Prime Volleyball League 2024 full fixtures, schedule, match timings, telecast details

Published at :March 21, 2024 at 9:54 PM

Modified at :March 21, 2024 at 9:54 PM

(Courtesy : Rupay Prime Volleyball League)

The tournament will be played at Chennai.

The highly anticipated Prime Volleyball League 2024 is set to begin on February 15, and will be hosted in the beautiful city of Chennai. Nine franchises: Ahmedabad Defenders, Bengaluru Torpedoes, Calicut Heroes, Chennai Blitz, Delhi Toofans, Hyderabad Black Hawks, Kochi Blue Spikers, Kolkata Thunderbolts, and Mumbai Meteors, will compete for the coveted trophy, with the final set to take place on March 21, at the SDAT Multi–Purpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai.

The defending champions Ahmedabad Defenders will face off against the hosts Chennai Blitz in the opening game of the tournament on February 15, while last year’s runners-up Bengaluru Torpedoes will take on the Season 1 winners Kolkata Thunderbolts on the same day.

Here’s a look at what you need to know about the tournament in general.

Tournament History

The Prime Volleyball League (PVL) is an indoor volleyball tournament. The PVL is a rechristened version of the Pro Volleyball League, which was last held in February 2019. The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) does not have any involvement in it; Baseline Ventures handles its responsibilities.

However the journey was not as smooth, as Baseline had to go through a horrible court case with VFI and ultimately Baseline prevailed. Thus in 2021, Baseline teamed up with some old partners to start the new Prime Volleyball League. Five of the six teams (Ahmedabad, Calicut, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi) from the Pro Volleyball League returned to this league, with two new teams (Bengaluru and Kolkata) added. Mumbai Meteors was the last squad to be included in October 2022, in Mumbai. Delhi Toofans was the 9th team to be launched in December 2023, in Delhi.

Which are the teams participating in Prime Volleyball League 2024?

The tournament will consist of Nine teams.

Bangalore Torpedoes (BT)
Ahmedabad Defenders (AMD)
Calicut Heroes (CH)
Chennai Blitz (CB)
Hyderabad Black Hawks (HBH)
Kochi Blue Spikers (KBS)
Mumbai Meteors (MM)
Kolkata Thunderbolts (KBT)
Delhi Toofans (DT)

Full squads of teams participating in Prime Volleyball League 2024?

Chennai Blitz

Libero: R. Ramanathan and Prabakaran

Setters: Sameer and Surya Nanjil

Blockers: Sayanth T , Leandro Mejia, and Akhin GS

Universal: Abdul Chisti, Jobin Varghese and Paras

Attackers: Douglas Bueno, Raman Kumar, Himanshu Tyagi, and Joel Benjamin.

Hyderabad Black Hawks

Blockers: Abhilash Chaudhary, John Joseph, Prince and Stefan Kovacevic

Attackers: Ashamatullah, Ashok , Hemanth P, Ivan Fernandez and Niyaz Salam

Universal: Sahil Kumar

Setters: Ranjit Singh, Lal Sujan

Libero: Deepu Venugopal and Naveen Jagadesan

Mumbai Meteors

Universal: Christian Sotnikov and Shubham Chaudhary

Blockers: Karthik, Saurabh Maan and Shameemudheen

Libero: Darshan Gowda and Hector Mata

Setters: Vipul Kumar and S. Aravindhan

Attackers: Amit Gulia, Hardeep Singh, Ajith Chandran, Mritunjoy Mahanta, and Suryansh Tomar.

Kochi Blue Spikers

Setters: Jithin and Om Vasant

Attackers: Aman Kumar, George Antony, Jan Krol, Erin Varghese, Jibin Sebastian and Vishal Krishna

Blockers: Abhinav BS, Athos Costa, Digvijay Singh and Sachin K

Libero: Ayush Pandey and Ratheesh C K

Kolkata Thunderbolts (Prime Volleyball League Season 1 Champions)

Blockers: Arjun Nath, Praful S, Ashwal Rai, and Sudheer Shetty

Setters: Onur Cukur and Vinayak Rokhade

Libero: Hari Prasad

Attackers: Amit Chokker, David Kisiel, Deepak Kumar, Prabagaran, Rahul K, Rakesh Kumar and Vinit Kumar

Calicut Heroes

Blockers: Danial Moatazedi , Vikas Maan and Shafeeque Rahman

Attackers: Ashok Bishnoi, Luiz Perotto, Ashwin Raj, Chirag Yadav, Praveen Kumar, Prince and Jerome Vinith

Setters: Mohan Ukkrapandian and Aman Kumar

Libero: Alan Ashique and Mukesh Kumar

Bengaluru Torpedoes

Universal: Ibin Jose and Thomas Heptinstall

Setters: Paulo Lamounier and Vyshakh Renjith

Libero: Midhun Kumar

Blockers: MC Mujeeb, Mohammed Iqbal, PV Jishnu, and Srajan Shetty

Attackers: Mannat Chaudhary, TR Sethu, Nisam Muhammed, Pankaj Sharma, and Alireza Tanish Chaudhary.

Ahmedabad Defenders ( Season 2 Champions)

Attackers: Naveen Raja, Shon John, Nandhagopal S and Max Senica

Blockers: Ilya Burau, LM. Manoj, Parth Patel and Shikhar Singh

Libero: T. Shrikant and Sakthi Kumar

Universal: Angamuthu and Harsh Chaudhary

Setters: Aswath and Muthusamy

Delhi Toofans (Debutants in Prime Volleyball League Season 3)

Attackers: Amal Thomas, Anu James, Lazar Dodic,Rohit Kumar, and Santhosh S

Blockers: Alan Sajan, Aponja Daniel , Ayush Kasnia and Fayis NK

Libero: Anand K and Insaman A

Universal: Manoj Kumar

Setters: Janshad U and Saqlain Tariq

What is the tournament format?

The third season of Prime Volleyball League co-owned and exclusively marketed by India’s leading sports marketing firm, Baseline Ventures, will bring an exciting new format with the introduction of Super 5s, promising a bigger, better, and bolder edition.

The Super 5s stage will take place between March 11 and 18 in which the top five teams from the League stage will compete in a round-robin format to determine the final three teams. The team finishing first in the Super 5s will earn a direct qualification for the final, while the teams finishing in the second and third places will compete in the Eliminator on March 19. The winner of the Eliminator will be the second team to book a spot in the Final.

What are the venues for Prime Volleyball League 2024?

Prime Volleyball League season 3 will be held in Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.

Where and how to watch the live telecast and streaming of Prime Volleyball League 2024?

Prime Volleyball League Season 3 will start from 15th February 2024 and will be broadcast live on Sony Sports Ten 1 SD & HD, Sony Ten 3 SD & HD (Hindi), and Sony Ten 4 SD & HD (Tamil & Telugu) from 6.30 pm onwards. Fans can also enjoy the streaming on the Sony Liv app.

Prime Volleyball League 2024 schedule, fixtures and match timings (IST):

League Stage

15th February

6:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-0 Chennai Blitz – Report

8:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 3-1 Kolkata Thunderbolts – Report

16th February

6:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 3-2 Delhi Toofans

8:30 PM: Kochi Blue Spikers 1-3 Calicut Heroes

17th February

6:30 PM: Chennai Blitz 3-0 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report

18th February

6:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-0 Kolkata Thunderbolts – Report

8:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 0-3 Delhi Toofans – Report

19th February

6:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 2-3 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report

20th February

6:30 PM: Chennai Blitz 3-0 Kochi Blue Spikers – Report

21st February

6:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 2-3 Mumbai Meteors – Report

22nd February

6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 2-3 Chennai Blitz – Report

8:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-0 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report

23rd February

6:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 3-0 Delhi Toofans

8:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 3-2 Kochi Blue Spikers

24th February

Rest day

25th February

6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 0-3 Calicut Heroes – Report

8:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 3-1 Kochi Blue Spikers – Report

26th February

6:30 PM: Delhi Toofans 3-1 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report

8:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 3-0 Ahmedabad Defenders – Report

27th: February

6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 3-1 Kochi Blue Spikers

28th February

6:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 1-3 Mumbai Meteors – Report

29th February

6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 3-1 Hyderabad Black Hawks – Report

1st March

6:30 PM: Delhi Toofans 3-1 Chennai Blitz – Report

8:30 PM Mumbai Meteors 2-3 Ahmedabad Defenders

2nd March

6:30 PM: Hyderabad Black Hawks 0-3 Calicut Heroes – Report

3rd March

6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 0-3 Delhi Toofans

8:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-1 Kochi Blue Spikers

4th March

6:30 PM: Hyderabad Black Hawks 0-3 Bengaluru Torpedoes – Report

8:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 3-2 Chennai Blitz – Report

5th March

6:30 PM: Kochi Blue Spikers vs Delhi Toofans – Report

6th March

6:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 3-2 Calicut Heroes – Report

7th March

6:30 PM: Kolkata Thunderbolts 3-0 Mumbai Meteors – Report

8th March

6:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 0-3 Chennai Blitz Report

8:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 1-3 Calicut Heroes Report

9th March

6:30 PM: Hyderabad Black Hawks 0-3 Kochi Blue Spikers Report

10th March

6:30 PM: Chennai Blitz 0-3 Calicut Heroes Report

8:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 0-3 Delhi Toofans Report

Super 5s

11th March

6:30 PM: Bengaluru Torpedoes 0-3 Delhi Toofans

8:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 3-1 Mumbai Meteors – Report

12th March

6:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 2-3 Bengaluru Torpedoes – Report

13th March

6:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 1-3 Delhi Toofans Report

14th March

6:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 2-3 Mumbai Meteors – Report

8:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 3-2 Bengaluru Torpedoes – Report

15th March

6:30 PM: Ahmedabad Defenders 3-2 Delhi Toofans Report

16th March

6:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 0-3 Bengaluru Torpedoes – Report

17th March

6:30 PM: Mumbai Meteors 3-1 Delhi Toofans – Report

8:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 2-3 Ahmedabad Defenders – Report

Eliminator

19th March

6:30 PM: Delhi Toofans 3-2 Ahmedabad Defenders – Report

20th March

Rest day

Final

21st March

6:30 PM: Calicut Heroes 3-1 Delhi Toofans Report

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