# 2022 Prime Volleyball League

2022 Prime Volleyball League (also known as PVL 2022, or for sponsorship reasons, RuPay PVL 2022) is the inaugural season of the Prime Volleyball League, a franchise based Indian Indoor Volleyball League which is organized by Baseline Ventures. This edition of the league will feature seven teams from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Calicut, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Kolkata and the tournament is scheduled to be held at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad from 5 to 27 February 2022.

## Format

In the inaugural season, seven teams are participating, engaging in a total of 24 matches. Each team competes against every other team in a single round-robin format, leading to the top 4 teams advancing to the playoffs.

## Venue

The tournament was earlier scheduled to be held in Kochi but later moved to Hyderabad due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. All the matches were held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 1.500 | 406 | 396 | 1.025 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 2 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1.500 | 402 | 375 | 1.072 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 3 | Calicut Heroes | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 1.500 | 409 | 387 | 1.057 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 4 | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1.000 | 400 | 391 | 1.023 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 5 | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 0.765 | 396 | 413 | 0.959 | |
| 6 | Chennai Blitz | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 0.579 | 383 | 414 | 0.925 | |
| 7 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 0.667 | 388 | 408 | 0.951 | |

## League stage

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Feb | 19:00 | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 4–1 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 15–12 | 15–11 | 15–11 | 15–10 | 13–15 | 73–59 | P2 |
| 6 Feb | 19:00 | Chennai Blitz | 2–3 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 13–15 | 11–15 | 15–11 | 13–15 | 15–11 | 67–67 | P2 |
| 7 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 2–3 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 13–15 | 15–12 | 10–15 | 15–12 | 13–15 | 66–69 | P2 |
| 8 Feb | 19:00 | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 3–2 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 14–15 | 12–15 | 15–13 | 15–9 | 15–14 | 71–66 | P2 |
| 9 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 2–3 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 15–12 | 11–15 | 15–10 | 12–15 | 11–15 | 64–67 | P2 |
| 10 Feb | 19:00 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 4–1 | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 15–13 | 15–10 | 15–12 | 15–8 | 9–15 | 69–58 | P2 |
| 11 Feb | 19:00 | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 3–2 | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 15–12 | 14–15 | 15–12 | 11–15 | 15–13 | 70–67 | P2 |
| 11 Feb | 21:00 | Chennai Blitz | 1–4 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 15–10 | 11–15 | 10–15 | 12–15 | 13–15 | 61–70 | P2 |
| 12 Feb | 19:00 | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 1–4 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 13–15 | 8–15 | 15–9 | 12–15 | 10–15 | 58–69 | P2 |
| 13 Feb | 19:00 | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 5–0 | Chennai Blitz | 15–14 | 15–11 | 15–14 | 15–7 | 15–13 | 75–59 | P2 |
| 14 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 4–1 | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 15–12 | 15–12 | 15–9 | 14–15 | 15–13 | 74–61 | P2 |
| 15 Feb | 19:00 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 2–3 | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 8–15 | 15–13 | 9–15 | 12–15 | 15–8 | 59–66 | P2 |
| 16 Feb | 19:00 | Chennai Blitz | 2–3 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 12–15 | 11–15 | 15–14 | 15–12 | 10–15 | 63–71 | P2 |
| 17 Feb | 19:00 | Chennai Blitz | 3–2 | Calicut Heroes | 15–14 | 15–9 | 15–14 | 10–15 | 12–15 | 67–67 | P2 |
| 17 Feb | 21:00 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 2–3 | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 14–15 | 13–15 | 14–15 | 15–14 | 15–13 | 71–72 | P2 |
| 18 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 3–2 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 15–12 | 15–9 | 9–15 | 9–15 | 15–11 | 63–62 | P2 |
| 19 Feb | 19:00 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 2–3 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 15–7 | 10–15 | 13–15 | 14–15 | 15–10 | 67–62 | P2 |
| 20 Feb | 19:00 | Chennai Blitz | 3–2 | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 9–15 | 15–12 | 15–13 | 15–9 | 12–15 | 66–64 | P2 |
| 21 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 5–0 | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 15–14 | 15–10 | 15–14 | 15–14 | 15–9 | 75–61 | P2 |
| 22 Feb | 19:00 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 3–2 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 15–14 | 15–14 | 11–15 | 14–15 | 15–10 | 70–68 | P2 |
| 23 Feb | 19:00 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 3–2 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 13–15 | 15–11 | 15–13 | 15–8 | 10–15 | 68–62 | P2 |
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## Play-offs
### Semifinals

Top four teams of League stage are qualified to two different semifinal pairs.

#### Semifinal 1

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Feb | 19:00 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 3–1 | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 15–13 | 15–12 | 9–15 | 15–12 | | 54–52 | P2 |

#### Semifinal 2

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Feb | 19:00 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 3–0 | Calicut Heroes | 16–14 | 15–10 | 17–15 | | | 48–39 | P2 |

### Finals
#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Feb | 19:00 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 0–3 | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 13–15 | 10–15 | 12–15 | | | 35–45 | P2 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Kolkata Thunderbolts |
| | Ahmedabad Defenders |
| | Calicut Heroes |
| | Hyderabad Black Hawks |
| 5 | Bengaluru Torpedoes |
| 6 | Chennai Blitz |
| 7 | Kochi Blue Spikers |
* 2022 Champions
* Kolkata Thunderbolts Maiden title
* Team Roster
* Sujoy Dutta, Anu James, Tharun Gowda K, Mohamed Riyazudeen, Rahul Ramesh K Ashwal Rai (c), Matthew August, Shameemudeen A, Vinit Kumar, Ian Woo Satterfield, Aravindhan S, Janshad U, Hari Prasad B S, Muhammed Eqbal T N
* Head coach
* Sunny Joseph

## Awards

| Player | Team | Award |
| Vinit Kumar | Kolkata Thunderbolts | Player of the Final Match |
| Shon T John | Ahmedabad Defenders | Fantasy Player of the Season |
| Angamuthu Ramaswamy | Ahmedabad Defenders | Spiker of the Season |
| John Joseph E J | Hyderabad Black Hawks | Blocker of the Season |
| Guru Prasanth SV | Hyderabad Black Hawks | Emerging Player of the Season |
| Vinit Kumar | Kolkata Thunderbolts | Most Valuable Player |
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