The inaugural Pro Volleyball League will kick off with the first leg in Kochi on February 2, while the final will be held in Chennai on February 22. Kochi Blue Spikers will take on U Mumba Volley in the first match of the league, which would see six teams fighting for the title. A total of 18 matches would be played in two legs to be held in - Kochi and Chennai. The first 12 matches will take place in Kochi while the remaining six matches, including the two semifinals and the final, would be held in Chennai.

Ticket Priced at Rs 300

Joy Bhattacharjya, CEO, Pro Volleyball League and VFI Secretary-General, Ramavtar Singh Jakhar unveiled the match schedule of the tournament. Jakhar presented the first ticket of the tournament to former volleyball players Suresh Mishra, G Sridharan, Dalel Singh and Amir Singh. The tickets have been priced at Rs 300, while season passes will be made available at a 30 per cent discount.

Pro Volleyball League: Teams

The six franchises taking part in the first edition of PVL are: Ahmedabad Defenders, Calicut Heroes, Chennai Spartans, U Mumba Volley, Black Hawks and Kochi Blue Spikers. 

Ahmedabad Defenders is owned by Bonhomie Sports Event Mgmt. Ltd., Kerala’s Calicut Heroes is owned by Beacon Sports while the Chennai Spartans is owned by Chennai Spartans Pvt. Ltd. U Mumba Volley is owned by U Sports, who also own a team in the Kabaddi league while Black Hawks Hyderabad is owned by Agile Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Thomas Muthoot owns the Kochi franchise called the Kochi Blue Spikers. 

Pro Volleyball League: Fixtures and schedule

Pro Volleyball League: Players

Indian attacker Ranjit Singh emerged as the top pick in the first Pro Volleyball League auction which also saw six foreign and 117 Indian players going under the hammer on December 14. Singh was the costliest Indian player with Ahmedabad Defenders shelling out Rs 13 lakhs for him.

In the foreign player draft, the Black Hawks Hyderabad got Round 1 first pick and they chose Carson Clark. Paul Lotman was the second pick joining Calicut Heroes. The third pick of the foreign draft was Rudy Verhoeff joining Chennai Spartans. Tomislav Coskovic, David Lee and Novica Bjelica were picked 4th, 5th & 6th by U Mumba Volley, Kochi Blue Spikers and Ahmedabad Defenders respectively. In the second draft of the Pro Volleyball League, Russia's Victor Sysoev was picked by Ahmedabad Defenders, Slovakian Adrej Patuc by Kochi Blue Spikers, Canada's Nicholas Del Bianco by U Mumba Volley, Latvian Ruskans Sorokins by Chennai Spartans, Canada's Alex Bader by Black Hawks Hyderabad and Republic of Congo's Illouni Ngampourou by Calicut Heroes.

Each of the six teams will have 12 players including two foreign players, one Indian icon player and two Indian U-21 players. 

Pro Volleyball League: Where to watch 

All the matches will be broadcasted live on Sony Six and Sony Ten 3 and will be streamed live on Sony LIV.