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{{Short description|Indian volleyball team}}
{{Infobox volleyball club
| clubname = Kochi Blue Spikers
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| image = [[File:Kochi_Blue_Spikers_Gold_Logo.png|300px]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2018}}
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| owner = Thomas Muthoot
| mgrtitle =
| manager = M. H. Kumara
| captain = Karthik A.
| league = [[Prime Volleyball League]]
| season = [[2022 Prime Volleyball League|2022]]
| position = 7th place
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'''Kochi Blue Spikers''', commonly known as '''KBS''', is a men's [[volleyball]] team from [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]] playing in the [[Prime Volleyball League]] in India.<ref name="KBS Preview NIE" /> The team was founded in 2018 and owned by [[Muthoot Pappachan Group]]. The team had participated in the only season of the dissolved [[Pro Volleyball League]] in 2019 before it switched to Prime Volleyball League in 2021.<ref name="KBS Pro VL" />

==Honors==
* '''[[Pro Volleyball League]]'''
:: '''Third Place:''' [[2019 Pro Volleyball League|2019]]

==History==
===2019 season===
In mid-2018, [[Volleyball Federation of India]] along with [[Baseline Ventures]], India invited bids for franchisees based in Indian cities for [[Pro Volleyball League]]. The league was given the go-ahead by [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB]]. Thomas Muthoot of the [[Muthoot Pappachan Group]] won the bid for the [[Kochi]] franchisee in the [[Pro Volleyball League]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/pro-volleyball-league-to-start-with-6-teams/articleshow/66819803.cms|title=Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>

Blue Spikers picked [[India men's national volleyball team|India]]
international Prabagaran as their icon player for 1.20 million rupees. They also secured the services of [[India men's national volleyball team|India]] [[Captain (sports)|Captain]], [[Mohan Ukkrapandian]]. [[United States men's national volleyball team|USA]]
international [[David Lee (volleyball)|David Lee]], who has won both the [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Gold medal]] and the [[2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|World cup]] was their foreign pick. Lee expressed his thrill to join Kochi and expected that the league will do a world of good to the players and its fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/151218/prabagaran-to-smash-for-kochi-blue-spikers.html|title=Prabagaran to smash for Kochi blue spikers|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Kochi_Blue_Spikers_official_logo.png|thumb|right|Logo used from 2018 to 2022]]
==Team==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
! colspan=6 | Team roster 2024<ref name="KBS Prime VL" />
|-
!style=" text-align:center;"|No.
!style=" text-align:center; width:16em"|Name
!style=" text-align:center; width:9em"|Position
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Jithin Neelathazha || Setter
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Lad Om Vasanth || Setter
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Ayush Pandey || Libero
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Ratheesh C K || Libero
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Abhinav BS || Blocker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|Brazil}}Athos Costa || Blocker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Digvijay Singh || Blocker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Sachin K || Blocker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Aman Kumar || Attacker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Erin Varghese || Attacker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}George Antony || Attacker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|Poland}}Jan Krol || Attacker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Jibin Sebastian || Attacker
|-
| || align=left|{{flagicon|India}}Vishal Krishna || Attacker
|}

==Administration and support staff==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:55%;"
|-
! style=" text-align:center;"| Position
! style=" text-align:center;"| Name
|-
|Owner|| {{flagicon|IND}} M Liga Sports
|-
|Head coach|| {{flagicon|IND}} Vulicevic Dejan<ref name="KBS Coach SS" />
|-
|Assistant coach|| {{flagicon|IND}} Boby Xavier
|-
|}

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="KBS Preview NIE">{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Kochi Blue Spikers are ready to shine! |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2022/feb/02/kochi-blue-spikersare-ready-to-shine-2414087.html |access-date=2 February 2022 |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

<ref name="KBS Pro VL">{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Kochi Blue Spikers {{!}} Pro Volleyball League Team |url=http://provolleyball.in/Team/kochi-blue-spikers |access-date= |publisher=www.provolleyball.in }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="KBS Prime VL">{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Kochi Blue Spikers {{!}} Prime Volleyball League Team |url=https://primevolleyballleague.com/kochi-blue-spikers/ |access-date= |publisher=www.primevolleyballleague.com}}</ref>



<ref name="KBS Coach SS">{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Kochi's setters good for the PVL format, says coach Kumara |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/volleyball/pvl-ms-kumara-chennai-spartans-kochi-blue-spikers-covid-bio-bubble-sports-news/article38304527.ece |access-date=21 January 2022 |publisher=[[Sportstar]]}}</ref>

</references>

{{Prime Volleyball League}}
{{Kerala Sports}}
[[Category:Prime Volleyball League teams]]
[[Category:Men's volleyball teams]]
[[Category:Volleyball clubs in India]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Kerala]]
[[Category:Muthoot Group]]

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