Calicut Heroes is a men's volleyball team from Kozhikode, Kerala playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India.[1] The team was founded in 2018 and owned by Beacon Sports. 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.

Calicut Heroes
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
OwnerBeacon Sports
Head coachKishor Kumar
CaptainJerome Vinith
LeaguePrime Volleyball League
20224th place
Uniforms
Home
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Honors

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Champions: 2024
Fourth Place: 2022
Runners-up: 2019

History

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2019 season

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In mid-2018, 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. Beacon Sports won the bid for the Calicut franchisee in the Pro Volleyball League.[2] The Calicut Heroes team was captained by Jerome Vinith and coached by Sajad Hussain Malik in the Pro Volleyball League.[3]

Team

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Team roster 2022[4]
No. Name Position
12   Jerome Vinith[5] (C) Universal
0   Prince Attacker
4   Luiz Felipe Perotto Attacker
0   Praveen Kumar Attacker
0   Aswin Raj Attacker
0   Charag Yadav Attacker
0   Ashok Bishnoi Attacker
0   Danial Moatazedi Blocker
0   Vikas Maan Blocker
0   Shafeeque Rahman Blocker
0   Mohan Ukkrapandian Setter
0   Aman Kumar Setter
00   Mukesh Kumar Libero
00   Alan Ashiq Libero

Administration and support staff

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Position Name
Owner Beacon Sports
Head coach   Kishor Kumar
Assistant coach   Ahmed Faiz

League results

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  Champion    Runner-up

League Season Position Teams Matches Win Lose
Prime Volleyball League
2019 Runner-up 6 7 6 1
2022 Fourth 7 7 4 3
2023 Third 8 8 4 4
2024 Champions 9 13 9 4

References

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  1. ^ "Prime Volleyball League: All you need to know about the sport". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Calicut Heroes | Pro Volleyball League Team". www.provolleyball.in.
  4. ^ "Calicut Heroes | Prime Volleyball League Team". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  5. ^ "PVL: David Lee has been encouraging figure, says Calicut Heroes' Jerome Vinith". ThePrint. Retrieved 16 February 2022.