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Kabaddi World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2025 Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi)
Founded2019; 6 years ago (2019)
First season2019 Melaka
AdministratorWorld Kabaddi
No. of teams
  • M: 9
  • W: 6
RegionGlobal
Most recent
champion(s)
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Official websitehttps://worldcupkabaddi.org/

The Kabaddi World Cup, is an indoor international kabaddi tournament conducted by the World Kabaddi. It follows the standard style (indoors on a rectangular court) and is contested by both men's and women's national teams. The format involves a round-robin tournament followed by a knockout stage.

The World Cup has been held once (in 2019) with another scheduled for 2025. Unlike its IKF counterpart, all World Cups of World Kabaddi were held outside India to globalise the event. In 2019, both the men's and women's competitions were won by the Indian teams.

World Kabaddi

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"World Kabaddi" redirects here. For other organisations with similar names, see World Kabaddi (disambiguation).
World Kabaddi
SportKabaddi
Membership50+
Founded24 March 2018; 6 years ago (24 March 2018)
LocationMalaysia
PresidentOsama Said (Egypt, 2025–present)[1]
formerly Ashok Das (England, currently a vice-president)[1]
Other key staffSecretary General: S. T. Arasu (Malaysia, since inception)[1]
Official website
www.theworldkabaddi.org

World Kabaddi[a] was formed on 24th March 2018, a day it now celebrates as "World Kabaddi Day".[3]

The World Kabaddi has focused in spreading the game beyond Asia, especially in Europe and Africa,[4] and as of 2024, World Kabaddi had more than 50 member countries.[5] However, some countries that participate in International Kabaddi Federation events cannot participate in World Kabaddi events as they do not have a governing body affiliated to the World Kabaddi.[4][6] Countries that participate in both IKF and World Kabaddi sanctioned events have separate governing bodies for each affiliation.[4]

In 2024, at a World Kabaddi Day event organised by HIPSA and World Kabaddi at Panchkula, it set a Guiness World Record for the most players in a kabaddi exhibition match.[7]

History

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The 2019 World Cup was hosted by Malaysia Kabaddi Federation[b] in Melaka.[8] It was initially scheduled for April, but was postponed to July.[9][8] The Indian team, selected by New Kabaddi Federation, won the inaugural men's and women's competitions in the finals.[8] Iraq and Taiwan were 2nd and 3rd respectively in the men's competition, whereas Taiwan and Malaysia were 2nd and 3rd in the women's competition.[8]

The 2025 World Cup was be hosted in West Midlands and was supported by the West Midlands Combined Authority. The tournament took place from 17–23 March with venues in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Birmingham and Coventry.[5] Both the men's and women's tournaments were won by India, with England being the runner's up.[10] Scotland and Hong Kong China were 3rd in the men's and women's tournaments respectively.

Editions and results

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Men

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2019
details 		Malaysia Melaka  India 57–27  Iraq  Taiwan 45–21  Malaysia 8
2025
details 		England West Midlands  India 44–41  England  Scotland 67–56  Wales 9

Women

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2019
details 		Malaysia Melaka  India 47–29  Taiwan  Malaysia 53–26  Hong Kong 4
2025
details 		England West Midlands  India 57–34  England  Hong Kong China 75–14  Wales 6

Medal table

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Men

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India2002
2 England0101
 Iraq0101
4 Scotland0011
 Taiwan0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Women

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India2002
2 England0101
 Taiwan0101
4 Hong Kong China0011
 Malaysia0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Team results

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Men

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Team Malaysia
2019 		England
2025 		Total
 Australia 5th 1
 England 2nd 1
 Hong Kong China 6th QF 2
 Hungary QF 1
 India 1st 1st 2
 Iraq 2nd 1
 Italy GS 1
 Malaysia 4th 1
 New Zealand 8th 1
 Norway 7th 1
 Poland QF 1
 Scotland 3rd 1
 Taiwan 3rd 1
 Wales 4th 1
 United States QF 1
Total 8 9

Women

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Team Malaysia
2019 		England
2025 		Total
 England 2nd 1
 Hong Kong China 4th 3rd 2
 Hungary GS 1
 India 1st 1st 2
 Malaysia 3rd 1
 Poland GS 1
 Taiwan 2nd 1
 Wales 4 1
Total 4 6

Notes

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  1. ^ Not to be confused with the World Kabaddi Federation founded in 2003 or the now-folded World Kabaddi League of 2014–2018.[2]
  2. ^ Not to be confused with Malaysian Kabaddi Federation which is affiliated to the IKF.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Egyptian Dr Osama to take over the helm from Ashok Das". World Kabaddi (Press release). 29 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Home of Kabaddi". theworldkabaddi. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ^ "World Kabaddi wants to raise awareness for the game". On the sport. Be part of it. 2019-12-30. Archived from the original on 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  4. ^ a b c Hoque, Shishir (2025-01-20). "A Kabaddi World Cup sans Bangladesh". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  5. ^ a b "Kabaddi World Cup 2025: West Midlands gearing up to host tournament". BBC Sport. 2024-12-07. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  6. ^ Sportstar, Team (2025-03-19). "Kabaddi World Cup 2025 not legit? What is the controversy and why India not recognised?". Sportstar. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  7. ^ "Most players in a kabaddi exhibition match". Guiness World Records. Archived from the original on 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  8. ^ a b c d "World Cup winning Indian kabaddi teams felicitated in Chennai". News Today | First with the news. 2019-07-30. Archived from the original on 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  9. ^ Puvaneswary, S. "Travel players swoop in on new markets arriving in Melaka for World Cup Kabaddi 2019 | TTG Asia". www.ttgasia.com. Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  10. ^ "Kabaddi World Cup: England lose to triumphant India". www.bbc.com. 2025-03-23. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
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