PKL 2018 | Super Playoffs format for the sixth edition
The incredible and unfathomable success of Pro Kabaddi League had much more to do with the administration’s masterful design to provide endless Kabaddi to its audience for almost three months, rather than just banking on the unique entertainment quotient of the sport. Let’s look at how they did it.
After the brilliant success of the first three seasons, PKL saw four new teams joining the tournament in 2017 in UP Yoddhas, Haryana Steelers, Tamil Thalaivas, and Gujarat
Hence, the administration decided to make the tournament an almost three-month-long campaign with two back-to-back matches on most days. The tournament was divided into two zones with six teams in the caravan format, where all the teams would be moving from one city to another during the course of the tournament.
The format, introduced in 2017, has been extended to the 2018 season where each team would be playing 22 matches, 15 intra-zone matches, 6 inter-zone matches and one wildcard match. The two-month long league format is coming to an end with U Mumba and Gujarat
Among the doubtful, Dabang Delhi
The first match of the playoffs, namely Qualifier one, would see the topper of Zone A taking on the topper of Zone B, and the winner of which would directly go to the final. The loser here, however, will have to wait long for his shot at a second chance. Before the Qualifier 2, there would be Eliminator 1 and Eliminator 2. While the second team of Zone A would take on the third team of Zone B in Eliminator 1, the third team of Zone A will face the second team of Zone B in Eliminator 2.
The winner of Eliminator 1 and 2 would play out a final eliminator in Eliminator 3 before one of
