2017–18 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of Premier Badminton League. It started on 23 December 2017 and concluded on 14 January 2018. It consisted of 20 league ties (each tie consisting of 5 matches) with the top four teams progressing to the knock out stages. The season featured two new teams – Ahmedabad Smash Masters and North Eastern Warriors – bringing the total to eight competing teams. Also, the Delhi team previously known as Delhi Acers will feature as Delhi Dashers.
Hyderabad Hunters were crowned the champions after they beat Bengaluru Blasters 4 - 3 in the final tie.
Squads +Ahmedabad Smash MastersAwadhe WarriorsBengaluru BlastersChennai Smashers H. S. Prannoy Saina Nehwal Viktor Axelsen P. V. Sindhu K. Nandagopal Christinna Pedersen Chong Wei Feng Aditya Joshi Kamilla Rytter Juhl Harshit Aggarwal Kim Sa-rang B. Sumeeth Reddy Tai Tzu-ying Hendra Setiawan Kirsty Gilmour Brice Leverdez Lee Chun Hei Srikanth Kidambi Manu Attri Chris Adcock Siril Verma Mahima Aggarwal Mathias Boe Daniel Farid Sourabh Varma Or Chin Chung N. Sikki Reddy Gabby Adcock Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli Parupalli Kashyap Rituparna Das Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Stefani Stoeva Sai Uttejita Rao Chukka Sanjana Santosh Vrushali Gummadi Law Cheuk Him Tang Chun Man Subhankar Dey Lee YangDelhi DashersHyderabad HuntersMumbai RocketsNorth Eastern Warriors Sung Ji-hyun Carolina Marín Son Wan-ho Wang Tzu-wei Arathi Sara Sunil Anoushka Parikh Arjun M.R. Ajay Jayaram Ashwini Ponnappa B. Sai Praneeth Zhang Beiwen Chirag Shetty Ivan Sozonov Lee Hyun-il Tan Boon Heong Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Pranav Chopra Markis Kido Gabriela Stoeva Kim Gi-jung Gurusai Dutt Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth Tarun Kona Michelle Li Shreyanshi Pardeshi Rahul Yadav Chittaboina Kuhoo Garg Prajakta Sawant Tian Houwei Rasika Raje Lee Yong-dae Pratul Joshi Vladimir Ivanov Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Sameer Verma Sanyogita Ghorpade Wong Wing Ki Yoo Yeon-seong Sanyam Shukla Shin Baek-cheol
Points table Team Hyderabad Hunters 5 13 7 4 1 20Ahmedabad Smash Masters 5 10 10 4 1 17Delhi Dashers 5 11 9 3 2 15Bengaluru Blasters 5 13 7 2 3 14Awadhe Warriors 5 8 12 3 2 12Chennai Smashers 5 8 12 3 2 12North Eastern Warriors 5 5 15 4 1 12Mumbai Rockets 5 6 14 3 2 10 Qualified for knockouts Five matches will be played in each tie (TP) 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) Source:
Fixtures
League stage +DateVenueTeam 1ResultTeam 223 DecGuwahatiChennai Smashers 3 - 4Awadhe Warriors24 DecNorth Eastern Warriors 2 - 5Hyderabad Hunters25 DecDelhi Dashers 1 - 4Mumbai Rockets26 DecNorth Eastern Warriors 3 - 4Ahmedabad Smash Masters27 DecNew DelhiChennai Smashers 4 - 3Mumbai Rockets28 DecDelhi Dashers 2 - 5Bengaluru Blasters29 DecAhmedabad Smash Masters 4 - 3Hyderabad Hunters30 DecNorth Eastern Warriors 3 - 4Awadhe Warriors31 DecDelhi Dashers 5 - 0Hyderabad Hunters1 JanLucknowBengaluru Blasters 6 - (-1)Mumbai Rockets2 JanAwadhe Warriors 4 - 3Ahmedabad Smash Masters3 JanChennai Smashers0 - 3Delhi Dashers4 JanAwadhe Warriors 1 - 4Mumbai Rockets5 JanChennaiBengaluru Blasters 2 - 3North Eastern Warriors6 JanChennai Smashers 2 - 1Ahmedabad Smash Masters7 JanHyderabad Hunters6 - (-1)Awadhe Warriors8 JanChennai Smashers 3 - 2Bengaluru Blasters9 JanMumbai Rockets 0 - 5Ahmedabad Smash Masters10 JanHyderabadDelhi Dashers 4 - 1North Eastern Warriors11 JanHyderabad Hunters 6 - (-1)Bengaluru BlastersSemi-finals12 JanHyderabadHyderabad Hunters 3 - 0Delhi Dashers13 JanBengaluru Blasters 4 - 3Ahmedabad Smash MastersFinals14 JanHyderabadHyderabad Hunters 4 - 3Bengaluru Blasters
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Knockout stage
Semifinal 1Hyderabad HuntersBernadeth, Rankireddy15 - 13, 10 - 15, 10 - 15(Mixed Doubles)Ponnappa, Ivanov Delhi DashersPraneeth15 - 9, 15 - 8(Men's Singles)Houwei(Trump Match)Marin(Trump Match)12 - 15, 15 - 11, 15 - 9(Women's Singles)HyunKido, Seong – (Men's Doubles)Sozonov, IvanovLee Hyun-Il – (Men's Singles)Gurusaidutt
Semifinal 2Bengaluru BlastersFeng2 - 15, 15 - 14, 10 - 15 (Men's Singles)Verma Ahmedabad Smash MastersRang, Boe(Trump Match) 15 - 13, 15 - 12 (Men's Doubles)Reginald, NandagopalGilmour 15 - 8, 13 - 15, 8 - 15 (Women's Singles)Tai(Trump Match)Axelsen 15 - 11, 15 - 14(Men's Singles)PrannoyRang, Reddy 15 - 12, 13 - 15, 15 - 9 (Mixed Doubles)Him, Juhl
FinalHyderabad HuntersKido, Seong9 - 15, 10 - 15 (Men's Doubles)Boe, Rang Bengaluru BlastersLee Hyun-Il(Trump Match) 15 - 7, 15 - 13(Men's Singles)DeyPraneeth 8 - 15, 10 - 15(Men's Singles)Axelsen(Trump Match)Marin 15 - 8, 15 - 14 (Women's Singles)GilmourBernadeth, Rankireddy15 - 11, 15 - 12(Mixed Doubles)Rang, Reddy
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