Calicut Heroes

Calicut Heroes
Founded2018; 7 years ago (2018)
OwnerBeacon Sports
Head coachKishor Kumar
CaptainJerome Vinith
LeaguePrime Volleyball League
20224th place
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Calicut Heroes is a men's volleyball team from Kozhikode, Kerala playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India.[1] The team was founded in 2018 and owned by Beacon Sports. The team had participated in the only season of the dissolved Pro Volleyball League in 2019 before it switched to Prime Volleyball League in 2021.

Honors

Continental

CAVA Club Volleyball Chmapioship

  • Champions (1): 2024[2]

Domestic

Champions: 2024
Fourth Place: 2022
Runners-up: 2019

History

2019 season

In mid-2018, Baseline Ventures, India invited bids for franchisees based in Indian cities for Pro Volleyball League. The league was given the go-ahead by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Beacon Sports won the bid for the Calicut franchisee in the Pro Volleyball League.[3] The Calicut Heroes team was captained by Jerome Vinith and coached by Sajad Hussain Malik in the Pro Volleyball League.[4]

Team

Team roster 2022[5]
No. Name Position
12 India Jerome Vinith[6] (C) Universal
0 India Prince Attacker
4 Brazil Luiz Felipe Perotto Attacker
0 India Praveen Kumar Attacker
0 India Aswin Raj Attacker
0 India Charag Yadav Attacker
0 India Ashok Bishnoi Attacker
0 Iran Danial Moatazedi Blocker
0 India Vikas Maan Blocker
0 India Shafeeque Rahman Blocker
0 India Mohan Ukkrapandian Setter
0 India Aman Kumar Setter
00 India Mukesh Kumar Libero
00 India Alan Ashiq Libero

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Owner Beacon Sports
Head coach India Kishor Kumar
Assistant coach India Ahmed Faiz

League results

  Champion    Runner-up

League Season Position Teams Matches Win Lose
Prime Volleyball League
2019 Runner-up 6 7 6 1
2022 Fourth 7 7 4 3
2023 Third 8 8 4 4
2024 Champions 9 13 9 4

References

  1. ^ "Prime Volleyball League: All you need to know about the sport". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ https://asianvolleyball.net/new/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasianvolleyball.net%2Fnew%2Fcalicut-heroes-crowned-inaugural-cava-mens-club-champions%2F
  3. ^ "Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Calicut Heroes | Pro Volleyball League Team". www.provolleyball.in.
  5. ^ "Calicut Heroes | Prime Volleyball League Team". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  6. ^ "PVL: David Lee has been encouraging figure, says Calicut Heroes' Jerome Vinith". ThePrint. Retrieved 16 February 2022.