2017 Premier Badminton League

2017 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of Premier Badminton League.[1] It started on 1 January 2017 and concluded on 14 January 2017. It consisted of 15 league ties (each tie consisting of 5 matches) and the top four teams progressed to the knock out stages. Sachin Tendulkar became a co-owner of Bengaluru Topguns before the season and they were renamed as Bengaluru Blasters.[2]
Awadhe Warriors, Mumbai Rockets, Chennai Smashers and Hyderabad Hunters entered the semi-finals after topping the league table. Chennai Smashers beat Awadhe Warriors 4-1 and Mumbai Rockets beat Hyderabad Hunters 3-(-1) to proceed to the final. Chennai Smashers won the tournament after beating Mumbai Rockets 4-3.

2017 Premier Badminton League
Tournament details
Dates1 Jan 2017 – 14 Jan 2017
Edition2
LocationIndia
Official websitewww.pbl-india.com
Results
ChampionsChennai Smashers
Runners UpMumbai Rockets
Semi FinalistsAwadhe Warriors, Hyderabad Hunters
← 2016 2017-18 →

Squads

The complete list of players of all the six participating teams[3]

Delhi Acers Awadhe Warriors Mumbai Rockets Hyderabad Hunters Bengaluru Blasters Chennai Smashers
Jan Ø. Jørgensen Srikanth Kidambi Ajay Jayaram B. Sai Praneeth Viktor Axelsen P. V. Sindhu
Siril Verma Wong Wing Ki Prannoy Kumar Sameer Verma Sourabh Varma Arundhati Pantawane
Son Wan-ho Saina Nehwal Shreyansh Jaiswal Rajiv Ouseph Boonsak Ponsana Parupalli Kashyap
Aakarshi Kashyap Rituparna Das Sung Ji-hyun Carolina Marín Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk
Nichaon Jindapon Bodin Issara Vrushali Gummadi Sri Krishna Priya Cheung Ngan Yi Tommy Sugiarto
Akshay Dewalkar Goh V Shem Nipitphon Puangpuapech Satwiksairaj Rankireddy N. Sikki Reddy Gabby Adcock
Ivan Sozonov Markis Kido Mohita Sahdev Tan Boon Heong Ashwini Ponnappa Ramya Tulasi
Vladimir Ivanov Prajakta Sawant Nadieżda Zięba Tan Wee Kiong Pranav Chopra B. Sumeeth Reddy
Jwala Gutta Savitree Amitrapai Chirag Shetty Chau Hoi Wah Ko Sung-hyun Chris Adcock
K. Maneesha Aditya Joshi Lee Yong-dae Meghana Jakkampudi Yoo Yeon-seong Mads Pieler Kolding
Sanjana Santosh
Tarun Kona

Points Table
Team TP RMW TMW TML Pts.
Awadhe Warriors 5 11 5 0 21
Mumbai Rockets (RU) 5 12 4 1 19
Chennai Smashers (C) 5 8 5 0 18
Hyderabad Hunters 5 10 3 2 14
Bengaluru Blasters 5 7 3 2 11
Delhi Acers 5 4 3 2 8

  Qualified for semifinals

  • Each tie (TP) will have five matches each.
  • Regular Match Win (RMW) = 1 point
  • Trump Match Win (TMW) = 2 points
  • Trump Match Lost (TML) = -1 point.[4]

Fixtures

The fixtures for the 2017 Premier Badminton League are as follows[5]

DateVenueTeam 1 Result Team 2
League Stage
1 JanHyderabadHyderabad Hunters 4-3[6] Chennai Smashers
Bengaluru Blasters 4-3[7] Delhi Acers
2 Jan Hyderabad Hunters 0-5[8] Awadhe Warriors
3 JanMumbai Bengaluru Blasters 0-5[9] Chennai Smashers
Delhi Acers (-1)-6[10] Mumbai Rockets
4 Jan Hyderabad Hunters 1-2[11] Mumbai Rockets
5 JanLucknow Awadhe Warriors 6-(-1)[12] Delhi Acers
6 Jan Awadhe Warriors 3-4[13] Mumbai Rockets
7 JanBangalore Bengaluru Blasters 3-4[14] Hyderabad Hunters
8 Jan Delhi Acers 5-2[15] Chennai Smashers
Bengaluru Blasters 1-4[16] Mumbai Rockets
9 Jan Bengaluru Blasters 3-4[17] Awadhe Warriors
10 Jan Mumbai Rockets 3-4 Chennai Smashers
11 Jan Awadhe Warriors 3-4 Chennai Smashers
12 Jan New Delhi Delhi Acers 2-5[18] Hyderabad Hunters
Semi Finals
13 Jan New Delhi Awadhe Warriors 1-4 Chennai Smashers
Mumbai Rockets 3-(-1) Hyderabad Hunters
Finals
14 Jan New Delhi Chennai Smashers 4-3 Mumbai Rockets


Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 January – New Delhi
 
 
Awadhe Warriors1
 
14 January – New Delhi
 
Chennai Smashers4
 
Chennai Smashers4
 
13 January – New Delhi
 
Mumbai Rockets3
 
Mumbai Rockets3
 
 
Hyderabad Hunters-1
 

References
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  2. "Sachin picks up stake in Bengaluru Blasters". Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. "Squads". NDTV. Retrieved 31 Dec 2016.
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  6. "Hyderabad Hunters vs Chennai Smashers Badminton Livescore and commentary, PBL 2017". Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  7. "Bengaluru Blasters vs Delhi Acers Badminton Live score and commentary, PBL 2017". Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  8. "Hyderabad Hunters vs Awadhe Warriors Badminton Livescore and commentary, PBL 2017". Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  9. "Chennai Smashers vs Bengaluru Blasters Badminton Livescore and commentary, PBL 2017". Retrieved 3 January 2017.
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  14. "Bengaluru Blasters vs Hyderabad Hunters". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  15. "Delhi Acers vs Chennai Smashers". Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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