2014 Pro Kabaddi League
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| Dates | 26 July 2014–31 August 2014 |
| Administrator | Mashal Sports |
Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | India |
| Teams | 8 |
| Website | prokabaddi |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Jaipur Pink Panthers (1st title) |
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| Matches played | 60 |
| Most raid points |  Anup Kumar (169) |
| Most tackle points | Manjeet Chhillar (51) Surender Nada (51) |
| Most successful raid | Anup Kumar (123) |
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The 2014 Pro Kabaddi League was the first season of Pro Kabaddi League. The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There was double round robin matches along with two semi finals, third place and final games. 56 games were to be played in first round and 4 in play off stage making total of 60 games. 8 teams took part in first edition. First game was played on July 26 between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on August 31 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35–24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League.[1]
Player auction
[edit]The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams was held on 20 May 2014[2] in Mumbai. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹12.80 lakh by Patna franchise. Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda was bought by Vizag franchise for ₹12.90 lakh.[2] Mostafa Noudehi was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹6.6 lakh by Pune franchise.[3]
Franchises
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Stadium and locations
[edit]Personnel
[edit]| Team | Owner(s)[5] | Captain | Head coach |
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| Bengal Warriors | Future Group | Nilesh Shinde | Raj Narain Sharma |
| Bengaluru Bulls | Kosmik Global Media | Manjeet Chillar | Randhir Singh |
| Dabang Delhi | DO IT Sports Management | Jasmer Singh | Arjun Singh |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Abhishek Bachchan | Navneet Gautam | Kasinathan Baskaran |
| Patna Pirates | Rajesh Shah | Rakesh Kumar | R S Khokhar |
| Puneri Paltan | Insurekot Sports | Wazir Singh | Ramphal Kaushik |
| Telugu Titans | Veera Sports | Rajaguru Subramanian | J Udayakumar |
| U Mumba | Unilazer Sports | Anup Kumar | Ravi Shetty |
Points table
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Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts | |
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| Jaipur Pink Panthers (C) | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 54 | |
| U Mumba (R) | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 51 | |
| Bengaluru Bulls (4) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 47 | |
| Patna Pirates (3) | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 45 | |
| Telugu Titans | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 42 | |
| Dabang Delhi KC | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | -27 | 32 | |
| Bengal Warriors | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | -85 | 24 | |
| Puneri Paltan | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | -127 | 17 | |
Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.
- Advanced to the Playoff Stage
- Five (5) points for a win
- Three (3) points each for a drawn game
- One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
- Top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals
Match schedule
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Leg 2: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
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Leg 3: Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi
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Leg 4: Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna
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Playoff stage
[edit]All matches were played in Mumbai
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Statistics
[edit]Top 5 Raiders
[edit]| No. | Player | Team | Matches | Points |
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| 1 | Anup Kumar | U Mumba | 16 | 155 |
| 2 | Rahul Chaudhari | Telugu Titans | 14 | 151 |
| 3 | Maninder Singh | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 16 | 130 |
| 4 | Ajay Thakur | Bengaluru Bulls | 15 | 122 |
| 5 | Kashiling Adake | Dabang Delhi | 14 | 113 |
| Surjeet Narwal |
Top 5 Defenders
[edit]| No. | Player | Team | Matches | Points |
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| 1 | Manjeet Chillar | Bengaluru Bulls | 16 | 51 |
| Surender Nada | U Mumba | 15 | ||
| 3 | Dharmaraj Cheralathan | Bengaluru Bulls | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Rohit Rana | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 14 | 38 |
| Jasmer Singh Gulia | Dabang Delhi | 15 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Season 1, results". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Pro Kabaddi league fixes players' auction on May 20 - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Rakesh Kumar gets the highest bid". The Hindu. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Official Website for the Pro Kabaddi League". ProKabaddi.com. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Pro Kabaddi League auction sees big spends on national players". Business Standard. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.