2013 Indian Badminton League
# 2013 Indian Badminton League

2013 Indian Badminton League was the first season of Indian Badminton League started from 14 August 2013.

## Teams

Six teams participate in the first edition of Indian Badminton League:

### Mumbai Marathas

* Lee Chong Wei (Captain)
* Pranav Chopra
* Siki Reddy
* Manu Attri
* P. C. Thulasi
* Sumeeth Reddy
* Rasika Raje
* Harsheel Dani
* Tine Baun
* Marc Zwiebler
* Vladimir Ivanov

### Pune Pistons

* Ashwini Ponnappa (Captain)
* Saurabh Varma
* Anup Sridhar
* Sanave Thomas
* Arun Vishnu
* Rupesh Kumar K. T.
* Nguyen Tien Minh
* Juliane Schenk
* Joachim Fischer Nielsen
* Tan Wee Kiong

### Banga Beats

* Parupalli Kashyap (Captain)
* Akshay Dewalkar
* Aparna Balan
* Arvind Bhat
* Aditya Prakash
* J. Meghana
* Daniel Farid
* Hu Yun
* Carsten Mogensen
* Tai Tzu-ying
* Carolina Marín

### Hyderabad HotShots

* Saina Nehwal (Captain)
* Pradenya Gadre
* Tarun Kona
* Ajay Jayaram
* Kanthi Visalakshi P.
* Shubhankar Dey
* C. Rahul Yadav
* Taufik Hidayat
* Tanongsak
* Goh V Shem
* Lim Khim Wah

### Delhi Smashers

* Jwala Gutta (Captain)
* H. S. Prannoy
* Sai Praneeth B.
* Arundhati Panthawane
* V. Diju
* Nichaon Jindapon
* Prajakta Sawant
* Tan Boon Heong
* Koo Kien Keat
* Wong Wing Ki

### Awadhe Warriors

* P.V. Sindhu (Captain)
* Gurusai Datt
* K. Srikanth
* Ruthvika Shivani
* K. Maneesha
* Nanda Gopal
* Vinay Singh
* Sapsiree Taerattanachai
* Markis Kido
* Chong Wei Feng
* Mathias Boe

## Venues

Six venues have been selected for the first edition of Indian Badminton League:

| Delhi | Lucknow | Hyderabad |
| - | - | - |
| Delhi Smashers | Awadhe Warriors | Hyderabad HotShots |
| DDA Badminton and Squash Stadium | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium | Gachibowli Indoor Stadium |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 4,000 |
| Bangalore | Mumbai | Pune |
| Banga Beats | Mumbai Marathas | Pune Pistons |
| Kanteerava Indoor Stadium | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, NSCI | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Badminton Hall |
| Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 3,800 |

## Standings

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | GW | GL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hyderabad Hotshots | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| Awadhe Warriors | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 |
| Pune Pistons | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 |
| Mumbai Marathas | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 |
| Delhi Smashers | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Banga Beats | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 |

## Schedule

The following is the schedule for 2013 Indian Badminton League.

### League Matches

* (H) represents designated home game for the club.

**Delhi**

| 14 August, 20:00 | Delhi Smashers (H) | 2 – 3 | Pune Pistons |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 August, 16:00 | Hyderabad HotShots | 3 – 2 | Awadhe Warriors |
| 15 August, 20:00 | Banga Beats | 2 – 3 | Mumbai Marathas |

**Lucknow**

| 17 August, 16:00 | Delhi Smashers | 3 – 2 | Hyderabad HotShots |
| - | - | - | - |
| 17 August, 20:00 | Mumbai Marathas | 2 – 3 | Pune Pistons |
| 18 August, 20:00 | Awadhe Warriors (H) | 1 – 4 | Banga Beats |

**Mumbai**

| 19 August, 20:00 | Hyderabad HotShots | 4 – 1 | Pune Pistons |
| - | - | - | - |
| 20 August, 18:00 | Mumbai Marathas (H) | 4 - 1 | Delhi Smashers |

**Pune**

| 22 August, 16:00 | Hyderabad HotShots | 3 – 2 | Mumbai Masters |
| - | - | - | - |
| 22 August, 20:00 | Delhi Smashers | 1 – 4 | Awadhe Warriors |
| 23 August, 18:00 | Pune Pistons (H) | 4 – 1 | Banga Beats |

**Bangalore**

| 24 August, 20:00 | Awadhe Warriors | 3 – 2 | Mumbai Masters |
| - | - | - | - |
| 25 August, 18:00 | Banga Beats (H) | 1 – 4 | Delhi Smashers |

**Hyderabad**

| 26 August, 20:00 | Awadhe Warriors | 3 – 2 | Pune Pistons |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 August, 18:00 | Hyderabad HotShots (H) | 2 – 3 | Banga Beats |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 August, 20:00 – Hyderabad | 28 August, 20:00 – Hyderabad |
| Hyderabad HotShots | 3 |
| Hyderabad HotShots | 3 | 31 August, 20:00 – Mumbai | 31 August, 20:00 – Mumbai |
| Pune Pistons | 0 | 31 August, 20:00 – Mumbai | 31 August, 20:00 – Mumbai |
| Pune Pistons | 0 | Hyderabad HotShots | 3 |
| 29 August, 20:00 – Bangalore | 29 August, 20:00 – Bangalore | | Hyderabad HotShots | 3 |
| 29 August, 20:00 – Bangalore | 29 August, 20:00 – Bangalore | Awadhe Warriors | 1 |
| Awadhe Warriors | 3 | Awadhe Warriors | 1 |
| Mumbai Marathas | 2 | | |
