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2017–18 Premier Badminton League
Tournament details
Dates	23 Dec 2017 – 14 Jan 2018
Edition	3
Location	India
Official website	www.pbl-india.com
Results
Champions	Hyderabad Hunters
Runners-up	Bengaluru Blasters
Semi-finalists	Ahmedabad Smash Masters, Delhi Dashers
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2017–18 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of Premier Badminton League. It started on 23 December 2017 and concluded on 14 January 2018. It consisted of 20 league ties (each tie consisting of 5 matches) with the top four teams progressing to the knock out stages. The season featured two new teams – Ahmedabad Smash Masters and North Eastern Warriors – bringing the total to eight competing teams. Also, the Delhi team previously known as Delhi Acers will feature as Delhi Dashers.

Hyderabad Hunters were crowned the champions after they beat Bengaluru Blasters 4 - 3 in the final tie.

Squads


Ahmedabad Smash Masters	Awadhe Warriors	Bengaluru Blasters	Chennai Smashers
H. S. Prannoy	Saina Nehwal	Viktor Axelsen	P. V. Sindhu
K. Nandagopal	Christinna Pedersen	Chong Wei Feng	Aditya Joshi
Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Harshit Aggarwal	Kim Sa-rang	B. Sumeeth Reddy
Tai Tzu-ying	Hendra Setiawan	Kirsty Gilmour	Brice Leverdez
Lee Chun Hei	Srikanth Kidambi	Manu Attri	Chris Adcock
Siril Verma	Mahima Aggarwal	Mathias Boe	Daniel Farid
Sourabh Varma	Or Chin Chung	N. Sikki Reddy	Gabby Adcock
Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli	Parupalli Kashyap	Rituparna Das	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk
Stefani Stoeva	Sai Uttejita Rao Chukka	Sanjana Santosh	Vrushali Gummadi
Law Cheuk Him	Tang Chun Man	Subhankar Dey	Lee Yang

Delhi Dashers	Hyderabad Hunters	Mumbai Rockets	North Eastern Warriors
Sung Ji-hyun	Carolina Marín	Son Wan-ho	Wang Tzu-wei
Arathi Sara Sunil	Anoushka Parikh	Arjun M.R.	Ajay Jayaram
Ashwini Ponnappa	B. Sai Praneeth	Zhang Beiwen	Chirag Shetty
Ivan Sozonov	Lee Hyun-il	Tan Boon Heong	Gadde Ruthvika Shivani
Pranav Chopra	Markis Kido	Gabriela Stoeva	Kim Gi-jung
Gurusai Dutt	Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth	Tarun Kona	Michelle Li
Shreyanshi Pardeshi	Rahul Yadav Chittaboina	Kuhoo Garg	Prajakta Sawant
Tian Houwei	Rasika Raje	Lee Yong-dae	Pratul Joshi
Vladimir Ivanov	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Sameer Verma	Sanyogita Ghorpade
Wong Wing Ki	Yoo Yeon-seong	Sanyam Shukla	Shin Baek-cheol

Points table

Team	TP	RMW	RML	TMW	TML	Pts.
Hyderabad Hunters	5	13	7	4	1	20
Ahmedabad Smash Masters	5	10	10	4	1	17
Delhi Dashers	5	11	9	3	2	15
Bengaluru Blasters	5	13	7	2	3	14

Awadhe Warriors	5	8	12	3	2	12
Chennai Smashers	5	8	12	3	2	12
North Eastern Warriors	5	5	15	4	1	12
Mumbai Rockets	5	6	14	3	2	10

Qualified for knockouts
Five matches will be played in each tie (TP)
1 point for each Regular Match Won (RMW)
0 points for Regular Matches Lost (RML)
2 points for each Trump Match Won (TMW)
-1 point for each Trump Match Lost (TML)^[1]

Source: Official PBL website

Fixtures

League stage


Date	Venue	Team 1	Result	Team 2
23 Dec	Guwahati	Chennai Smashers	3 - 4	Awadhe Warriors
24 Dec		North Eastern Warriors	2 - 5	Hyderabad Hunters
25 Dec		Delhi Dashers	1 - 4	Mumbai Rockets
26 Dec		North Eastern Warriors	3 - 4	Ahmedabad Smash Masters
27 Dec	New Delhi	Chennai Smashers	4 - 3	Mumbai Rockets
28 Dec		Delhi Dashers	2 - 5	Bengaluru Blasters
29 Dec		Ahmedabad Smash Masters	4 - 3	Hyderabad Hunters
30 Dec		North Eastern Warriors	3 - 4	Awadhe Warriors
31 Dec		Delhi Dashers	5 - 0	Hyderabad Hunters
1 Jan	Lucknow	Bengaluru Blasters	6 - (-1)	Mumbai Rockets
2 Jan		Awadhe Warriors	4 - 3	Ahmedabad Smash Masters
3 Jan		Chennai Smashers	0 - 3	Delhi Dashers
4 Jan		Awadhe Warriors	1 - 4	Mumbai Rockets
5 Jan	Chennai	Bengaluru Blasters	2 - 3	North Eastern Warriors
6 Jan		Chennai Smashers	2 - 1	Ahmedabad Smash Masters
7 Jan		Hyderabad Hunters	6 - (-1)	Awadhe Warriors
8 Jan		Chennai Smashers	3 - 2	Bengaluru Blasters
9 Jan		Mumbai Rockets	0 - 5	Ahmedabad Smash Masters
10 Jan	Hyderabad	Delhi Dashers	4 - 1	North Eastern Warriors
11 Jan	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Hunters	6 - (-1)	Bengaluru Blasters
Semi-finals
12 Jan	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Hunters	3 - 0	Delhi Dashers
13 Jan	Hyderabad	Bengaluru Blasters	4 - 3	Ahmedabad Smash Masters
Finals
14 Jan	Hyderabad	Hyderabad Hunters	4 - 3	Bengaluru Blasters

Source: Official PBL website

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

12 January

Hyderabad Hunters	3
		14 January
Delhi Dashers	0
		Hyderabad Hunters	4
13 January
		Bengaluru Blasters	3
Bengaluru Blasters	4

Ahmedabad Smash Masters	3

Semifinal 1
Hyderabad Hunters	Bernadeth, Rankireddy	15 - 13, 10 - 15, 10 - 15 ^{(Mixed Doubles)}	Ponnappa, Ivanov	Delhi Dashers
	Praneeth	15 - 9, 15 - 8 ^{(Men's Singles)}	Houwei ^{(Trump Match)}
	Marin ^{(Trump Match)}	12 - 15, 15 - 11, 15 - 9 ^{(Women's Singles)}	Hyun
	Kido, Seong	– ^{(Men's Doubles)}	Sozonov, Ivanov
	Lee Hyun-Il	– ^{(Men's Singles)}	Gurusaidutt

Semifinal 2
Bengaluru Blasters	Feng	2 - 15, 15 - 14, 10 - 15 ^{(Men's Singles)}	Verma	Ahmedabad Smash Masters
	Rang, Boe ^{(Trump Match)}	15 - 13, 15 - 12 ^{(Men's Doubles)}	Reginald, Nandagopal
	Gilmour	15 - 8, 13 - 15, 8 - 15 ^{(Women's Singles)}	Tai ^{(Trump Match)}
	Axelsen	15 - 11, 15 - 14 ^{(Men's Singles)}	Prannoy
	Rang, Reddy	15 - 12, 13 - 15, 15 - 9 ^{(Mixed Doubles)}	Him, Juhl

Final
Hyderabad Hunters	Kido, Seong	9 - 15, 10 - 15 ^{(Men's Doubles)}	Boe, Rang	Bengaluru Blasters
	Lee Hyun-Il ^{(Trump Match)}	15 - 7, 15 - 13 ^{(Men's Singles)}	Dey
	Praneeth	8 - 15, 10 - 15 ^{(Men's Singles)}	Axelsen ^{(Trump Match)}
	Marin	15 - 8, 15 - 14 ^{(Women's Singles)}	Gilmour
	Bernadeth, Rankireddy	15 - 11, 15 - 12 ^{(Mixed Doubles)}	Rang, Reddy

References

^ "Rules and Regulations". PBL. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

[1] "Rules and Regulations". PBL. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

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