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Pakistan national kabaddi team

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Pakistan
AssociationPakistan Kabaddi Federation
ConfederationAsian Kabaddi Federation (AKF)
Asian Games
9 (first in 1990)
Runners-up (1998, 2006)
Asian Kabaddi Championship
3 (first in 2000)
Runners-up (2005, 2017)

Pakistan national kabaddi team represents Pakistan in international kabaddi. The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation manages the team.

History

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  • The Pakistan national Kabaddi team have regularly won medals in the Asian Games and World Cups. In seven previous Asian Games, they won five bronze medals and two silver medals .
  • Since 1985, Pakistan took part in 38 major International Competitions in which they played 25 times as finalists (they won five of those competitions, were runners-up 20 times, and won third place 13 times).[citation needed]

Performance in the Asian Championships

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  • Pakistan is the only team besides arch rivals India having managed to win a medal in every Asian Games Kabaddi competition.
  • Pakistan won bronze medals in the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games. In the 1998 edition, Pakistan settled for silver, losing to India in the final. Four years later, Pakistan again won third place before losing gold to India by 35-23 in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. Pakistan came third in the next four editions of Asian Games in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 .[citation needed]

Performance in the South Asian Championships

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  • Pakistan became champions of South Asia in 1993 by beating archrival India in the final. It was the only time Pakistan became champions of South Asia. After that Pakistani team played as finalists six times and won bronze medals four times but never won another championship.[citation needed]

Circle style performance in the Asian Championships

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  • Pakistan became Asian champion in 2012 by beating India in the final of Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup after finishing as runner up in the previous edition.
  • Pakistan became Asian champion for the second time in a row in 2016 after beating India by 50-31 in the final of the Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup.
  • In 2016 Pakistan became Asian champion once again after beating India by 30-28 in the finals. It was the first title of Pakistan in the Asian Beach Games and before that Pakistan finished as runner up for four times in the last four competitions.[citation needed]

Performance in the World Championships

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  • In 2020 Pakistan became World Champion of Kabaddi after being runner up four times in the last five World Cup competitions, beating India by 43-41.[citation needed]

Origination

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Kabaddi originated in the Pak-Hind sub-continent. Kabaddi is a traditional sport and cultural heritage of the people of Pakistan. It is played in hot countries of Asia. The style of the game varies a little in some countries. It is known by different names in the regional languages. In Pakistan and India, it is known as 'kabaddi' or 'kaudi', in Sri Lanka it is known as 'Guddo', in Indonesia.[citation needed]

Tournament records

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Standard kabaddi

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World Cup

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Year Rank Pld W D L
India 2004 Withdrew 0 0 0 0
India 2007 Withdrew 0 0 0 0
India 2016 Withdrew 0 0 0 0
Total 0/3 0 0 0 0

Asian Games

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Year Rank M W D L PF PA PD
China 1990 Third place 6 3 1 2 134 131 +3
Japan 1994 Third place 4 2 0 2 153 90 +63
Thailand 1998 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 219 80 +139
South Korea 2002 Third place 5 3 0 2 87 106 -19
Qatar 2006 Runners-up 5 3 0 2 164 142 +22
China 2010 Third place 4 3 0 1 131 70 +61
South Korea 2014 Third place 4 2 0 2 100 89 +11
Indonesia 2018 Third place 6 4 0 2 209 125 +84
China 2022 Third place 4 2 0 2 144 160 -16
Total 9/9 44 26 2 16 1341 993 +348

Asian Kabaddi Championship

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Asian Kabaddi Championship
Year Host country Position
2000 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka Bronze
2005 Iran Tehran, Iran Silver
2017 Iran Gorgan, Iran Silver

South Asian Games

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South Asian Games
Year Host city Position
1985 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Bronze
1987 India Kolkata, India Bronze
1989 Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan Silver
1993 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Gold
1995 India Madras, India Bronze
1999 Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal Silver
2004 Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan Silver
2006 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka Silver
2010 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Silver
2016 India Guwahati & Shillong, India Silver
2019 Nepal Kathmandu, Pokhara & Janakpur, Nepal Bronze

Dubai Kabaddi Masters

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Year Rank Pld W D L
United Arab Emirates 2018 Third place 5 2 0 3
Total 1/1 5 2 0 3

Beach kabaddi

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World Beach Kabaddi Championship

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Year Rank Pld W D L
Iran 2024 Runners-up 6 5 0 1
Total 1/1 6 5 0 1

Asian Beach Games

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Year Rank Pld W D L
Indonesia 2008 Runners-up 6 4 1 1
Oman 2010 Runners-up 6 5 0 1
China 2012 Runners-up 5 4 0 1
Thailand 2014 Runners-up 5 3 1 1
Vietnam 2016 Champions 4 3 1 0
Total 5/5 26 19 3 4

Indoor kabaddi

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Asian Indoor and Martial Games

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Year Rank Pld W D L
Macau 2007 Runners-up 7 5 0 2
Vietnam 2009 Did not enter
South Korea 2013 Did not enter
Turkmenistan 2017 Not contested
Total 1/3 7 5 0 2

Circle kabaddi

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Circle World Cup

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Year Rank Pld W D L
India 2010 Runners-up 5 4 0 1
India 2011 Third place 8 6 0 2
India 2012 Runners-up 5 4 0 1
India 2013 Runners-up 7 6 0 1
India 2014 Runners-up 7 6 0 1
Pakistan 2020 Champions 6 6 0 0
Total 6/6 38 32 0 6

Circle Asian Cup

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Year Rank Pld W D L
India 2011 Runners-up 5 4 0 1
Pakistan 2012 Champions 5 5 0 0
Pakistan 2016 Champions 5 5 0 0
Total 3/3 15 14 0 1

Friendly Tournament records

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Circle Style Kabaddi

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This style of game introduced in Pakistan in 1956 Pakistan participate in the below mentioned competitions

  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1956, India (Gold)
  • Canada Kabaddi Cup 1981, Canada (Silver)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1982 Lahore, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1983 Lahore, Pakistan (Silver)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1984 Lahore, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Prime Minister International Gold Cup 1997, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1998, India (Silver)
  • Prime Minister International Gold Cup 1999, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 2002, India (Silver)
  • Indo-Pak Games 2004 Patyala, India (Silver)
  • Takkar Kabaddi Series 2008 Pakistan afaad (Silver)
  • Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 2009, India (Silver)
  • International Kabaddi Tournament 2009 Kharian, Pakistan (Gold)
  • Kabaddi Premier League 2013, Dubai (Gold)
  • International Kabaddi Cup 2013 UK (Bronze)
  • 37th International Kabaddi Championship 2014 POF Wah (Gold)

Notable Players

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See also

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References

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