Pro Volleyball League

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Pro Volleyball League (PVL) was a professional men's indoor volleyball league in India.[1] The inaugural season took place in February 2019.[2] The league was an initiative between the Volleyball Federation of India, Head Digital Works Pvt. Ltd. and Baseline Ventures. The inaugural season of the league was won by Chennai Spartans.[3] Later in the year 2022 the league was rebranded as Prime Volleyball League.[4]

Structure

The Pro Volleyball League encompassed six franchises, representing cities across India. All teams filed tenders with Baseline Ventures, listing the two cities they would be interested in bidding for.[5] The teams were officially announced at a press conference in Mumbai.[6]

Teams

City Team Name International Players Team Owner
Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Defenders Novica Bjelica and Victor Sysoev Bonhomie Sports Event Management Limited[7]
Kozhikode Calicut Heroes Paul Lotman and Iluoni Ngampourou Beacon Sports[7]
Chennai Chennai Spartans Rudy Verhoeff and Ruslans Sorokins Chennai Spartans Sports Private Limited[7]
Hyderabad
Black Hawks Hyderabad
 Carson Clark and Alexander Bader Agile Entertainment Private Limited[7]
Kochi Kochi Blue Spikers David Lee and Andrej Patuc
Thomas Muthoot[7]
Mumbai U Mumba Volley
Tomislav Coskovic
and Nicholas Del Bianco		 U Sports[7]

Format

Each team will have 12 players with the provision of a maximum of two reserve players. All teams have a salary purse of ₹75 lakhs from which they pick their team via an auction and player draft.[8] Players are divided into five categories – International Icons, Indian Icons, Sr. Indian Internationals, Nationals, and U-21 players. The International Icon players are picked through a draft process while the Indian players are chosen via an auction.[9] Ranjit Singh of Punjab emerged as the top pick in Season 1. Ahmedabad Defenders shelled out ₹13 lakhs for him at the auction.[10]

There were a total of 18 matches in Season 1. Each team plays against each other in a round-robin format with the top 4 teams moving into the Semi-Finals.[11] In Season 1, matches were held in Kochi at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium and in Chennai at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.[citation needed]

Season 1

Main article: 2019 Pro Volleyball League

The first season started on 2 February 2019 and concluded on 22 February 2019.

Fixtures

Date Venue Phase Fixture Winner Result Man of the match
02-Feb-19 Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Kochi Matchday 1 - Round Robin Kochi Blue Spikers Vs U Mumba Volley Kochi[12] 4-1 Mohan Ukkrapandian
03-Feb-19 Matchday 2 - Round Robin Calicut Heroes Vs Chennai Spartans Calicut[13] 4-1 Ajith Lal C
04-Feb-19 Matchday 3 - Round Robin Ahmedabad Defenders Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad Hyderabad[14] 2-3 Carson Clark
05-Feb-19 Matchday 4 - Round Robin Calicut Heroes Vs U Mumba Volley Calicut[15] 3-2 Saqlain Tariq
06-Feb-19 Matchday 5 - Round Robin Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Ahmedabad Defenders Kochi[16] 3-2 Mohan Ukkrapandian
07-Feb-19 Matchday 6 - Round Robin Chennai Spartans Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad Chennai[17] 4-1 Naveen Raja Jacob
08-Feb-19 Matchday 7 - Round Robin Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad Kochi[18] 3-2 David Lee
09-Feb-19 Matchday 8 - Round Robin Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Calicut Heroes Calicut[19] 0-5 Paul Lotman
10-Feb-19 Matchday 9 - Round Robin Calicut Heroes Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad Calicut[20] 3-2 Kamlesh Khatik
11-Feb-19 Matchday 10 - Round Robin Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Chennai Spartans Kochi[21] 3-2 David Lee
12-Feb-19 Matchday 11 - Round Robin U Mumba Volley Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad Hyderabad[22] 2-3 Carson Clark
13-Feb-19 Matchday 12 - Round Robin Calicut Heroes Vs Ahmedabad Defenders Calicut [23] 4-1 Paul Lotman
16-Feb-19 Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai Matchday 13 - Round Robin Chennai Spartans Vs U Mumba Volley Mumbai[24] 2-3 Deepesh Sinha
17-Feb-19 Matchday 14 - Round Robin Chennai Spartans Vs Ahmedabad Defenders Chennai[25] 4-1 Rudy Verhoeff
18-Feb-19 Matchday 15 - Round Robin U Mumba Volley Vs Ahmedabad Defenders Mumbai[26] 4-1 Vinit Kumar
19-Feb-19 Matchday 16 - Semi Final 1 Calicut Heroes Vs U Mumba Volley Calicut [26] 3-0 Jerome Vinith
20-Feb-19 Matchday 17 - Semi Final 2 Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Chennai Spartans Chennai[27] 2-3 Ruslans Sorokin
22-Feb-19 Matchday 18 - Final Calicut Heroes Vs Chennai Spartans Chennai[28] 0-3 Naveen Raja Jacob

See also

References

  1. ^ "VFI announces launch of volleyball league". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Pro Volleyball League to feature six teams in first season, player auction to be held in December". Scroll.in. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ Sportstar, Team (22 February 2019). "PVL Final: Chennai Spartans hammers Calicut Heroes to claim title". Sportstar. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Prime Volleyball League: Renamed from Pro Volleyball League, top-level volleyball returns after one-year absence". www.insidesport.in. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Pro Volleyball League floats franchise bid tenders". Business Standard. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. ^ Laghate, Gaurav (27 November 2018). "Pro Volleyball League to start with six teams". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Laghate, Gaurav (2 January 2019). "Pro Volleyball signs Nippon Paint as associate sponsor for first two seasons". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Pro Volleyball League to feature six teams in first season, player auction to be held in December". Scroll.in. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. ^ Dhyani, Kunal (6 December 2018). "Date and venue announced for Pro Volleyball player draft auction". Insidesport.co. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Ranjit Singh emerges as top pick in inaugural Pro Volleyball League player auction". Outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. ^ Laghate, Gaurav (27 November 2018). "Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
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