Kabaddi at the Asian Games

Kabaddi made its first appearance as an exhibition sport[1] at the 1982 and became an Asian Games event since 1990 in Beijing, China. Until the 2018 edition, India always dominated the event by winning highest number of gold medals in both men's and women's category.

Kabaddi at 2006 Asian games

Summary

Men

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
1990

Beijing

India
No playoffs
Bangladesh

Pakistan
No playoffs
China

Japan

Nepal
1994

Hiroshima

India
No playoffs
Bangladesh

Pakistan
No playoffs
Japan
1998

Bangkok

India
No playoffs
Pakistan

Bangladesh
No playoffs
Sri Lanka
2002

Busan

India
No playoffs
Bangladesh

Pakistan
No playoffs
Japan
2006

Doha

India
35–23
Pakistan

Bangladesh
37–26
Iran
Year Host Final Bronze medalists
Winner Score Runner-up
2010

Guangzhou

India
37–20
Iran

Pakistan
and
Japan
2014

Incheon

India
27–25
Iran

South Korea
and
Pakistan
2018

JakartaPalembang

Iran
26–16
South Korea

Pakistan
and
India

Women

Year Host Final Bronze medalists
Winner Score Runner-up
2010

Guangzhou

India
28–14
Thailand

Bangladesh
and
Iran
2014

Incheon

India
31–21
Iran

Thailand
and
Bangladesh
2018

JakartaPalembang

Iran
27–24
India

Chinese Taipei
and
Thailand

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India (IND)91111
2 Iran (IRI)2316
3 Bangladesh (BAN)0347
4 Pakistan (PAK)0268
5 Thailand (THA)0123
6 South Korea (KOR)0112
7 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (8 nations)11111739

Participating nations

Men

Team
1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018
Years
 Bangladesh2nd2nd3rd2nd3rd5th7th5th8
 China4th1
 India1st1st1st1st1st1st1st3rd8
 Indonesia5th1
 Iran4th2nd2nd1st4
 Japan4th4th5th4th5th3rd7th7th8
 Malaysia5th7th5th11th4
   Nepal4th5th7th9th4
 Pakistan3rd3rd2nd3rd2nd3rd3rd3rd8
 South Korea5th3rd2nd3
 Sri Lanka4th6th7th3
 Thailand6th5th9th3
Number of teams657657811

Women

Team
2010

2014

2018
Years
 Bangladesh3rd3rd7th3
 Chinese Taipei5th7th3rd3
 India1st1st2nd3
 Indonesia7th1
 Iran3rd2nd1st3
 Japan5th9th2
 Malaysia7th1
   Nepal7th1
 South Korea5th5th5th3
 Sri Lanka5th1
 Thailand2nd3rd3rd3
Number of teams879

References

  1. "Driving off the Platform". The Straits Times. 25 November 1982. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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