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Revision as of 19:20, 21 January 2019
Current season, competition or edition: 2019 | |
| Sport | volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 |
| Owner(s) | Volleyball Federation of India |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country | India |
| Venue(s) | 2 |
| Official website | http://www.provolleyball.in |
Pro Volleyball League (PVL) is a professional men's indoor volleyball league in India Provolleyball Official Website [1]. The inaugural season will take place in February 2019[2]. The league is an initiative between the Volleyball Federation of India and Baseline Ventures. Sony Pictures Networks India is the official broadcaster of the league[3]
Structure
The Pro Volleyball League encompasses six franchises, each representing cities across India. All teams filed tenders with Baseline Ventures listing the two cities they would be interested in bidding for[4]. The teams were officially announced at a Press Conference in Mumbai [5]. The teams for Season 1 are:[6]
Teams
| City | Team Name | International Icon Player | Team Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad Defenders | Novica Bjelica | Bonhomie Sports Event Management Limited [8] |
| Calicut | Calicut Heroes | Paul Lotman | Beacon Sports [9] |
| Chennai | Chennai Spartans | Rudy Verhoeff | Chennai Spartans Private Limited [10] |
| Hyderabad | Black Hawks Hyderabad | Carson Clark | Agile Entertainment Private Limited [11] |
| Kochi | Kochi Blue Spikers | David Lee | Thomas Muthoot [12] |
| Mumbai | UMumba Volley | Tomislav Coskovic | U Sports [13] |
Format
Each team will have 12 players with the provision of a maximum of two reserve players. All teams had a salary purse of Rs. 75 lakhs from which they picked their team via an auction and player draft.[7] A total of 117 players were divided into four categories – International Icons, Indian Icons, Sr. Indian Internationals, Nationals and U-21 players. The International icon players were picked through a draft process while the Indian players were chosen via an auction. [14] Ranjit Singh of Punjab emerged as the top pick. Ahmedabad Defenders shelled out Rs. 13 lakh for him at the auction. [15]
There will be 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.[16] In season 1, matches will be held in Kochi at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium and in Chennai at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.