2020 Premier Badminton League

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2020 Premier Badminton League
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Tournament details
DatesJanuary 20, 2020 (2020-01-20) – February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09)
Edition5
Total prize moneyUS$840,000
LocationIndia
Official websitewww.pbl-india.com
Results
ChampionsBengaluru Raptors
Runners UpNortheastern Warriors
Semi FinalistsChennai Superstarz, Pune 7 Aces
2018–19 2021

2020 Premier Badminton League (also known as Star Sports PBL for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth edition of Premier Badminton League. It was played from 20 January and concluded on 9 February 2020. The season featured seven competing teams.[1][2] Also, the Chennai team previously known as Chennai Smashers featured as Chennai Superstarz. Bengaluru Raptors beat Northeastern Warriors 4-2 in the finals to become champions. It was also their second consecutive title in the PBL.[3]

Squads[]

Teams Awadhe Warriors Bengaluru Raptors Chennai Superstarz Hyderabad Hunters Mumbai Rockets Northeastern Warriors Pune 7 Aces
Coach India Anup Sridhar India Arvind Bhat India Aravindan Samiappan India India Indonesia Denmark Mathias Boe
Squads Domestic India Ajay Jayaram India India B. Sumeeth Reddy India Gadde Ruthvika Shivani India Kuhoo Garg India Ashmita Chaliha India Arjun M.R.
India Subhankar Dey India India Dhruv Kapila India N. Sikki Reddy India Parupalli Kashyap India India Chirag Shetty
India Tanvi Lad India B. Sai Praneeth India Gayathri Gopichand India India Pranav Chopra India India
India India Lakshya Sen India P. V. Sindhu India Ramchandran Shlok India Rutaparna Panda India Rituparna Das
India India Sourabh Verma India Shreyansh Jaiswal
India Sanjana Santosh India Shreyanshi Pardeshi
India
India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Overseas Denmark Christinna Pedersen Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying England Jessica Pugh England Ben Lane Indonesia Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth Canada Michelle Li England Chris Adcock
Hong Kong Wong Wing Ki France Brice Leverdez Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto England Sean Vendy South Korea Kim Gi-jung Hong Kong Lee Cheuk Yiu England Gabby Adcock
Russia Ivan Sozonov Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro Scotland Kirsty Gilmour Malaysia Liew Daren South Korea Kim Sa-rang South Korea Kim Ha-na Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet
South Korea Ko Sung-hyun Malaysia Chan Peng Soon Russia Vladimir Ivanov South Korea Lee Dong-keun South Korea Lee Yong-dae Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Eom Hye-won Thailand Bodin Isara Japan Kazumasa Sakai
United States Beiwen Zhang Thailand Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Singapore Loh Kean Yew
Vietnam Vũ Thị Trang

Points Table[]

Rank Team MP RMW RML TMW TML Pts.
1 Northeastern Warriors 30 13 11 5 1 22
2 Bengaluru Raptors (C) 30 13 11 5 1 22
3 Chennai Superstarz 30 10 14 6 0 22
4 Pune 7 Aces 30 14 10 4 2 20
5 Awadhe Warriors 30 11 13 3 3 14
6 Hyderabad Hunters 30 11 13 2 4 11
7 Mumbai Rockets 30 4 20 4 2 10
  •   Qualified for knockouts
  • Five matches (MP) constitute one tie
  • Each team will play six ties
  • 1 point for each Regular Match Won (RMW)
  • 0 points for Regular Matches Lost (RML)
  • 2 points for each Trump Match Won (TMW)
  • -1 point for each Trump Match Lost (TML)[4]

Source: Official PBL website

Fixtures[]

All times are as Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

League stage[]

# Date Time City Home Results Away Venue
1 January 20 19:00 Chennai Chennai Superstarz 5–2 Hyderabad Hunters Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium
2 January 21 19:00 Northeastern Warriors 4–3 Bengaluru Raptors
3 January 22 19:00 Chennai Superstarz 4–3 Mumbai Rockets
4 January 23 19:00 Northeastern Warriors 3–4 Awadhe Warriors
5 January 24 19:00 Chennai Superstarz 4–3 Bengaluru Raptors
6 January 25 19:00 Lucknow Pune 7 Aces 5–2 Mumbai Rockets Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium
7 January 26 19:00 Awadhe Warriors 1–2 Hyderabad Hunters
8 January 27 19:00 Pune 7 Aces 4–3 Bengaluru Raptors
9 January 28 19:00 Awadhe Warriors 5–0 Mumbai Rockets
10 January 29 19:00 Hyderabad Hyderabad Hunters 2–1 Northeastern Warriors G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium
11 January 30 15:30 Pune 7 Aces 5–2 Chennai Superstarz
12 January 30 19:00 Mumbai Rockets 2–5 Northeastern Warriors
13 January 31 19:00 Hyderabad Hunters 0–3 Bengaluru Raptors
14 February 1 15:30 Pune 7 Aces 0–5 Northeastern Warriors
15 February 1 19:00 Awadhe Warriors 3–4 Chennai Superstarz
16 February 2 19:00 Hyderabad Hunters 4–3 Mumbai Rockets
17 February 3 19:00 Awadhe Warriors 1–4 Pune 7 Aces
18 February 4 15:30 Northeastern Warriors 4–3 Chennai Superstarz
19 February 4 19:00 Bengaluru Raptors 5–0 Mumbai Rockets
20 February 5 19:00 Hyderabad Hunters 1–2 Pune 7 Aces
21 February 6 19:00 Bengaluru Raptors 5–0 Awadhe Warriors

Knockout stage[]

# Date Time City Team 1 Results Team 2 Venue
SF1 February 7 19:00 Hyderabad Chennai Superstarz (-1)–3 Northeastern Warriors G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium
SF2 February 8 19:00 Pune 7 Aces 3–4 Bengaluru Raptors
F February 9 19:00 Northeastern Warriors 2–4 Bengaluru Raptors

Semifinal 1: Chennai Superstarz vs. Northeastern Warriors[]

February 7, 19:00
G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad
# Event Team 1 Result Team 2
Chennai Superstarz (-1)–3 Northeastern Warriors
1 XD B. Sumeeth ReddyIndia
Jessica PughEngland
0 12–15
15–9
14–15
1 South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Kim Ha-na
2 MS Tommy Sugiarto Indonesia 0 12–15
12–15
1 Hong Kong Lee Cheuk Yiu
3 MD TM B. Sumeeth Reddy India
Dhruv Kapila India
-1 13–15
15–14
10–15
1 India Krishna Prasad Garaga
ThailandBodin Isara
4 WS Kirsty Gilmour Scotland     Canada Michelle Li TM
5 MS Lakshya Sen India     Thailand Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk

Semifinal 2: Pune 7 Aces vs. Bengaluru Raptors[]

February 8, 19:00
G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad
# Event Team 1 Result Team 2
Pune 7 Aces 3–4 Bengaluru Raptors
1 MD TM Chirag Shetty India
Hendra Setiawan Indonesia
2 15–12
15–10
0 India Arun George
Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro
2 MS Mithun Manjunath India 0 14–15
15–9
6–15
1 France Brice Leverdez
3 MS Kazumasa Sakai Japan 1 15–11
15–13
0 India B. Sai Praneeth
4 WS Rituparna Das India 0 12–15
12–15
2 Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying TM
5 XD Chris AdcockEngland
Gabby Adcock England
0 13–15
10–15
1 Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
South Korea Eom Hye-won

Final: Northeastern Warriors vs. Bengaluru Raptors[]

February 9, 19:00
G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad
# Event Team 1 Result Team 2
Northeastern Warriors 2–4 Bengaluru Raptors
1 MS Lee Cheuk Yiu Hong Kong 0 15–14
9–15
3–15
1 India B. Sai Praneeth
2 MD TM Bodin Isara Thailand
Lee Yong-dae South Korea
2 15–11
13–15
15–14
0 India Arun George
Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro
3 WS Michelle Li Canada  0 9–15
12–15
 1 Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying
4 XD Krishna Prasad Garaga India
Kim Ha-na South Korea
0 14–15
15–14
12–15
2 Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
South Korea Eom Hye-won
TM
5 MS Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Thailand France Brice Leverdez

End-of-season awards[]

Player Team Award Value
Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying Bengaluru Raptors Player of the League 1 lakh (US$1,300)
India N. Sikki Reddy Hyderabad Hunters Indian Player of the League 50,000 (US$660)
India Priyanshu Rajawat Hyderabad Hunters Emerging Player of the League 50,000 (US$660)

References[]

  1. ^ "Premier Badminton League Official Website". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ "PBL 2020: Reigning world champion PV Sindhu, World No 2 Tai Tzu Ying to headline fifth edition of Premier Badminton League". Firstpost. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  3. ^ Sportstar, Team. "PBL FINAL, As it Happened: Bengaluru Raptors beats North Eastern Warriors 4-2". Sportstar. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  4. ^ "Rules and Regulations". PBL. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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