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| fullname = Karnataka Lions
| nickname = Lions
| founded = 2011
| dissolved =
| captain = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Arjun Halappa]]
| coach = {{flagicon|IND}} Jude Felix
| ground = [[Bangalore Hockey Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| capacity = 7,000
| owner = Sporting Ace Pvt. Ltd. (Zentrum Group)
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'''Karnataka Lions''' (abbreviated as '''KL''') is a hockey team based in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] that plays in the [[World Series Hockey]]. The team is led by Indian hockey player [[Arjun Halappa]] and coached by former Indian captain Jude Felix. The team is owned by Sporting Ace Pvt. Ltd. (Zentrum Group). [[Bangalore Hockey Stadium]] in Bangalore is the home ground of Karnataka Lions.

Karnataka Lions ended-up as the semi-finalists in the inaugural edition of WSH after being knocked out by [[Sher-e-Punjab]] in the [[2012 World Series Hockey#semifinal1|semi-final]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sherepunjab-enter-final-of-wsh/931560/| title= Sher-e-Punjab enter final of WSH |work=[[Indian Express]] |date= 2 April 2012 | accessdate= 26 May 2012 }}</ref> They finished third in the group stage. Team's penalty corner specialist [[Len Aiyappa]] was the top scorer for the team and third overall in the season with 13 goals in 12 matches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Scorers| url=http://www.worldserieshockey.com/karnataka-lions.aspx| work=[[World Series Hockey]]| accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref>

==History==

===2012 season===
Karnataka Lions had a bad start to the tournament with three consecutive defeats against [[Delhi Wizards]], [[Sher-e-Punjab]] and [[Bhopal Badshahs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WSH: Karnataka Lions slump to third straight loss| url=http://news.oneindia.in/2012/03/06/wsh-karnataka-lions-slump-to-third-straight-loss.html| work=[[Oneindia.in]]|date= 6 March 2012| accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref> Karnataka opened their account against [[Chandigarh Comets]] with a 3–1 victory at home.<ref>{{cite web|title=First win for Karnataka Lions| url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/article2967781.ece| work=[[The Hindu]]|date= 6 March 2012| accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref> Their next five matches fetched them just two victories and three defeats and were seemed to be out of the tournament as they lied at the bottom of the table. They won four in a row in a must win situation and as a result qualified for the semi-finals with still one of their match remaining. They played [[Chandigarh Comets]] in their last league match where they had a big 6–1 defeat.<ref>{{cite web|title=WSH: Confident Chandigarh crush Karnataka Lions 6-1 | url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/wsh-confident-chandigarh-crush-karnataka-lions-6-1-260378.html| work=[[First Post]]|date= 29 March 2012| accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref>

Karnataka Lions faced Sher-e-Punjab at their home ground, [[Bangalore Hockey Stadium]], in the semi-final. Karnataka was defeated convincingly despite of getting an earlier lead and hence brought their campaign in 2012's season of World Series Hockey to an end.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sherepunjab-enter-final-of-wsh/931560/| title= Sher-e-Punjab enter final of WSH |work=[[Indian Express]] |date= 2 April 2012 | accessdate= 26 May 2012 }}</ref> They lost 4–1 from Punjab who went on to the final to become champions.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.espnstar.com/home/news/detail/item780581/| title= Sher-E-Punjab crowned WSH champions| work= [[ESPN]]| date= 3 April 2012| accessdate= 12 May 2012| archive-url= https://archive.today/20120729094014/http://www.espnstar.com/home/news/detail/item780581/| archive-date= 29 July 2012| url-status= dead}}</ref> Majority of the team's goals came through their penalty corner specialist Len Aiyappa who scored 13 goals in 12 matches including two hat-tricks against [[Chandigarh Comets]] and Bhopal Badshahs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Scorers| url=http://www.worldserieshockey.com/karnataka-lions.aspx| work=[[World Series Hockey]]| accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=WSH: Karnataka beat Bhopal 5-2| url=http://content.ibnlive.in.com/article/27-Mar-2012sports/wsh-karnataka-beat-bhopal-52-243281-5.html| work=[[CNN-IBN]]| date=27 March 2012| accessdate=26 May 2012| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713221729/http://content.ibnlive.in.com/article/27-Mar-2012sports/wsh-karnataka-beat-bhopal-52-243281-5.html| archive-date=13 July 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Karnataka Lions beat Chandigarh Comets 3-2 in WSH| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/12166627.cms?prtpage=1| work=[[The Times of India]]|date= 6 March 2012| accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref>

==Franchisee Details==

===Ownership===
[[File:Sporting Ace Logo.png|thumb|150px|Logo of Sporting Ace Pvt. Ltd.]]
Sporting Ace (a part of the Zentrum Group) owns the Karnataka Lions franchisee. Sporting Ace Private Limited is a part of the rapidly growing Zentrum Group and has acclaimed Bollywood action hero [[Suniel Shetty]] as the Chief Mentor. Zentrum Group is a global player in the field of Energy, Chemicals, Education, Sports, Information Technology, Consulting, Media, & Outsourcing and work extensively with the world’s leading corporate houses, governments, and institutions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Suniel Shetty to lead WSH Bangalore Franchise "Karnataka Lions"|url=http://thefansofhockey.com/2011/11/23/sunil-shetty-to-lead-wsh-bangalore-franchise-karnataka-lions/|work=The Fans of Hockey|accessdate=23 November 2011|year=2011}}</ref>

===Sponsors and Partners===
The Karnataka Lions have managed to rope in XAGE Mobile as their Title & Platinum Sponsor, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Ltd. (NICE) as the Gold Sponsor, [[Slazenger]] as their Kit & Equipment partner. [[Kyazoonga|Kyazoonga.com]] is the official ticketing partners and [[Radio City (Indian radio station)|Radio City]] the radio partners. RVR16 is the Digital Partner who manages the Social Media Marketing, [[facebook]], [[Twitter]], official website and other Digital marketing forms. Fluid Media manages the creative duties for the team and Highlight advertising has been responsible for all on ground activations. Sporting Ace has in-house managed all the media marketing campaign.<ref>{{cite web| title=Sponsors| url=http://www.karnatakalions.net/?page_id=29| work=Karnataka Lions| accessdate=2 March 2012| year=2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304171332/http://www.karnatakalions.net/?page_id=29| archive-date=4 March 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Theme Song===
Theme song for Karnataka Lions has been composed by [[National Film Awards|National award]] winning [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|music director]] [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. Lyrics have been written mainly in [[Kannada]] with a few words in English and Hindi by Shabbir Ahmed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Song for the Lions| url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/glam-sham/song-lions-405| work=Deccan Chronicle| date= 22 February 2012| accessdate=26 May 2012}}</ref>

==Team Composition==
The team is captained by experienced Indian striker [[Arjun Halappa]] and coached by Jude Felix.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sher-e-Punjab|url=http://www.worldserieshockey.com/karnataka-lions.aspx|work=[[World Series Hockey]]|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; text-align:center;"
!width=35%; style="background: yellow; color: black" |Player
!width=25%; style="background: yellow; color: black" |Nationality
!width=5%; style="background: yellow; color: black;" |Matches
!width=5%; style="background: yellow; color: black" |Goals
|-
! colspan="4"|Goal Keepers
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Devesh Chauhan]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
| -
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Jagdeep Dayal
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|12
| -
|-
! colspan="4"|Strikers
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Amar Aiyamma
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|2
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|'''[[Arjun Halappa]]''' (Captain)
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|12
|3
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Dhanraj Pillay]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|6
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Jarnail Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
|2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Naveen Kumar
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|12
|3
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Robert Alcantara
|style="text-align:left"|{{MAS}}
|7
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[S. K. Uthappa]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Vinayak Bijwad
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
|3
|-
! colspan="4"|Mid Fielders
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Adnan Maqsood
|style="text-align:left"|{{PAK}}
|15
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Arjun Antil
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Deepak Kullu
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|6
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Gursev Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|13
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Ignace Tirkey]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Mohd Rodzhanizam Bin Mat Radzi
|style="text-align:left"|{{MAS}}
|8
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Nagalingaswamy B.
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|4
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Nitin Kumar
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Ravipal Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|14
|6
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Sommanna C.K.
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
|
|-
! colspan="4"|Defenders
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Abhishek Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|12
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Deepak Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|4
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{not a typo|Inocent}} Kullu
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|12
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Len Aiyappa]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|12
|13
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Sandeep Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Sandeep Singh (U-18)
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Zeeshan Ashraf]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{PAK}}
|14
|
|}

==Fixtures and Results==

===2012===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;text-align:center"
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Goals For'''
|style="background:white;"|35 (2.33 per match)
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Goals Against'''
|style="background:white;"|44 (2.93 per match)
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Most Goals'''
|style="background:white;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Len Aiyappa]] (13 goals) Overall Position: '''3rd'''
|}
{| class=wikitable style="width:70%;text-align:center; border:none;"
|-
!width=10|No.
!width=15|Date
!width=25|Score
!width=35|Opponent
!width=15|Venue
!width=15|Report
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|1||2 March||'''2 - 3'''||[[Delhi Wizards]]||[[Dhyan Chand National Stadium|Delhi]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match4|Match 4]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|2||3 March||'''1 - 6'''||[[Sher-e-Punjab]]||[[Surjeet Hockey Stadium|Jalandhar]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match6|Match 6]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|'''3'''||5 March||'''1 - 3'''||[[Bhopal Badshahs]]||[[Bangalore Hockey Stadium|Bangalore]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match11|Match 11]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''4'''||6 March||'''3 - 2'''||[[Chandigarh Comets]]||[[Bangalore Hockey Stadium|Bangalore]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match14|Match 14]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|'''5'''||8 March||'''1 - 2'''||[[Mumbai Marines]]||[[Bangalore Hockey Stadium|Bangalore]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match16|Match 16]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|6||10 March||'''5 - 3'''||[[Chennai Cheetahs]]||[[Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium|Chennai]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match21|Match 21]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|7||12 March||'''2 - 3'''||[[Pune Strykers]]||[[PCMC Hockey Stadium|Pune]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match25|Match 25]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|8||16 March||'''4 - 2'''||[[Mumbai Marines]]||[[Mahindra Hockey Stadium|Mumbai]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match32|Match 32]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|'''9'''||17 March||'''1 - 4'''||[[Chennai Cheetahs]]||[[Bangalore Hockey Stadium|Bangalore]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match34|Match 34]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''10'''||21 March||'''3 - 2'''||[[Pune Strykers]]||[[Bangalore Hockey Stadium|Bangalore]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match40|Match 40]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''11'''||23 March||'''2 - 1'''|||[[Sher-e-Punjab]]||[[Bangalore Hockey Stadium|Bangalore]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match42|Match 42]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''12'''||24 March||'''3 - 1'''||[[Delhi Wizards]]||[[Bangalore Hockey Stadium|Bangalore]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match44|Match 44]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|13||27 March||'''5 - 2'''||[[Bhopal Badshahs]]||[[Aishbagh Stadium|Bhopal]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match50|Match 50]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|14||29 March||'''1 - 6'''||[[Chandigarh Comets]]||[[Sector 42 Stadium|Chandigarh]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#match53|Match 53]]
|-style="border-top:2px solid black; background:#fbb;"
|'''15'''||1 April||'''1 - 4'''||[[Sher-e-Punjab]]||[[Bangalore Hockey Stadium|Bangalore]]
|[[2012 World Series Hockey#semifinal1|Semi-final 1]]
|-
| colspan="6" style="background:#ffffff; border:none"|
|-
| colspan="6" | Position in League Phase: '''3rd''' '''Semi-finalists'''
|}

==Statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;text-align:center"
|+Performance summary
|-
!width=10|Season
!width=10|Matches
!width=10|Won
!width=10|Drawn
!width=10|Lost
!width=10|Win%
|- style="background:white;"
| [[2012 World Series Hockey|2012]]
| 15 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 46.67%
|-style="border-top:2px solid black;"
| '''Home'''
| 8 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 50.00%
|-
| '''Away'''
| 7 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 42.86%
|-style="border-top:2px solid black;background:gainsboro;"
| '''Overall'''
| '''15''' || '''7''' || '''0''' || '''8''' || '''46.67%'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;text-align:center"
|-
|+Performance Details
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Goals For'''
|style="background:white;"|35 (2.33 per match)
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Goals Against'''
|style="background:white;"|44 (2.93 per match)
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Most Goals'''
|style="background:white;"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Len Aiyappa]] (13 goals) Current Position: '''3rd'''
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|+Performance by Oppositions
|-
!width=130|Opposition
!width=40|Matches
!width=40|Won
!width=40|Drawn
!width=40|Lost
!width=40|For
!width=40|Against
!width=40|Win%
|-
|align=left|[[Bhopal Badshahs]]
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 5 || 50.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Chandigarh Comets]]
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 8 || 50.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Chennai Cheetahs]]
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 50.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Delhi Wizards]]
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 4 || 50.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Mumbai Marines]]
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 4 || 50.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Pune Strykers]]
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 5 || 50.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Sher-e-Punjab]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 11 || 33.33%
|}

==See also==
*[[World Series Hockey]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{World Series Hockey}}

[[Category:World Series Hockey teams]]
[[Category:Sport in Karnataka]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Karnataka]]

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