2016 Premier Badminton League

2016 Premier Badminton League

Tournament details
Dates	2 January – 17 January
Edition	2
Total prize money	US$1 million
Location	India
Official website	www.pbl-india.com
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2016 Premier Badminton League is the second edition of the Premier Badminton League.^[1] The season was held from 2–17 January 2016. The opening ceremony was held in Mumbai and the finals in Delhi.^[2] Delhi Acers became the champions after beating Mumbai Rockets in the final.

The second edition was slated to be held in October 2-14. However, due to International schedule, the tournament was rescheduled to January 2015.^[3] It was later shifted to 2016 due to conflict between Sporty Solutionz and BAI. The second session was renamed from the Indian Badminton League to the Premier Badminton League.^[4] Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador of the league.^[5][6][7]

Teams

Six teams will participate in this season:

Awadhe Warriors

Mumbai Rockets

Bengaluru Topguns

Delhi Acers

Hyderabad Hunters

Chennai Smashers

Locations of PBL teams

1. Awadhe Warriors
2. Bengaluru Topgun
3. Chennai Smashers
4. Delhi Acers
5. Hyderabad Hunters
6. Mumbai Rockets

Delhi Acers

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Ajay Jayaram	Men's Singles	2	2	4	0	100	0
Rajiv Ouseph		3	3	6	1	100	1
Tommy Sugiarto		3	3	6	1	100	3
P. C. Thulasi	Women's Singles	3	1	3	5	33.3	0
Shikha Gautam		1	0	0	2	0	0
Akshay Dewalkar	Men's/Mixed Doubles	2	0	0	4	0	0
Koo Keat Kien		6	4	9	6	66.6	0
Tan Boon Heong		4	3	6	3	75	0
Aparna Balan	Women's/Mixed Doubles	1	0	0	2	0	0
Gabrielle Adcock		3	1	4	5	33.3	0
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		60	4

Mumbai Rockets

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
H. S. Prannoy	Men's Singles	4	2	5	4	50	1
Gurusai Dutt		4	2	4	5	50	0
Ruthvika Gadde	Women's Singles	2	1	3	2	50	0
Han Li		1	0	1	2	0	1
Liu Zi Die		1	0	1	2	0	0
Manu Attri	Men's/Mixed Doubles	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chayut T		1	0	0	2	0	0
Vladimir Ivanov		7	4	7	8	28	1
Mathias Boe		2	2	3	2	100	0
Kamilla Juhl	Women's/Mixed Doubles	4	2	6	4	50	0
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		60	3

Chennai Smashers

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Brice Leverdez	Men's Singles	4	1	2	6	25	0
Sony Dwi Kuncoro		3	1	3	5	33.3	0
Simon Santoso		3	2	4	4	50	0
P. V. Sindhu	Women's Singles	5	5	9	3	100	2
Krishna Priya		0	0	0	0	0	0
Pranaav Chopra	Men's/Mixed Doubles	5	1	4	8	20	0
Chris Adcock		9	5	11	10	56	2
Toby N. G.		1	0	0	2	0	0
Sikki Reddy	Women's/Mixed Doubles	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pia Zebadiah		5	4	8	4	80	0
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		80	4

Hyderabad Hunters

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Lee Chong Wei	Men's Singles	4	2	6	5	50	1
P. Kashyap		7	1	3	12	14	0
Siril Verma		1	0	0	2	0	0
Supanida K.	Women's Singles	7	3	8	11	43	0
K. Nandagopal	Men's/Mixed Doubles	1	0	1	2	0	0
R.S. Sai Raj		1	0	1	2	0	0
Markis Kido		9	6	12	9	67	0
Carsten Mogensen		8	5	6	5	63	0
Jwala Gutta	Women's/Mixed Doubles	5	2	4	8	40	0
Meghana J.		0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Matches played: 5				NA		20	1

Bengaluru Topguns

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Anand Pawar	Men's Singles	1	0	2	0	0	0
Sameer Verma		4	1	3	6	25	0
K. Srikanth		5	3	7	5	60	2
Suo Di	Women's Singles	5	3	8	3	60	0
B. S. Reddy	Men's/Mixed Doubles	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khim Wah Lim		5	0	3	10	0	0
Hoon Thien How		6	2	6	9	33.3	0
Joachim Nielsen		3	2	4	2	66.6	0
Robert Blair		1	0	1	2	0	0
Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's/Mixed Doubles	5	2	6	7	40	0
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		0	2

Awadhe Warriors

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Sai Praneeth	Men's Singles	5	3	7	5	60	0
Sourabh Verma		0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanongsak S		5	2	4	7	40	2
Saina Nehwal	Women's Singles	2	2	4	0	100	0
Vrushali Gummadi		3	1	2	4	33.3	0
Cai Yun	Men's/Mixed Doubles	5	4	8	2	80	0
Hendra Gunawan		3	1	3	4	33.3	0
Bodin Issara		6	5	11	3	83	2
K. Maneesha	Women's/Mixed Doubles	2	0	2	4	0	0
Christinna P.		3	2	5	3	66.6	1
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		66.6	5

Schedule

The following is the schedule for 2016 Premier Badminton League. A total of 15 league matches, two semifinal, and 1 final match were played.

Date	Venue	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Report
2 Jan	Mumbai	Mumbai Rockets	2-1	Awadhe Warriors	[8]
3 Jan		Hyderabad Hunters	3-2	Bengaluru Topguns	[9]
		Mumbai Rockets	3-4	Chennai Smashers	[10]
4 Jan	Lucknow	Awadhe Warriors	4-3	Delhi Acers	[11]
5 Jan		Chennai Smashers	4-3	Delhi Acers	[12]
		Mumbai Rockets	4-3	Bengaluru Topguns	[13]
6 Jan		Awadhe Warriors	4-1	Bengaluru Topguns	[14]
7 Jan	New Delhi	Delhi Acers	4-1	Hyderabad Hunters	[15]
8 Jan		Delhi Acers	5-2	Bengaluru Topguns	[16]
9 Jan	Hyderabad	Awadhe Warriors	4-3	Hyderabad Hunters	[17]
10 Jan		Chennai Smashers	4-3	Hyderabad Hunters	[18][19]
11 Jan		Mumbai Rockets	4-1	Hyderabad Hunters	[20][21]
11 Jan		Awadhe Warriors	4-1	Chennai Smashers	[22][23]
13 Jan	Bengaluru	Mumbai Rockets	0-5	Delhi Acers	[24]
		Chennai Smashers	4-1	Bengaluru Topguns	[25]
Semifinals
14 jan	Bengaluru	Delhi Acers	4-3	Chennai Smashers	[26]
15 Jan	Hyderabad	Awadhe Warriors	1-3	Mumbai Rockets	[27]
Final
17 Jan	New Delhi	Mumbai Rockets	3-4	Delhi Acers	[28]

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 January, 18:30 – Bangalore
	Delhi Acers	4
	Chennai Smashers	3
					17 January, 18:30 – New Delhi
					Delhi Acers	4
					Mumbai Rockets	3
	15 January, 18:30 – Hyderabad
	Awadhe Warriors	1
	Mumbai Rockets	3

Points Table

Each tie (MP) will have five matches each. Regular Match Win (RMW) = 1 point, Trump Match Win (TMW) = 2 points, Trump Match Lost (TML) = -1 point.

Pos.	Teams	MP	RMW	TMW	TML	Pts.	Qualification
1	Delhi Acers	25	10	5	0	20	Qualified for Semi-finals
2	Awadhe Warriors	25	10	4	1	17
3	Chennai Smashers	25	10	4	1	17
4	Mumbai Rockets	25	9	3	2	13
5	Hyderabad Hunters	25	7	3	2	11
6	Bengaluru Topguns	25	9	2	3	10

Player Statistics

	Most Valuable Player (MVP)			Fastest Smasher of the Day (M)			Fastest Smasher of the Day (F)
Date	Player	Country	Team	Player	Country	Team	Player	Country	Team
2 Jan	S Tanongsak		Awadhe Warriors	Gurusai Dutt		Mumbai Rockets	Ruthvika Gadde		Mumbai Rockets
3 Jan	K Srikanth		Bengaluru Topguns	Khim Wah Lim		Bengaluru Topguns	Jwala Gutta		Hyderabad Hunters
	P V Sindhu		Chennai Smashers	Prannav Chopra		Chennai Smashers	P V Sindhu		Chennai Smashers
4 Jan	Bodin Issara		Awadhe Warriors	S Tanongsak		Awadhe Warriors	Saina Nehwal		Awadhe Warriors
5 Jan	Chris Adcock		Chennai Smashers	Koo Keat Kien		Delhi Acers	P V Sindhu		Chennai Smashers
	Vladimir Ivanov		Mumbai Rockets	Vladimir Ivanov		Mumbai Rockets	Suo Di		Bengaluru Topguns
	K Srikanth		Bengaluru Topguns
6 Jan	S Tanongsak		Awadhe Warriors	Bodin Issara		Awadhe Warriors	Saina Nehwal		Awadhe Warriors
7 Jan	Tommy Sugiarto		Delhi Acers	K. Nandagopal		Hyderabad Hunters	Supanida Katethong		Hyderabad Hunters
8 Jan	Rajiv Ouseph		Delhi Acers	Koo Keat Kien		Delhi Acers	Gabrielle Adcock		Delhi Acers
9 Jan	Lee Chong Wei		Hyderabad Hunters	Carsten Mogensen		Hyderabad Hunters	Jwala Gutta		Hyderabad Hunters
10 Jan	Chris Adcock		Chennai Smashers	P. Kashyap		Hyderabad Hunters	Supanida Katethong		Hyderabad Hunters
11 Jan	Bodin Issara		Awadhe Warriors	Hendra Aprida Gunawan		Awadhe Warriors	P V Sindhu		Chennai Smashers
	Christinna P.
	H. S. Prannoy		Mumbai Rockets	Vladimir Ivanov		Mumbai Rockets	Kamilla Juhl		Mumbai Rockets
13 Jan	P V Sindhu		Chennai Smashers	Prannav Chopra		Chennai Smashers	Ashwini Ponnappa		Bengaluru Topguns
	Tommy Sugiarto		Delhi Acers	H. S. Prannoy		Mumbai Rockets	Ruthvika Gadde		Mumbai Rockets
SF1	Tommy Sugiarto		Delhi Acers	Brice Leverdez		Chennai Smashers	P V Sindhu		Chennai Smashers
SF2	Han Li		Mumbai Rockets	Bodin Issara		Awadhe Warriors	Saina Nehwal		Awadhe Warriors
				S Tanongsak
Final

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