2018 Pro Kabaddi League season

Vivo Pro Kabaddi League
Dates 7 October 2018 – 6 January 2019
Administrator(s) Mashal Sports
Tournament format(s) Double round robin, round robin and playoffs
Host(s)  India
Defending Champions Patna Pirates
Participants 12
Official website prokabaddi.com
UDRS Available Yes

The 2018 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League is the sixth season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league in India since 2014. The season began on 7th October 2018. Patna Pirates are the defending champions having defeated the Gujarat Fortune Giants in the 2017 Pro Kabaddi League Final.

Teams

Stadiums and Locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team City/State Stadium[1] Capacity
Bengal Warriors Kolkata, West Bengal Netaji Indoor Stadium 12,000
Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru, Karnataka TBD TBD
Dabang Delhi KC Delhi Thyagaraj Sports Complex 4,494
Jaipur Pink Panthers Panchkula, Haryana Tau Devilal Sports Complex 7,000
Patna Pirates Patna, Bihar Patliputra Sports Complex 20,000
Puneri Paltan Pune, Maharashtra Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex 4,200
Telugu Titans Hyderabad/Vizag, Telangana Gachibowli Indoor Stadium 5,000
U Mumba Mumbai, Maharashtra Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium 5,000
Gujarat Fortune Giants Ahmedabad, Gujarat The Arena Indoor Stadium 4,000
UP Yoddha Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex 8,000
Tamil Thalaivas Chennai, Tamilnadu Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 5,000
Haryana Steelers Sonipat, Haryana Motilal Nehru School of Sports 2,000

Personnel & Sponsorship

Teams Owners Head Coach Captain Kit Sponsor Main Sponsor Associate Sponsor
Bengal Warriors Birthright Games & Entertainment Private Limited India Jagdish Kumble India Surjeet Singh Future Pay fbb
Bengaluru Bulls WL League Pvt. Ltd. India Randhir Singh & India BC Ramesh India Rohit Kumar Shiv Naresh Sports Xiaomi
Dabang Delhi KC Radha Kapoor Khanna India Krishan Kumar Hooda India Joginder Singh Narwal
Gujarat Fortune Giants Adani Wilmar Ltd. India Manpreet Singh India Sunil Kumar Shiv Naresh Sports Fru2go Odayo
Haryana Steelers JSW Group India Rambir Singh Khokkar India Surender Nada Alcis Herbalife Nutrition Borosil
Jaipur Pink Panthers Abhishek Bachchan India Srinivas Reddy India Anup Kumar D:FY Finolex Cables Lux Cozi
Patna Pirates Rajesh V. Shah India Ram Mehar Singh India Pardeep Narwal 4u Sports Birla Gold Cement Capital Float
Puneri Paltan Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd. India Ashan Kumar India Girish Maruti Emak Equio Force Motors
Tamil Thalaivas Iquest Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. & Blasters Sports Ventures Pvt. Ltd. India Bhaskaran Edacherry India Ajay Thakur Orbit Wires & Cables Valvoline
Telugu Titans Srinivas Sreeramaneni - Veera Sports India Kilaru Jagmohan India Vishal Bhardwaj Vats Greenko Haldiram's
U Mumba Ronnie Screwvala Iran Gholamreza Mahmoud Mazandarani & India Upendra Kumar Iran Fazel Atrachali Indigo Paints Syska
UP Yoddha GMR Group India J Udaya Singh India Rishank Devadiga T10 Sports Tata Yodha Suzuki Access 125

Foreign Players

Each team can sign maximum 3 foreign players in the squad.

Teams Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Bengal Warriors South Korea Jang Kun Lee Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman -
Bengaluru Bulls South Korea Dong Ju Hong South Korea Gyung Tae Kim -
Dabang Delhi KC Thailand Khomsan Thongkham Iran Meraj Sheykh -
Gujarat Fortune Giants South Korea Dong Geon Lee Iran Hadi Oshtorak -
Haryana Steelers Bangladesh Md. Zakir Hossain Kenya Patrick Nzau Muvai -
Jaipur Pink Panthers Kenya David Shilisia J Mosambayi South Korea Young Chang Ko -
Patna Pirates South Korea Hyunil Park South Korea Tae Deok Eom -
Puneri Paltan Nepal Lal Mohar Yadav Nepal Sanjay Shrestha -
Tamil Thalaivas South Korea Chan Sik Park Kenya Victor Onyango Obiero -
Telugu Titans Iran Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari Iran Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan Iran Abozar Mohajermighani
U Mumba Iran Fazel Atrachali Iran Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali Iran Hadi Tajik
UP Yoddha Bangladesh Sulieman Kabir South Korea Seong Ryeol Kim -

Sponsorship

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Broadcast Sponsor

Points Table

Source: prokabaddi.com[3]
The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.

Zone A

Team Played Won Lost Tied SD Points
U Mumba 3 2 0 1 35 13
Puneri Paltan 3 1 1 1 8 9
Dabang Delhi 2 1 0 1 4 8
Haryana Steelers 3 1 2 0 -28 5
Gujarat Fortune Giants 2 0 1 1 -11 3
Jaipur Pink Panthers 1 0 1 0 -7 1

Zone B

Team Played Won Lost Tied SD Points
Telugu Titans 2 2 0 0 10 10
UP Yoddha 3 1 2 0 -2 7
Tamil Thalaivas 5 1 4 0 -14 7
Bengaluru Bulls 1 1 0 0 11 5
Bengal Warriors 1 1 0 0 9 5
Patna Pirates 2 1 1 0 -14 5

Updated after match 8

  • Five points for every win
  • Three points each if draw
  • One point if a team loses by seven or fewer points
  • Top three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs
  • SD = Score Difference

League Stage

Source:prokabaddi.com[4]

Leg 1 – Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

7 October 2018
20:00
Tamil Thalaivas 42 — 26 Patna Pirates
Report
Match 1
Tamil Thalaivas won by 16 points
7 October 2018
21:00
Puneri Paltan 32 — 32 U Mumba
Report
Match 2
Match Tied
8 October 2018
20:00
Puneri Paltan 34 — 22 Haryana Steelers
Report
Match 3
Puneri Paltan won by 12 points
8 October 2018
21:00
Tamil Thalaivas 32 — 37 UP Yoddha
Report
Match 4
UP Yoddha won 5 points
9 October 2018
20:00
Dabang Delhi 32 — 32 Gujarat Fortune Giants
Report
Match 5
Match tied
9 October 2018
21:00
Tamil Thalaivas 28 — 33 Telugu Titans
Report
Match 6
Telugu Titans won by 5 points
10 October 2018
20:00
U Mumba 39 — 32 Jaipur Pink Panthers
Report
Match 7
U Mumba won
10 October 2018
21:00
Tamil Thalaivas 37 — 48 Bengaluru Bulls
Report
Match 8
Bengaluru Bulls won
11 October 2018
20:00
UP Yoddha 41 — 43 Patna Pirates
Report
Match 9
Patna Pirates won
11 October 2018
21:00
Tamil Thalaivas 27 — 36 Bengal Warriors
Report
Match 10
Bengal Warriors won

Leg 2 – Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Sonepat

12 October 2018
20:00
Haryana Steelers 36 — 25 Gujarat Fortune Giants
Report
Match 11
Haryana Steelers won
12 October 2018
21:00
Puneri Paltan 37 — 41 Dabang Delhi
Report
Match 12
Dabang Delhi won
13 October 2018
20:00
Telugu Titans 34 — 29 UP Yoddha
Report
Match 13
Telugu Titans won
13 October 2018
21:00
Haryana Steelers 26 — 53 U Mumba
Report
Match 14
U Mumba won
14 October 2018
20:00
Patna Pirates UP Yoddha
Match 15
14 October 2018
21:00
Haryana Steelers Puneri Paltan
Match 16
16 October 2018
20:00
Bengal Warriors Telugu Titans
Match 17
16 October 2018
21:00
Haryana Steelers Jaipur Pink Panthers
Match 18
17 October 2018
20:00
Bengaluru Bulls Tamil Thalaivas
Match 19
17 October 2018
21:00
Haryana Steelers U Mumba
Match 20
18 October 2018
20:00
Haryana Steelers Dabang Delhi
Match 21

Leg 3 – Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

18 October 2018
21:00
Puneri Paltan Gujarat Fortune Giants
Match 22
19 October 2018
20:00
Patna Pirates Telugu Titans
Match 23
19 October 2018
21:00
Puneri Paltan Jaipur Pink Panthers
Match 24
20 October 2018
20:00
UP Yoddha Bengal Warriors
Match 25
20 October 2018
21:00
Puneri Paltan U Mumba
Match 26
21 October 2018
20:00
Dabang Delhi Bengal Warriors
Match 27
Inter Zone Challenge Week
21 October 2018
21:00
Puneri Paltan Bengaluru Bulls
Match 28
Inter Zone Challenge Week
23 October 2018
20:00
U Mumba Telugu Titans
Match 29
Inter Zone Challenge Week
23 October 2018
21:00
Puneri Paltan Tamil Thalaivas
Match 30
Inter Zone Challenge Week
24 October 2018
20:00
Bengaluru Bulls Haryana Steelers
Match 31
Inter Zone Challenge Week
24 October 2018
21:00
Puneri Paltan U Mumba
Match 32
Inter Zone Challenge Week

Leg 4 – Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna

26 October 2018
20:00
Patna Pirates Jaipur Pink Panthers
Match 33
Inter Zone Challenge Week
26 October 2018
21:00
Gujarat Fortune Giants Tamil Thalaivas
Match 34
Inter Zone Challenge Week
27 October 2018
20:00
Jaipur Pink Panthers Bengal Warriors
Match 35
Inter Zone Challenge Week
27 October 2018
21:00
Patna Pirates U Mumba
Match 36
Inter Zone Challenge Week
28 October 2018
20:00
Dabang Delhi UP Yoddha
Match 37
Inter Zone Challenge Week
28 October 2018
21:00
Patna Pirates Haryana Steelers
Match 38
Inter Zone Challenge Week
30 October 2018
20:00
Puneri Paltan Gujarat Fortune Giants
Match 39
30 October 2018
21:00
Patna Pirates Telugu Titans
Match 40
31 October 2018
20:00
Dabang Delhi Puneri Paltan
Match 41
31 October 2018
21:00
Patna Pirates Bengaluru Bulls
Match 42
1 November 2018
20:00
Patna Pirates Bengal Warriors
Match 43

Leg 5 – Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida

2 November 2018
20:00
U Mumba Tamil Thalaivas
Match 44
2 November 2018
21:00
Jaipur Pink Panthers Gujarat Fortune Giants
Match 45
3 November 2018
20:00
U Mumba Puneri Paltan
Match 46
3 November 2018
21:00
UP Yoddha Bengaluru Bulls
Match 47
4 November 2018
20:00
Dabang Delhi Gujarat Fortune Giants
Match 48
4 November 2018
21:00
UP Yoddha Bengal Warriors
Match 49
6 November 2018
20:00
Jaipur Pink Panthers Haryana Steelers
Match 50
6 November 2018
21:00
UP Yoddha Telugu Titans
Match 51
8 November 2018
20:00
Dabang Delhi Haryana Steelers
Match 52
8 November 2018
21:00
UP Yoddha Bengaluru Bulls
Match 53

Leg 6 – Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai

9 November 2018
20:00
U Mumba Jaipur Pink Panthers
Match 54
9 November 2018
21:00
Bengal Warriors Telugu Titans
Match 55
10 November 2018
20:00
Patna Pirates Bengal Warriors
Match 56
10 November 2018
21:00
U Mumba Gujarat Fortune Giants
Match 57
11 November 2018
20:00
Jaipur Pink Panthers Dabang Delhi
Match 58
11 November 2018
21:00
U Mumba Haryana Steelers
Match 59
13 November 2018
20:00
Puneri Paltan Telugu Titans
Match 60
Inter Zone Challenge Week
13 November 2018
21:00
U Mumba UP Yoddha
Match 61
Inter Zone Challenge Week
14 November 2018
20:00
Tamil Thalaivas Haryana Steelers
Match 62
Inter Zone Challenge Week
14 November 2018
21:00
U Mumba Bengaluru Bulls
Match 63
Inter Zone Challenge Week
15 November 2018
20:00
Patna Pirates Dabang Delhi
Match 64
Inter Zone Challenge Week
15 November 2018
21:00
U Mumba Tamil Thalaivas
Match 65
Inter Zone Challenge Week

Leg 7 – The Arena, Ahmedabad

16 November 2018
20:00
Gujarat Fortune Giants Bengal Warriors
Match 66
Inter Zone Challenge Week
16 November 2018
21:00
Jaipur Pink Panthers UP Yoddha
Match 67
Inter Zone Challenge Week
17 November 2018
20:00
Puneri Paltan Bengal Warriors
Match 68
Inter Zone Challenge Week
17 November 2018
21:00
Gujarat Fortune Giants Bengaluru Bulls
Match 69
Inter Zone Challenge Week
18 November 2018
20:00
Jaipur Pink Panthers Bengaluru Bulls
Match 70
Inter Zone Challenge Week
18 November 2018
21:00
Gujarat Fortune Giants UP Yoddha
Match 71
Inter Zone Challenge Week
20 November 2018
20:00
Tamil Thalaivas Telugu Titans
Match 72
20 November 2018
21:00
Gujarat Fortune Giants Dabang Delhi
Match 73
21 November 2018
20:00
Patna Pirates Tamil Thalaivas
Match 74
21 November 2018
21:00
Gujarat Fortune Giants U Mumba
Match 75
22 November 2018
20:00
Gujarat Fortune Giants Haryana Steelers
Match 76

Leg 8 – Venue TBD

23 November 2018
20:00
Bengaluru Bulls Bengal Warriors
Match 77
23 November 2018
21:00
Jaipur Pink Panthers Puneri Paltan
Match 78
24 November 2018
20:00
U Mumba Dabang Delhi
Match 79
24 November 2018
21:00
Bengaluru Bulls Tamil Thalaivas
Match 80
25 November 2018
20:00
Dabang Delhi Haryana Steelers
Match 81
25 November 2018
21:00
Bengaluru Bulls Patna Pirates
Match 82
27 November 2018
20:00
Tamil Thalaivas Telugu Titans
Match 83
27 November 2018
21:00
Bengaluru Bulls U Mumba
Match 84
28 November 2018
20:00
Haryana Steelers Puneri Paltan
Match 85
28 November 2018
21:00
Bengaluru Bulls Telugu Titans
Match 86
29 November 2018
20:00
Puneri Paltan Gujarat Fortune Giants
Match 87
29 November 2018
21:00
Bengaluru Bulls Bengal Warriors
Match 88
30 November 2018
20:00
Dabang Delhi Jaipur Pink Panthers
Match 89
30 November 2018
21:00
Tamil Thalaivas Patna Pirates
Match 90

References

  1. "Official Website for the Pro Kabaddi League". ProKabaddi.com. 2014-03-09. Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  2. "Pro Kabaddi S5 highest rated non-cricket event on TV, claims Star – TelevisionPost: Latest News, India's Television, Cable, DTH, TRAI". Television Post. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. "Season 5, standings".
  4. "Season 6, results".

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