Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 1 Jan 2017 – 14 Jan 2017 | ||
Edition | 2 | ||
Location | India | ||
Official website | www | ||
Results | |||
Champions | Chennai Smashers | ||
Runners-up | Mumbai Rockets | ||
Semi-finalists | Awadhe Warriors, Hyderabad Hunters | ||
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2017 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of Premier Badminton League.[1] It started on 1 January 2017 and concluded on 14 January 2017. It consisted of 15 league ties (each tie consisting of 5 matches) and the top four teams progressed to the knock out stages. Sachin Tendulkar became a co-owner of Bengaluru Topguns before the season and they were renamed as Bengaluru Blasters.[2]
Awadhe Warriors, Mumbai Rockets, Chennai Smashers and Hyderabad Hunters entered the semi-finals after topping the league table. Chennai Smashers beat Awadhe Warriors 4-1 and Mumbai Rockets beat Hyderabad Hunters 3-(-1) to proceed to the final. Chennai Smashers won the tournament after beating Mumbai Rockets 4-3.