The 2021 Everest Premier League, also known as EPL4 or Bajaj Pulsar EPL for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition of the

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, a professional men's domestic

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competition in

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. The event was initially scheduled for December 2019, before being postponed multiple times.

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were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018, but were eliminated in the group stage after finishing fifth.

Background

The fourth edition of the

was originally scheduled to be held from 8 to 22 December 2019, but was rescheduled to run from 29 February to 14 March 2020. but was rescheduled again, to run from 14 to 28 March 2020. On 5 March, the event was postponed again due to the

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. In February 2021, the 2021 Everest Premier League dates were announced by the

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as 25 September – 9 October 2021. The dates were chosen to coincide with the

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festival in Nepal. All matches will be played at the

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. The prize money for the competition has been doubled from the 2018 edition, and will be 5 million

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s (NPR). The runners-up will earn 1.5 million NPR.

Venues

Squads

*Source: Yahoo! Sports

Points table

*The top four teams qualify for the

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. ** advance to

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. ** advance to

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League matches

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Playoff stage

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

Eliminator

Qualifier 2

Final

References

External links

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