2017 Pro Kabaddi League season
The 2017 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season was the fifth season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league in India since 2014. It is organised by Mashal Sports and Star India. This season includes 12 teams after the inclusion of four new teams: UP Yoddha, Tamil Thalaivas, Haryana Steelers and Gujarat Fortunegiants.
| Vivo Pro Kabaddi season 5 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 July 2017 – 28 October 2017 |
| Administrator(s) | Mashal Sports |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions | Patna Pirates (3rd title) |
| Defending Champions | Patna Pirates |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Official website | prokabaddi |
Auction
Auctions for the new season were held in May, before which the existing teams were allowed to retain one player each. The auction saw over 400 players go under the hammer and a total of Rs 46.99 crore spent by the 12 teams.
The most expensive pick of the auction was raider Nitin Tomar, who was bought by the new UP franchise for a sum of Rs 93 lakh.[1] Following in second place was Rohit Kumar after the Bengaluru Bulls picked him for a Rs 81 lakh price. The most expensive foreign player was South Korea's Jang Kun Lee after he was retained by the Bengal Warriors for Rs 80.3 lakhs.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony is held on the first match of every leg in each stadium. This is similar to that of IPL 2017. It is done so to highlight the importance of the tradition and culture all over the country.
Teams
Stadiums and Locations
Personnel & kit
Sponsorship
Rules and RegulationsThe 12 teams are divided into two zones of six each. Each team plays a total of 22 matches in the league stage: 1. Teams from the same zone play each other thrice, totalling 15 matches in the zone. 2. Then, a team will play an additional of 6 matches with the teams from the other zone. (Each team plays other team from the other zone once). These 6 inter-zone matches for each team will be held on three different weeks. These weeks are known as inter-zone challenge weeks and the respective weeks are:
3. Then, each team plays one wild card match which is an additional inter-zone match in the penultimate week, selected by a random mid-season draw, totalling 22 matches in the league stage. The top three teams from each zone qualify for the super playoffs and compete for the title. Points TableThe 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 B
Source: ProKabaddi
League StageSource:prokabaddi.com[3] Leg 1 – Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad
Leg 2 – Mankapur Indoor Stadium, Nagpur
Leg 3 – The Arena, Ahmedabad
Leg 4 – Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow
Leg 5 – Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai
Leg 6 – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Stadium, Kolkata
Leg 7 – Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Sonepat
Leg 8 – Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium, Ranchi
Leg 9 – Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi
Leg 10 – Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
Leg 11 – Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur
Leg 12 – Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
PlayoffsEliminator 1 – Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai
Eliminator 2 – Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai
Qualifier 1 – Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai
Eliminator 3 – Dome@NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai
Qualifier 2 – Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
Final – Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
StatisticsSource: prokabaddi.com Most Points Overall
Most Raid Points
Most Tackle Points
Most Super 10s
Most High 5s
References
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