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Sports season
2023 Prime Volleyball League
LeaguePrime Volleyball League
SportMen's volleyball
Duration4 February – 5 March 2023
Number of teams8
Finals
ChampionsAhmedabad Defenders (1st title)
  Runners-upBengaluru Torpedoes
Finals MVPGuru Prasanth (Hyderabad Black Hawks)
Prime Volleyball League seasons
← 20222024 →

2023 Prime Volleyball League (also known as PVL 2023 or RuPay PVL 2023) was the second season of the Prime Volleyball League, a franchise based Indian indoor volleyball league, organized by Baseline Ventures.

The Prime Volleyball League 2023 winner will qualify for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship 2023 to be held in India from December 6 to 10.

Format

Eight teams are contesting in the second season. There are a total of 31 matches with each team plays against each other in a single round-robin format with the top 4 teams moving into the play-offs.

Venue

Bengaluru’s Koramangala Indoor Stadium scheduled to host the first 10 matches till February 12. The venue for the next 10 matches scheduled to be held at GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad. The final leg of PVL 2023, including the semi-finals and final, scheduled to be held at Regional Sports Centre in Kochi.

League standings

Win by 5-0 margin: 3 Points

Win by any other margin: 2 Points

Loss: 0 Points

If the teams are level on points, the number of sets won will be taken into consideration. The top four teams at the end of the league stage will move into the semifinals.

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Kolkata Thunderbolts 7 6 1 12 23 12 1.917 480 422 1.137 Qualified for play-offs
2 Ahmedabad Defenders 7 5 2 11 22 13 1.692 476 443 1.074
3 Calicut Heroes 7 4 3 8 20 15 1.333 459 466 0.985
4 Bengaluru Torpedoes 7 4 3 8 19 16 1.188 460 463 0.994
5 Hyderabad Black Hawks 7 4 3 8 15 20 0.750 448 461 0.972
6 Mumbai Meteors 7 2 5 5 15 20 0.750 450 464 0.970
7 Kochi Blue Spikers 7 2 5 4 16 19 0.842 451 458 0.985
8 Chennai Blitz 7 1 6 2 10 25 0.400 427 474 0.901
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League stage

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Feb 19:00 Bengaluru Torpedoes 2–3 Kolkata Thunderbolts 11–15 11–15 14–15 15–10 15–14 66–69 1
5 Feb 19:00 Mumbai Meteors 1–4 Calicut Heroes 15–10 9–15 8–15 14–15 11–15 57–70 2
6 Feb 19:00 Ahmedabad Defenders 2–3 Hyderabad Black Hawks 15–13 9–15 14–15 11–15 15–10 64–68 3
7 Feb 19:00 Kochi Blue Spikers 2–3 Chennai Blitz 9–15 15–11 10–15 15–8 9–15 58–64 4
8 Feb 19:00 Kolkata Thunderbolts 4–1 Hyderabad Black Hawks 15–13 15–7 15–9 15–12 8–15 68–56 5
9 Feb 19:00 Ahmedabad Defenders 3–2 Bengaluru Torpedoes 14–15 15–10 14–15 15–10 15–10 73–60 6
10 Feb 19:00 Chennai Blitz 0–5 Mumbai Meteors 14–15 6–15 11–15 12–15 9–15 52–75 7
11 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 4–1 Hyderabad Black Hawks 15–14 15–12 15–11 4–15 15–14 64–66 8
12 Feb 19:00 Mumbai Meteors 1–4 Bengaluru Torpedoes 10–15 15–12 13–15 9–15 9–15 56–72 9
12 Feb 21:30 Kolkata Thunderbolts 4–1 Kochi Blue Spikers 15–9 15–11 15–14 15–11 12–15 72–60 10
15 Feb 19:00 Hyderabad Black Hawks 3–2 Kochi Blue Spikers 15–13 10–15 15–13 15–6 13–15 68–62 11
16 Feb 19:00 Bengaluru Torpedoes 3–2 Chennai Blitz 15–11 8–15 15–10 15–13 10–15 63–64 12
16 Feb 21:30 Kolkata Thunderbolts 2–3 Calicut Heroes 14–15 15–7 11–15 15–13 13–15 68–65 13
17 Feb 19:00 Ahmedabad Defenders 4–1 Mumbai Meteors 14–15 15–12 15–14 15–13 15–14 74–68 14
17 Feb 21:30 Bengaluru Torpedoes 3–2 Kochi Blue Spikers 15–14 15–11 7–15 15–12 14–15 66–67 15
18 Feb 19:00 Hyderabad Black Hawks 3–2 Chennai Blitz 10–15 15–14 15–9 12–15 15–11 67–64 16
19 Feb 19:00 Ahmedabad Defenders 5–0 Chennai Blitz 15–11 15–13 15–10 15–9 15–12 75–55 17
20 Feb 19:00 Kolkata Thunderbolts 3–2 Mumbai Meteors 12–15 15–6 12–15 15–11 15–11 69–58 18
20 Feb 21:30 Ahmedabad Defenders 3–2 Calicut Heroes 15–13 13–15 15–13 13–15 15–11 71–67 19
21 Feb 19:00 Hyderabad Black Hawks 3–2 Bengaluru Torpedoes 15–13 14–15 9–15 15–10 15–12 68–65 20
24 Feb 19:00 Calicut Heroes 3–2 Chennai Blitz 13–15 15–8 15–14 15–13 8–15 66–65 21
25 Feb 19:00 Kochi Blue Spikers 3–2 Calicut Heroes 15–13 14–15 12–15 15–7 15–11 71–61 22
26 Feb 19:00 Kochi Blue Spikers 2–3 Ahmedabad Defenders 5–15 15–11 15–9 12–15 14–15 61–65 23
26 Feb 21:30 Hyderabad Black Hawks 1–4 Mumbai Meteors 15–14 9–15 12–15 11–15 8–15 55–74 24
27 Feb 19:00 Kolkata Thunderbolts 4–1 Chennai Blitz 15–12 15–9 15–14 15–13 10–15 70–63 25
28 Feb 19:00 Bengaluru Torpedoes 3–2 Calicut Heroes 15–11 15–11 13–15 10–15 15–14 68–66 26
01 Mar 19:00 Mumbai Meteors 1–4 Kochi Blue Spikers 14–15 11–15 12–15 15–12 10–15 62–72 27
02 Mar 19:00 Kolkata Thunderbolts 3–2 Ahmedabad Defenders 15–7 15–4 15–13 8–15 11–15 64–54 28

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Play-offs

Semifinals

Top four teams of League stage are qualified to two different semifinal pairs.

Semifinal 1

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 March 19:00 Kolkata Thunderbolts 1–3 Bengaluru Torpedoes 10–15 15–10 13–15 10–15   48–55 29

Semifinal 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 March 19:00 Ahmedabad Defenders 3–1 Calicut Heroes 17–15 9–15 17–15 15–11   58–56 30

Finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
05 March 19:00 Bengaluru Torpedoes 2–3 Ahmedabad Defenders 7–15 10–15 20–18 15–13 10–15 62–76 31

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ahmedabad Defenders
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bengaluru Torpedoes
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Calicut Heroes
Kolkata Thunderbolts
5 Hyderabad Black Hawks
6 Mumbai Meteors
7 Kochi Blue Spikers
8 Chennai Blitz


 2023 Champions 
Ahmedabad Defenders
Maiden title
Team Roster
Andrew James, Angamuthu Ramaswamy (c), Harsh Chaudhary,Aswath Pandiyaraj,Muthusamy Appavu,T Srikanth,Danial Moatazedi,LM Manoj,Muhammad Iqbal TN,Parth Patel,Nandhagopal Subramaniam,Ragul T,S Santhosh,Shon John
Head coach
Dakshinamoorthy S

Awards

Player Team Award
Angamuthu Ramaswamy Ahmedabad Defenders Player of the Final Match
Dakshinamoorthy S Ahmedabad Defenders Coach of the Season
Mohan Ukkrapandian Calicut Heroes Setter of the Season
R Ramanathan Chennai Blitz Libero of the Season
Guru Prasanth Hyderabad Black Hawks Spiker of the Season
Jose Antonio Sandoval Calicut Heroes Blocker of the Season
Ibin Jose Bengaluru Torpedoes Emerging Player of the Season
Guru Prasanth Hyderabad Black Hawks Most Valuable Player

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References

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  2. "Standings | Prime Volleyball League". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  3. "Fixtures & Results | Prime Volleyball League". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  4. "RuPay Prime Volleyball League Powered by A23 Season 2 Awards: A look at the winners". www.primevolleyballleague.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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