Pro Volleyball League

For the rebranded league, see Prime Volleyball League.

Pro Volleyball League
Most recent season or competition:
2019 Pro Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
First season2019
Replaced byPrime Volleyball League
CEOJoy Bhattacharjya
AdministratorVolleyball Federation of India
Head Digital Works Pvt. Ltd.
Baseline Ventures
Country 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 websiteprovolleyball.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]

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 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

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  2. ^ "Pro Volleyball League to feature six teams in the 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.
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