2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)
The 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season was the third season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league played in India since 2014. Pro Kabaddi, which saw astounding 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 at the Titan's home turf, Gachibowli Indoor Stadium.The winner is Patna Pirates.
| Season 3 Pro Kabaddi League - January 2016 | |
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| Dates | 30 January 2016 – 5 March 2016 |
| Administrator(s) | Mashal Sports |
| Kabaddi format | Double round-robin & semi-finals |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions | Patna Pirates (1st title) |
| Defending Champions | U Mumba |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Player of the Series | Rohit Kumar |
| Official website | prokabaddi |
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
Stadium and locations
Points Table
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
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| 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 |
(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
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Leg 2: Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
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Leg 3: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
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Leg 4: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
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Leg 5: Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna
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Leg 6: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
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Leg 7: Thyagaraj Sports Complex, Delhi
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Leg 8: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai
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Playoff Stage
All matches played at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 04 March 20:00 | ||||||
| Patna Pirates | 40 | |||||
| 05 March 21:00 | ||||||
| Puneri Paltan | 21 | |||||
| Patna Pirates | 31 | |||||
| 04 March 21:00 | ||||||
| U Mumba | 28 | |||||
| U Mumba | 41 | |||||
| Bengal Warriors | 29 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 05 March 20:00 | ||||||
| Puneri Paltan | 31 | |||||
| Bengal Warriors | 27 | |||||
Semi-final
- 1st semi final
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- 2nd semi final
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Third Place
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Statistics
Top 5 Raiders
| No | Player | Team | Matches | Successful Raids | Raid Points |
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| 1 | Pardeep Narwal | Patna Pirates | 16 | 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 |
Top 5 Defenders
| No. | Player | Team | Matches | Successful Tackles | Super Tackles | Total Tackle Points |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | Bengaluru Bulls | 158 | 11.29 | 94 | 6.71 | 6 |
| 8 | Dabang Delhi | 171 | 12.21 | 98 | 7 | 13 |
Source :[4]
Final Cash Awards
| Position | Team | Award |
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| 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
- "Star Sports Pro Kabaddi Season 3 to kick off in January 2016". ProKabaddi.com. 14 December 2015. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- "HOME-->FIXTURES". ProKabaddi.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- "Star Sports Pro Kabaddi". ProKabaddi.com. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- "Star Sports Pro Kabaddi - Season 3 Leaderboard | ProKabaddi.com". Star Sports Pro Kabaddi. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-08.