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The India men's national kabaddi team represents India in international men's kabaddi competitions. The team is by far the most successful national kabaddi side of any country, winning gold medals at the Asian Games in 1990 (the first year the sport was contested), 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2022, as well as winning all four Kabaddi World Cup events to date.
The circle style Kabaddi World Cup is an international kabaddi competition administered by the Government of Punjab (India) contested by men's and women's national teams. [1] The competition has been contested every year since the inaugural tournament in 2010, except for 2015 due to the 2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy.
The 2019 Kabaddi World Cup was the inaugural (and thus far the only) National (Asian) style tournament held by World Kabaddi (an organisation founded in 2018 that is not to be confused with the World Kabaddi Federation founded in 2003 or the International Kabaddi Federation founded in 2004 or the short-lived World Kabaddi League of 2014). [1]
India has an undisputed run as a champion in international Kabaddi matches. The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup was conducted among twelve nations. Baskaran acted as Coach for the Indian Men's team. The team went on to beat Iran in the finals and become champions for the third consecutive time.
The IKF World Cup men's tournament has been held three times and the women's event has been held only once. The tournaments were all held in India. In all cases, the events were won by the India team, and the team from Iran has always been the runner-up. The men's events were in 2004 in Mumbai, in 2007 in Panvel, and in 2016 in Ahmedabad. [1]
Jasvir Singh (born 4 April 1984) is an Indian professional Kabaddi player. He was a member of the India national kabaddi team that won Asian Games Gold medal in 2014 and World Cup in 2016. [1] [2] He hails from Panipat and serves in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). [3] He serves as fire safety officer.
The Kabaddi World Cup is an outdoor international standard style kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF), contested by men's and women's national teams. In 2024, it announced a plan to hold a 2025 Kabaddi World Cup in India in January 2025. The IKF competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016.
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.