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Calicut Heroes
Calicut Heroes is a men's volleyball team from Kozhikode, Kerala playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India.[1] The team was founded in 2018 and owned by Beacon Sports. The team had participated in the only season of the dissolved Pro Volleyball League in 2019 before it switched to Prime Volleyball League in 2021.
| Founded | 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Beacon Sports | ||
| Head coach | Kishor Kumar | ||
| Captain | Jerome Vinith | ||
| League | Prime Volleyball League | ||
| 2022 | 4th place | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Honors edit
- Runners-up: 2019
- Fourth Place: 2022
History edit
2019 season edit
In mid-2018, Baseline Ventures, India invited bids for franchisees based in Indian cities for Pro Volleyball League. The league was given the go-ahead by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Beacon Sports won the bid for the Calicut franchisee in the Pro Volleyball League.[2] The Calicut Heroes team was captained by Jerome Vinith and coached by Sajad Hussain Malik in the Pro Volleyball League.[3]
Team edit
| Team roster 2022[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Position | |||
| 8 | Ajith Lal C | Attacker | |||
| 7 | Aaron Koubi | Attacker | |||
| 5 | Abil Krishnan M P | Attacker | |||
| 11 | Vshal Krishna P S | Attacker | |||
| 18 | Vignesh Raj D | Attacker | |||
| 55 | Matt Hilling (C) | Blocker | |||
| 6 | Mujeeb M C | Blocker | |||
| 0 | Arjun Nath L S | Blocker | |||
| 12 | Jerome Vinith[5] | Universal | |||
| 3 | Arun Zacharias Siby | Universal | |||
| 17 | Ansab O | Universal | |||
| 15 | Jithin N[6] | Setter | |||
| 1 | Lal Sujan M V | Setter | |||
| 10 | Praba | Libero | |||
Administration and support staff edit
References edit
- ^ "Prime Volleyball League: All you need to know about the sport". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Calicut Heroes | Pro Volleyball League Team". www.provolleyball.in.
- ^ "Calicut Heroes | Prime Volleyball League Team". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
- ^ "PVL: David Lee has been encouraging figure, says Calicut Heroes' Jerome Vinith". ThePrint. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "PVL 2022: Calicut Heroes eyeing comeback in Ahmedabad clash, says setter Jithin". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 February 2022.