2019 Pro Kabaddi League season
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]
 Le Panga | |
| Dates | 20 July 2019 – 19 October 2019 |
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| Country |  India |
| Administrator | Mashal Sports |
| Tournament format | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Champions | Bengal Warriors (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Dabang Delhi |
| No. of matches | 137 |
| Most raid points | Pawan Sehrawat (346) (Bengaluru Bulls) |
| Most successful raid | Pawan Sehrawat (262) (Bengaluru Bulls) |
| Most tackle points |  Fazel Atrachali (82) (U Mumba) |
| Most successful tackle | Fazel Atrachali (77) (U Mumba) |
| Website | prokabaddi |
| Pro Kabaddi League |
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Bengal Warriors defeated Dabang Delhi in the final match to win their maiden title [3] Vivo Pro Kabaddi League 2019 (PKL 7)
Teams
Stadiums and locations
| Team | 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 | 20,000 |
| Puneri Paltan | Pune, Maharashtra | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | 4,200 |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Chennai, Tamilnadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 5,000 |
| Telugu Titans | Hyderabad/Vizag, Telangana | Gachibowli Indoor Stadium | 5,000 |
| U Mumba | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Dome @ NSCI SVP Stadium | 5,000 |
| UP Yoddha | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium | 5,000 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Foreign players
Each 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Puneri Paltan | Emad Sedaghatnia |
RD | Hadi Tajik |
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| 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
Title Sponsor
- Associate Sponsors
- Partners
- Broadcast Sponsor
Viewership
Unlike 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
| Team | 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
Best raiders
- As of 19 October 2019.[6]
| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawan Sehrawat |
Bengaluru Bulls | 24 | 346 |
| 2 | Pardeep Narwal |
Patna Pirates | 22 | 302 |
| 3 | Naveen Kumar |
Dabang Delhi | 23 | 301 |
| 4 | Siddharth Sirish Desai |
Telugu Titans | 22 | 217 |
| 5 | Maninder Singh |
Bengal Warriors | 20 | 205 |
Best defenders
- As of 19 October 2019.[7]
| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Tackle Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
League Stage
Source:prokabaddi.com[8]
Leg 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 4 – The Arena, Ahmedabad
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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 8 – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
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Leg 9 – Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
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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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Leg 12 – Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida
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Playoffs
Bracket
| Eliminators | 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 | |||||||||
| The Arena, Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
| Dabang Delhi | 44 | |||||||||
| The Arena, Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
| Bengaluru Bulls | 38 | |||||||||
| UP Yoddha | 45 | |||||||||
| Bengaluru Bulls | 48 | |||||||||
Eliminator 1
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Semi Final 1
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Semi Final 2
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Final
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References
- "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. 2014-03-09. Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- "Pro Kabaddi League is scoring high on revenue, viewership & sponsors".
- https://www.prokabbadi.com/stats/%7B0%7D%5B%5D
- https://www.prokabbadi.com/stats/%7B0%7D%5B%5D
- "Season 7 kabaddi updates".
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