Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)

Kabaddi World Cup
Founded	2004
Region	International (IKF)
Number of teams	12 (current)
Current champions	; India (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	; India (3 titles)
Television broadcasters	Star Sports; Sky Sports ; TEN 2
	2016 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)

The Kabaddi World Cup, is an indoor international Kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) in a standard style, contested by men's and women's national teams. The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016. All the tournaments have been won by India. In 2016, the very first Kabaddi World Cup for women was held in India. The current format of the competition involves a round-robin group stage, with 6 teams in 2 pools, with the first and second place finishers of each group progressing to the semi-finals.

Summary

Men

Year	Host	Final			Third place
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runner-up	Third place
2004	Mumbai	India	55–27	Iran	Bangladesh	and	Canada
2007	Panvel	India	29–19	Iran	Bangladesh	and	Japan
2016	Ahmedabad	India	38–29	Iran	South Korea	and	Thailand
2020 TBA

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	3	0	0	3
2	Iran (IRN)	0	3	0	3
3	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	0	2	2
4	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		3	3	6	12

Current IKF Rankings

Points are calculated after every match by the formula:

10*(total number of kabaddi nations – rank of the opponent)+(score difference)

The top 10 teams according to the International Kabaddi Federation[1] :

Rank	Team	Points
1	India	140
2	Iran	90
3	Pakistan	83
4	Thailand	81
5	Bangladesh	80
6	Kenya	75
7	Poland	60
8	England	59
9	United States	51
10	Japan	47

Current LITS Rankings

Complete wealth and population adjusted elo rankings for previous 3 years. This also includes matches from Asian competitions.[2][3][4]

Rank	Team	Points
1	India	863
2	Iran	813
3	Pakistan	621
4	South Korea	466
5	Bangladesh	375
6	Sri Lanka	296
7	Kenya	286
8	Nepal	191
9	Thailand	53
10	Indonesia	31
11	Iraq	10
12	Poland	6
13	England	-97
14	Malaysia	-148
15	Japan	-222
16	Australia	-302
17	Turkmenistan	-372
18	Afghanistan	-389
19	Argentina	-421
20	United States	-680

References

"World Sport Ranking". World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
"Standard Kabaddi World Rankings - 2018". League of International Team Sports. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
"Standard Kabaddi World Rankings - 2017". League of International Team Sports. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
"Standard Kabaddi World Rankings - 2016". League of International Team Sports. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

External links

Official website

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[1] "World Sport Ranking". World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[2] "Standard Kabaddi World Rankings - 2018". League of International Team Sports. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

[3] "Standard Kabaddi World Rankings - 2017". League of International Team Sports. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

[4] "Standard Kabaddi World Rankings - 2016". League of International Team Sports. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.