Prime Volleyball League 2024 full fixtures, schedule, match timings, telecast details
The tournament will be played at Chennai.
The highly anticipated Prime Volleyball League 2024 is set to begin on February 15, and will be hosted in the beautiful city of Chennai. Nine franchises: Ahmedabad Defenders, Bengaluru Torpedoes, Calicut Heroes, Chennai Blitz, Delhi Toofans, Hyderabad Black Hawks, Kochi Blue Spikers, Kolkata Thunderbolts, and Mumbai Meteors, will compete for the coveted trophy, with the final set to take place on March 21, at the SDAT Multi–Purpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai.
The defending champions Ahmedabad Defenders will face off against the hosts Chennai Blitz in the opening game of the tournament on February 15, while last year’s runners-up Bengaluru Torpedoes will take on the Season 1 winners Kolkata Thunderbolts on the same day.
Here’s a look at what you need to know about the tournament in general.
Tournament History
The Prime Volleyball League (PVL) is an indoor volleyball tournament. The PVL is a rechristened version of the Pro Volleyball League, which was last held in February 2019. The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) does not have any involvement in it; Baseline Ventures handles its responsibilities.
However the journey was not as smooth, as Baseline had to go through a horrible court case with VFI and ultimately Baseline prevailed. Thus in 2021, Baseline teamed up with some old partners to start the new Prime Volleyball League. Five of the six teams (Ahmedabad, Calicut, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi) from the Pro Volleyball League returned to this league, with two new teams (Bengaluru and Kolkata) added. Mumbai Meteors was the last squad to be included in October 2022, in Mumbai. Delhi Toofans was the 9th team to be launched in December 2023, in Delhi.
Which are the teams participating in Prime Volleyball League 2024?
The tournament will consist of Nine teams.
- Bangalore Torpedoes (BT)
- Ahmedabad Defenders (AMD)
- Calicut Heroes (CH)
- Chennai Blitz (CB)
- Hyderabad Black Hawks (HBH)
- Kochi Blue Spikers (KBS)
- Mumbai Meteors (MM)
- Kolkata Thunderbolts (KBT)
- Delhi Toofans (DT)
Full squads of teams participating in Prime Volleyball League 2024?
Chennai Blitz
Libero: R. Ramanathan and Prabakaran
Setters: Sameer and Surya Nanjil
Blockers: Sayanth T , Leandro Mejia, and Akhin GS
Universal: Abdul Chisti, Jobin Varghese and Paras
Attackers: Douglas Bueno, Raman Kumar, Himanshu Tyagi, and Joel Benjamin.
Hyderabad Black Hawks
Blockers: Abhilash Chaudhary, John Joseph, Prince and Stefan Kovacevic
Attackers: Ashamatullah, Ashok , Hemanth P, Ivan Fernandez and Niyaz Salam
Universal: Sahil Kumar
Setters: Ranjit Singh, Lal Sujan
Libero: Deepu Venugopal and Naveen Jagadesan
Mumbai Meteors
Universal: Christian Sotnikov and Shubham Chaudhary
Blockers: Karthik, Saurabh Maan and Shameemudheen
Libero: Darshan Gowda and Hector Mata
Setters: Vipul Kumar and S. Aravindhan
Attackers: Amit Gulia, Hardeep Singh, Ajith Chandran, Mritunjoy Mahanta, and Suryansh Tomar.
Kochi Blue Spikers
Setters: Jithin and Om Vasant
Attackers: Aman Kumar, George Antony, Jan Krol, Erin Varghese, Jibin Sebastian and Vishal Krishna
Blockers: Abhinav BS, Athos Costa, Digvijay Singh and Sachin K
Libero: Ayush Pandey and Ratheesh C K
Kolkata Thunderbolts (Prime Volleyball League Season 1 Champions)
Blockers: Arjun Nath, Praful S, Ashwal Rai, and Sudheer Shetty
Setters: Onur Cukur and Vinayak Rokhade
Libero: Hari Prasad
Attackers: Amit Chokker, David Kisiel, Deepak Kumar, Prabagaran, Rahul K, Rakesh Kumar and Vinit Kumar
Calicut Heroes
Blockers: Danial Moatazedi , Vikas Maan and Shafeeque Rahman
Attackers: Ashok Bishnoi, Luiz Perotto, Ashwin Raj, Chirag Yadav, Praveen Kumar, Prince and Jerome Vinith
Setters: Mohan Ukkrapandian and Aman Kumar
Libero: Alan Ashique and Mukesh Kumar
Bengaluru Torpedoes
Universal: Ibin Jose and Thomas Heptinstall
Setters: Paulo Lamounier and Vyshakh Renjith
Libero: Midhun Kumar
Blockers: MC Mujeeb, Mohammed Iqbal, PV Jishnu, and Srajan Shetty
Attackers: Mannat Chaudhary, TR Sethu, Nisam Muhammed, Pankaj Sharma, and Alireza Tanish Chaudhary.
Ahmedabad Defenders ( Season 2 Champions)
Attackers: Naveen Raja, Shon John, Nandhagopal S and Max Senica
Blockers: Ilya Burau, LM. Manoj, Parth Patel and Shikhar Singh
Libero: T. Shrikant and Sakthi Kumar
Universal: Angamuthu and Harsh Chaudhary
Setters: Aswath and Muthusamy
Delhi Toofans (Debutants in Prime Volleyball League Season 3)
Attackers: Amal Thomas, Anu James, Lazar Dodic,Rohit Kumar, and Santhosh S
Blockers: Alan Sajan, Aponja Daniel , Ayush Kasnia and Fayis NK
Libero: Anand K and Insaman A
Universal: Manoj Kumar
Setters: Janshad U and Saqlain Tariq
What is the tournament format?
The third season of Prime Volleyball League co-owned and exclusively marketed by India’s leading sports marketing firm, Baseline Ventures, will bring an exciting new format with the introduction of Super 5s, promising a bigger, better, and bolder edition.
The Super 5s stage will take place between March 11 and 18 in which the top five teams from the League stage will compete in a round-robin format to determine the final three teams. The team finishing first in the Super 5s will earn a direct qualification for the final, while the teams finishing in the second and third places will compete in the Eliminator on March 19. The winner of the Eliminator will be the second team to book a spot in the Final.
What are the venues for Prime Volleyball League 2024?
Prime Volleyball League season 3 will be held in Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.
Where and how to watch the live telecast and streaming of Prime Volleyball League 2024?
Prime Volleyball League Season 3 will start from 15th February 2024 and will be broadcast live on Sony Sports Ten 1 SD & HD, Sony Ten 3 SD & HD (Hindi), and Sony Ten 4 SD & HD (Tamil & Telugu) from 6.30 pm onwards. Fans can also enjoy the streaming on the Sony Liv app.
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Prime Volleyball League 2024 schedule, fixtures and match timings (IST):
League Stage
15th February
6:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-0 Chennai Blitz – Report
8:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 3-1 Kolkata Thunderbolts – Report
16th February
6:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 3-2 Delhi Toofans
8:30 PM: Kochi Blue Spikers 1-3 Calicut Heroes
17th February
6:30 PM: Chennai Blitz 3-0 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report
18th February
6:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-0 Kolkata Thunderbolts – Report
8:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 0-3 Delhi Toofans – Report
19th February
6:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 2-3 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report
20th February
6:30 PM: Chennai Blitz 3-0 Kochi Blue Spikers Report
21st February
6:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 2-3 Mumbai Meteors Report
22nd February
6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 2-3 Chennai Blitz – Report
8:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-0 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report
23rd February
6:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 3-0 Delhi Toofans
8:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 3-2 Kochi Blue Spikers
24th February
Rest day
25th February
6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 0-3 Calicut Heroes – Report
8:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 3-1 Kochi Blue Spikers – Report
26th February
6:30 PM: Delhi Toofans 3-1 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report
8:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 3-0 Ahmedabad Defenders – Report
27th: February
6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 3-1 Kochi Blue Spikers
28th February
6:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 1-3 Mumbai Meteors – Report
29th February
6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 3-1 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report
1st March
6:30 PM: Delhi Toofans 3-1 Chennai Blitz – Report
8:30 PM Mumbai Meteors 2-3 Ahmedabad Defenders
2nd March
6:30 PM: Hyderabad Black Hawks 0-3 Calicut Heroes – Report
3rd March
6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 0-3 Delhi Toofans
8:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-1 Kochi Blue Spikers
4th March
6:30 PM: Hyderabad Black Hawks 0-3 Bengaluru Torpedoes – Report
8:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 3-2 Chennai Blitz – Report
5th March
6:30 PM: Kochi Blue Spikers vs Delhi Toofans Report
6th March
6:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes vs Calicut Heroes
7th March
6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts vs Mumbai Meteors
8th March
6:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes vs Chennai Blitz
8:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders vs Calicut Heroes
9th March
6:30 PM: Hyderabad Black Hawks vs Kochi Blue Spikers
10th March
6:30 PM: Chennai Blitz vs Calicut Heroes
8:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders vs Delhi Toofans
Super 5s
11th March
6:30 PM: Team 1st vs Team 2nd
12th March
6:30 PM: Team 3rd vs Team 4th
13th March
6:30 PM: Team 1st vs Team 5th
14th March
6:30 PM: Team 3rd vs Team 2nd
15th March
6:30 PM: Team 1st vs Team 4th
16th March
6:30 PM: Team 5th vs Team 2nd
17th March
6:30 PM: Team 1st vs Team 3rd
8:30 PM: Team 4th vs Team 5th
18th March
6:30 PM: Team 5th vs Team 3rd
8:30 PM: Team 4th vs Team 2nd
Eliminator
19th March
6:30 PM: Team 2nd (After Super 5s) vs Team 3rd (After Super 5s)
20th March
Rest day
Final
21st March
6:30 PM: Team 1st (After Super 5s) vs Winner of Eliminator
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