2019 Pro Volleyball League
# 2019 Pro Volleyball League

2019 Pro Volleyball League is the inaugural season of the Indian Indoor Volleyball League known as Pro Volleyball League organized under the supervision of Volleyball Federation of India in association with Baseline Ventures.This season was composed of six teams. The league is approved by FIVB. The inaugural season was won by Chennai Spartans.

## Teams

| City | Team Name | International Players | Team Owner |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad Defenders | Novica Bjelica and Victor Sysoev | Bonhomie Sports Event Management Limited |
| Calicut | Calicut Heroes | Paul Lotman and Iluoni Ngampourou | Beacon Sports |
| Chennai | Chennai Spartans | Rudy Verhoeff and Ruslans Sorokins | Chennai Spartans Sports Private Limited |
| Hyderabad | Black Hawks Hyderabad | Carson Clark and Alexander Bader | Agile Entertainment Private Limited |
| Kochi | Kochi Blue Spikers | David Lee and Andrej Patuc | Thomas Muthoot |
| Mumbai | U Mumba Volley | Tomislav Coskovic and Nicholas Del Bianco | U Sports |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Calicut Heroes | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 3.167 | 358 | 288 | 1.243 | Play–offs |
| 2 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1.083 | 326 | 324 | 1.006 | Play–offs |
| 3 | Chennai Spartans | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1.083 | 325 | 322 | 1.009 | Play–offs |
| 4 | U Mumba Volley | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 0.923 | 320 | 323 | 0.991 | Play–offs |
| 5 | Black Hawks Hyderabad | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0.786 | 319 | 339 | 0.941 | |
| 6 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0.389 | 300 | 352 | 0.852 | |

### Results

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Feb | 19:00 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 4–1 | U Mumba Volley | 15–11 | 15–13 | 15–8 | 15–10 | 5–15 | 65–57 |
| 3 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 4–1 | Chennai Spartans | 15–8 | 15–8 | 13–15 | 15–11 | 15–11 | 73–53 |
| 4 Feb | 19:00 | Black Hawks Hyderabad | 3–2 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 15–11 | 13–15 | 15–11 | 14–15 | 15–9 | 72–61 |
| 5 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 3–2 | U Mumba Volley | 15–10 | 12–15 | 15–13 | 14–15 | 15–9 | 71–62 |
| 6 Feb | 19:00 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 3–2 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 10–15 | 15–11 | 11–15 | 15–12 | 15–12 | 66–65 |
| 7 Feb | 19:00 | Chennai Spartans | 4–1 | Black Hawks Hyderabad | 15–12 | 15–12 | 15–11 | 15–10 | 13–15 | 73–60 |
| 8 Feb | 19:00 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 3–2 | Black Hawks Hyderabad | 12–15 | 15–11 | 15–12 | 15–10 | 14–15 | 71–63 |
| 9 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 5–0 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 15–11 | 15–9 | 15–14 | 15–13 | 15–10 | 75–57 |
| 10 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 3–2 | Black Hawks Hyderabad | 15–11 | 15–11 | 15–7 | 12–15 | 11–15 | 68–59 |
| 11 Feb | 19:00 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 3–2 | Chennai Spartans | 12–15 | 10–15 | 15–11 | 15–13 | 15–10 | 67–64 |
| 12 Feb | 19:00 | Black Hawks Hyderabad | 3–2 | U Mumba Volley | 13–15 | 15–11 | 7–15 | 15–14 | 15–11 | 65–66 |
| 13 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 4–1 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 15–14 | 11–15 | 15–11 | 15–9 | 15–8 | 71–57 |
| 16 Feb | 19:00 | Chennai Spartans | 2–3 | U Mumba Volley | 14–15 | 8–15 | 10–15 | 15–10 | 15–10 | 62–65 |
| 17 Feb | 19:00 | Chennai Spartans | 4–1 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 15–6 | 13–15 | 15–13 | 15–11 | 15–12 | 73–57 |
| 18 Feb | 19:00 | U Mumba Volley | 4–1 | Ahmedabad Defenders | 10–15 | 15–12 | 15–13 | 15–12 | 15–8 | 70–60 |

## Play–offs

### Semifinals

Top four teams of Regular season are qualified to two different semifinal pairs.

**Semifinal 1**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 3–0 | U Mumba Volley | 15–12 | 15–9 | 16–14 | – | – | 46–35 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 Feb | 19:00 | Kochi Blue Spikers | 2–3 | Chennai Spartans | 14–16 | 15–9 | 15–10 | 8–15 | 13–15 | 65–65 | |

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 Feb | 19:00 | Calicut Heroes | 0–3 | Chennai Spartans | 11–15 | 12–15 | 14–16 | – | – | 37–46 | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Chennai Spartans |
| | Calicut Heroes |
| | Kochi Blue Spikers |
| 4 | U Mumba Volley |
| 5 | Black Hawks Hyderabad |
| 6 | Ahmedabad Defenders |

* 2019 Champions
* Chennai Spartans Maiden title
* Team Roster
* Rudy Verhoeff, Naveen Raja Jacob,Vibin M George, Piraisoodan, Ruslans Sorokins,Shelton Moses(c),Akhin G. S.,Shikar Singh,Ashwin Raj, K. J. Kapil Dev,V. Hariharan,Prabhakaran
* Head coach
* M. H. Kumara
