Pakistan national kabaddi team

Pakistan national kabaddi team represents Pakistan in international kabaddi. The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation manages the team.

Pakistan
AssociationPakistan Kabaddi Federation
ConfederationAsian Kabaddi Federation (AKF)
Asian Games
9 (first in 1990)
Runners-up (1998, 2006)
Asian Kabaddi Championship
3 (first in 2000)
Runners-up (2005, 2017)

History

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  • The Pakistan national Kabaddi team have regularly won medals in the Asian Games and World Cups. In seven previous Asian Games, they won five bronze medals and two silver medals .
  • Since 1985, Pakistan took part in 38 major International Competitions in which they played 25 times as finalists (they won five of those competitions, were runners-up 20 times, and won third place 13 times).[citation needed]

Performance in the Asian Championships

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  • Pakistan is the only team besides arch rivals India having managed to win a medal in every Asian Games Kabaddi competition.
  • Pakistan won bronze medals in the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games. In the 1998 edition, Pakistan settled for silver, losing to India in the final. Four years later, Pakistan again won third place before losing gold to India by 35-23 in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. Pakistan came third in the next four editions of Asian Games in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 .[citation needed]

Performance in the South Asian Championships

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  • Pakistan became champions of South Asia in 1993 by beating archrival India in the final. It was the only time Pakistan became champions of South Asia. After that Pakistani team played as finalists six times and won bronze medals four times but never won another championship.[citation needed]

Circle style performance in the Asian Championships

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  • Pakistan became Asian champion in 2012 by beating India in the final of Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup after finishing as runner up in the previous edition.
  • Pakistan became Asian champion for the second time in a row in 2016 after beating India by 50-31 in the final of the Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup.
  • In 2016 Pakistan became Asian champion once again after beating India by 30-28 in the finals. It was the first title of Pakistan in the Asian Beach Games and before that Pakistan finished as runner up for four times in the last four competitions.[citation needed]

Performance in the World Championships

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  • In 2020 Pakistan became World Champion of Kabaddi after being runner up four times in the last five World Cup competitions, beating India by 43-41.[citation needed]

Origination

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Kabaddi originated in the Pak-Hind sub-continent. Kabaddi is a traditional sport and cultural heritage of the people of Pakistan. It is played in hot countries of Asia. The style of the game varies a little in some countries. It is known by different names in the regional languages. In Pakistan and India, it is known as 'kabaddi' or 'kaudi', in Sri Lanka it is known as 'Guddo', in Indonesia.[citation needed]

Tournament records

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Standard kabaddi

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World Cup

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Year Rank Pld W D L
  2004 Withdrew 0 0 0 0
  2007 Withdrew 0 0 0 0
  2016 Withdrew 0 0 0 0
Total 0/3 0 0 0 0

Asian Games

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Year Rank M W D L PF PA PD
  1990 Third place 6 3 1 2 134 131 +3
  1994 Third place 4 2 0 2 153 90 +63
  1998 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 219 80 +139
  2002 Third place 5 3 0 2 87 106 -19
  2006 Runners-up 5 3 0 2 164 142 +22
  2010 Third place 4 3 0 1 131 70 +61
  2014 Third place 4 2 0 2 100 89 +11
  2018 Third place 6 4 0 2 209 125 +84
  2022 Third place 4 2 0 2 144 160 -16
Total 9/9 44 26 2 16 1341 993 +348

Asian Kabaddi Championship

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Asian Kabaddi Championship
Year Host country Position
2000   Colombo, Sri Lanka  
2005   Tehran, Iran  
2017   Gorgan, Iran  

South Asian Games

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South Asian Games
Year Host city Position
1985   Dhaka, Bangladesh  
1987   Kolkata, India  
1989   Islamabad, Pakistan  
1993   Dhaka, Bangladesh  
1995   Madras, India  
1999   Kathmandu, Nepal  
2004   Islamabad, Pakistan  
2006   Colombo, Sri Lanka  
2010   Dhaka, Bangladesh  
2016   Guwahati & Shillong, India  
2019   Kathmandu, Pokhara & Janakpur, Nepal  

Dubai Kabaddi Masters

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Year Rank Pld W D L
  2018 Third place 5 2 0 3
Total 1/1 5 2 0 3

Beach kabaddi

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World Beach Kabaddi Championship

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Year Rank Pld W D L
  2024 Runners-up 6 5 0 1
Total 1/1 6 5 0 1

Asian Beach Games

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Year Rank Pld W D L
  2008 Runners-up 6 4 1 1
  2010 Runners-up 6 5 0 1
  2012 Runners-up 5 4 0 1
  2014 Runners-up 5 3 1 1
  2016 Champions 4 3 1 0
Total 5/5 26 19 3 4

Indoor kabaddi

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Asian Indoor and Martial Games

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Year Rank Pld W D L
  2007 Runners-up 7 5 0 2
  2009 Did not enter
  2013 Did not enter
  2017 Not contested
Total 1/3 7 5 0 2

Circle kabaddi

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Circle World Cup

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Year Rank Pld W D L
  2010 Runners-up 5 4 0 1
  2011 Third place 8 6 0 2
  2012 Runners-up 5 4 0 1
  2013 Runners-up 7 6 0 1
  2014 Runners-up 7 6 0 1
  2020 Champions 6 6 0 0
Total 6/6 38 32 0 6

Circle Asian Cup

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Year Rank Pld W D L
  2011 Runners-up 5 4 0 1
  2012 Champions 5 5 0 0
  2016 Champions 5 5 0 0
Total 3/3 15 14 0 1

Friendly Tournament records

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Circle Style Kabaddi

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This style of game introduced in Pakistan in 1956 Pakistan participate in the below mentioned competitions

  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1956, India (Gold)
  • Canada Kabaddi Cup 1981, Canada (Silver)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1982 Lahore, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1983 Lahore, Pakistan (Silver)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1984 Lahore, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Prime Minister International Gold Cup 1997, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1998, India (Silver)
  • Prime Minister International Gold Cup 1999, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 2002, India (Silver)
  • Indo-Pak Games 2004 Patyala, India (Silver)
  • Takkar Kabaddi Series 2008 Pakistan afaad (Silver)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 2009, India (Silver)
  • International Kabaddi Tournament 2009 Kharian, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Kabaddi Premier League 2013, Dubai (Gold)
  • International Kabaddi Cup 2013 UK (Bronze)
  • 37th International Kabaddi Championship 2014 POF Wah (Gold)

Notable Players

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See also

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References

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