Ultimate Kho Kho 2022: How much prize money winners, runners-up, third-placed teams, top-performers will get

The
ongoing
Season
1
has
been
played
at
the
Shree
Shiv
Chhatrapati
Sports
Complex,
Mahalunge,
Pune,
Maharashtra.

Ultimate
Kho
Kho
–
which
is
India’s
first-ever
franchise-based
Kho-Kho
league
–
has
amazed
the
fans
with
gripping
top-notch
action
during
the
league
stage.
The
teams,
as
well
as
the
fans,
are
all
set
for
the
playoffs,
wherein
Top-4
teams
i.e.
Gujarat
Giants,
Odisha
Juggernauts,
Telugu
Yoddhas
and
Chennai
Quick
Guns,
will
fight
for
the
prestigious
title.

Winners:

The
champion
team
will
be
awarded
a
massive
cash
prize
of
Rs
1
crore.

Runners-up:

The
team
finishing
second
in
the
tournament
(runners-up)
will
bag
Rs
50
lakh.

Third-placed
team:

The
team
which
will
finish
third
will
take
home
Rs
30
lakh.

Other
awards:

There
will
also
be
other
awards
worth
Rs
20
lakh
that
will
be
given
away
after
the
final
to
the
top-performing
players
in
the
tournament.

“This
game
has
a
lot
of
potential
and
we
are
committed
to
giving
everything
in
order
to
take
it
to
the
next
level.
I’m
sure
the
prize
money
will
encourage
and
motivate
not
only
the
teams
but
also
the
players
as
well
as
the
game’s
next
stars,
who
are
watching
the
league
on
TV,”
said
Tenzing
Niyogi,
CEO
and
League
Commissioner,
Ultimate
Kho
Kho.

It’s
arguably
the
biggest
prize
pool
for
the
first
season
of
any
Indian
league
of
non-Olympic
and
non-cricketing
sports.

Playoffs
schedule:

With
the
knockouts
scheduled
in
a
playoffs
format,
Top-2
teams,
Gujarat
Giants
(23pts)
and
Odisha
Juggernauts
(21pts)
will
play
Qualifier
1
on
Friday
(September
2)
while
the
third
and
fourth-placed
teams,
Telugu
Yoddhas
(19pts)
and
Chennai
Quick
Guns
(15pts),
will
fight
in
the
eliminator
in
the
first
match
of
the
day.

Top
performers:

Wazirs
Abhinandan
Patil
(Gujarat
Giants)
and
Subhasish
Santra
(Odisha
Juggernauts)
have
been
the
key
contributors
to
the
success
of
their
teams
with
73
and
49
attacking
points
respectively.

Chennai
Quick
Guns
all-rounder
Ramji
Kashyap
is
currently
the
top
defender
in
the
league
with
a
time
of
19.49
minutes
and
he
is
also
the
second-best
attacker
with
103
points,
after
Rajasthan
Warriors’ Majahar
Jamadar
(105).

Arun
Gunki
will
be
the
player
to
watch
out
for
from
the
Telugu
Yoddhas
camp.
He
has
70
points
to
his
name,
scoring
at
an
average
of
7.78
per
match.

Qualifier
2:

A
loser
of
Qualifier
1
will
then
lock
horns
with
the
winner
of
Eliminator
in
the
second
qualifier
on
Saturday
and
winners
of
both
qualifiers
will
fight
for
the
title
in
the
final,
scheduled
on
Sunday.

Where
to
watch:

TV
Channels:
SONY
TEN
1
(English),
SONY
TEN
3
(Hindi
&
Marathi),
SONY
TEN
4
(Telugu
&
Tamil).

Live
Streaming:
SonyLIV