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2013 Hockey India League Players' Auction was the auction of players for the first season of the franchise-based field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. Auction was conducted by International Auctioneer Bob Hayton and took place on December 16 at The Lalit Hotel in New Delhi.
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A total of 246 players were available for the auction out of which 93 were foreign player and 153 local. Each franchise had a purse of US$ 650,000 to spend in the auction on 24 players (14 Indian and 10 overseas) for a term of 3 years. Minimum base price for an Indian player was US$ 2,800 and for overseas player was US$ 5,000 under which franchise owners could not bid.
Marquee Players
The franchise owners made silent bids for each of the five marquee players before the actual auction begun. Hockey India then revealed which marquee player will lead which franchise based on the maximum bids by all the owners. Each team's marquee player got a contract worth at least 115 per cent of the highest successful bid for a player of that team in the auction if the silent bid is not worth more than this amount.
115% 115% of the top paid player of the teamSandeep Singh was bought by Mumbai Magicians at his base price ($27,800) but Mumbai bought Australian Joel Carroll for $56,000 which raises Sandeep's annual purse to $64,400 due to the 115% rule. Similarly, Jamie Dwyer will fetch $78,200 (115% of Jaap Stockmann with $68,000) and Moritz Fürste will earn $83,950 (115% of Ashley Jackson's $73,000). Dutchman Teun de Nooijer's annual purse is the highest of the league i.e. $87,400 (115% of V.R. Raghunath's winning bid of $76,000) whereas Sardar Singh's annual purse is the highest among Indian players ($78,000).
Auction
Each round of main auction involved bidding for 10 defenders, 10 forwards and 10 midfielders. 25 goalkeepers were auctioned all together in the first round.
Player replaced.2nd Round
After the main auction, the teams who had not completed their quota of 24 players (14 Indians and 10 overseas) could bid for the unsold players in the main auction.
Replacement signings
Franchises can sign players after the HIL auction, as replacement of contracted players who are not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under HIL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the auction.
Unsold players
Following unsold players were added to the reserve pool (according to their base price):