Chennai Spartans
| Founded | 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai (Capacity: 5000) | ||
| Owner | Chennai Spartans Private Limited | ||
| League | Pro Volleyball League (until 2021) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| Championships | |||
| 1 (2019) | |||
Chennai Spartans was a men's volleyball team from Chennai, Tamil Nadu playing in the Pro Volleyball League in India.[1]
Chennai Spartans made to final after beating Kochi Blue Spikers in semi-finals in 2019 season.[2][3] In finals, they beat Calicut Heroes to win their maiden title.[4]
Team
| Team roster – Season 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai Spartans | |||
| No. | Name | Position | |
| 2 | Naveen Raja Jacob | attacker | |
| 13 | Vibin M George | attacker | |
| 4 | Ruslans Sorokins | attacker | |
| 12 | R Piraisoodan | attacker | |
| 5 | Shelton Moses(C) | blocker | |
| 7 | Rudy Verhoeff | blocker | |
| 8 | A. Bhagyaraj | blocker | |
| 9 | Akhin. G. S | blocker | |
| 12 | K. J. Kapil Dev | setter | |
| 14 | V. Hariharan | setter | |
| 11 | Prabhakaran Prabhakaran | libero | |
| 15 | Ashwin Raj | universal | |
| Head coach: M. H. Kumara | |||
Source :[5]
References
- ^ Kamath, Amit (27 November 2018). "Pro Volleyball League: With no Bollywood stars and actors as owners, league to let sport and players be the 'heroes'". Firstpost. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "RuPay Pro Volleyball League 2019, Semifinal 2: Chennai Spartans script comeback to reach the final". www.sportskeeda.com. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Scroll Staff. "Pro Volleyball League: Chennai Spartans beat Kochi Blue Spikers to enter final". Scroll.in. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Sportstar, Team. "PVL Final: Chennai Spartans hammers Calicut Heroes to claim title". Sportstar. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Chennai Spartans|Pro Volleyball Team". www.provolleyball.in. Retrieved 12 February 2019.