2023 Prime Volleyball League
LeaguePrime Volleyball League
SportMen's volleyball
Duration4 February – 5 March 2023
Number of teams8
Finals
ChampionsAhmedabad Defenders (1st title)
  Runners-upBengaluru Torpedoes
Finals MVPGuru Prasanth (Hyderabad Black Hawks)

2023 Prime Volleyball League (also known as PVL 2023 or RuPay PVL 2023) was the second season of the Prime Volleyball League, a franchise based Indian indoor volleyball league, organized by Baseline Ventures.[1]

The Prime Volleyball League 2023 winner will qualify for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship 2023 to be held in India from December 6 to 10.

Format

Eight teams are contesting in the second season. There are a total of 31 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

Bengaluru’s Koramangala Indoor Stadium scheduled to host the first 10 matches till February 12. The venue for the next 10 matches scheduled to be held at GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad. The final leg of PVL 2023, including the semi-finals and final, scheduled to be held at Regional Sports Centre in Kochi.

League standings

Win by 5-0 margin: 3 Points

Win by any other margin: 2 Points

Loss: 0 Points

If the teams are level on points, the number of sets won will be taken into consideration. The top four teams at the end of the league stage will move into the semifinals.

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Kolkata Thunderbolts 7 6 1 12 23 12 1.917 480 422 1.137 Qualified for play-offs
2 Ahmedabad Defenders 7 5 2 11 22 13 1.692 476 443 1.074
3 Calicut Heroes 7 4 3 8 20 15 1.333 459 466 0.985
4 Bengaluru Torpedoes 7 4 3 8 19 16 1.188 460 463 0.994
5 Hyderabad Black Hawks 7 4 3 8 15 20 0.750 448 461 0.972
6 Mumbai Meteors 7 2 5 5 15 20 0.750 450 464 0.970
7 Kochi Blue Spikers 7 2 5 4 16 19 0.842 451 458 0.985
8 Chennai Blitz 7 1 6 2 10 25 0.400 427 474 0.901
Source: [2]

League stage

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Feb19:00Bengaluru Torpedoes2–3Kolkata Thunderbolts11–1511–1514–1515–1015–1466–691
5 Feb19:00Mumbai Meteors1–4Calicut Heroes15–109–158–1514–1511–1557–702
6 Feb19:00Ahmedabad Defenders2–3Hyderabad Black Hawks15–139–1514–1511–1515–1064–683
7 Feb19:00Kochi Blue Spikers2–3Chennai Blitz9–1515–1110–1515–89–1558–644
8 Feb19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts4–1Hyderabad Black Hawks15–1315–715–915–128–1568–565
9 Feb19:00Ahmedabad Defenders3–2Bengaluru Torpedoes14–1515–1014–1515–1015–1073–606
10 Feb19:00Chennai Blitz0–5Mumbai Meteors14–156–1511–1512–159–1552–757
11 Feb19:00Calicut Heroes4–1Hyderabad Black Hawks15–1415–1215–114–1515–1464–668
12 Feb19:00Mumbai Meteors1–4Bengaluru Torpedoes10–1515–1213–159–159–1556–729
12 Feb21:30Kolkata Thunderbolts4–1Kochi Blue Spikers15–915–1115–1415–1112–1572–6010
15 Feb19:00Hyderabad Black Hawks3–2Kochi Blue Spikers15–1310–1515–1315–613–1568–6211
16 Feb19:00Bengaluru Torpedoes3–2Chennai Blitz15–118–1515–1015–1310–1563–6412
16 Feb21:30Kolkata Thunderbolts2–3Calicut Heroes14–1515–711–1515–1313–1568–6513
17 Feb19:00Ahmedabad Defenders4–1Mumbai Meteors14–1515–1215–1415–1315–1474–6814
17 Feb21:30Bengaluru Torpedoes3–2Kochi Blue Spikers15–1415–117–1515–1214–1566–6715
18 Feb19:00Hyderabad Black Hawks3–2Chennai Blitz10–1515–1415–912–1515–1167–6416
19 Feb19:00Ahmedabad Defenders5–0Chennai Blitz15–1115–1315–1015–915–1275–5517
20 Feb19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts3–2Mumbai Meteors12–1515–612–1515–1115–1169–5818
20 Feb21:30Ahmedabad Defenders3–2Calicut Heroes15–1313–1515–1313–1515–1171–6719
21 Feb19:00Hyderabad Black Hawks3–2Bengaluru Torpedoes15–1314–159–1515–1015–1268–6520
24 Feb19:00Calicut Heroes3–2Chennai Blitz13–1515–815–1415–138–1566–6521
25 Feb19:00Kochi Blue Spikers3–2Calicut Heroes15–1314–1512–1515–715–1171–6122
26 Feb19:00Kochi Blue Spikers2–3Ahmedabad Defenders5–1515–1115–912–1514–1561–6523
26 Feb21:30Hyderabad Black Hawks1–4Mumbai Meteors15–149–1512–1511–158–1555–7424
27 Feb19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts4–1Chennai Blitz15–1215–915–1415–1310–1570–6325
28 Feb19:00Bengaluru Torpedoes3–2Calicut Heroes15–1115–1113–1510–1515–1468–6626
01 Mar19:00Mumbai Meteors1–4Kochi Blue Spikers14–1511–1512–1515–1210–1562–7227
02 Mar19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts3–2Ahmedabad Defenders15–715–415–138–1511–1564–5428

Source:[3]

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
3 March19:00Kolkata Thunderbolts1–3Bengaluru Torpedoes10–1515–1013–1510–15 48–5529

Semifinal 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 March19:00Ahmedabad Defenders3–1Calicut Heroes17–159–1517–1515–11 58–5630

Finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
05 March19:00Bengaluru Torpedoes2–3Ahmedabad Defenders7–1510–1520–1815–1310–1562–7631

Final standings

Awards

Player Team Award
Angamuthu Ramaswamy Ahmedabad Defenders Player of the Final Match
Dakshinamoorthy S Ahmedabad Defenders Coach of the Season
Mohan Ukkrapandian Calicut Heroes Setter of the Season
R Ramanathan Chennai Blitz Libero of the Season
Guru Prasanth Hyderabad Black Hawks Spiker of the Season
Jose Antonio Sandoval Calicut Heroes Blocker of the Season
Ibin Jose Bengaluru Torpedoes Emerging Player of the Season
Guru Prasanth Hyderabad Black Hawks Most Valuable Player

Source:[4]

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. ↑ "Standings | Prime Volleyball League". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  3. ↑ "Fixtures & Results | Prime Volleyball League". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  4. ↑ "RuPay Prime Volleyball League Powered by A23 Season 2 Awards: A look at the winners". www.primevolleyballleague.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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