2019 Pro Kabaddi League
 Le panga | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 20 July 2019–19 October 2019 |
| Administrator | Mashal Sports |
Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | India |
| Teams | 12 |
| Website | prokabaddi |
| 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) |
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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]
Teams
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Color | City/State | Stadium[4] | Capacity |
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| Bengal Warriors | 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
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
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AR | Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali
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| Bengaluru Bulls |  Lal Mohar Yadav
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RD | Sanjay Shrestha
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| Dabang Delhi KC | Meraj Sheykh
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AR | Saeid Ghaffari
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| Gujarat Fortune Giants | Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali
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RD |  Mohammed Shazid Hossain
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| Haryana Steelers | Amirhossein Mohammed Maleki
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RD |  Tin Phonchoo
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| Jaipur Pink Panthers |  Dong Gyu Kim
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AR |  Milinda Chathuranga
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| Patna Pirates | Hadi Oshtorak
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AR | Lee Jang-kun
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RD | Mohammed Esmaeil Maghsoudlou Mohalli
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| Puneri Paltan | Emad Sedaghatnia
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RD | Hadi Tajik
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| Tamil Thalaivas | Milad Sheibak
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DF |  Victor Onyango Obiero
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| Telugu Titans | Abozar Mohajermighani
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DF | Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan
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| U Mumba | Dong Geon Lee
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RD | Fazel Atrachali
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DF | Young Chang Ko
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| UP Yoddha | MD. Masud Karim
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RD | Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari
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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
League stage
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 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 10 – Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur
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Leg 11 – Tau Devilal Sports Complex, Panchkula
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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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
Eliminator 1
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Eliminator 2
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Semi Final 1
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Semi Final 2
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Final
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Statistics
Best raiders
- As of 19 October 2019[6]
| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Total Points |
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| 1 | Pawan Sehrawat
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Bengaluru Bulls | 24 | 346 |
| 2 | Pardeep Narwal
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Patna Pirates | 22 | 302 |
| 3 | Naveen Kumar
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Dabang Delhi | 23 | 301 |
| 4 | Siddharth Desai
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Telugu Titans | 22 | 217 |
| 5 | Maninder Singh
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Bengal Warriors | 20 | 205 |
Best defenders
- As of 19 October 2019[7]
| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Tackle Points |
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| 1 | Fazel Atrachali
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U Mumba | 24 | 82 |
| 2 | Sumit
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UP Yoddha | 23 | 77 |
| 3 | Nitesh Kumar
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UP Yoddha | 23 | 75 |
| 4 | Sandeep Kumar Dhull
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Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 73 |
| 5 | Baldev Singh
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Bengal Warriors | 24 | 66 |
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. 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".
- ^ https://www.prokabbadi.com/stats/%7B0%7D[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.prokabbadi.com/stats/%7B0%7D[permanent dead link]