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Kabaddi in India

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Kabaddi(Devnagari : कबड्डी) It is one of the most popular sports in India, played mainly among people in villages.It is regarded as a team-contact sport as a recreational form of combat training. Two teams occupy opposite halves of a small field and take turns sending a raider into the other half, in order to win points by tagging/wrestling members of the opposing team; the raider then tries to return to his own half while holding his breath and chanting "kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi" during the whole raid. India has taken part in four Asian Games in kabaddi, and won gold in all of them. There are 4 forms of kabaddi played in India are Amar, Suranjeevi, Huttuttoo, and Gaminee. Amar is generally played in Punjab, Haryana, America, Canada, and other parts of the world, mostly by Punjabi sportsmen. Suranjeevi is the most played form of kabaddi in India and the world. This is the form used in international matches generally and played in Asian Games. Huttuttoo was played by men in Maharashtra State.

India won the Kabaddi World Championship in 2007, beating Iran 29-19.[1]

India is also the host to World's first Kabaddi League. The league follows the Formula 1 touring sports format and will be played across four continents starting from August to December 2014.[2] The word Kabaddi has actually originated from Sanskrit roots (Kar-badhi). The origin of the word could be confused with several other Indian languages as all most all North Indian languages have originated from Sanskrit. It is the state game of Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in India where a related game of Sadugudu is played, and Maharashtra in India. It is played by the British Army for fun, to keep fit and as an enticement to recruit soldiers from the British Asian community. The game is also played extensively in the small town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders, mainly in the local primary school playground, where it is favoured to more traditional childhood past-times such as 'British bulldogs' and 'Kiss, Cuddle and Torture'.[citation

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India won the 2013 Kabaddi World Cup held at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, (Punjab) India.

Contents 1 History and development 2 India national Kabaddi team 3 India's performance in World Cup 4 India's performance in Asian Games 5 India's performance in Asian Indoor games 6 India's performance at SAF Games 7 India women's national kabaddi team 8 World Cup 9 Asian Games 10 South Asian Games 11 International competitions

o 11.1 Kabaddi World Cup o 11.2 Pro kabaddi league o 11.3 World Kabaddi League

12 Federations o 12.1 India

13 Asia Kabaddi Cup 14 UK Kabaddi Cup 15 Kabaddi World Cup

o 15.1 Women's teams o 15.2 Domestic competitions

16 See also 17 References

History and development

Women playing Kabaddi/Sadugudu in Tamil Nadu

Modern Kabaddi is a synthesis of the game played in various forms under different names.[3] Kabaddi received international exposure during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, demonstrated by Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, Amaravati, Maharashtra. The game was introduced in the Indian Olympic Games at Calcutta in 1938. In 1950 the All India Kabaddi Federation came into existence and compiled standard rules. The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) was

founded in 1973. After formation of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, the first men's nationals were held in Madras (renamed Chennai), while the women's were in Calcutta (renamed Kolkata) in 1955.The AKFI has given new shape to the rules and has the right to modify them. The Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF) was founded under the chairmanship of Mr. Janardan Singh Gehlot.

Kabaddi was introduced and popularised in Japan in 1979. The Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation sent Professor Sundar Ram of India to tour Japan for two months to introduce the game.

In 1979, a return test between Bangladesh and India was held at different places of India including Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Punjab. The Asian Kabaddi Championship was arranged in 1980 and India emerged as champion and Bangladesh runner-up. Bangladesh became runner-up again in 1985 in the Asian Kabaddi Championship held in Jaipur, India. The other teams in the tournament were Nepal, Malaysia and Japan. The game was included for the first time in the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990. India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh took part. India won the gold medal and has also won gold at the following six Asian Games in Hiroshima in 1994, Bangkok in 1998, Busan in 2002, Doha in 2006 and Guangzhou in 2010.

An attempt to popularise kabaddi in Great Britain was carried out by Channel 4, who commissioned a programme dedicated to the sport. The programme, Kabaddi in the early 1990s, however, failed to capture viewer attention despite fixtures such as West Bengal Police versus the Punjab. Kabaddi was axed in 1992, but not before its presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy suffered a collapsed lung while participating in the sport.[4][better source needed] Alt-rock band The Cooper Temple Clause formed a kabbadi team in 2001 and were, at one stage, ranked seventh in the British domestic standings.[4][better source needed]

In the 1998 Asian games held at Bangkok (Thailand), the Indian Kabaddi team clinched the gold medal. The chief coach of the team was former kabaddi player and coach Flt. Lt. S P Singh. [5]

India national Kabaddi teamIndia national kabaddi team represents India in international kabaddi India national kabaddi team competitions.[6] India won Gold medals Asian Games in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010.

India's performance in World CupIndia has won all five Kabaddi world cups played till now. In all the five world cups, India remained unbeaten throughout the tournament. Iran is the two times runner-up of world cups.All the world cups were held in India.[7][8]

Year India's Position Last Match played by India Winner Runner-up2013

DetailsWinner India vs.

Pakistan (Final match) India Pakistan

48 – 39

2011Details Winner

India vs. Canada (Final match)

59 – 25India  Canada

2010Details Winner

India vs. Pakistan (Final match)

58 – 24India  Pakistan

2007Details Winner

India vs. Iran (Final match)

29 – 19India Iran

2004Details Winner

India vs. Iran (Final match)

55 – 27India  Iran

India's performance in Asian Games

Year Host Final Third place matchWinner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place

1990Details Beijing

India Bangladesh Pakistan Japan1994

Details HiroshimaIndia Bangladesh Pakistan Japan

1998Details Bangkok No

playoffs Pakistan BangladeshNo

playoffs Sri Lanka2002

Details BusanIndia

No playoffs Bangladesh Pakistan

No playoffs Japan

2006Details Doha

India35–23

Pakistan Bangladesh 37–26 Iran2010

Details GuangzhouIndia

37–20 Iran PakistanNo

playoffs Japan

India's performance in Asian Indoor games

Year Host Final Third placeGold Score Silver Bronze Bronze

2007Details Macau

India35–17

Pakistan Bangladesh Iran2009

Details HanoiIndia

57–33 Iran Bangladesh Sri Lanka

India's performance at SAF Games

India is very strong in Kabaddi as these results show. India won 7 gold medals out of a possible 8 until the 2006 SAF games.

Year Winner Runner-up 3rd Place Reference2010

Details India Pakistan Bangladesh

   Nepal2006

Details India Pakistan Bangladesh2004

Details India Pakistan Bangladesh1999

Details India Pakistan Sri Lanka1995

Details India Bangladesh Pakistan1993

Details Pakistan India Bangladesh1989

Details India Pakistan Bangladesh1987

Details India Bangladesh Pakistan1985

Details India Bangladesh Pakistan

India women's national kabaddi teamIndia women's national kabaddi team represents India in international women's kabaddi events.[9]

World CupYear India's position Last match played by India Winner Runner-up2013

Details Winner India vs. New Zealand (Final match)49 – 21 India New Zealand

2012Details Winner India vs. Iran (Final match)

25 – 19 India Iran

Asian Games

Year Host Final Third placeWinner Score Runner-up

2010Details Guangzhou

India28–14

Thailand Iran Bangladesh

South Asian GamesYear Winner Runner-up 3rd Place Reference

2010Details India Bangladesh

Nepal

Sri Lanka

International competitions

Kabaddi World Cup

Further information: Kabaddi World CupThis section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2011)

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. The opening match of the tournament was held in Patiala while the closing ceremony took place in Ludhiana. India won the first edition of the Circle Style Kabaddi World Cup, Beating rival Pakistan in a 58–24 victory. The final of this 10-day tournament was played at Guru Nanak Stadium.[citation needed]

Pro kabaddi league

Further information: Pro Kabaddi League

Pro kabaddi league was introduced in 2014 in India based on Indian premier league.The first edition of the tournament had begun at 26 July 2014 with eight franchises based at eight different cities in India consisting of players from all over the world.The team jaipur pink panthers based at jaipur is owned by Bollywood star Abhishiek bachchan who said he wants to promote kabaddi. The other teams are namely U mumba based at mumbai,bengaluru bulls based ato bengaluru,delhi dabbangs based at delhi,puneri paltans based at pune,Telugu titans based at vizag,Bengal warriors based at kolkata and patna pirates based at patna.

The opening match was held at mumbai where Amitabh bachchan was found cheering for his son's team.Aishwarya rai was also present with Abhishek bachchan.Together with them Bollywood stars Shahrukh khan, Aamir khan, Suniel shetty, Sonali bendre, Farah khan, Boman irani and producer Ronnie screwvala cheering for his team Jaipur Pink Panthers were present at the stadium.

Indian star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was present with his wife and daughter who said he enjoyed the speed,agility and strength of the players of the sport very much.

Rakesh kumar the captain of the Indian kabaddi team who has received an Arjuna award and also the captain of patna pirates was also present at the inaugural matches who said it is a pleasure to see kabaddi getting recognition through the tournament.

Rakesh kumar was the highest bought player in the auction by patna pirates for 12.80 lakhs held before the tournament.

The broadcast rights were won by the star sports network .The matches start at 7:45 pm through the month of August on star sports 2 channel in English and star gold channel in Hindi.

World Kabaddi League

Further information: World Kabaddi League

World Kabaddi League has been introduced in 2014. The First Season of the League would be played in August–December 2014. The league follows the Formula 1 touring sports format and will be played across four continents.[10] The first season will be played from August 2014 to December 2014.[11] Indian rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh bought a team and named in Yo Yo Tigers.Bollywood actors and actress Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha also bought a team in WKL United Singh's is a team of Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha[12]