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
League stage
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Play-offs
Semifinals Top four teams of League stage are qualified to two different semifinal pairs.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Finals
Final
Final standings
RankTeamKolkata ThunderboltsAhmedabad DefendersCalicut HeroesHyderabad Black Hawks5Bengaluru Torpedoes6Chennai Blitz7Kochi Blue Spikers
Team RosterSujoy 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 NHead coachSunny 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 Source:
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