Pro Kabaddi League Playoffs: Qualified teams, schedule, venue, squads
The ninth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) has entered the next stage of the tournament - the playoffs, where 12 teams competed against each other in the group stage, and only six made it to the knockouts.
Image credit: PA Images The Pro Kabaddi League Playoffs is about to beginThe playoffs will unfold in the form of eliminators, semi-finals, and the final. When the league stage ended, the top two teams on the rankings advanced to the semi-finals directly.
Meanwhile, the remaining four teams will compete against each other in the eliminators to reserve a spot in the last four. The third-placed team will face the sixth-ranked team from the league stage rankings in the eliminator.
The team finishing fourth will encounter the fifth-placed team in Eliminator 2. The winning team from the first eliminator will compete against the top-ranked team in Semi-final 1, while the winner of Eliminator 2 will face the second-ranked team in Semi-final 2.
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The winner of both semi-finals will compete in the finals. The playoffs are scheduled to be hosted at the Dome, NSCI SVP Stadium in Mumbai. They will kick off on December 13 and continue till December 17.
Top-ranked teams Jaipur Pink Panthers and Puneri Paltan are confirmed to be the first two semi-finalists. On the other hand, Bengaluru Bulls, Dabang Delhi, UP Yoddhas and Tamil Thalaivas are heading to the eliminators.
After the conclusion of the league stage, the PKL 2022 points table for the top six teams looks like this!
|
Position |
Team |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Drawn |
Points |
|
1 |
Jaipur Pink Panthers |
22 |
15 |
6 |
1 |
82 |
|
2 |
Puneri Paltan |
22 |
14 |
6 |
2 |
80 |
|
3 |
Bengaluru Bulls |
22 |
13 |
8 |
1 |
74 |
|
4 |
UP Yoddhas |
22 |
12 |
8 |
2 |
71 |
|
5 |
Tamil Thalaivas |
22 |
10 |
8 |
4 |
66 |
|
6 |
Dabang Delhi K.C. |
22 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
63 |
PKL 2022 playoffs schedule
December 13 - Bengaluru Bulls v Dabang Delhi (Eliminator 1)
December 13 - UP Yoddhas v Tamil Thalaivas (Eliminator 2)
December 15 - Jaipur Pink Panther v Eliminator 1 Winner (Semifinal 1)
December 15 - Puneri Paltan v Eliminator 2 Winner (Semifinal 2)
December 17 - Semifinal 1 Winner v Semifinal 2 Winner (Final)
PKL 2022 playoffs schedule
December 13 - Bengaluru Bulls v Dabang Delhi (Eliminator 1)
December 13 - UP Yoddhas v Tamil Thalaivas (Eliminator 2)
December 15 - Jaipur Pink Panther v Eliminator 1 Winner (Semifinal 1)
December 15 - Puneri Paltan v Eliminator 2 Winner (Semifinal 2)
December 17 - Semi-final 1 Winner v Semifinal 2 Winner (Final)
Full squads of the top six teams
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Raiders: Arjun Deshwal, Rahul Chaudhari, Ajith V Kumar, Bhavani Rajput, Navneet, Nitin Panwar, Devank
Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Sahul Kumar, Woosan KO, Reza Mirbagheri, Ashish, Abhishek KS, Ankush, Lucky Sharma, Deepak Singh, Nitin Chandel, Marimuthu Kamaraj
All-Rounders: Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade
Puneri Paltan
Raiders: Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, Aditya Tushar Shinde, Mohit Goyat, Akash Santosh Shinde, Saurabh, Pankaj Mohite
Defenders: Fazel Atrachali, Akash Chaudhary, Sombir, Badal Taqdir Singh, Sanket Sawant, Abinesh Nadarajan, Alankar Kaluram Patil, D Mahindraprasad, Rakesh Bhalle Ram, Harsh Mahesh Lad, Gaurav Khatri
All-Rounders: Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Govind Gurjar
Bengaluru Bulls
Raiders: Vikash Kandola, Neeraj Narwal, Bharat, More G B, Nageshor Tharu, Harmanjit Singh, Lal Mohar Yadav, Harmanjeet Singh,
Defenders: Mayur Kadam, Aman, Mahender Singh, Saurabh Nandal, Yash Hooda, Rajnesh, Naik, Sudhakar Krishant, Rohit Kumar
All-Rounders: Rahul Khatik, Rajesh Narwal, Sachin Narwal, Narender Hooda
UP Yoddhas
Raiders: Pardeep Narwal, Nitin Tomar, Surender Gill, James Namaba Kamweti, Gulveer Singh, Rathan K, Durgesh Kumar, Rohit Tomar, Anil Kumar, Aman, Rathan K
Defenders: Nitesh Kumar, Shubham Kumar, Abozar Mohajer Mighani, Babu Murugasan, Ashu Singh, Jaideep, Sumit,
All-Rounders: Nehal Desai, Gurdeep, Nitin Panwar
Tamil Thalaivas
Raiders: Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Sachin, Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Himanshu Narwal, Narender, Himanshu Singh
Defenders: Ankit, Sagar, M Abhishek, Ashish, Md. Arif Rabbani, Himanshu, Mohit, Arpit Saroha, Sahil Gulia
All-Rounders: Visvanath V, K Abhimanyu, Thanushan Laxmamoha,
Dabang Delhi
Raiders: Naveen Kumar, Ashu Malik, Manjeet, Ashish Narwal, Suraj Panwar
Defenders: Ravi Kumar, Amit Hooda, Sandeep Dhull, Vishal, Monu, Anil Kumar, Dipak, Vinay Kumar, Krishan, Vijay, Aakash, Mohammad Liton Ali
All-rounders: Vijay, Reza Katoulinezhad, Tejas Patil