Malaysia Purple League 2015/16 (Season 2)

INTRODUCTION TO MALAYSIA PURPLE LEAGUE (MPL)
The Malaysian Purple League (also known as Kopiko Purple League during Season 1 (2014/15) for sponsorship reasons) is Malaysia's First Professional Badminton League. It offers a total prize of RM2,000,000 for the team that wins the league.
The league has 12 teams representing the 12 cities and badminton clubs from Ampang, Bangsar, Cheras, Kajang, Kepong, Klang, Muar, Nusajaya, Petaling, Petaling Jaya, Puchong and Serdang.




The second season of the league will kick off at Sports Arena Sentosa from 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Nov 2015 to 10[SUP]th[/SUP] Jan 2016.



MPL SEASON 1 - LEAGUE RANKING
Champion = Muar City BC
Runner Up = Petaling Jaya BC
Third Placing = Puchong United BC





LEAGUE FORMAT
• Each of the 12 clubs selected to participate in the league shall play against all the other clubs in a single round robin format over the scheduled period which shall be decided at the sole discretion of the Purple League after taking into consideration the international and local tournament commitments of the players, in addition to the television broadcast considerations.

• Each match in the completion shall comprise of 6 games as follows;
- 2 Men’s singles
- 2 Men’s doubles
- 1 Women’s singles
- 1 Mixed doubles

• Each match shall be played to the best of 5 games of 11 points.

• Order of Play
- Men's singles 1
- Women's singles
- Men's doubles 1
- Mixed doubles
- Men's singles 2
- Men's doubles 2

• Each match shall be played to the best of 5 games of 11 points. Intervals between games shall not exceed 90 seconds.
• Ranking of clubs will be established by the difference between total games won and total games lost with greater difference ranked higher. Omit number of ties won and number of matches won. The rest will follow BWF general competition rules on the round robin format for team competition.

PRIZE MONEY
• The Purple League shall offer an initial prize money pool of RM 2, 000,000 to be shared by the teams in order of their overall ranking on completion of all the league ties.
• The division of prize money shall be as follows;
Champion = RM 1,000,000
Runner Up = RM 300,000
Third Placing = RM 150,000
Fourth Placing to Tenth Placing = RM 80,000 each



MPL SEASON 2 – SCHEDULE

 

Can get MPL ticket from the following link:

http://www.ticketcharge.com.my/en/current-events/purple-league

 

THE CLUBS & PLAYERS
(Malaysians unless stated)

1. MUAR CITY BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: Champion
Team Jersey By: Apacs

Notable players:
Men: Lee Yong Dae (Kor), Lee Hyun-il (Kor), Hwang Ji Man (Kor), Han Sang-Hoon (Kor), Tommy Sugiarto (Idn), Tan Wee Kiong, Chan Peng Soon, Tan Boon Heong, Tan Chun Seang, Mak Hae Chun.

Women: Lee Hyo Jung (Kor), Kim Mun Hee (Kor), Saena Kawakami (Jpn), Goh Liu Ying, Chow Mei Kuan


2. PETALING JAYA BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: Runner-up
Team Jersey By: Kawasaki

Notable players:
Men: Dato Lee Chong Wei, Koo Kien Keat, Hafiz Hashim, R.Satheish, Kosit Phetpradab (Tha), Bodin Issara (Tha), Alan Chan Yun Lung (Hkg)

Women: Woon Khe Wei, Yang Li Lian, Michelle Li (Can), Nichaon Jindapon (Tha), Vita Marissa (Idn), Prajakta Sawant (Ind)


3. PUCHONG UNITED BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 3rd place
Team Jersey By: Victor

Notable players:
Men: Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha), Liew Darren, Lee Jae Jin (Kor), Yoo Yeon Seong (Kor), Son Wan-Ho (Kor), Hsueh Hsuan Yi (Twn)

Women: Sung Ji-Hyun (Kor), Christina Pedersen (Dnk), Aya Ohori (Jpn), Lai Pei Jing,


4. KEPONG BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 4th place
Team Jersey By: Maxx

Notable players:
Men: Tsai Chia-hsin (Twn), Andrei Adistia (Idn), Chong Wei Feng, Ow Yao Han, Reginal Lee Chun Hei (Hkg), Wei Nan (Hkg)

Women: Tee Jing Yi, Lim Yin Loo, Liang Xiao Yu (Sgp), Deng Xuan (Chn), Mei Qili (Chn)


5. PETALING BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 5th Place
Team Jersey By: Li-Ning

Notable players:
Men: Jan O Jorgensen (Den), K.Srikanth (Ind), Kashyap Parupalli (Ind), Kenichi Tago (Jpn), Goh V-Shem, Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin, Wisnu Yuli (Idn), Tan Vi Hen

Women: Yui Hashimoto (Jpn), Minatsu Mitani (Jpn), Rusydina Antardaya (Idn), Lim Yin Fun


6. Ampang Jaya BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 6th Place
Team Jersey By: Apacs

Notable players:
Men: Kento Momota (Jpn), Hayom Rumbaka (Idn), Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Idn), Wong Wing Ki (Hkg), Terry Hee Yong Kai (Sgp)

Women: Ho Mei Yen, Ng Hui Ern, Shevon Lai


7. Cheras BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 7th Place
Team Jersey By: Apacs

Notable players:
Men: Alamsyah Yunus (Idn), Markis Kido (Idn), Afiat Yuris Wirawan (Idn), Riky Widianto (Idn), Zulfadli Zulkifli, Mohd Arif Latrif, Tan Aik Quan, Soong Joo Ven

Women: Febby Angguni (Idn), Ng Hui Lin, Sannatasah Binti Saniru, Soong Fie Cho


8. Serdang BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 8th Place
Team Jersey By: N/A

Notable players:
Men: Wang Tzu Wei (Twn), Wang Chi Lin (Twn)

Women: Goh Jin Wei, Chen Hsiao Huan (Twn), Tse Ying Suet (Hkg), Xu Wei (Chn)


9. Klang United BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 9th Place
Team Jersey By: Li-Ning

Notable players:
Men: Mads Conrad Petersen (Dnk), Mads Pieler Kolding (Dnk), Simon Sontoso (Idn), Derek Wong (Sgp), Evert Sukanta (Idn), Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Idn), Muhd Rian Ardianto (Idn)

Women: Zhang Beiwen (Usa), Lee Meng Yean, Teo Ee Yi


10. Nusajaya BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 10th Place
Team Jersey By: Fleet

Notable players:
Men: Boonsak Ponsana (Tha), Hoon Thien How, Lim Khim Wah, Teo Kok Siang, Cheam June Wei, Tan Kien Meng

Women: Yip Pui Yin (Hkg), Chau Hoi Wah (Hkg), Amelia Alicia Anscelly


11. Kajang BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 11th Place
Team Jersey By: Flypower

Notable players:
Men: Lee Sheng-Mu (Twn), Chayut Triyachart (Sgp), Duanganong Aroonkesorn (Tha)

Women: Hsieh Pei-Chen (Twn), Hsu Ya-Ching (Twn)


12. Bangsar Hawks BC
MPL Season 1 Ranking: 12th Place
Team Jersey By: Yonex

Notable players:
Men: Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (Sgp), Ashton Chen (Sgp), Loh Kean Hean (Sgp), Agrippina Primarahma (Idn), Zulhelmi Zulkifli

Women: Maria Febe Kusumastuti (Idn), Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (Idn), Tan Wei Han (Sgp)