Purple League

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Purple League
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2015–16 Malaysia Purple League
Sport Badminton
Founded 2014
Inaugural season 2014-15
Administrator League Sdn.Bhd.
No. of teams 12
Country Malaysia
Tournament format Round-robin tournament
Official website [1]
Facebook Page

The Malaysia Purple League (also known as Resort World Genting Purple League for sponsorship reasons) is a badminton league managed by Purple League (M) Sdn. Bhd. It offers a total prize of RM2,000,000. The inaugural edition of the Purple League is held at the Datuk Lee Chong Wei Sports Arena (also known as Sports Arena Sentosa) from 25 November 2014 to 1 February 2015.[1][2]

The league has 12 teams representing the 12 cities of Ampang, Bangsar, Cheras, Kajang, Kepong, Klang, Muar, Nusajaya, Petaling, Petaling Jaya, Puchong and Serdang. The league kicked off at Sports Arena Sentosa with a gala ceremony on 25 November 2014. It is officially sponsored by Resort World Genting.The Current Champion is Muar City BC,who won the title in 2014-2015 season

History

Origin

It was introduced to provide a platform for both local and foreign players to strut their stuff, also aiming to make it one of the most lucrative badminton leagues in the world. The Purple League's supplementary purpose is to find young, new players who may potentially replace Malaysia national team players. Malaysia has produced many Asian and world junior champions but none of them able to achieve success as senior players like Lee Chong Wei. The Purple League follows in the footsteps of other countries with their own professional badminton leagues such as India, China and Indonesia.[3][4][5]

Teams

Team name City Home ground ref
Current Teams
AMPANG JAYA BC Ampang Challenger Sports Centre [6]
BANGSAR HAWKS BC Bangsar Kompleks Sukan Universiti Malaya [7]
CHERAS BC Cheras Sports Affairs [8]
KAJANG BC Kajang Sports Arena @ Mahkota Cheras [9]
KEPONG BC Kepong Powerful Arena Kepong [10]
KLANG UNITED BC Klang 89 Arena @ Klang [11]
MUAR CITY BC Muar Apacs badminton centre [12]
NUSAJAYA BC Nusajaya Pro One Badminton [13]
PETALING BC Petaling Sports Arena @ Sentosa [14]
PETALING JAYA BC Petaling Jaya New Vision Badminton [15]
PUCHONG UNITED BC Puchong KSL Sports Puchong Utama [16]
SERDANG BC Seri Kembangan XTRM Badminton Hall [17]


File:Malaysia location map.svg
Nusajaya BC
Nusajaya BC
Muar City BC
Muar City BC
Serdang BCCheras BCPetaling Jaya BCPetaling BCAmpang Jaya BCKepong BCKajang BC
Serdang BC
Cheras BC
Petaling Jaya BC
Petaling BC
Ampang Jaya BC
Kepong BC
Kajang BC
Bangsar Hawks BCPuchong United BCKlang United BC
Bangsar Hawks BC
Puchong United BC
Klang United BC
Locations of teams in the 2014 Malaysia Super League

Sponsorship

Since the Malaysia Purple League Started, the Premier League has had title sponsorship rights sold to two companies; Resort World Genting was the most recent title sponsor.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php/147464-Malaysia-Kopiko-Purple-League-%28KPL%29
  2. ↑ http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2014/10/02/Big-money-badminton-league-set-to-thrill/
  3. ↑ http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2014/04/29/Malaysian-badminton-entering-the-big-leagues/
  4. ↑ http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2013/09/03/Malaysian-to-have-RM3m-badminton-league/
  5. ↑ http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2014/11/24/Purple-League-great-platform-to-unearth-new-talent/
  6. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=2&t=#.Vj9Z89IrJkg
  7. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=20&t=#.Vj9a3dIrJkg
  8. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=3&t=#.Vj9bVtIrJkg
  9. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=11&t=#.Vj9bntIrJkg
  10. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=9&t=#.Vj9cttIrJkg
  11. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=4&t=#.Vj9fa9IrJkg
  12. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=5&t=#.Vj9dU9IrJkg
  13. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=6&t=#.Vj9eBtIrJkg
  14. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=7&t=#.Vj9eiNIrJkg
  15. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=1&t=#.Vj9gnNIrJkg
  16. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=10&t=#.Vj9gs9IrJkg
  17. ↑ http://www.purpleleague.com/clubs_overview.php?club_id=8&t=#.Vj9hENIrJkg
  18. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/purpleleague/posts/633278030122329
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