the first-half, Muthuselvan D (30’), Sudharsan S (34’), Govthaman (36’), Thamaraikannan (40’) and Ramadoss V (52’) scored five goals on regular intervals in the latter half of the game to clinch the title from Maharashtra.

In the bronze medal match of the women’s category, Haryana defeated Tamil Nadu 4-3 in a closely contested game. Saumya (40’, 48’) scored a brace for Tamil Nadu joined by captain Mecklish James (5’) who also scored one goal.

On the other side for Haryana, both Monorama Goswami (19’, 56’) and Chingshubam Sanggai Ibemhal (22’, 34’) scored a couple of goals each to take the game away from Tamil Nadu and finished their campaign on the podium with the Bronze medal.

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Also, in the bronze medal match of the men’s category, Chandigarh defeated Odisha 2-1. Ravinder Singh (26’) opened the goal count on the scoreboard for Chandigarh. In response, Ladhu Ekka (44’) played an equaliser right before the end of the third quarter.

Both the teams were playing neck-to-neck, giving it their all but it was Chandigarh who proved out to be the better one as Harvinder Singh (52’) scored another one to make the difference and help his team win the bronze medal.

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