Malaysia Purple League

Malaysia Purple League

Upcoming season or competition: 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	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

Nusajaya BC

Muar City BC

Serdang BC
Cheras BC
Petaling Jaya BC
Petaling BC
Ampang Jaya BC
Kepong BC
Kajang 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.

• 2014–2015: Kopiko (Kopiko Purple League)^[18]
• 2015–2016: Resort World Genting (Resort World Genting Purple League)

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up
2014-15	Muar City BC
2015-16	Muar City BC
2016–17

References