2019 Pro Volleyball League

2019 Pro Volleyball League is the inaugural season of the Indian Indoor Volleyball League known as Pro Volleyball League organized under the supervision of Volleyball Federation of India in association with Baseline Ventures.This season was composed of six teams.[1] The league is approved by FIVB. The inaugural season was won by Chennai Spartans.[2]

2019 Pro Volleyball League
LeaguePro Volleyball League
SportMen's volleyball
DurationFebruary 2, 2019 – February 22, 2019
Number of teams6
Regular season
Season MVPAjith Lal C (Calicut Heroes)
Top scorerRudy Verhoeff (Chennai Spartans)
Finals
ChampionsChennai Spartans
  Runners-upCalicut Heroes
Finals MVPNaveen Raja Jacob (Chennai Spartans)
Pro Volleyball League seasons

Teams

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City Team Name International Players Team Owner
Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Defenders Novica Bjelica and Victor Sysoev Bonhomie Sports Event Management Limited[3]
Calicut Calicut Heroes Paul Lotman and Iluoni Ngampourou Beacon Sports[3]
Chennai Chennai Spartans Rudy Verhoeff and Ruslans Sorokins Chennai Spartans Sports Private Limited[3]
Hyderabad Black Hawks Hyderabad Carson Clark and Alexander Bader Agile Entertainment Private Limited[3]
Kochi Kochi Blue Spikers David Lee and Andrej Patuc Thomas Muthoot[3]
Mumbai U Mumba Volley Tomislav Coskovic and Nicholas Del Bianco U Sports[3]

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Calicut Heroes 5 5 0 11 19 6 3.167 358 288 1.243 Play–offs
2 Kochi Blue Spikers 5 4 1 8 13 12 1.083 326 324 1.006
3 Chennai Spartans 5 2 3 4 13 12 1.083 325 322 1.009
4 U Mumba Volley 5 2 3 4 12 13 0.923 320 323 0.991
5 Black Hawks Hyderabad 5 2 3 4 11 14 0.786 319 339 0.941
6 Ahmedabad Defenders 5 0 5 0 7 18 0.389 300 352 0.852
Source: [4] [5]

Results

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Feb 19:00 Kochi Blue Spikers 4–1 U Mumba Volley 15–11 15–13 15–8 15–10 5–15 65–57 [1]
3 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 4–1 Chennai Spartans 15–8 15–8 13–15 15–11 15–11 73–53 [2]
4 Feb 19:00 Black Hawks Hyderabad 3–2 Ahmedabad Defenders 15–11 13–15 15–11 14–15 15–9 72–61 [3]
5 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 3–2 U Mumba Volley 15–10 12–15 15–13 14–15 15–9 71–62 [4]
6 Feb 19:00 Kochi Blue Spikers 3–2 Ahmedabad Defenders 10–15 15–11 11–15 15–12 15–12 66–65 [5]
7 Feb 19:00 Chennai Spartans 4–1 Black Hawks Hyderabad 15–12 15–12 15–11 15–10 13–15 73–60 [6]
8 Feb 19:00 Kochi Blue Spikers 3–2 Black Hawks Hyderabad 12–15 15–11 15–12 15–10 14–15 71–63 [7]
9 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 5–0 Kochi Blue Spikers 15–11 15–9 15–14 15–13 15–10 75–57 [8]
10 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 3–2 Black Hawks Hyderabad 15–11 15–11 15–7 12–15 11–15 68–59 [9]
11 Feb 19:00 Kochi Blue Spikers 3–2 Chennai Spartans 12–15 10–15 15–11 15–13 15–10 67–64 [10]
12 Feb 19:00 Black Hawks Hyderabad 3–2 U Mumba Volley 13–15 15–11 7–15 15–14 15–11 65–66 [11]
13 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 4–1 Ahmedabad Defenders 15–14 11–15 15–11 15–9 15–8 71–57 [12]
16 Feb 19:00 Chennai Spartans 2–3 U Mumba Volley 14–15 8–15 10–15 15–10 15–10 62–65 [13]
17 Feb 19:00 Chennai Spartans 4–1 Ahmedabad Defenders 15–6 13–15 15–13 15–11 15–12 73–57 [14]
18 Feb 19:00 U Mumba Volley 4–1 Ahmedabad Defenders 10–15 15–12 15–13 15–12 15–8 70–60 [15]

Play–offs

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Semifinals

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Top four teams of Regular season are qualified to two different semifinal pairs.

Semifinal 1

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 3–0 U Mumba Volley 15–12 15–9 16–14 46–35 [16]

Semifinal 2

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Feb 19:00 Kochi Blue Spikers 2–3 Chennai Spartans 14–16 15–9 15–10 8–15 13–15 65–65 [17]

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 0–3 Chennai Spartans 11–15 12–15 14–16 37–46 [18]

Final standing

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References

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  1. ^ "Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams". Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ Sportstar, Team. "PVL Final: Chennai Spartans hammers Calicut Heroes to claim title". Sportstar. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Fixtures & Results". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ^ "POINTS TABLE 2019". Retrieved 12 February 2019.