Premier Handball League 2023 full fixtures, schedule, match timings and telecast details

India's captain Atul Kumar will be leading Rajasthan Wolverines

The inaugural edition of the Premier Handball League is set to start on June 8th. Six teams (Garvit Gujarat, Rajasthan Patriots, Maharashtra Ironmen, Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh, Delhi Panzers and Telugu Talons) will be plying their trade in the 18-day mega Premier Handball League 2023 tournament. The tournament was supposed to start a few years back but due to unforeseen reasons and the pandemic it was postponed to 2023.

Each team comprises 17 players (14 Indian and three foreign players) with each team playing a minimum of ten matches each. Here's a look at what you need to know about the tournament in general.

Which are the teams participating in Premier Handball League 2023?

The tournament will consist of six teams.

Rajasthan Wolverines

Garvit Gujarat

Delhi Panzers

Telugu Talons

Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra Ironmen

Full squads of teams participating in Premier Handball League 2023?

1. Rajasthan Wolverines

Goalkeepers – Thanawat Sanyamud, Ramesh Godara, Atul Kumar

Defenders – Artem Ulanov, Baderaladeen Naser, Robin Singh, Mohit Ghanghas, Happy Singh, Arjun Lakra, Sahil Malik, Bhupender Jangra

Wingers – Hardev Singh, Rohit Kumar, Sumit, Sidharth Singh

Pivot - Siddharth Bidhuri, Thoufeeq VM

2. Garvit Gujarat

Goalkeepers– Farhad Shafiei Alavijeh, Mandeep Lochab, Dinesh

Defenders– Tuliboev Mukhtor, Atsawamethee Barameechuay, Karamjeet Singh, Tarun Thakur, Harender Singh Nain, Sachin Singh, Sivaprasad Nair, Surender Kumar

Wingers– Aman Khiche, Amit Ghanghas, Naveen Panghal, Mohammed Shuja Ur Rehman

Pivot- Ravinder Pal Singh, Avin Khatkar

3. Delhi Panzers

Goalkeepers – Elmuratov Sardor, Rakesh Ahlawat, Nitin Kumar Sharma

Defenders – Artem Martynow, Emil Minnulin, Deepak Ghanghas, Mithun Sharma, Dinesh Kumar, Deepak Ahlawat, Ashok Nain, Jasmeet Singh

Wingers – Nandkishor Bhardwaj, Subir Roy, Bhupender Ghanghas, Arun Sharma

Pivot - Mintu Sardar, Deepak

4. Telugu Talons

Goalkeepers – Andrei Igorevich Nedbailo, Rahul T K, Sombir

Defenders – Iaroslav Alexandrovich Shananov, Rey Joshua Tabuzo, Ajay Moyal, Mohit Kumar, Anil Khudia, Vishal Hadia, Shubham Sheoran, Davinder Bhullar

Wingers – Kailash Patel, Mohit Yadav, Chirag Chandel, Naseeb Singh,

Pivot - Raghu Kumara, Rahul Nain

5. Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh

Goalkeepers – Omid Reza, Gurpinder Singh, Sunil Ghanghas

Defenders – Ziad Obeidat, Van Lacob Baccay, Sukhveer Singh Brar, Aashish Kumar, Amit Sharma, Harjinder Panjeta, Sahil Rana, Vikas Kumar

Wingers – Sanchit Kumar Gupta, Bhushan Shinde, Mankesh Poonia, Kamal Ghanghas

Pivot - Naveen Malik, Vansh Thakran

6. Maharashtra Ironmen

Goalkeepers – Alexander Lesnik, Rajat Khatkar, Naveen Deshwal

Defenders – Sumit Kumar, Mohit Punia, Manjeet Kumar, Mohammed Sohail Akhtar, Vishal Dabas, Vijay Thakur, Jasim Mohammed, Jalal Kiani

Wingers – Mitul, Ankit Kumar, Sumit Ghanghas, Sunil Sharma

Pivot - Shubham Sharma, Ranjeet Singh

What is the tournament format?

All six teams will play each other twice in the round-robin stages. The top four teams then proceed to the semi-finals followed by the final. The matches are played across 60 minutes, split into two equal halves of 30 minutes each. A total of 33 matches (including the knockouts) are set to be played in the inaugural edition.

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What are the venues for Premier Handball League 2023?

The tournament is set to be played at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium in Rajasthan.

Where and how to watch the live telecast and streaming of Premier Handball League 2023?

Viacom 18 network will serve as the official broadcast partner and the matches will be shown on Sports 18. The matches will also be available to stream on the OTT platform Jio Cinema and Fancode.

Premier Handball League 2023 Schedule

08 June

Rajasthan Patriots 28-27 Maharashtra Ironmen - Report

Telugu Talons 39-32 Garvit Gujarat - Report

09 June

Golden Eagles UP 38-40 Telugu Talons - Report

Delhi Panzers 37-42 Garvit Gujarat - Report

10 June

Maharashtra Ironmen 43-28 Golden Eagles UP - Report

Rajasthan Patriots 18-34 Delhi Panzers - Report

11 June

Telugu Talons 26-30 Maharashtra Ironmen - Report

Rajasthan Patriots 29-27 Garvit Gujarat - Report

12 June

Telugu Talons 27-29 Delhi Panzers - Report

Golden Eagles UP 31-31 Garvit Gujarat - Report

13 June

Delhi Panzers 31-41 Maharashtra Ironmen - Report

Golden Eagles UP 37-40 Rajasthan Patriots - Report

14 June

Maharashtra Ironmen 35-30 Garvit Gujarat - Report

Telugu Talons 28-24 Rajasthan Patriots - Report

15 June

Golden Eagles UP 34-28 Garvit Gujarat - Report

Telugu Talons 26-23 Delhi Panzers - Report

16 June

Golden Eagles UP 27-36 Rajasthan Patriots

Maharashtra Ironmen 40-31 Delhi Panzers

17 June

Rajasthan Patriots 22-33 Telugu Talons - Report

Maharashtra Ironmen 33-22 Garvit Gujarat - Report

18 June

Telugu Talons 26-25 Golden Eagles UP

Garvit Gujarat 35-41 Delhi Panzers

19 June

Golden Eagles UP 27-28 Maharashtra Ironmen

Delhi Panzers 30-35 Rajasthan Patriots

20 June

Maharashtra Ironmen 30-30 Telugu Talons

Garvit Gujarat 31-32 Rajasthan Patriots

21 June

Golden Eagles UP 37-28 Delhi Panzers - Report

Telugu Talons 36-28 Garvit Gujarat - Report

22 June

Rajasthan Patriots 35-30 Maharashtra Ironmen - Report

Golden Eagles UP 36-35 Delhi Panzers - Report

24 June

Rajasthan Patriots 28-38 Maharashtra Ironmen - Report

Telugu Talons (3)40-40(4) Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh - Report

25 June

Maharashtra Ironmen 38-24 Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh - Report