2019 Pro Kabaddi League - Wikipedia
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 Le panga | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 July 2019–19 October 2019 |
| Administrator | Mashal Sports |
Tournament | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | India |
| Teams | 12 |
| Website | prokabaddi.com |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Bengal Warriors (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Dabang Delhi |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 137 |
| Top scorer(s) |  Pawan Sehrawat (346) (Bengaluru Bulls) |
| Most tackle points |  Fazel Atrachali (82) (U Mumba) |
| Most successful raid | Pawan Sehrawat (262) (Bengaluru Bulls) |
| Most successful tackle | Fazel Atrachali (77) (U Mumba) |
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]
Bengal Warriors defeated Dabang Delhi in the final match to win their maiden title.[3]
Locations of the Pro Kabaddi teams
Stadiums and locations
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| Team | Color | City/State | Stadium[4] | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengal Warriorz | Kolkata, West Bengal | Netaji Indoor Stadium | 15,000 | |
| 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
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Each team can sign maximum 3 foreign players in the squad.
| Teams | Player 1 | POS | Player 2 | POS | Player 3 | POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Title Sponsor
- Associate Sponsors
- Partners
- Broadcast Sponsor
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]
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Match 3
21 July 2019
19:30
| Bengaluru Bulls | 24–42 | Gujarat Fortune Giants |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 13
27 July 2019
20:30
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 27–25 | Bengal Warriors |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 18
31 July 2019
19:30
| Haryana Steelers | 21–37 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 20
1 August 2019
19:30
| Gujarat Fortune Giants | 31–26 | Dabang Delhi |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 23
3 August 2019
19:30
| Patna Pirates | 21–34 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 34
10 August 2019
19:30
| Gujarat Fortune Giants | 28–34 | Tamil Thalaivas |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Tamil Thalaivas won
Match 41
14 August 2019
20:30
| Gujarat Fortune Giants | 26–28 | Bengal Warriors |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Bengal Warriors won
Match 42
15 August 2019
19:30
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 33–25 | Puneri Paltan |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 44
16 August 2019
20:30
| Gujarat Fortune Giants | 19–22 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 52
21 August 2019
20:30
| Tamil Thalaivas | 26–28 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 54
23 August 2019
19:30
| Gujarat Fortune Giants | 29–26 | Patna Pirates |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 62
28 August 2019
19:30
| Gujarat Fortune Giants | 25–41 | Haryana Steelers |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Haryana Steelers won
Match 67
31 August 2019
19:30
| Bengaluru Bulls | 23–32 | Gujarat Fortune Giants |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 100
21 September 2019
19:30
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 28–28 | Gujarat Fortune Giants |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match tied
Match 103
22 September 2019
20:30
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 40–41 | Bengal Warriors |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Bengal Warriors won
Match 107
25 September 2019
20:30
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 43–34 | Puneri Paltan |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 112
28 September 2019
20:30
| Gujarat Fortune Giants | 50–21 | Tamil Thalaivas |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 114
29 September 2019
20:30
| Haryana Steelers | 38–37 | Gujarat Fortune Giants |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Haryana Steelers won
Match 118
2 October 2019
20:30
| Haryana Steelers | 36–59 | Bengaluru Bulls |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Bengaluru Bulls won
- Pawan Sehrawat scored the most raid points in a single match (39)
Match 120
4 October 2019
19:30
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 41–34 | Bengaluru Bulls |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Match 124
6 October 2019
19:30
| Bengal Warriors | 41–69 | Patna Pirates |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Patna Pirates won
- Most Points in a match (110).
Match 126
7 October 2019
19:30
| Telugu Titans | 38–48 | Gujarat Fortune Giants |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Eliminators | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| The Arena, Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
| Bengal Warriors | 37 | |||||||||
| The Arena, Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
| U Mumba | 35 | |||||||||
| U Mumba | 46 | |||||||||
| The Arena, Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
Match 137
19 October 2019
20:00
| Dabang Delhi | 34 – 39 | Bengal Warriors |
|---|---|---|
| Naveen Kumar (18) |
Report | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (9) |
Bengal Warriors won
- 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 Desai
|
Telugu Titans | 22 | 217 |
| 5 | Maninder Singh
|
Bengal Warriors | 20 | 205 |
- 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 |
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- ^ "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".
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