2018–19 Premier Badminton League was the fourth edition of the Premier Badminton League. It was played from 22 December 2018 to 13 January 2019. The season featured a new team Pune 7 Aces, bringing the total number of teams to 9. Bengaluru Blasters were renamed Bengaluru Raptors.
Bengaluru Raptors beat Mumbai Rockets by 4–3 in the final tie to lift their maiden title.
Squads +Ahmedabad Smash MastersAwadhe WarriorsBengaluru 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 MinhChennai SmashersDelhi DashersHyderabad 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 ChittaboinaMumbai RocketsNorth Eastern WarriorsPune 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
Points table Team Awadhe Warriors 30 13 11 6 0 25Hyderabad Hunters 30 15 9 5 1 24Bengaluru Raptors 30 12 12 5 1 21Mumbai Rockets 30 13 11 4 2 19Pune 7 Aces 30 8 16 5 1 17Chennai Smashers 30 12 12 3 3 15Ahmedabad Smash Masters 30 7 17 4 2 13North Eastern Warriors 30 11 13 2 4 11Delhi 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) Source:
Fixtures
League Stage +DateTimeVenueTeam 1ResultTeam 222 Dec19:00MumbaiPune 7 Aces (-1) – 6Hyderabad Hunters23 Dec16:00Mumbai Rockets 5 – 0 Delhi Dashers23 Dec19:00Ahmedabad Smash Masters 4 – 1 North Eastern Warriors24 Dec19:00Pune 7 Aces 3 – 4Awadhe Warriors25 Dec19:00HyderabadHyderabad Hunters 5 – 0Chennai Smashers26 Dec19:00Delhi Dashers 1 – 4Ahmedabad Smash Masters27 Dec19:00North Eastern Warriors 4 – 1Mumbai Rockets28 Dec16:00Ahmedabad Smash Masters 4 – 3 Bengaluru Raptors28 Dec19:00 Hyderabad Hunters 1 – 4Awadhe Warriors29 Dec16:00PunePune 7 Aces 4 – 3Mumbai Rockets29 Dec19:00North Eastern Warriors 3 – 0Delhi Dashers30 Dec16:00Ahmedabad Smash Masters(-1) – 6 Chennai Smashers30 Dec19:00Pune 7 Aces 3 – 4Bengaluru Raptors31 Dec19:00Awadhe Warriors 2 – 5Mumbai Rockets1 Jan19:00 Hyderabad Hunters 5 – 0North Eastern Warriors2 Jan19:00Ahmedabad Delhi Dashers 1 – 2Bengaluru Raptors3 Jan19:00 Pune 7 Aces 3 – 4Chennai Smashers4 Jan19:00Ahmedabad Smash Masters (-1) – 6 Awadhe Warriors5 Jan16:00 Mumbai Rockets 5 – 0Chennai Smashers5 Jan19:00 Bengaluru Raptors 4 – 3North Eastern Warriors6 Jan16:00Delhi Dashers0 – 5Pune 7 Aces6 Jan19:00Ahmedabad Smash Masters3 – 4Hyderabad Hunters7 Jan19:00BangaloreAwadhe Warriors 4 – 3Chennai Smashers8 Jan19:00Bengaluru Raptors5 – 0Mumbai Rockets9 Jan16:00Hyderabad Hunters 3 – 4Delhi Dashers9 Jan19:00Awadhe Warriors5 – 0North Eastern Warriors10 Jan19:00Bengaluru Raptors3 – 2Chennai Smashers
Knockout stage DateTimeVenueTeam 1ResultTeam 2Semi-finals11 Jan19:00BangaloreAwadhe Warriors 2 – 4Bengaluru Raptors12 Jan19:00Hyderabad Hunters 2 – 4Mumbai RocketsFinals13 Jan19:00BangaloreBengaluru Raptors 4 – 3Mumbai Rockets
Semifinal 1Awadhe WarriorsM. Christiansen, A. Ponnappa
(Trump Match)15 – 7, 15 – 10 (Mixed Doubles)M. Ellis, L. Smith Bengaluru RaptorsL. D. Keun9 – 15, 4 – 15(Men's Singles)B. S. PraneethS. W. Ho7 – 15, 10 – 15(Men's Singles)K. SrikanthY. Lee, M. Christiansen14 – 15, 9 – 15(Men's Doubles)M. Ahsan, H. Setiawan (Trump Match)B. Zhang – (Women's Singles)T. T. Vu
Semifinal 2Hyderabad HuntersB. Isara, K. S. Rang14 – 15, 12 – 15 (Men's Doubles)K. G. Jung, L. Y. Dae Mumbai RocketsM. Caljouw8 – 15, 7 – 15(Men's Singles)S. Verma (Trump Match)P. V. Sindhu (Trump Match)15 – 6, 15 – 5(Women's Singles)S. PardeshiL. Hyun13 – 15, 6 – 15(Men's Singles)A. AntonsenK. S. Rang, E. H. Won – (Mixed Doubles)K. G. Jung, P. Z. Bernadeth
FinalBengaluru RaptorsM. Ellis, L. Smith8 – 15, 14 – 15 (Mixed Doubles)K. G. Jung, P. Z. Bernadeth (Trump Match) Mumbai RocketsK. Srikanth15 – 7, 15 – 10(Men's Singles)A. AntonsenT. T. Vu (Trump Match)15 – 8, 15 – 9(Women's Singles)S. PardeshiB. S. Praneeth15 – 7, 12 – 15, 3 – 15(Men's Singles)S. VermaM. Ahsan, H. Setiawan 15 – 13, 15 – 10 (Men's Doubles)K. G. Jung, L. Y. Dae
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