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{{Infobox PBL
|name=2018–19 Premier Badminton League
|image=
|dates=Dec 2018 – Jan 2019
|number_edition=4
|location=[[India]]
|website={{URL|http://www.pbl-india.com}}
|CH=[[Bengaluru Raptors]]
|RU= [[Mumbai Rockets]]
|SE = [[Hyderabad Hunters]], [[Awadhe Warriors]]
|previous=[[2017–18 Premier Badminton League|2017-18]]
|next=[[2020 Premier Badminton League|2020]]
}}

'''2018–19 Premier Badminton League''' (also known as '''Vodafone PBL''' for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of [[Premier Badminton League]]. It was played from 22 December 2018 to 13 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=PBL Season 4 to have nine franchises, with Pune joins the league |url=http://www.gobadminton.in/pbl/975/pbl-season-4-to-have-nine-franchises-with-pune-joins-the-league |website=gobadminton.in |accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref> The season featured a new team – Pune 7 Aces<ref>{{cite news |title=Taapsee on Owning a PBL Team & Why Badminton is Important to India |url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/badminton/taapsee-pannu-on-pbl-team-pune-7-aces-badminton |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=thequint.com |date=10 October 2018}}</ref> – bringing the total to nine competing teams. Also, the Bengaluru team previously known as Bengaluru Blasters featured as Bengaluru Raptors.

Bengaluru Raptors beat Mumbai Rockets by 4 - 3 in the final tie to lift their maiden title.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/field/909325/bengaluru-raptors-clinch-pbl-4-title-with-a-thrilling-4-3-win-over-mumbai-rockets |website=Scroll.in |accessdate=13 January 2019|title=Bengaluru Raptors clinch PBL 4 title with a thrilling 4-3 win over Mumbai Rockets }}</ref>

== Squads ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!style="width: 220px;" |Ahmedabad Smash Masters
!style="width: 220px;" |Awadhe Warriors
!style="width: 220px;" |Bengaluru Raptors
|-
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Viktor Axelsen]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Son Wan-ho]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Srikanth Kidambi]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Anoushka Parikh]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Ashwini Ponnappa]]
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Mohammad Ahsan]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[N. Sikki Reddy]]
|{{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Mathias Christiansen]]
|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Hendra Setiawan]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]]
|{{Flagicon|TPE}} [[Lee Yang]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[B. Sai Praneeth]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Lee Chun Hei]]
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Zhang Beiwen]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} Mithun Manjunath
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[K. Nandagopal]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Dong-keun (badminton)|Lee Dong-keun]]
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Lauren Smith (badminton)|Lauren Smith]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Kirsty Gilmour]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sanyogita Ghorpade]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sanjana Santosh]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} Vaishnavi Bhale
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Gurusai Dutt]]
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Marcus Ellis]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|MYS}} [[Liew Daren]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Rasika Raje]]
|{{Flagicon|VIE}} [[Vũ Thị Trang]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sourabh Varma]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Arjun M.R.]]
|{{Flagicon|VIE}} [[Nguyễn Tiến Minh]]
|-
| colspan="3" style="background:#013;" |
|-
!Chennai Smashers
!Delhi Dashers
!Hyderabad Hunters
|-
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Sung Ji-hyun]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[H. S. Prannoy]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[P. V. Sindhu]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Gabby Adcock]]
|{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Chai Biao]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Eom Hye-won]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Adcock]]
|{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Sijie]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Sa-rang (badminton)|Kim Sa-rang]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Rutaparna Panda]]
|{{Flagicon|THA}} [[Maneepong Jongjit]]
|{{Flagicon|THA}} [[Bodin Isara]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sumeeth Reddy]]
|{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeniya Kosetskaya]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} Sai Uttejita Rao Chukka
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Saili Rane]]
|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Tommy Sugiarto]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Hyun-il]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Rajiv Ouseph]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Harika Veludurthi]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} Arun George
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Parupalli Kashyap]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Vighnesh Devlekar]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Meghana Jakkampudi]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} Or Chin Chung
|{{Flagicon|India}} Chirag Sen
|{{Flagicon|NED}} [[Mark Caljouw]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Chong Wei Feng]]
|{{Flagicon|TPE}} [[Lee Chia-hsin]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Rahul Yadav Chittaboina]]
|-
| colspan="3" style="background:#013;" |
|-
!style="width: 220px;" |Mumbai Rockets
!style="width: 220px;" |North Eastern Warriors
!style="width: 220px;" |Pune 7 Aces
|-
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Yong-dae]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Saina Nehwal]]
|{{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Carolina Marín]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Ha-na]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Chirag Shetty]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Gi-jung]]
|{{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Yoo Yeon-seong]]
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Mathias Boe]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Shreyanshi Pardeshi]]
|{{Flagicon|THA}} [[Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk]]
|{{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Vladimir Ivanov (badminton)|Vladimir Ivanov]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Sameer Verma]]
|{{Flagicon|China}} [[Tian Houwei]]
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Line Kjærsfeldt]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Kuhoo Garg]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[K. Maneesha]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Lakshya Sen]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Manu Attri]]
|{{Flagicon|TPE}} [[Liao Min-chun]]
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Brice Leverdez]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Anders Antonsen]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Dhruv Kapila]]
|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Sony Dwi Kuncoro]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Pratul Joshi]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Siril Verma]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Ajay Jayaram]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|India}} Anura Prabhudesai
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Rituparna Das]]
|{{Flagicon|India}} [[Prajakta Sawant]]
|}
<ref>{{cite news |title=Premier Badminton League squads after the 2018-19 players' auction |url=https://scroll.in/field/897492/premier-badminton-league-here-are-all-the-nine-full-squads-after-the-2018-19-players-auction |accessdate=15 November 2018 |date=8 October 2018}}</ref>

==Points Table==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! style="width: 200px;" | Team
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|MP|Matches 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:#cfc"
| style="text-align: left;" |Awadhe Warriors
| 30
| 13
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 25
|-style="background:#cfc"
| style="text-align: left;" |Hyderabad Hunters
| 30
| 15
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 24
|-style="background:#cfc"
| style="text-align: left;" |Bengaluru Raptors
| 30
| 12
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 21
|-style="background:#cfc"
| style="text-align: left;" |Mumbai Rockets
| 30
| 13
| 11
| 4
| 2
| 19
|-
| colspan="7" style="background:black;" |
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Pune 7 Aces
| 30
| 8
| 16
| 5
| 1
| 17
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Chennai Smashers
| 30
| 12
| 12
| 3
| 3
| 15
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Ahmedabad Smash Masters
| 30
| 7
| 17
| 4
| 2
| 13
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |North Eastern Warriors
| 30
| 11
| 13
| 2
| 4
| 11
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Delhi Dashers
| 30
| 9
| 15
| 1
| 5
| 6
|-
|}
*{{color box|border=darkgray|#cfc}} Qualified for [[2018–19 Premier Badminton League#Knockout Stage|knockouts]]
*Five matches (MP) constitute one tie
*Each team will play six ties
*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=23 December 2018}}</ref>
''Source: [http://www.pbl-india.com/ Official PBL website]''

==Fixtures==
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbl-india.com/fixtures |title=Premier Badminton League |accessdate=3 December 2018}}</ref>
===League Stage===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+
!Date
!Time
!Venue
!Team 1
!|Result
!Team 2
|-
|22 Dec
|19:00
| rowspan="4" |[[National Sports Club of India|Mumbai]]
|Pune 7 Aces
| (-1) – 6
|style="background:#cfc;"|Hyderabad Hunters
|-
|23 Dec
|16:00
|style="background:#cfc;"|Mumbai Rockets
| 5 – 0
| Delhi Dashers
|-
|23 Dec
|19:00
|style="background:#cfc;"|Ahmedabad Smash Masters
| 4 – 1
| North Eastern Warriors
|-
|24 Dec
|19:00
|Pune 7 Aces
| 3 – 4
| style="background:#cfc;"|Awadhe Warriors
|-
|25 Dec
|19:00
| rowspan="5" |[[Gachibowli Indoor Stadium|Hyderabad]]
| style="background:#cfc;"|Hyderabad Hunters
| 5 – 0
|Chennai Smashers
|-
|26 Dec
|19:00
|Delhi Dashers
| 1 – 4
| style="background:#cfc;"|Ahmedabad Smash Masters
|-
|27 Dec
|19:00
| style="background:#cfc;"|North Eastern Warriors
| 4 – 1
|Mumbai Rockets
|-
|28 Dec
|16:00
|style="background:#cfc;"|Ahmedabad Smash Masters
| 4 – 3
| Bengaluru Raptors
|-
|28 Dec
|19:00
| Hyderabad Hunters
| 1 – 4
|style="background:#cfc;"|Awadhe Warriors
|-
|29 Dec
|16:00
| rowspan="6" |[[Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex|Pune]]
|style="background:#cfc;"|Pune 7 Aces
| 4 – 3
|Mumbai Rockets
|-
|29 Dec
|19:00
| style="background:#cfc;"|North Eastern Warriors
| 3 – 0
|Delhi Dashers
|-
|30 Dec
|16:00
|Ahmedabad Smash Masters
|(-1) – 6
|style="background:#cfc;"| Chennai Smashers
|-
|30 Dec
|19:00
|Pune 7 Aces
| 3 – 4
| style="background:#cfc;"|Bengaluru Raptors
|-
|31 Dec
|19:00
|Awadhe Warriors
| 2 – 5
|style="background:#cfc;"|Mumbai Rockets
|-
|1 Jan
|19:00
|style="background:#cfc;"| Hyderabad Hunters
| 5 – 0
||North Eastern Warriors
|-
|2 Jan
|19:00
| rowspan="7" |[[The Arena (Ahmedabad)|Ahmedabad]]
| Delhi Dashers
| 1 – 2
|style="background:#cfc;"|Bengaluru Raptors
|-
|3 Jan
|19:00
| Pune 7 Aces
| 3 – 4
|style="background:#cfc;"|Chennai Smashers
|-
|4 Jan
|19:00
|Ahmedabad Smash Masters
| (-1) – 6
|style="background:#cfc;"| Awadhe Warriors
|-
|5 Jan
|16:00
|style="background:#cfc;"| Mumbai Rockets
| 5 – 0
|Chennai Smashers
|-
|5 Jan
|19:00
| style="background:#cfc;"| Bengaluru Raptors
| 4 – 3
|North Eastern Warriors
|-
|6 Jan
|16:00
|Delhi Dashers
|0 – 5
|style="background:#cfc;"|Pune 7 Aces
|-
|6 Jan
|19:00
|Ahmedabad Smash Masters
|3 – 4
|style="background:#cfc;"|Hyderabad Hunters
|-
|7 Jan
|19:00
| rowspan="5" |[[Kanteerava Indoor Stadium|Bangalore]]
|style="background:#cfc;"|Awadhe Warriors
| 4 – 3
|Chennai Smashers
|-
|8 Jan
|19:00
|style="background:#cfc;"|Bengaluru Raptors
|5 – 0
|Mumbai Rockets
|-
|9 Jan
|16:00
|Hyderabad Hunters
| 3 – 4
|style="background:#cfc;"|Delhi Dashers
|-
|9 Jan
|19:00
|style="background:#cfc;"|Awadhe Warriors
|5 – 0
|North Eastern Warriors
|-
|10 Jan
|19:00
|style="background:#cfc;"|Bengaluru Raptors
|3 – 2
|Chennai Smashers
|}

=== Knockout Stage ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Date
!Time
!Venue
!Team 1
!Result
!Team 2
|-
! colspan="6" |Semi Finals
|-
|11 Jan
|19:00
| rowspan="2" |[[Kanteerava Indoor Stadium|Bangalore]]
|Awadhe Warriors
| 2 – 4
|style="background:#cfc;"|Bengaluru Raptors
|-
|12 Jan
|19:00
|Hyderabad Hunters
| 2 – 4
|style="background:#cfc;"|Mumbai Rockets
|-
! colspan="6" |Finals
|-
|13 Jan
|19:00
||[[Kanteerava Indoor Stadium|Bangalore]]
| style="background:#cfc;"|Bengaluru Raptors
| 4 – 3
|Mumbai Rockets
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="5" |Semifinal 1
|-
| rowspan="5" style="width: 120px"|'''Awadhe Warriors'''

|style="width: 150px;background:#cfc;"|M. Christiansen,
A. Ponnappa

(Trump Match)
|style="width: 160px"| 15 – 7, 15 – 10
(Mixed Doubles)
|M. Ellis, L. Smith
|rowspan="5" style="background:#cfc;width: 120px"| '''Bengaluru Raptors'''
|-

|L. D. Keun
| 9 – 15, 4 – 15 (Men's Singles)
|style="width: 150px;background:#cfc;"|B. S. Praneeth
|-

|S. W. Ho
| 7 – 15, 10 – 15 (Men's Singles)
|style="background:#cfc;"|K. Srikanth
|-

|Y. Lee, M. Christiansen
| 14 – 15, 9 – 15 (Men's Doubles)
|style="background:#cfc;"|M. Ahsan, H. Setiawan
(Trump Match)
|-

|B. Zhang
| – (Women's Singles)
|T. T. Vu
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="5" |Semifinal 2
|-
| rowspan="5" style="width: 120px"|'''Hyderabad Hunters'''

|style="width: 150px"|B. Isara, K. S. Rang
|style="width: 160px"| 14 – 15, 12 – 15
(Men's Doubles)
|style="width: 150px;background:#cfc;"|K. G. Jung, L. Y. Dae
|rowspan="5" style="background:#cfc;width: 120px"| '''Mumbai Rockets'''
|-

|M. Caljouw
| 8 – 15, 7 – 15 (Men's Singles)
|style="background:#cfc;"|S. Verma
(Trump Match)
|-

|style="background:#cfc;"|P. V. Sindhu
(Trump Match)
| 15 – 6, 15 – 5 (Women's Singles)
|S. Pardeshi
|-

|L. Hyun
| 13 – 15, 6 – 15 (Men's Singles)
|style="background:#cfc;"|A. Antonsen
|-

|K. S. Rang, E. H. Won
| – (Mixed Doubles)
|K. G. Jung,
P. Z. Bernadeth
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="5" |Final
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background:#cfc;width: 120px"|'''Bengaluru Raptors'''

|style="width: 150px"|M. Ellis, L. Smith
|style="width: 160px"| 8 – 15, 14 – 15
(Mixed Doubles)
|style="width: 150px;background:#cfc;"|K. G. Jung,
P. Z. Bernadeth 
(Trump Match)
|rowspan="5" style="width: 120px"| '''Mumbai Rockets'''
|-

|style="background:#cfc;"|K. Srikanth
| 15 – 7, 15 – 10 (Men's Singles)
|A. Antonsen
|-

|style="background:#cfc;"|T. T. Vu
(Trump Match)
| 15 – 8, 15 – 9 (Women's Singles)
|S. Pardeshi
|-

|B. S. Praneeth
| 15 – 7, 12 – 15, 3 – 15 (Men's Singles)
|style="background:#cfc;"|S. Verma
|-

|style="background:#cfc;"|M. Ahsan, H. Setiawan
| 15 – 13, 15 – 10 (Men's Doubles)
|K. G. Jung, L. Y. Dae
|}

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