2016 Pro Kabaddi League (January)

2016 Pro Kabaddi League season was the third season of Pro Kabaddi League,^[1] a professional kabaddi league played in India since 2014. Pro Kabaddi, which saw astounding^{[peacock prose]} 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^[2] at the Titan's home turf, Gachibowli Indoor Stadium.The winner is Patna Pirates.^[3]

Pro Kabaddi League – January 2016
Season 3

Tournament information
Dates	30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)–5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)
Administrator	Mashal Sports
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)	India
Teams	8
Website	prokabaddi.com
Final positions
Champion	Patna Pirates (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Most raid points	Pardeep Narwal (116)
Most tackle points	Manjeet Chhillar (61)
Most successful raid	Rishank Devadiga (86)
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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.

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi is the only domestic Indian sports league to witness a strong rise in viewership as compared to its inaugural season. The rise in viewership in the second season validates the viewers’ progression from initial curiosity of season 1 to a deeper level of affinity and engagement with the aspirational avatar of Indian sport of Kabaddi.

The appeal of the league continues to deliver strongly with core urban youth audiences passionately following the game. The metro contribution in the first two weeks of Season 2 was 65% to overall television viewership demonstrating that the urban, millennial audiences have a strong affinity for the sport. The League has not only seen the viewership grow on TV but has also made a big impact digitally. The online viewership of Season 2 increased nearly 20 times already and over 13 million unique visitors to date. It has also been among the most talked about events on social media and has generated 5.73 billion potential impressions globally across 310,000 conversations so far.

Franchises

 

 

Bengaluru

 

Mumbai

 

Pune

 

Kolkata

 

Jaipur

 

Patna

 

Vizag

 

Delhi

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Locations of the 2016 Pro Kabaddi teams

Stadium and locations

This table is an excerpt from 2014 Pro Kabaddi League § Stadium and locations.[edit]

Team	Location	Stadium^[4]
Bengal Warriors	Kolkata	Netaji Indoor Stadium
Bengaluru Bulls	Bengaluru	Kanteerava Indoor Stadium
Dabang Delhi	Delhi	Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Jaipur Pink Panthers	Jaipur	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Patna Pirates	Patna	Patliputra Sports Complex
Puneri Paltan	Pune	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Telugu Titans	Visakhapatnam	Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium
U Mumba	Mumbai	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

Points table

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
U Mumba (R)	14	12	2	0	95	60
Patna Pirates (C)	14	10	2	2	104	58
Puneri Paltan (3)	14	7	4	3	92	48
Bengal Warriors (4)	14	9	5	0	26	47
Telugu Titans	14	7	7	0	-10	38
Jaipur Pink Panthers	14	4	8	2	-63	28
Bengaluru Bulls	14	2	12	0	-102	14
Dabang Delhi KC	14	1	12	1	-142	11

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

League stage

Leg 1: Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Vizag

30 January 2016 20:00 Telugu Titans 25–27 U Mumba Scorecard Match 1 U Mumba won

30 January 2016 21:00 Dabang Delhi 29–35 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Match 2 Bengaluru Bulls won

31 January 2016 20:00 Jaipur Pink Panthers 27–18 U Mumba Scorecard Match 3 Jaipur Pink Panthers won

31 January 2016 21:00 Telugu Titans 27–26 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Match 4 Telugu Titans won

1 February 2016 20:00 Patna Pirates 29–28 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Match 5 Patna Pirates won

1 February 2016 21:00 Telugu Titans 45–34 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Match 6 Telugu Titans won

2 February 2016 20:00 Telugu Titans 27–18 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match 7 Telugu Titans won

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Leg 2: Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru

3 February 2016 20:00 Bengaluru Bulls 24–33 Patna Pirates Scorecard Match 8 Patna Pirates won

3 February 2016 21:00 Dabang Delhi 20–38 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Match 9 Puneri Paltan won

4 February 2016 20:00 Bengaluru Bulls 24–34 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match 10 Bengal Warriors won

5 February 2016 20:00 Dabang Delhi 17–30 U Mumba Scorecard Match 11 U Mumba won

5 February 2016 21:00 Bengaluru Bulls 36–26 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Match 12 Bengaluru Bulls won

6 February 2016 20:00 U Mumba 26–40 Patna Pirates Scorecard Match 13 Patna Pirates won

6 February 2016 21:00 Bengaluru Bulls 26–35 Telugu Titans Scorecard Match 14 Telugu Titans won

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Leg 3: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

7 February 2016 20:00 Bengal Warriors 33–28 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Match 15 Bengal Warriors won

7 February 2016 21:00 Jaipur Pink Panthers 39–34 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Match 16 Jaipur Pink Panthers won

8 February 2016 20:00 Patna Pirates 29–25 Telugu Titans Scorecard Match 17 Patna Pirates won

8 February 2016 21:00 Bengal Warriors 34–17 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Match 18 Bengal Warriors won

9 February 2016 20:00 Bengal Warriors 31–36 Patna Pirates Scorecard Match 19 Patna Pirates won

10 February 2016 20:00 U Mumba 29–28 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Match 20 U Mumba won

10 February 2016 21:00 Bengal Warriors 34–20 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Match 21 Bengal Warriors won

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Leg 4: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

11 February 2016 20:00 Puneri Paltan 30–30 Patna Pirates Scorecard Match 22 Match Tied

12 February 2016 20:00 Patna Pirates 47–34 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Match 23 Patna Pirates won

12 February 2016 21:00 Puneri Paltan 32–32 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Match 24 Match Tied

13 February 2016 20:00 Jaipur Pink Panthers 25–27 Telugu Titans Scorecard Match 25 Telugu Titans won

13 February 2016 21:00 Puneri Paltan 27–29 U Mumba Scorecard Match 26 U Mumba won

14 February 2016 20:00 U Mumba 32–21 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match 27 U Mumba won

14 February 2016 21:00 Puneri Paltan 29–27 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Match 28 Puneri Paltan won

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Leg 5: Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna

16 February 2016 20:00 Patna Pirates 32–27 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match 29 Patna Pirates won

16 February 2016 21:00 Telugu Titans 26–35 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Match 30 Jaipur Pink Panthers won

17 February 2016 20:00 Patna Pirates 36–22 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Match 31 Patna Pirates won

18 February 2016 20:00 Bengaluru Bulls 21–35 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Match 32 Dabang Delhi won

18 February 2016 21:00 Patna Pirates 28–28 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Match 33 Match Tied

19 February 2016 20:00 Bengal Warriors 32–28 Telugu Titans Scorecard Match 34 Bengal Warriors won

19 February 2016 21:00 Patna Pirates 28–34 U Mumba Scorecard Match 35 U Mumba won

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Leg 6: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

20 February 2016 20:00 Jaipur Pink Panthers 30–21 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Match 36 Jaipur Pink Panthers won

20 February 2016 21:00 Puneri Paltan 32–22 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Match 37 Puneri Paltan won

21 February 2016 20:00 Telugu Titans 40–22 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Match 38 Telugu Titans won

21 February 2016 21:00 Jaipur Pink Panthers 18–33 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Match 39 Puneri Paltan won

22 February 2016 20:00 Jaipur Pink Panthers 18–34 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match 40 Bengal Warriors won

23 February 2016 20:00 Bengal Warriors 17–30 U Mumba Scorecard Match 41 U Mumba won

23 February 2016 21:00 Jaipur Pink Panthers 24–47 Patna Pirates Scorecard Match 42 Patna Pirates won

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Leg 7: Thyagaraj Sports Complex, Delhi

24 February 2016 20:00 Dabang Delhi 36–44 Telugu Titans Scorecard Match 43 Telugu Titans won

25 February 2016 20:00 Bengaluru Bulls 18–39 U Mumba Scorecard Match 44 U Mumba won

25 February 2016 21:00 Dabang Delhi 34–67 Patna Pirates Scorecard Match 45 Patna Pirates won

26 February 2016 20:00 Puneri Paltan 41–24 Telugu Titans Scorecard Match 46 Puneri Paltan won

26 February 2016 21:00 Dabang Delhi 21–21 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Match 47 Match Tied

27 February 2016 20:00 Bengaluru Bulls 27–44 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Match 48 Puneri Paltan won

27 February 2016 21:00 Dabang Delhi 31–37 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match 49 Bengal Warriors won

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Leg 8: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

28 February 2016 20:00 U Mumba 35–21 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Match 50 U Mumba won

28 February 2016 21:00 Telugu Titans 42–41 Patna Pirates Scorecard Match 51 Telugu Titans won

29 February 2016 20:00 U Mumba 30–27 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Match 52 U Mumba won

1 March 2016 20:00 Bengal Warriors 26–22 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Match 53 Bengal Warriors won

1 March 2016 21:00 U Mumba 38–22 Telugu Titans Scorecard Match 54 U Mumba won

2 March 2016 20:00 Puneri Paltan 43–19 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match 55 Puneri Paltan won

2 March 2016 21:00 U Mumba 36–20 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Match 56 U Mumba won

Playoff stage

All matches played at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 March 20:00
	Patna Pirates	40
					5 March 21:00
	Puneri Paltan	21
					Patna Pirates	31
	4 March 21:00
					U Mumba	28
	U Mumba	41
	Bengal Warriors	29
					Third place
					5 March 20:00
					Puneri Paltan	31
					Bengal Warriors	27

Semi-final

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1st semi-final

4 March 2016 20:00 Patna Pirates 40–21 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Match 57 Patna Pirates won

2nd semi-final

4 March 2016 21:00 U Mumba 41–29 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match 58 U Mumba won

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Third place

5 March 2016 20:00 Puneri Paltan 31– 27 Bengal Warriors Report Thyagaraj Sports Complex, Delhi

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Final

5 March 2016 21:00 Patna Pirates 31–28 U Mumba Report Match 60 Patna Pirates won and became the champions of PKL.

Statistics

Top 5 Raiders

No	Player	Team	Matches	Successful Raids	Raid Points
1	Pardeep Narwal	Patna Pirates	15	83	116
2	Rishank Devadiga	U Mumba	16	86	106
3	Rohit Kumar	Patna Pirates	12	80	102
4	Rahul Chaudhari	Telugu Titans	13	77	87
5	Jang Kun Lee	Bengal Warriors	15	64	79

^[5]

Top 5 Defenders

No.	Player	Team	Matches	Successful Tackles	Super Tackles	Total Tackle Points
1	Manjeet Chhillar	Puneri Paltan	15	56	5	61
2	Sandeep Narwal	Patna Pirates	14	53	2	55
3	Surjeet Singh	Puneri Paltan	12	47	1	48
4	Mohit Chhillar	U Mumba	13	44	2	46
4	Jasmer Singh Gulia	Puneri Paltan	16	41	5	46

Team statistics

Rank	Team	Successful Raids	Successful Raids Per Match	Successful Tackle	Successful Tackle Per Match	Super Tackles
1	Patna Pirates	241	15.06	175	10.93	7
2	U Mumba	206	12.88	163	10.18	6
3	Puneri Paltan	203	12.69	174	10.87	13
4	Bengal Warriors	213	13.31	137	8.56	13
5	Telugu Titans	206	14.71	101	7.21	15
6	Jaipur Pink Panthers	149	10.64	101	7.21	16
7	Bungaluru Bulls	158	11.29	94	6.71	6
8	Dabang Delhi	171	12.21	98	7	13

Source :^[6]

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/-

References

1. "Pro Kabaddi League season 3 flashback: With Patna Pirates' rise to glory, event took leap of faith". Firstpost. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
2. "Pro Kabaddi Season 3 Full Match Schedule, Highlights, Live Score and More". Kabaddi Adda. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
3. "PKL Season 3 Champion – Kabaddian". 14 January 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
4. . ProKabaddi.com. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
5. "Star Sports Pro Kabaddi". ProKabaddi.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
6. . Star Sports Pro Kabaddi. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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