2016 Pro Kabaddi League season was the third season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league played in India since 2014. Pro Kabaddi, which saw success in its second season, was all set to make its much awaited return for a third season from 30 January 2016, just five months after completion of the second season. Hyderabad hosted the opening leg of Season 3, with the first match being played between Telugu Titans and U Mumba at the Titan's home turf, Gachibowli Indoor Stadium.The winner is Patna Pirates.
Star Sports Pro Kabaddi, organized by Mashal Sports and Star India, in association with the International Kabaddi Federation, Asian Kabaddi Federation and the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India is now going to be a bi-annual league with two seasons every year, promising much more action for the audiences and also encouraging them to take up to playing Kabaddi.
The third season of the league will feature 60 games played on specially developed mats, in state of the art indoor stadiums across 34 days in 8 cities. Following the same ‘caravan style’ format like in the first two seasons, the league will be played at each franchise city for a duration of 4 days, where the home team will play 4 of the visiting franchises. All seven visiting franchises will play a set of away games in each city.
After the opening leg in Hyderabad, the caravan will move to the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru, followed by Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. This season, the badminton arena in the Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune will be the venue for the culmination to the first half of the league. The indoor stadium at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna will play host to the second half of the league with the caravan then moving to Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on 20 February 2016. Moving on from Jaipur, the league will be played in at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi and move to the home of the reigning champions, U Mumba at National Sports Club of India, Mumbai. The playoffs will return to the national capital for the semi-finals, playoffs and the finals.
Franchises
Stadium and locations
Points table
League stage Leg 1: Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Vizag
Leg 2: Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
Leg 3: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
Leg 4: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
Leg 5: Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna
Leg 6: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Leg 7: Thyagaraj Sports Complex, Delhi
Leg 8: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai
Playoff stage All matches played at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.
Semi-final
1st semi-final
2nd semi-final
Third place
Final
Statistics Top 5 Raiders + No Player Team MatchesSuccessful RaidsRaid Points1 Pardeep NarwalPatna Pirates15 83 1162 Rishank Devadiga U Mumba 16 86 106 3 Rohit KumarPatna Pirates 12 80 102 4 Rahul ChaudhariTelugu Titans 13 77 87 5 Jang Kun Lee Bengal Warriors 15 64 79
Top 5 Defenders +No.PlayerTeamMatchesSuccessful TacklesSuper TacklesTotal Tackle Points1Manjeet ChhillarPuneri Paltan15565612Sandeep NarwalPatna Pirates14532553Surjeet SinghPuneri Paltan12471484Mohit ChhillarU Mumba13442464Jasmer Singh GuliaPuneri Paltan1641546
Team statistics +RankTeamSuccessful RaidsSuccessful Raids Per MatchSuccessful TackleSuccessful Tackle Per MatchSuper Tackles1Patna Pirates24115.0617510.9372U Mumba20612.8816310.1863Puneri Paltan20312.6917410.87134Bengal Warriors21313.311378.56135Telugu Titans20614.711017.21156Jaipur Pink Panthers14910.641017.21167Bungaluru Bulls15811.29946.7168Dabang Delhi17112.2198713 Source :
Final Cash Awards Position Team Award 1st Patna Pirates 1,00,00,000/-2nd U Mumba 50,00,000/-3rd Puneri Paltan 30,00,000/-4th Bengal Warriors 20,00,000/-
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