Pro Volleyball League

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Pro Volleyball League
Most recent season or competition:
2019 Pro Volleyball League
Sport Volleyball
First season2019
Replaced by Prime Volleyball League
CEO Joy Bhattacharjya
Administrator Volleyball Federation of India
Head Digital Works Pvt. Ltd.
Baseline Ventures
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Venue(s) Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium
Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium
Most recent
champion(s)		 Chennai Spartans
TV partner(s) Sony Pictures Networks India
Official website provolleyball.in

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]

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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

CityTeam NameInternational PlayersTeam Owner
Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Defenders Novica Bjelica and Victor SysoevBonhomie Sports Event Management Limited [7]
Kozhikode Calicut Heroes Paul Lotman and Iluoni NgampourouBeacon Sports [7]
Chennai Chennai Spartans Rudy Verhoeff and Ruslans Sorokins Chennai Spartans Sports Private Limited [7]
Hyderabad Black Hawks Hyderabad Carson Clark and Alexander BaderAgile 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 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

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

Fixtures

DateVenuePhaseFixtureWinnerResultMan of the match
02-Feb-19 Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Kochi Matchday 1 - Round RobinKochi Blue Spikers Vs U Mumba VolleyKochi [12] 4-1 Mohan Ukkrapandian
03-Feb-19Matchday 2 - Round RobinCalicut Heroes Vs Chennai SpartansCalicut [13] 4-1Ajith Lal C
04-Feb-19Matchday 3 - Round RobinAhmedabad Defenders Vs Blackhawks HyderabadHyderabad [14] 2-3 Carson Clark
05-Feb-19Matchday 4 - Round RobinCalicut Heroes Vs U Mumba VolleyCalicut [15] 3-2Saqlain Tariq
06-Feb-19Matchday 5 - Round RobinKochi Blue Spikers Vs Ahmedabad DefendersKochi [16] 3-2 Mohan Ukkrapandian
07-Feb-19Matchday 6 - Round RobinChennai Spartans Vs Blackhawks HyderabadChennai [17] 4-1 Naveen Raja Jacob
08-Feb-19Matchday 7 - Round RobinKochi Blue Spikers Vs Blackhawks HyderabadKochi [18] 3-2 David Lee
09-Feb-19Matchday 8 - Round RobinKochi Blue Spikers Vs Calicut HeroesCalicut [19] 0-5 Paul Lotman
10-Feb-19Matchday 9 - Round RobinCalicut Heroes Vs Blackhawks HyderabadCalicut [20] 3-2 Kamlesh Khatik
11-Feb-19Matchday 10 - Round RobinKochi Blue Spikers Vs Chennai SpartansKochi [21] 3-2 David Lee
12-Feb-19Matchday 11 - Round RobinU Mumba Volley Vs Blackhawks HyderabadHyderabad [22] 2-3 Carson Clark
13-Feb-19Matchday 12 - Round RobinCalicut Heroes Vs Ahmedabad DefendersCalicut [23] 4-1 Paul Lotman
16-Feb-19 Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai Matchday 13 - Round RobinChennai Spartans Vs U Mumba VolleyMumbai [24] 2-3Deepesh Sinha
17-Feb-19Matchday 14 - Round RobinChennai Spartans Vs Ahmedabad DefendersChennai [25] 4-1 Rudy Verhoeff
18-Feb-19Matchday 15 - Round RobinU Mumba Volley Vs Ahmedabad DefendersMumbai [26] 4-1Vinit Kumar
19-Feb-19Matchday 16 - Semi Final 1Calicut Heroes Vs U Mumba VolleyCalicut [26] 3-0Jerome Vinith
20-Feb-19Matchday 17 - Semi Final 2Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Chennai SpartansChennai [27] 2-3 Ruslans Sorokin
22-Feb-19Matchday 18 - FinalCalicut Heroes Vs Chennai SpartansChennai [28] 0-3 Naveen Raja Jacob

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