The 2019 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League was the seventh season of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 20 July 2019 and concluded on 19 October 2019.[1] The zonal system present in the previous seasons was removed, and each team played against all the other teams twice.[2]
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 20 July 2019–19 October 2019 |
Administrator | Mashal Sports |
Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | India |
Teams | 12 |
Website | prokabaddi |
Final positions | |
Champion | Bengal Warriors (1st title) |
Runner-up | Dabang Delhi |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 137 |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Most tackle points | ![]() |
Most successful raid | ![]() |
Most successful tackle | ![]() |
Bengal Warriors defeated Dabang Delhi in the final match to win their maiden title.[3]
Teams
editStadiums and locations
editTeam | Color | City/State | Stadium[4] | Capacity |
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Bengal Warriors | Kolkata, West Bengal | Netaji Indoor Stadium | 12,000 | |
Bengaluru Bulls | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium | 4,200 | |
Dabang Delhi KC | Delhi | Thyagaraj Sports Complex | 4,494 | |
Gujarat Giants | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | EKA Arena | 4,000 | |
Haryana Steelers | Sonipat, Haryana | Motilal Nehru School of Sports | 2,000 | |
Jaipur Pink Panthers | Jaipur, Rajasthan | Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium | 2,000 | |
Patna Pirates | Patna, Bihar | Patliputra Sports Complex | 3,500 | |
Puneri Paltan | Pune, Maharashtra | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | 4,200 | |
Tamil Thalaivas | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 5,000 | |
Telugu Titans | Hyderabad/Vizag, Telangana | Gachibowli Indoor Stadium | 5,000 | |
U Mumba | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium | 5,000 | |
UP Yoddhas | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium | 5,000 |
Personnel and sponsorship
editForeign players
editEach team can sign maximum 3 foreign players in the squad.
Teams | Player 1 | POS | Player 2 | POS | Player 3 | POS |
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Bengal Warriors | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh | AR | Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali | RD | ||
Bengaluru Bulls | Lal Mohar Yadav | RD | Sanjay Shrestha | AR | ||
Dabang Delhi KC | Meraj Sheykh | AR | Saeid Ghaffari | DF | ||
Gujarat Fortune Giants | Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali | RD | Mohammed Shazid Hossain | AR | ||
Haryana Steelers | Amirhossein Mohammed Maleki | RD | Tin Phonchoo | AR | ||
Jaipur Pink Panthers | Dong Gyu Kim | AR | Milinda Chathuranga | RD | ||
Patna Pirates | Hadi Oshtorak | AR | Lee Jang-kun | RD | Mohammed Esmaeil Maghsoudlou Mohalli | RD |
Puneri Paltan | Emad Sedaghatnia | RD | Hadi Tajik | DF | ||
Tamil Thalaivas | Milad Sheibak | DF | Victor Onyango Obiero | AR | ||
Telugu Titans | Abozar Mohajermighani | DF | Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan | AR | ||
U Mumba | Dong Geon Lee | RD | Fazel Atrachali | DF | Young Chang Ko | DF |
UP Yoddha | MD. Masud Karim | RD | Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari | AR |
Sponsorship
editTitle Sponsor
- Associate Sponsors
- Partners
- Broadcast Sponsor
Viewership
editUnlike the last season that witnessed a 31 percent dip in viewership data to 1.1 billion impressions from the 1.6 billion impressions of season five, PKL 7 has registered a growth of 9 percent in viewership numbers and has garnered 1.2 billion impressions, as per BARC India.[5]
Points table
editTeam |
Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
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Dabang Delhi KC (R) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 85 |
Bengal Warriors (C) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 83 |
UP Yoddha | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 74 |
U Mumba | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 72 |
Haryana Steelers | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 71 |
Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 64 |
Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | -13 | 58 |
Patna Pirates | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 51 |
Gujarat Forunte Giants | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 51 |
Puneri Paltan | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | -72 | 48 |
Telugu Titans | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | -67 | 45 |
Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | -119 | 37 |
Source: ProKabaddi
- advanced to Finals
- advanced to Eliminators
- Five (5) points for a win
- Three (3) points each for a drawn game
- One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
- Top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs
League stage
editLeg 1 – Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad
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Leg 2 – Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai
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Leg 3 – Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna
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Leg 5 – Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
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Leg 6 – Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi
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Leg 7 – Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore
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Leg 10 – Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur
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Leg 11 – Tau Devilal Sports Complex, Panchkula
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Playoffs
editBracket
editEliminators | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
The Arena, Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
Bengal Warriors | 37 | |||||||||
The Arena, Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
U Mumba | 35 | |||||||||
U Mumba | 46 | |||||||||
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Haryana Steelers | 38 | |||||||||
Dabang Delhi | 34 | |||||||||
Bengal Warriors | 39 | |||||||||
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Dabang Delhi | 44 | |||||||||
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Bengaluru Bulls | 38 | |||||||||
UP Yoddha | 45 | |||||||||
Bengaluru Bulls | 48 | |||||||||
Eliminator 1
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Eliminator 2
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Semi Final 1
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Semi Final 2
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Final
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Statistics
editBest raiders
edit- As of 19 October 2019[6]
Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Total Points |
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1 | Pawan Sehrawat | Bengaluru Bulls | 24 | 346 |
2 | Pardeep Narwal | Patna Pirates | 22 | 302 |
3 | Naveen Kumar | Dabang Delhi | 23 | 301 |
4 | Siddharth Desai | Telugu Titans | 22 | 217 |
5 | Maninder Singh | Bengal Warriors | 20 | 205 |
Best defenders
edit- As of 19 October 2019[7]
Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Tackle Points |
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1 | Fazel Atrachali | U Mumba | 24 | 82 |
2 | Sumit | UP Yoddha | 23 | 77 |
3 | Nitesh Kumar | UP Yoddha | 23 | 75 |
4 | Sandeep Kumar Dhull | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 73 |
5 | Baldev Singh | Bengal Warriors | 24 | 66 |
References
edit- ^ "Start date of VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season VII announced". Pro Kabaddi. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Pro Kabaddi League 2019: Predicting the captains of former Zone B teams". www.sportskeeda.com. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Bengal Warriors outplay Dabang Delhi K.C. And lift their maiden vivo Pro Kabaddi title". 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Official Website for the Pro Kabaddi League". ProKabaddi.com. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Pro Kabaddi League is scoring high on revenue, viewership & sponsors".
- ^ https://www.prokabbadi.com/stats/%7B0%7D[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.prokabbadi.com/stats/%7B0%7D[permanent dead link]