2023 Asian Kabaddi Championship
{{Short description|International team sports championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox sports tournament
| event =
| name = 2023 Asian Kabaddi Championship
| image =
| image_size =
| format = Standard style
| host = Busan, South Korea
| venue = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
| start_date = 27
| end_date = 30 June 2023
| participants = 6
| champions = {{Kabaddi|IND}} (8th title)
| runners-up1 = {{Kabaddi|IRN}}
| runners-up2 = {{Kabaddi|TPE}}
| previous = 2017
| next =
}}
The 11th Edition of Asian Kabaddi Championship was held at Busan, Republic of Korea from 27 June to 30 June 2023. Indian men's team won the event by defeating Iran in the final 42–32.{{Cite web |title=Final Result |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/kabaddi/asian-kabaddi-championship-final-india-vs-iran-live-score-updates-highlights-streaming-info/article67025766.ece |access-date=June 30, 2023 |website=SportStar}}
Tournament
This is overall the 11th edition, first edition was held in 1980. 2023 edition is 1st ever to be held in Republic of Korea, 6 countries participated in the men's event at the tournament. India is the most successful nation with 8 titles, including this event's title.{{Cite web |title=India won 8th gold |url=https://www.sportstiger.com/news/asian-kabaddi-championship-2023-india-beat-iran-42-32-to-lift-champions-title-for-eighth-time |access-date=June 30, 2023 |website=Sports Tiger}}
Participating nations
6 Countries participated in the tournament. It was held in single legged round robbin format.
{{col-begin}}
- {{kd|TPE}}
- {{kd|HK}}
- {{kd|IND}}
- {{kd|IRI}}
- {{kd|JPN}}
- {{kd|KOR}}
{{col-end}}
Group Stage
=Preliminary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" |
| style="width: 12.5em;" scope="col" | Team
! style="width: 3em;" scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pld|Matches Played}} ! style="width: 3em;" scope="col" | {{Tooltip|W|Won}} ! style="width: 3em;" scope="col" | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} ! style="width: 3em;" scope="col" | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} ! style="width: 3em;" scope="col" | {{Tooltip|SF|Scores For}} ! style="width: 3em;" scope="col" | {{Tooltip|SA|Scores Against}} ! style="width: 3em;" scope="col" | {{Tooltip|SD|Score Difference}} ! style="width: 3em;" scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! scope="col" | Qualification |
|---|
| style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{Kabaddi|IND}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 97 | 191 | 10 | rowspan="2"| Advanced to final |
| style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{Kabaddi|Iran}} | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 282 | 122 | 160 | 8 |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flag|Chinese Taipei}}
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 271 | 171 | 100 | 6 | |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{Kabaddi|JPN}}
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 189 | 198 | -9 | 4 | |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{Kabaddi|KOR}} (H)
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 279 | -111 | 2 | |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{Kabaddi|HK}}
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 421 | -331 | 0 | |
Source:{{Cite web |title=Points Table |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-kabaddi-championship-2023-results-scores |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=Olympics}}{{Cite web |title=Korean Kabaddi Official Channel |url=https://www.youtube.com/@user-eo6dh5tb3u/about |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=Youtube}}{{Cite web |title=India won both games on Day 1 |url=https://thebridge.in/kabaddi/asian-cship-india-two-games-scores-updates-live-blog-42722 |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=The Bridge}}{{Cite web |first= |date=27 June 2023 |title=Day 1 Results |url=https://www.prokabaddi.com/news/11th-asian-kabaddi-championship-day-1-live-updates |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=Pro Kabaddi}}{{Cite web |title=Final Group State Points Table |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-kabaddi-championship-2023-results-scores |access-date=June 30, 2023 |website=Olympics}}
(H) Host
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 27 June 2023
|time= 06:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|TPE}}
|score= 28–52
|team2={{Kabaddi|IRI}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 27 June 2023
|time= 10:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|IND}}
|score= 76–13
|team2={{Kabaddi|KOR}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 27 June 2023
|time= 11:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|JPN}}
|score= 85–11
|team2={{Kabaddi|HK}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 27 June 2023
|time= 12:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|IND}}
|score= 53–19
|team2={{Kabaddi|TPE}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 28 June 2023
|time= 06:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|HK}}
|score= 31–60
|team2={{Kabaddi|IRI}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 28 June 2023
|time= 07:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|KOR}}
|score= 18–45
|team2={{Kabaddi|JPN}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 28 June 2023
|time= 10:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|TPE}}
|score= 117–12
|team2={{Kabaddi|HK}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 28 June 2023
|time= 11:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|IND}}
|score= 62–17
|team2={{Kabaddi|JPN}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 28 June 2023
|time= 12:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|KOR}}
|score= 17–72
|team2={{Kabaddi|IRI}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 29 June 2023
|time= 06:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|TPE}}
|score= 37–29
|team2={{Kabaddi|JPN}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 29 June 2023
|time= 07:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|KOR}}
|score= 95–16
|team2={{Kabaddi|HK}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
(postponed to 30 June, 10:30 IST){{Cite web |date=29 June 2023 |title=South Korea vs Hong Kong match postponed |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/kabaddi/asian-kabaddi-championship-2023-live-score-updates-day-3-india-iran-fixtures-highlights-streaming-info/article67022016.ece |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=SportStar}}
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 29 June 2023
|time= 10:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|IND}}
|score= 33–28
|team2={{Kabaddi|IRI}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 29 June 2023
|time= 11:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|TPE}}
|score= 70–25
|team2={{Kabaddi|KOR}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 30 June 2023
|time= 06:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|JPN}}
|score= 13–70
|team2={{Kabaddi|IRI}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
(postponed to 30 June, 7:30 IST)
}}
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{{kabaddibox
|date= 30 June 2023
|time= 07:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|IND}}
|score= 64–20
|team2={{Kabaddi|HK}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
(preponed to 30 June 6:30 IST)
}}
Final
{{kabaddibox
|date= 30 June 2023
|time= 10:30 IST
|team1={{Kabaddi-rt|IND}}
|score= 42–32
|team2={{Kabaddi|IRI}}
|stadium = Dong-Eui Science University - Indoor Gymnasium
(postponed to 30 June, 11:30 IST)
}}
Medalists
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
| rowspan=2|Men
|rowspan=2|{{Kabaddi|IND}} |rowspan=2|{{Kabaddi|IRN}} |rowspam=2|{{kabaddi|TPE}} |