RuPay Pro Volleyball League is a professional men's indoor volleyball league and its second edition will take place in February 2020. The league is taking place with the collective efforts of the Volleyball Federation of India and Baseline Ventures. It will be officially broadcasted on Sony Pictures Networks India.
Pro Volleyball League Teams
Pro Volleyball League 2020 will have six teams participating in it with each team representing different Indian cities.
Last edition's teams
City
Team Name
Icon Player
Franchise Owner(s)
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Defenders
Novica Bjelica
Bonhomie Sports Event Management Limited
Calicut
Calicut Heroes
Paul Lotman
Beacon Sports
Chennai
Chennai Spartans
Rudy Verhoeff
Chennai Spartans Private Limited
Hyderabad
Black Hawks Hyderabad
Carson Clark
Agile Entertainment Private Limited
Kochi
Kochi Blue Spikers
David Lee
Thomas Muthoot
Mumbai
U Mumba Volley
Tomislav Coskovic
U Sports
Pro Volleyball League Auction
Every team has upto 12 players with a maximum of two reserve players. These players were bought from a salary purse of Rs. 75 lakhs that was given to each franchise. A total of 117 players were up for sale via auction or player draft.
These 117 players were divided into four categories – International Icons, Indian Icons, Sr. Indian Internationals, Nationals and U-21 players where the International icon players were picked through a draft process while the Indian players were chosen via an auction.
Format
A total of 18 matches will be played and each team will play against each other in a round-robin format. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the semi finals from the final two teams will get selected.
