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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, 2016. All three tournaments have been won by India. In 2012, the first Kabaddi World Cup for women was held in India. The current format of the competition involves a round-robin group stage, with 5 teams in 2 pools, with the first and second place finishers of each group progressing to the semi-finals.

With the return of international kabaddi post COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Asian Games, the IKF in 2024 announced the resumption of Men's World Cup in 2025 and Women's World cup in 2026.^[1]

Summary

Men

Year	Host	Final			Third place
		Champions	Score	Runner-up
2004 details	Mumbai	India	55–27	Iran	Bangladesh	and	Canada
2007 details	Panvel	India	29–19	Iran	Bangladesh	and	Japan
2016 details	Ahmedabad	India	38–29	Iran	South Korea	and	Thailand
2025 details	TBD

Women

Year	Host	Final			Third place
		Champions	Score	Runner-up
2012 details	Patna	India	25–19	Iran	Japan	and	Thailand
2026 details	TBD

Medal table

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	3	0	0	3
2	Iran	0	3	0	3
3	Bangladesh	0	0	2	2
4	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		3	3	6	12

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	1	0	0	1
2	Iran	0	1	0	1
3	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		1	1	2	4

References

External links

• Official website