Kabaddi in India

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Kabaddi in India

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Kabaddi(Devnagari : ) It is one of the most popular sports in India, played mainly among
people in villages.It is regarded as a team-contact sport as a recreational form of combat training.
Two teams occupy opposite halves of a small field and take turns sending a raider into the other
half, in order to win points by tagging/wrestling members of the opposing team; the raider then
tries to return to his own half while holding his breath and chanting "kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi"
during the whole raid. India has taken part in four Asian Games in kabaddi, and won gold in all
of them. There are 4 forms of kabaddi played in India are Amar, Suranjeevi, Huttuttoo, and
Gaminee. Amar is generally played in Punjab, Haryana, America, Canada, and other parts of the
world, mostly by Punjabi sportsmen. Suranjeevi is the most played form of kabaddi in India and
the world. This is the form used in international matches generally and played in Asian Games.
Huttuttoo was played by men in Maharashtra State.
India won the Kabaddi World Championship in 2007, beating Iran 29-19.[1]
India is also the host to World's first Kabaddi League. The league follows the Formula 1 touring
sports format and will be played across four continents starting from August to December 2014.
[2]
The word Kabaddi has actually originated from Sanskrit roots (Kar-badhi). The origin of the
word could be confused with several other Indian languages as all most all North Indian
languages have originated from Sanskrit. It is the state game of Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and
Tamil Nadu in India where a related game of Sadugudu is played, and Maharashtra in India. It is
played by the British Army for fun, to keep fit and as an enticement to recruit soldiers from the
British Asian community. The game is also played extensively in the small town of Peebles in the
Scottish Borders, mainly in the local primary school playground, where it is favoured to more
traditional childhood past-times such as 'British bulldogs' and 'Kiss, Cuddle and Torture'.[citation
needed]

India won the 2013 Kabaddi World Cup held at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, (Punjab) India.

Contents

1 History and development

2 India national Kabaddi team

3 India's performance in World Cup

4 India's performance in Asian Games

5 India's performance in Asian Indoor games

6 India's performance at SAF Games

7 India women's national kabaddi team

8 World Cup

9 Asian Games

10 South Asian Games

11 International competitions
o 11.1 Kabaddi World Cup
o 11.2 Pro kabaddi league
o 11.3 World Kabaddi League

12 Federations
o 12.1 India

13 Asia Kabaddi Cup

14 UK Kabaddi Cup

15 Kabaddi World Cup

o 15.1 Women's teams
o 15.2 Domestic competitions

16 See also

17 References

History and development

Women playing Kabaddi/Sadugudu in Tamil Nadu

Modern Kabaddi is a synthesis of the game played in various forms under different names.[3]
Kabaddi received international exposure during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, demonstrated by
Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, Amaravati, Maharashtra. The game was introduced in the
Indian Olympic Games at Calcutta in 1938. In 1950 the All India Kabaddi Federation came into
existence and compiled standard rules. The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) was
founded in 1973. After formation of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, the first men's
nationals were held in Madras (renamed Chennai), while the women's were in Calcutta (renamed
Kolkata) in 1955.The AKFI has given new shape to the rules and has the right to modify them.
The Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF) was founded under the chairmanship of Mr. Janardan
Singh Gehlot.
Kabaddi was introduced and popularised in Japan in 1979. The Asian Amateur Kabaddi
Federation sent Professor Sundar Ram of India to tour Japan for two months to introduce the
game.
In 1979, a return test between Bangladesh and India was held at different places of India
including Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Punjab. The Asian Kabaddi Championship was arranged in
1980 and India emerged as champion and Bangladesh runner-up. Bangladesh became runner-up
again in 1985 in the Asian Kabaddi Championship held in Jaipur, India. The other teams in the
tournament were Nepal, Malaysia and Japan. The game was included for the first time in the
Asian Games in Beijing in 1990. India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and
Bangladesh took part. India won the gold medal and has also won gold at the following six Asian
Games in Hiroshima in 1994, Bangkok in 1998, Busan in 2002, Doha in 2006 and Guangzhou in
2010.
An attempt to popularise kabaddi in Great Britain was carried out by Channel 4, who
commissioned a programme dedicated to the sport. The programme, Kabaddi in the early 1990s,
however, failed to capture viewer attention despite fixtures such as West Bengal Police versus the

Punjab. Kabaddi was axed in 1992, but not before its presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy suffered a
collapsed lung while participating in the sport.[4][better source needed] Alt-rock band The Cooper Temple
Clause formed a kabbadi team in 2001 and were, at one stage, ranked seventh in the British
domestic standings.[4][better source needed]
In the 1998 Asian games held at Bangkok (Thailand), the Indian Kabaddi team clinched the gold
medal. The chief coach of the team was former kabaddi player and coach Flt. Lt. S P Singh. [5]

India national Kabaddi team

India national kabaddi team represents India in international kabaddi India national kabaddi team
competitions.[6] India won Gold medals Asian Games in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010.

India's performance in World Cup

India has won all five Kabaddi world cups played till now. In all the five world cups, India
remained unbeaten throughout the tournament. Iran is the two times runner-up of world cups.All
the world cups were held in India.[7][8]
Year

India's Position

Last Match played by India

Winner

Runner-up

2013
Details

Winner

India vs.
Pakistan (Final match)
48 39

India

2011
Details

Winner

India vs.
Canada (Final match)
59 25

India

2010
Details

Winner

India vs.
Pakistan (Final match)
58 24

India

Pakistan

2007
Details

Winner

India vs.
Iran (Final match)
29 19

India

Iran

2004
Details

Winner

India vs.
Iran (Final match)
55 27

India

Pakistan

Canada

Iran

India's performance in Asian Games

Year

Host

1990
Beijing
Details
1994 Hiroshima
Details

Runner-up

Third place match

3rd place
Score
4th place

India

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Japan

India

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Japan

Winner

Final
Score

1998
Bangkok
Details
2002
Busan
Details
2006
Doha
Details
2010
Guangzhou
Details

India
India
India

No
playoffs
Pakistan
No
playoffs Bangladesh
3523

Bangladesh
Pakistan
Bangladesh

Pakistan

3720

Iran

No
playoffs
No
playoffs
3726
No
playoffs

Pakistan

Sri Lanka
Japan
Iran
Japan

India's performance in Asian Indoor games

Year

Host

2007
Macau
Details
2009
Hanoi
Details

Gold
India
India

Final
Score
3517

Silver

Bronze

Third place
Bronze

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Iran

Iran

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

5733

India's performance at SAF Games

India is very strong in Kabaddi as these results show. India won 7 gold medals out of a possible 8
until the 2006 SAF games.
Year

Winner

Runner-up

2010
Details

India

Pakistan

Nepal

India

Pakistan

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

India

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Pakistan

India

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Bangladesh

India

Bangladesh

Pakistan

India

Bangladesh

Pakistan

2006
Details
2004
Details
1999
Details
1995
Details
1993
Details
1989
Details
1987
Details
1985
Details

3rd Place
Bangladesh

Reference

India women's national kabaddi team

India women's national kabaddi team represents India in international women's kabaddi events.[9]

World Cup
Year India's position
2013
Winner
Details
2012
Details

Last match played by India

India vs.
India vs.

Winner

Winner

Runner-up

New Zealand (Final match)

49 21

India

New Zealand

Iran (Final match)

25 19

India

Iran

Asian Games
Year

Host

Winner

2010
Guangzhou
Details

India

Final
Score

Third place
Runner-up

2814

Iran

Thailand

Bangladesh

South Asian Games

Year

Winner

Runner-up

3rd Place

Reference

Nepal
2010
Details

India

Bangladesh
Sri Lanka

International competitions
Kabaddi World Cup
Further information: Kabaddi World Cup
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removed. (June 2011)
The second Kabaddi World Cup tournament was held in 2007 with India winning over Iran in the
final round.[citation needed] The Punjab government organised a Circle Style 2010 Kabaddi World Cup
from 3 to 12 April 2010. On 12 April 2010 Indian team emerged as the winner after beating

Pakistan in the finals. The opening match of the tournament was held in Patiala while the closing
ceremony took place in Ludhiana. India won the first edition of the Circle Style Kabaddi World
Cup, Beating rival Pakistan in a 5824 victory. The final of this 10-day tournament was played at
Guru Nanak Stadium.[citation needed]

Pro kabaddi league

Further information: Pro Kabaddi League
Pro kabaddi league was introduced in 2014 in India based on Indian premier league.The first
edition of the tournament had begun at 26 July 2014 with eight franchises based at eight different
cities in India consisting of players from all over the world.The team jaipur pink panthers based
at jaipur is owned by Bollywood star Abhishiek bachchan who said he wants to promote
kabaddi. The other teams are namely U mumba based at mumbai,bengaluru bulls based ato
bengaluru,delhi dabbangs based at delhi,puneri paltans based at pune,Telugu titans based at
vizag,Bengal warriors based at kolkata and patna pirates based at patna.
The opening match was held at mumbai where Amitabh bachchan was found cheering for his
son's team.Aishwarya rai was also present with Abhishek bachchan.Together with them
Bollywood stars Shahrukh khan, Aamir khan, Suniel shetty, Sonali bendre, Farah khan, Boman
irani and producer Ronnie screwvala cheering for his team Jaipur Pink Panthers were present at
the stadium.
Indian star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was present with his wife and daughter who said he
enjoyed the speed,agility and strength of the players of the sport very much.
Rakesh kumar the captain of the Indian kabaddi team who has received an Arjuna award and also
the captain of patna pirates was also present at the inaugural matches who said it is a pleasure to
see kabaddi getting recognition through the tournament.
Rakesh kumar was the highest bought player in the auction by patna pirates for 12.80 lakhs held
before the tournament.
The broadcast rights were won by the star sports network .The matches start at 7:45 pm through
the month of August on star sports 2 channel in English and star gold channel in Hindi.

World Kabaddi League

Further information: World Kabaddi League
World Kabaddi League has been introduced in 2014. The First Season of the League would be
played in AugustDecember 2014. The league follows the Formula 1 touring sports format and
will be played across four continents.[10] The first season will be played from August 2014 to
December 2014.[11] Indian rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh bought a team and named in Yo Yo
Tigers.Bollywood actors and actress Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha also bought a team in
WKL United Singh's is a team of Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha[12]