2018–19 Premier Badminton League

2018–19 Premier Badminton League

Tournament information
Sport	Badminton
Location	India
Dates	December 2018–January 2019
Administrator	Premier Badminton League
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Bengaluru Raptors
Runner-up	Mumbai Rockets

2018–19 Premier Badminton League was the fourth edition of Premier Badminton League. It was played from 22 December 2018 to 13 January 2019.[1] The season featured a new team Pune 7 Aces, bringing the total number of teams to 9.[2] Bengaluru Blasters were renamed Bengaluru Raptors.

Bengaluru Raptors beat Mumbai Rockets by 4–3 in the final tie to lift their maiden title.[3]

Squads

Ahmedabad Smash Masters	Awadhe Warriors	Bengaluru Raptors
Viktor Axelsen	Son Wan-ho	Srikanth Kidambi
Anoushka Parikh	Ashwini Ponnappa	Mohammad Ahsan
N. Sikki Reddy	Mathias Christiansen	Hendra Setiawan
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Lee Yang	B. Sai Praneeth
Lee Chun Hei	Zhang Beiwen	Mithun Manjunath
K. Nandagopal	Lee Dong-keun	Lauren Smith
Kirsty Gilmour	Sanyogita Ghorpade	Sanjana Santosh
Vaishnavi Bhale	Gurusai Dutt	Marcus Ellis
Liew Daren	Rasika Raje	Vũ Thị Trang
Sourabh Varma	Arjun M.R.	Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Chennai Smashers	Delhi Dashers	Hyderabad Hunters
Sung Ji-hyun	H. S. Prannoy	P. V. Sindhu
Gabby Adcock	Chai Biao	Eom Hye-won
Chris Adcock	Wang Sijie	Kim Sa-rang
Rutaparna Panda	Maneepong Jongjit	Bodin Isara
Sumeeth Reddy	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Sai Uttejita Rao Chukka
Saili Rane	Tommy Sugiarto	Lee Hyun-il
Rajiv Ouseph	Harika Veludurthi	Arun George
Parupalli Kashyap	Vighnesh Devlekar	Meghana Jakkampudi
Or Chin Chung	Chirag Sen	Mark Caljouw
Chong Wei Feng	Lee Chia-hsin	Rahul Yadav Chittaboina
Mumbai Rockets	North Eastern Warriors	Pune 7 Aces
Lee Yong-dae	Saina Nehwal	Carolina Marín
Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth	Kim Ha-na	Chirag Shetty
Kim Gi-jung	Yoo Yeon-seong	Mathias Boe
Shreyanshi Pardeshi	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	Vladimir Ivanov
Sameer Verma	Tian Houwei	Line Kjærsfeldt
Kuhoo Garg	K. Maneesha	Lakshya Sen
Manu Attri	Liao Min-chun	Brice Leverdez
Anders Antonsen	Dhruv Kapila	Sony Dwi Kuncoro
Pratul Joshi	Siril Verma	Ajay Jayaram
Anura Prabhudesai	Rituparna Das	Prajakta Sawant

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Points table

Team	MP	RMW	RML	TMW	TML	Pts.
Awadhe Warriors	30	13	11	6	0	25
Hyderabad Hunters	30	15	9	5	1	24
Bengaluru Raptors	30	12	12	5	1	21
Mumbai Rockets	30	13	11	4	2	19
Pune 7 Aces	30	8	16	5	1	17
Chennai Smashers	30	12	12	3	3	15
Ahmedabad Smash Masters	30	7	17	4	2	13
North Eastern Warriors	30	11	13	2	4	11
Delhi Dashers	30	9	15	1	5	6

•   Qualified for knockouts
• Five matches (MP) constitute one tie
• Each team will play six ties
• 1 point for each Regular Match Won (RMW)
• 0 points for Regular Matches Lost (RML)
• 2 points for each Trump Match Won (TMW)
• -1 point for each Trump Match Lost (TML)[5]

Source: Official PBL website

Fixtures

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League Stage

Date	Time	Venue	Team 1	Result	Team 2
22 Dec	19:00	Mumbai	Pune 7 Aces	(-1) – 6	Hyderabad Hunters
23 Dec	16:00		Mumbai Rockets	5 – 0	Delhi Dashers
23 Dec	19:00		Ahmedabad Smash Masters	4 – 1	North Eastern Warriors
24 Dec	19:00		Pune 7 Aces	3 – 4	Awadhe Warriors
25 Dec	19:00	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Hunters	5 – 0	Chennai Smashers
26 Dec	19:00		Delhi Dashers	1 – 4	Ahmedabad Smash Masters
27 Dec	19:00		North Eastern Warriors	4 – 1	Mumbai Rockets
28 Dec	16:00		Ahmedabad Smash Masters	4 – 3	Bengaluru Raptors
28 Dec	19:00		Hyderabad Hunters	1 – 4	Awadhe Warriors
29 Dec	16:00	Pune	Pune 7 Aces	4 – 3	Mumbai Rockets
29 Dec	19:00		North Eastern Warriors	3 – 0	Delhi Dashers
30 Dec	16:00		Ahmedabad Smash Masters	(-1) – 6	Chennai Smashers
30 Dec	19:00		Pune 7 Aces	3 – 4	Bengaluru Raptors
31 Dec	19:00		Awadhe Warriors	2 – 5	Mumbai Rockets
1 Jan	19:00		Hyderabad Hunters	5 – 0	North Eastern Warriors
2 Jan	19:00	Ahmedabad	Delhi Dashers	1 – 2	Bengaluru Raptors
3 Jan	19:00		Pune 7 Aces	3 – 4	Chennai Smashers
4 Jan	19:00		Ahmedabad Smash Masters	(-1) – 6	Awadhe Warriors
5 Jan	16:00		Mumbai Rockets	5 – 0	Chennai Smashers
5 Jan	19:00		Bengaluru Raptors	4 – 3	North Eastern Warriors
6 Jan	16:00		Delhi Dashers	0 – 5	Pune 7 Aces
6 Jan	19:00		Ahmedabad Smash Masters	3 – 4	Hyderabad Hunters
7 Jan	19:00	Bangalore	Awadhe Warriors	4 – 3	Chennai Smashers
8 Jan	19:00		Bengaluru Raptors	5 – 0	Mumbai Rockets
9 Jan	16:00		Hyderabad Hunters	3 – 4	Delhi Dashers
9 Jan	19:00		Awadhe Warriors	5 – 0	North Eastern Warriors
10 Jan	19:00		Bengaluru Raptors	3 – 2	Chennai Smashers

Knockout stage

Date	Time	Venue	Team 1	Result	Team 2
Semi-finals
11 Jan	19:00	Bangalore	Awadhe Warriors	2 – 4	Bengaluru Raptors
12 Jan	19:00		Hyderabad Hunters	2 – 4	Mumbai Rockets
Finals
13 Jan	19:00	Bangalore	Bengaluru Raptors	4 – 3	Mumbai Rockets

Semifinal 1
Awadhe Warriors	M. Christiansen, A. Ponnappa (Trump Match)	15 – 7, 15 – 10 ^(Mixed Doubles)	M. Ellis, L. Smith	Bengaluru Raptors
	L. D. Keun	9 – 15, 4 – 15 ^(Men's Singles)	B. S. Praneeth
	S. W. Ho	7 – 15, 10 – 15 ^(Men's Singles)	K. Srikanth
	Y. Lee, M. Christiansen	14 – 15, 9 – 15 ^(Men's Doubles)	M. Ahsan, H. Setiawan (Trump Match)
	B. Zhang	– ^(Women's Singles)	T. T. Vu

Semifinal 2
Hyderabad Hunters	B. Isara, K. S. Rang	14 – 15, 12 – 15 ^(Men's Doubles)	K. G. Jung, L. Y. Dae	Mumbai Rockets
	M. Caljouw	8 – 15, 7 – 15 ^(Men's Singles)	S. Verma (Trump Match)
	P. V. Sindhu (Trump Match)	15 – 6, 15 – 5 ^(Women's Singles)	S. Pardeshi
	L. Hyun	13 – 15, 6 – 15 ^(Men's Singles)	A. Antonsen
	K. S. Rang, E. H. Won	– ^(Mixed Doubles)	K. G. Jung, P. Z. Bernadeth

Final
Bengaluru Raptors	M. Ellis, L. Smith	8 – 15, 14 – 15 ^(Mixed Doubles)	K. G. Jung, P. Z. Bernadeth (Trump Match)	Mumbai Rockets
	K. Srikanth	15 – 7, 15 – 10 ^(Men's Singles)	A. Antonsen
	T. T. Vu (Trump Match)	15 – 8, 15 – 9 ^(Women's Singles)	S. Pardeshi
	B. S. Praneeth	15 – 7, 12 – 15, 3 – 15 ^(Men's Singles)	S. Verma
	M. Ahsan, H. Setiawan	15 – 13, 15 – 10 ^(Men's Doubles)	K. G. Jung, L. Y. Dae

References

1. "PBL Season 4 to have nine franchises, with Pune joins the league". gobadminton.in. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
2. "Taapsee on Owning a PBL Team & Why Badminton is Important to India". thequint.com. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
3. "Bengaluru Raptors clinch PBL 4 title with a thrilling 4-3 win over Mumbai Rockets". Scroll.in. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
4. "Premier Badminton League squads after the 2018-19 players' auction". 8 October 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
5. "Rules and Regulations". PBL. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
6. "Premier Badminton League". Retrieved 3 December 2018.