New Delhi : After four blockbuster seasons, the fifth season of the Pro Kabaddi League will commence on Friday with an encounter between Tamil Thalaivas and Telugu Titans in Hyderabad.
This time around the league, which will run for 13 weeks, has 12 teams with Gujarat Fortunegiants, Haryana Steelers, UP Yoddha and Tamil Thalaivas joining the existing eight teams.
]This time around, a zone system has been introduced with each team playing 15 intra-zone and 7 inter-zone matches, prior to the play-offs.
The play-offs will comprise three qualifiers and two eliminators. The final will be held in Chennai.
Zone A consists of teams like Dabang Delhi, Jaipur Pink Panthers, Puneri Paltan, U Mumba, Haryana Steelers and Gujarat Fortunegiants while Zone B will have teams like Telugu Titans, Bengaluru Bulls, Patna Pirates, Bengal Warriors, UP Yoddha and Tamil Thalaivas.
Here’s the full schedule of the tournament:
| Venue | Date | Day | Team A | Team B | Team A | Team B | |
| Hyderabad | 28-Jul | Friday | Telugu Titans | Tamil Thalaivas | U Mumba | Puneri Paltan | |
| 29-Jul | Saturday | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Dabang Delhi | Telugu Titans | Patna Pirates | ||
| 30-Jul | Sunday | U Mumba | Haryana Steelers | Telugu Titans | Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| 31-Jul | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 1-Aug | Tuesday | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Dabang Delhi | Telugu Titans | UP Yoddha | ||
| 2-Aug | Wednesday | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Haryana Steelers | Telugu Titans | Bengal Warriors | ||
| 3-Aug | Thursday | Telugu Titans | Patna Pirates | ||||
| Nagpur | 4-Aug | Friday | Bengaluru Bulls | Tamil Thalaivas | Puneri Paltan | Dabang Delhi | |
| 5-Aug | Saturday | U Mumba | Dabang Delhi | Bengaluru Bulls | UP Yoddha | ||
| 6-Aug | Sunday | Bengal Warriors | UP Yoddha | Bengaluru Bulls | Patna Pirates | ||
| 7-Aug | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 8-Aug | Tuesday | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Haryana Steelers | Bengaluru Bulls | Telugu Titans | ||
| 9-Aug | Wednesday | Bengaluru Bulls | Bengal Warriors | ||||
| 10-Aug | Thursday | Puneri Paltan | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Bengaluru Bulls | Tamil Thalaivas | ||
| Ahmedabad | 11-Aug | Friday | Gujarat Fortunegiants | U Mumba | |||
| 12-Aug | Saturday | Telugu Titans | UP Yoddha | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Dabang Delhi | ||
| 13-Aug | Sunday | Patna Pirates | UP Yoddha | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||
| 14-Aug | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 15-Aug | Tuesday | Bengal Warriors | Puneri Paltan | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| 16-Aug | Wednesday | Haryana Steelers | Tamil Thalaivas | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Telugu Titans | ||
| 17-Aug | Thursday | Dabang Delhi | Tamil Thalaivas | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Bengal Warriors | ||
| Lucknow | 18-Aug | Friday | UP Yoddha | U Mumba | Bengaluru Bulls | Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| 19-Aug | Saturday | Telugu Titans | U Mumba | UP Yoddha | Haryana Steelers | ||
| 20-Aug | Sunday | Patna Pirates | Puneri Paltan | UP Yoddha | Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||
| 21-Aug | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 22-Aug | Tuesday | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Puneri Paltan | UP Yoddha | Bengal Warriors | ||
| 23-Aug | Wednesday | Haryana Steelers | Dabang Delhi | UP Yoddha | Tamil Thalaivas | ||
| 24-Aug | Thursday | UP Yoddha | Telugu Titans | ||||
| Mumbai | 25-Aug | Friday | U Mumba | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Bengal Warriors | Patna Pirates | |
| 26-Aug | Saturday | Patna Pirates | Tamil Thalaivas | U Mumba | Puneri Paltan | ||
| 27-Aug | Sunday | Bengal Warriors | Bengaluru Bulls | U Mumba | Dabang Delhi | ||
| 28-Aug | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 29-Aug | Tuesday | Bengaluru Bulls | UP Yoddha | U Mumba | Gujarat Fortunegiants | ||
| 30-Aug | Wednesday | U Mumba | Haryana Steelers | ||||
| 31-Aug | Thursday | Telugu Titans | Tamil Thalaivas | U Mumba | Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||
| Kolkata | 1-Sep | Friday | Bengal Warriors | Patna Pirates | |||
| 2-Sep | Saturday | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Haryana Steelers | Bengal Warriors | UP Yoddha | ||
| 3-Sep | Sunday | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Bengal Warriors | Tamil Thalaivas | ||
| 4-Sep | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 5-Sep | Tuesday | Patna Pirates | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Bengal Warriors | Haryana Steelers | ||
| 6-Sep | Wednesday | Dabang Delhi | Bengaluru Bulls | Bengal Warriors | U Mumba | ||
| 7-Sep | Thursday | Telugu Titans | Puneri Paltan | Bengal Warriors | Dabang Delhi | ||
| Haryana | 8-Sep | Friday | Haryana Steelers | Patna Pirates | Gujarat Fortunegiants | UP Yoddha | |
| 9-Sep | Saturday | Patna Pirates | U Mumba | Haryana Steelers | Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| 10-Sep | Sunday | Bengaluru Bulls | Puneri Paltan | Haryana Steelers | Telugu Titans | ||
| 11-Sep | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 12-Sep | Tuesday | Bengal Warriors | Telugu Titans | Haryana Steelers | Dabang Delhi | ||
| 13-Sep | Wednesday | Tamil Thalaivas | UP Yoddha | Haryana Steelers | Puneri Paltan | ||
| 14-Sep | Thursday | Haryana Steelers | Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||||
| Ranchi | 15-Sep | Friday | Patna Pirates | Telugu Titans | U Mumba | Gujarat Fortunegiants | |
| 16-Sep | Saturday | Bengaluru Bulls | Telugu Titans | Patna Pirates | UP Yoddha | ||
| 17-Sep | Sunday | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Dabang Delhi | Patna Pirates | Bengal Warriors | ||
| 18-Sep | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 19-Sep | Tuesday | Puneri Paltan | Haryana Steelers | Patna Pirates | Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| 20-Sep | Wednesday | Patna Pirates | Tamil Thalaivas | ||||
| 21-Sep | Thursday | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Haryana Steelers | Patna Pirates | UP Yoddha | ||
| Delhi | 22-Sep | Friday | Dabang Delhi | U Mumba | |||
| 23-Sep | Saturday | Bengaluru Bulls | Bengal Warriors | Dabang Delhi | Puneri Paltan | ||
| 24-Sep | Sunday | Bengal Warriors | Tamil Thalaivas | Dabang Delhi | Haryana Steelers | ||
| 25-Sep | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 26-Sep | Tuesday | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Tamil Thalaivas | Dabang Delhi | Patna Pirates | ||
| 27-Sep | Wednesday | Telugu Titans | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Dabang Delhi | UP Yoddha | ||
| 28-Sep | Thursday | Bengaluru Bulls | U Mumba | Dabang Delhi | Telugu Titans | ||
| Chennai | 29-Sep | Friday | Tamil Thalaivas | Puneri Paltan | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Patna Pirates | |
| 30-Sep | Saturday | Puneri Paltan | UP Yoddha | Tamil Thalaivas | Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||
| 1-Oct | Sunday | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Bengal Warriors | Tamil Thalaivas | U Mumba | ||
| 2-Oct | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 3-Oct | Tuesday | Dabang Delhi | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Tamil Thalaivas | Telugu Titans | ||
| 4-Oct | Wednesday | U Mumba | Haryana Steelers | Tamil Thalaivas | UP Yoddha | ||
| 5-Oct | Thursday | Tamil Thalaivas | Bengaluru Bulls | ||||
| Jaipur | 6-Oct | Friday | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Wild card match | ||
| 7-Oct | Saturday | Wild card match | Jaipur Pink Panthers | U Mumba | |||
| 8-Oct | Sunday | Wild card match | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Puneri Paltan | |||
| 9-Oct | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 10-Oct | Tuesday | Wild card match | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Dabang Delhi | |||
| 11-Oct | Wednesday | Wild card match | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Haryana Steelers | |||
| 12-Oct | Thursday | Wild card match (Jaipur Pink Panthers) | |||||
| Pune | 13-Oct | Friday | Puneri Paltan | Gujarat Fortunegiants | Bengal Warriors | Tamil Thalaivas | |
| 14-Oct | Saturday | Tamil Thalaivas | Patna Pirates | Puneri Paltan | U Mumba | ||
| 15-Oct | Sunday | Bengaluru Bulls | UP Yoddha | Puneri Paltan | Dabang Delhi | ||
| 16-Oct | Monday | Rest day | |||||
| 17-Oct | Tuesday | Puneri Paltan | Haryana Steelers | ||||
| 18-Oct | Wednesday | Patna Pirates | Bengaluru Bulls | Puneri Paltan | Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||
| 19-Oct | Thursday | Diwali | Diwali | ||||
| 20-Oct | Friday | Telugu Titans | Bengal Warriors | Puneri Paltan | Gujarat Fortunegiants | ||
| 21-Oct | |||||||
| Mumbai | 22-Oct | Sunday | Zone A (2nd) | Zone B (3rd) | Zone A (3rd) | Zone B (2nd) | |
| 23-Oct | Monday | Zone A (1st) | Zone B (1st) | Winner of Eliminator 1 | Winner of Eliminator 2 | ||
| 24-Oct | |||||||
| 25-Oct | |||||||
| Chennai | 26-Oct | Thursday | Runner UP Yoddha of Qualifier 1 | Winner of Eliminator 3 | |||
| 27-Oct | |||||||
| Chennai | 28-Oct | Saturday | Winner of Qualifier 1 | Winner of Qualifier 2 | |||
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