The Kolkata Thunderbolts celebrate winning the Prime Volleyball League in 2022
Next up on the volleyball agenda: the RuPay Prime Volleyball League Powered by A23. An exciting and unprecedented format makes India’s pro league a unique proposition for fans. One you can get to know in February and March, when it takes place in cities across India.
From February 4 to March 5, head to Volleyball World for all the latest from the Prime Volleyball League. The volleyballworld.com website will have all the player statistics and rankings, as well as news and detailed information on the match schedule, results and standings. The entire second season of India’s Prime Volleyball League will also be streamed live on Volleyball TV (for viewers outside India).
What is the Prime Volleyball League?
The Prime Volleyball League is India’s premier volleyball competition and features franchises from eight cities across India. It is administered and marketed by India’s leading sports marketing firm, Baseline Ventures.
The inaugural edition of the Prime Volleyball League was held in February 2022. Kolkata Thunderbolts triumphed as the league’s first champions.
The winners of the 2023 Prime Volleyball League will represent their country at the men’s Volleyball Club World Champs, which will be held in India later this year.
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What makes the Prime Volleyball League format so unique?
The matches are played in an unprecedented format. In each set, the first team to reach 15 points wins the set, even if the margin is just one point. Which means that sets are never extended to “overtime”.
In the single round-robin league phase, in which each of the eight teams plays a total of seven games, every match consists of five sets. A 5-0 win (“whitewash”) earns a team three points in the standings. Any other win brings two points. If there is a tie in the total number of points, the total number of sets won is also a factor in determining the teams’ positions in the table.
At the end of the league phase, the top four teams in the standings advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals compete in the final for the championship title.
The semifinals and the final are played in a standard best-of-five format, i.e. the first team to win three sets wins the match.
The so called Super Point is one of the key innovations to the rules of the game to be applied in the Prime Volleyball League. Once in every set, each team has the…
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