2014 Pro Kabaddi League season

The 2014 Pro Kabaddi League was the first season of Pro Kabaddi League. The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There was double round robin matches along with two semi finals, third place and final games. 56 games were to be played in first round and 4 in play off stage making total of 60 games. 8 teams took part in first edition. First game was played on July 26 between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on August 31 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35-24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League.[1]

Pro Kabaddi 2014
Dates26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) – 31 August 2014 (2014-08-31)
Administrator(s)Mashal Sports
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)India
ChampionsJaipur Pink Panthers (1st title)
Participants8
Matches played60
Player of the SeriesAnup Kumar
Official websiteprokabaddi.com

Player auction

The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams was held on 20 May 2014[2] in Mumbai. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹12.80 lakh by Patna franchise. Sports Authority of India's Deepak Nivas was bought by Vizag franchise for ₹12.90 lakh.[2] Mostafa Noudehi was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹6.6 lakh by Pune franchise.[3]

Franchises
Locations of the 2014 Pro Kabaddi teams

Stadium and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium[4]
Bengal Warriors Kolkata Netaji Indoor Stadium
Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru Kanteerava Indoor Stadium
Dabang Delhi Delhi Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Jaipur Pink Panthers Jaipur Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Patna Pirates Patna Patliputra Sports Complex
Puneri Paltan Pune Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Telugu Titans Visakhapatnam Port Trust Diamond Jubilee Stadium
U Mumba Mumbai Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

Personnel
Team Owner(s)[5] Captain Head coach
Bengal Warriors Future Group Nilesh Shinde Raj Narain Sharma
Bengaluru Bulls Kosmik Global Media Manjit Chillar Randhir Singh
Dabang Delhi DO IT Sports Management Jasmer Singh Arjun Singh
Jaipur Pink Panthers Abhishek Bachchan Navneet Gautam Kasinathan Baskaran
Patna Pirates Rajesh Shah Rakesh Kumar R S Khokhar
Puneri Paltan Insurekot Sports Wazir Singh Ramphal Kaushik
Telugu Titans Veera Sports Rajaguru Subramanian J Udayakumar
U Mumba Unilazer Sports Anup Kumar Ravi Shetty

Results

Points Table
Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
Jaipur Pink Panthers (C) 14103110054
U Mumba (R) 148335951
Bengaluru Bulls (4) 148513647
Patna Pirates (3) 147521845
Telugu Titans 146532642
Dabang Delhi KC 14581-2732
Bengal Warriors 14491-8524
Puneri Paltan 142120-12717
Source: https://www.prokabaddi.com/standings

(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.

  •      Advanced to the Playoff Stage
  • 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 4 teams qualified for the semifinals

Leg-1-Mumbai


1: 26 July-8pm- U Mumba (45) - Jaipur Pink Panthers (31)

2: 26 July-9pm- Dabang Delhi K.C. (28) - Bengaluru Bulls (47)

3: 27 July-8pm- Bengaluru Bulls (40) - Puneri Paltan (37)

4: 27 July-9pm- U Mumba (36) - Bengal Warriors (25)

5: 28 July-8pm- Puneri Paltan (31) - Dabang Delhi K.C. (35)

6: 28 July-9pm- U Mumba (35) - Telugu Titans (35)

7: 29 July-8pm- U Mumba (36) - Patna Pirates (33)


Leg-2-Kolkata


8: 30 July-8pm- Bengal Warriors (30) - Bengaluru Bulls (46)

9: 31 July-8pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (46) - Telugu Titans (32)

10: 31 July-9pm- Bengal Warriors (42) - Dabang Delhi K.C. (40)

11: 1 Aug-8pm- Telugu Titans (35) - Patna Pirates (38)

12: 1 Aug-9pm- Bengal Warriors (38) - Puneri Paltan (35)

13: 2 Aug-8pm- Patna Pirates (18) - Jaipur Pink Panthers (40)

14: 2 Aug-9pm- Bengal Warriors (29) - U Mumba (39)


Leg-3-Delhi


15: 3 Aug-8pm- Dabang Delhi K.C. (35) - Telugu Titans (39)

16: 3 Aug-9pm- Puneri Paltan (33) - Bengaluru Bulls (31)

17: 4 Aug-8pm- U Mumba (44) - Puneri Paltan (28)

18: 4 Aug-9pm- Dabang Delhi K.C. (31) - Patna Pirates (36)

19: 5 Aug-8pm- Bengaluru Bulls (34) - U Mumba (45)

20: 5 Aug-9pm- Dabang Delhi K.C. (31) - Jaipur Pink Panthers (40)

21: 6 Aug-8pm- Dabang Delhi K.C. (46) - Bengal Warriors (36)


Leg-4-Patna


22: 7 Aug-8pm- Patna Pirates (35) - Puneri Paltan (27)

23: 8 Aug-8pm- Bengal Warriors (40) - Telugu Titans (35)

24: 8 Aug-9pm- Patna Pirates (37) - U Mumba (37)

25: 9 Aug-8pm- Telugu Titans (29) - Jaipur Pink Panthers (49)

26: 9 Aug-9pm- Patna Pirates (30) - Dabang Delhi K.C. (30)

27: 10 Aug-8pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (39) - Bengal Warriors (23)

28: 10 Aug-9pm- Patna Pirates (35) - Bengaluru Bulls (37)


Leg-5-Pune


29: 12 Aug-8pm- Puneri Paltan (36) - Telugu Titans (42)

30: 13 Aug-8pm- U Mumba (30) - Bengaluru Bulls (33)

31: 13 Aug-9pm- Puneri Paltan (40) - Bengal Warriors (30)

32: 14 Aug-8pm- Bengaluru Bulls (27) - Dabang Delhi K.C. (29)

33: 14 Aug-9pm- Puneri Paltan (23) - Jaipur Pink Panthers (50)

34: 15 Aug-8pm- Dabang Delhi K.C. (36) - U Mumba (27)

35: 15 Aug-9pm- Puneri Paltan (31) - Patna Pirates (37)


Leg-6-Vizag


36: 16 Aug-8pm- Telugu Titans (28) - Bengaluru Bulls (28)

37: 16 Aug-9pm- Bengal Warriors (33) - Jaipur Pink Panthers (41)

38: 17 Aug-8pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (30) - Patna Pirates (52)

39: 17Aug-9pm- Telugu Titans (44) - U Mumba (43)

40: 18 Aug-8pm- Patna Pirates (28) - Bengal Warriors (30)

41: 18 Aug-9pm- Telugu Titans (60) - Puneri Paltan (24)

42: 19 Aug-8pm- Telugu Titans (45) - Dabang Delhi K.C. (26)


Leg-7-Jaipur


43: 20 Aug-8pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (36) - Bengaluru Bulls (31)

44: 21 Aug-8pm- Bengal Warriors (32) - Patna Pirates (36)

45: 21 Aug-9pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (31) - U Mumba (31)

46: 22 Aug-8pm- Telugu Titans (34) - Bengal Warriors (34)

47: 22 Aug-9pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (41) - Dabang Delhi K.C. (31)

48: 23 Aug-8pm- Patna Pirates (29) - Telugu Titans (32)

49: 23 Aug-9pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (33) - Puneri Paltan (27)


Leg-8-Bengaluru


50: 24 Aug-8pm- Bengaluru Bulls (37) - Bengal Warriors (24)

51: 24 Aug-9pm- U Mumba (37) - Dabang Delhi K.C. (30)

52: 25 Aug-8pm- Dabang Delhi K.C. (45) - Puneri Paltan (22)

53: 25 Aug-9pm- Bengaluru Bulls (31) - Patna Pirates (33)

54: 26 Aug-8pm- Bengaluru Bulls (27) - Telugu Titans (26)

55: 27 Aug-8pm- Puneri Paltan (35) - U Mumba (36)

56: 27 Aug-9pm- Bengaluru Bulls (30) - Jaipur Pink Panthers (29)

Playoff Stage

All matches played at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai.


Semi-Final-1- Mumbai-

57: 29 Aug-8pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (38) - Patna Pirates (18)


Semi-Final-2- Mumbai-

58: 29 Aug-9pm- U Mumba (27) - Bengaluru Bulls (23)


3rd Place Playoff- Mumbai-

59: 31 Aug-8pm- Patna Pirates (29) - Bengaluru Bulls (22)


FINAL - Mumbai -


60: 31 Aug-9pm- Jaipur Pink Panthers (35) - U Mumba (24)

Statistics

Top 5 Raiders
No. Player Team Points
1 Anup Kumar U Mumba 155
2 Rahul Chaudhari Telugu Titans 151
3 Maninder Singh Jaipur Pink Panthers 130
4 Ajay Thakur Bengaluru Bulls 122
5 Kashiling Adake Dabang Delhi 113
5 Surjeet Narwal Dabang Delhi 113

Top 5 Defenders
No. Player Team Points
1 Manjeet Chillar Bengaluru Bulls 51
2 Surender Nada U Mumba 51
3 Dharmaraj Cheralathan Bengaluru Bulls 39
4 Rohit Rana Jaipur Pink Panthers 38
4 Jasmer Singh Gulia Dabang Delhi 38

References
  1. "Season 1, results". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. "Pro Kabaddi league fixes players' auction on May 20 - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  3. Special Correspondent (2014-05-21). "Rakesh Kumar gets the highest bid". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  4. "Official Website for the Pro Kabaddi League". ProKabaddi.com. 2014-03-09. Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  5. "Pro Kabaddi League auction sees big spends on national players". Business Standard. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
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