2022 Prime Volleyball League

2022 Prime Volleyball League (also known as PVL 2022, or for sponsorship reasons, RuPay PVL 2022) is the inaugural season of the Prime Volleyball League, a franchise based Indian Indoor Volleyball League which is organized by Baseline Ventures.[1] This edition of the league will feature seven teams from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Calicut, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Kolkata and the tournament is scheduled to be held at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad from 5 to 27 February 2022.[2]

2022 Prime Volleyball League
LeaguePrime Volleyball League
SportMen's volleyball
Duration5 – 27 February 2022
Number of teams7
Finals
ChampionsKolkata Thunderbolts (1st title)
  Runners-upAhmedabad Defenders
Finals MVPVinit Kumar (Kolkata Thunderbolts)

Format

Seven teams are contesting in the inaugural season. There are a total of 24 matches with each team plays against each other in a single round-robin format with the top 4 teams moving into the play-offs.

Venue

The tournament was earlier scheduled to be held in Kochi but later moved to Hyderabad due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. All the matches were held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.[3]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Ahmedabad Defenders 6 5 1 10 18 12 1.500 406 396 1.025 Qualified for play-offs
2 Kolkata Thunderbolts 6 4 2 8 18 12 1.500 402 375 1.072
3 Calicut Heroes 6 3 3 7 18 12 1.500 409 387 1.057
4 Hyderabad Black Hawks 6 3 3 7 15 15 1.000 400 391 1.023
5 Bengaluru Torpedoes 6 3 3 6 13 17 0.765 396 413 0.959
6 Chennai Blitz 6 2 4 4 11 19 0.579 383 414 0.925
7 Kochi Blue Spikers 6 1 5 2 12 18 0.667 388 408 0.951
Source: [4]

League stage
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Feb19:00Hyderabad Black Hawks4–1Kochi Blue Spikers15–1215–1115–1115–1013–1573–59P2
6 Feb19:00Chennai Blitz2–3Ahmedabad Defenders13–1511–1515–1113–1515–1167–67P2
7 Feb19:00Calicut Heroes2–3Kolkata Thunderbolts13–1515–1210–1515–1213–1566–69P2
8 Feb19:00Bengaluru Torpedoes3–2Kochi Blue Spikers14–1512–1515–1315–915–1471–66P2
9 Feb19:00Calicut Heroes2–3Ahmedabad Defenders15–1211–1515–1012–1511–1564–67P2
10 Feb19:00Ahmedabad Defenders4–1Hyderabad Black Hawks15–1315–1015–1215–89–1569–58P2
11 Feb19:00Bengaluru Torpedoes3–2Hyderabad Black Hawks15–1214–1515–1211–1515–1370–67P2
11 Feb21:00Chennai Blitz1–4Kolkata Thunderbolts15–1011–1510–1512–1513–1561–70P2
12 Feb19:00Bengaluru Torpedoes1–4Kolkata Thunderbolts13–158–1515–912–1510–1558–69P2
13 Feb19:00Hyderabad Black Hawks5–0Chennai Blitz15–1415–1115–1415–715–1375–59P2
14 Feb19:00Calicut Heroes4–1Bengaluru Torpedoes15–1215–1215–914–1515–1374–61P2
15 Feb19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts2–3Hyderabad Black Hawks8–1515–139–1512–1515–859–66P2
16 Feb19:00Chennai Blitz2–3Kochi Blue Spikers12–1511–1515–1415–1210–1563–71P2
17 Feb19:00Chennai Blitz3–2Calicut Heroes15–1415–915–1410–1512–1567–67P2
17 Feb21:00Ahmedabad Defenders2–3Bengaluru Torpedoes14–1513–1514–1515–1415–1371–72P2
18 Feb19:00Calicut Heroes3–2Kochi Blue Spikers15–1215–99–159–1515–1163–62P2
19 Feb19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts2–3Ahmedabad Defenders15–710–1513–1514–1515–1067–62P2
20 Feb19:00Chennai Blitz3–2Bengaluru Torpedoes9–1515–1215–1315–912–1566–64P2
21 Feb19:00Calicut Heroes5–0Hyderabad Black Hawks15–1415–1015–1415–1415–975–61P2
22 Feb19:00Ahmedabad Defenders3–2Kochi Blue Spikers15–1415–1411–1514–1515–1070–68P2
23 Feb19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts3–2Kochi Blue Spikers13–1515–1115–1315–810–1568–62P2

Source:[5]

Play-offs

Semifinals

Top four teams of League stage are qualified to two different semifinal pairs.

Semifinal 1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Feb19:00Ahmedabad Defenders3–1Hyderabad Black Hawks15–1315–129–1515–12 54–52P2

Semifinal 2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Feb19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts3–0Calicut Heroes16–1415–1017–15  48–39P2

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Feb19:00Ahmedabad Defenders0–3Kolkata Thunderbolts13–1510–1512–15  35–45P2

Final standings

Awards
Player Team Award
Vinit Kumar Kolkata Thunderbolts Player of the Final Match
Shon T John Ahmedabad Defenders Fantasy Player of the Season
Angamuthu Ramaswamy Ahmedabad Defenders Spiker of the Season
John Joseph E J Hyderabad Black Hawks Blocker of the Season
Guru Prasanth SV Hyderabad Black Hawks Emerging Player of the Season
Vinit Kumar Kolkata Thunderbolts Most Valuable Player

Source:[6]

References
  1. "As Prime Volleyball League gets underway, here's what you need to know about the tournament". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "RuPay Prime Volleyball League set to take off with a bang in Hyderabad". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. "India to host its first-ever Prime Volleyball League in Hyderabad". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. "Standings | Prime Volleyball League". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  5. "Fixtures & Results | Prime Volleyball League". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  6. "Prime Volleyball PVL 2022 Finals Highlights: Kolkata Thunderbolts wins PVL 2022". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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