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{{Infobox PBL
|name=2017–18 Premier Badminton League
|image=
|dates=23 Dec 2017 – 14 Jan 2018
|number_edition=3
|location=[[India]]
|website={{URL|http://www.pbl-india.com}}


|CH=[[Hyderabad Hunters]]

|RU= [[Bengaluru Blasters]]

|SE = [[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]], [[Delhi Dashers]]
|previous=[[2017 Premier Badminton League|2017]]
|next=[[2018–19 Premier Badminton League|2018-19]]}}

'''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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!style="width: 220px;" |Ahmedabad Smash Masters
!style="width: 220px;" |Awadhe Warriors
!style="width: 220px;" |Bengaluru Blasters
!style="width: 220px;" |Chennai Smashers
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[H. S. Prannoy]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Saina Nehwal]]
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Viktor Axelsen]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[P. V. Sindhu]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[K. Nandagopal]]
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Christinna Pedersen]]
|{{Flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Chong Wei Feng]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Aditya Joshi]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Kamilla Rytter Juhl]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} Harshit Aggarwal
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Sa-rang (badminton)|Kim Sa-rang]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|TAI}} [[Tai Tzu-ying]]
|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Hendra Setiawan]]
|{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Kirsty Gilmour]]
|{{Flagicon|France}} [[Brice Leverdez]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Lee Chun Hei]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Srikanth Kidambi]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Manu Attri]]
|{{Flagicon|England}} [[Chris Adcock]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Siril Verma]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} Mahima Aggarwal
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Mathias Boe]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} Daniel Farid
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sourabh Varma]]
|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} Or Chin Chung
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[N. Sikki Reddy]]
|{{Flagicon|England}} [[Gabby Adcock]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Parupalli Kashyap]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Rituparna Das]]
|{{Flagicon|Thailand}} [[Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stefani Stoeva]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} Sai Uttejita Rao Chukka
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sanjana Santosh]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} Vrushali Gummadi
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} Law Cheuk Him
|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Tang Chun Man]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Subhankar Dey]]
|{{Flagicon|TAI}} [[Lee Yang]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#013;"|
|-
!Delhi Dashers
!Hyderabad Hunters
!Mumbai Rockets
!North Eastern Warriors
|-
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Sung Ji-hyun]]
|{{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Carolina Marín]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Son Wan-ho]]
|{{Flagicon|TAI}} [[Wang Tzu-wei]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Arathi Sara Sunil]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Anoushka Parikh]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Arjun M.R.]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Ajay Jayaram]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Ashwini Ponnappa]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[B. Sai Praneeth]]
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Zhang Beiwen]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Chirag Shetty]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Ivan Sozonov]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Hyun-il]]
|{{Flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Tan Boon Heong]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Gadde Ruthvika Shivani]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Pranav Chopra]]
|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Markis Kido]]
|{{Flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Gabriela Stoeva]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Gi-jung]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Gurusai Dutt]]
|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Tarun Kona]]
|{{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Michelle Li (badminton)|Michelle Li]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Shreyanshi Pardeshi]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Rahul Yadav Chittaboina]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Kuhoo Garg]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Prajakta Sawant]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|China}} [[Tian Houwei]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Rasika Raje]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Yong-dae]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Pratul Joshi]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Vladimir Ivanov (badminton)|Vladimir Ivanov]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sameer Verma]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sanyogita Ghorpade]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Wong Wing Ki]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Yoo Yeon-seong]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sanyam Shukla]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Shin Baek-cheol]]
|}

==Points Table==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! style="width: 200px;" | Team
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|TP|Ties Played}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|RMW|Regular Matches Won}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|RML|Regular Matches Lost}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|TMW|Trump Matches Won}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|TML|Trump Matches Lost}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|Pts.|Points}}
|-style="background: lightgreen;"
| style="text-align: left;" |Hyderabad Hunters
| 5
| 13
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 20
|-style="background: lightgreen;"
| style="text-align: left;" |Ahmedabad Smash Masters
| 5
| 10
| 10
| 4
| 1
| 17
|-style="background: lightgreen;"
| style="text-align: left;" |Delhi Dashers
| 5
| 11
| 9
| 3
| 2
| 15
|-style="background: lightgreen;"
| style="text-align: left;" |Bengaluru Blasters
| 5
| 13
| 7
| 2
| 3
| 14
|-
| colspan="7" style="background:black;"|
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Awadhe Warriors
| 5
| 8
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 12
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Chennai Smashers
| 5
| 8
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 12
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |North Eastern Warriors
| 5
| 5
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 12
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Mumbai Rockets
| 5
| 6
| 14
| 3
| 2
| 10
|-
|}
*{{color box|border=darkgray|lightgreen}} Qualified for [[2017–18 Premier Badminton League#Knockout stage|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)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbl-india.com/rules-and-regulations|title=Rules and Regulations|publisher=PBL|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>
''Source: [http://www.pbl-india.com/standings Official PBL website]''

==Fixtures==
===League Stage===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+
!Date
!Venue
!Team 1
!|Result
!Team 2
|-
|23 Dec
| rowspan="4" |[[Guwahati]]
|[[Chennai Smashers]]
| 3 - 4
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Awadhe Warriors]]
|-
|24 Dec
|[[North Eastern Warriors]]
| 2 - 5
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
|-
|25 Dec
|[[Delhi Dashers]]
| 1 - 4
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|-
|26 Dec
|[[North Eastern Warriors]]
| 3 - 4
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]
|-
|27 Dec
| rowspan="5" |[[New Delhi]]
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Chennai Smashers]]
| 4 - 3
|[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|-
|28 Dec
|[[Delhi Dashers]]
| 2 - 5
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Bengaluru Blasters]]
|-
|29 Dec
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]
| 4 - 3
|[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
|-
|30 Dec
|[[North Eastern Warriors]]
| 3 - 4
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Awadhe Warriors]]
|-
|31 Dec
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Delhi Dashers]]
| 5 - 0

|[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
|-
|1 Jan
| rowspan="4" |[[Lucknow]]
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Bengaluru Blasters]]
| 6 - (-1)
|[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|-
|2 Jan
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Awadhe Warriors]]
| 4 - 3
||[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]
|-
|3 Jan
||[[Chennai Smashers]]
|0 - 3
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Delhi Dashers]]
|-
|4 Jan
|[[Awadhe Warriors]]
| 1 - 4
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|-
|5 Jan
| rowspan="5" |[[Chennai]]
|[[Bengaluru Blasters]]
| 2 - 3
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[North Eastern Warriors]]
|-
|6 Jan
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Chennai Smashers]]
| 2 - 1
||[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]
|-
|7 Jan
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
|6 - (-1)
||[[Awadhe Warriors]]
|-
|8 Jan
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Chennai Smashers]]
| 3 - 2
||[[Bengaluru Blasters]]
|-
|9 Jan
||[[Mumbai Rockets]]
| 0 - 5
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]
|-
|10 Jan
| rowspan="2" |[[Hyderabad]]
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Delhi Dashers]]
| 4 - 1
||[[North Eastern Warriors]]
|-
|11 Jan
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
| 6 - (-1)
||[[Bengaluru Blasters]]
|-
! colspan="5" |Semi Finals
|-
|12 Jan
| rowspan="2" |[[Hyderabad]]
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
| 3 - 0
||[[Delhi Dashers]]
|-
|13 Jan
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Bengaluru Blasters]]
| 4 - 3
|[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]
|-
! colspan="5" |Finals
|-
|14 Jan
||[[Hyderabad]]
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
| 4 - 3
||[[Bengaluru Blasters]]
|}

''Source: [http://www.pbl-india.com/fixtures Official PBL website]''

===Knockout Stage===
{{Round4


|12 January |'''[[Hyderabad Hunters]]'''|'''3'''|[[Delhi Dashers]]|0|
13 January |'''[[Bengaluru Blasters]]'''|'''4'''|[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]|3|

14 January |'''[[Hyderabad Hunters]]'''|'''4'''|[[Bengaluru Blasters]]|3|
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="5" |Semifinal 1
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background:lightgreen;width: 120px"|'''Hyderabad Hunters'''

|style="width: 150px"|Bernadeth, Rankireddy
|style="width: 160px"| 15 - 13, 10 - 15, 10 - 15 (Mixed Doubles)
|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"|Ponnappa, Ivanov
|rowspan="5" style="width: 120px"| '''Delhi Dashers'''
|-

|style="background:lightgreen;"|Praneeth
| 15 - 9, 15 - 8 (Men's Singles)
| Houwei (Trump Match)
|-

|style="background:lightgreen;"| 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
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="5" |Semifinal 2
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background:lightgreen;width: 120px"|'''Bengaluru Blasters'''

|style="width: 150px"|Feng
|style="width: 160px"| 2 - 15, 15 - 14, 10 - 15 (Men's Singles)
|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"|Verma
|rowspan="5" style="width: 120px"| '''Ahmedabad Smash Masters'''
|-

|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"| Rang, Boe (Trump Match)
| 15 - 13, 15 - 12 (Men's Doubles)
|Reginald, Nandagopal
|-

|Gilmour
| 15 - 8, 13 - 15, 8 - 15 (Women's Singles)
|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"| Tai (Trump Match)
|-

|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"|Axelsen
| 15 - 11, 15 - 14 (Men's Singles)
|Prannoy
|-

|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"|Rang, Reddy
| 15 - 12, 13 - 15, 15 - 9 (Mixed Doubles)
|Him, Juhl
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="5" |Final
|-
| rowspan="5" style="width: 120px;background:lightgreen"|'''Hyderabad Hunters'''

|style="width: 150px"|Kido, Seong
|style="width: 160px"| 9 - 15, 10 - 15 (Men's Doubles)
|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"|Boe, Rang
|rowspan="5" style="width: 120px"| '''Bengaluru Blasters'''
|-

|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"| Lee Hyun-Il (Trump Match)
| 15 - 7, 15 - 13 (Men's Singles)
|Dey
|-

|Praneeth
| 8 - 15, 10 - 15 (Men's Singles)
|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"| Axelsen (Trump Match)
|-

|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"|Marin
| 15 - 8, 15 - 14 (Women's Singles)
|Gilmour
|-

|style="width: 150px;background:lightgreen;"|Bernadeth, Rankireddy
| 15 - 11, 15 - 12 (Mixed Doubles)
|Rang, Reddy
|}

==References==
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