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Pakistan national kabaddi team

{{Short description|National kabaddi team of Pakistan}}

{{Infobox national kabaddi team

| name = Pakistan

| image = Flag of Pakistan.svg

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| association = Pakistan Kabaddi Federation

| confederation = Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF)

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| World cup apps = 0

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| Regional name = Asian Games

| Regional cup apps = 9

| Regional cup first = 1990

| Regional cup best = {{Asia2}} Runners-up (1998, 2006)

| 2ndRegional name = Asian Kabaddi Championship

| 2ndRegional cup apps = 3

| 2ndRegional cup first = 2000

| 2ndRegional cup best = {{Asia2}} Runners-up (2005, 2017)

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The Pakistan national kabaddi team represents Pakistan in international kabaddi. The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation manages the team.https://tribune.com.pk/story/2316658/kabaddi-struggles-for-greater-recognitionhttps://www.sportskeeda.com/team/pakistan-kabaddi-teamhttps://www.sports.gov.pk/Detail/NGM2MWI3NjMtYTk3Mi00NjlmLWE1MWMtOTJhMGViY2E1MDAxhttps://www.dawn.com/news/1534851

History

  • The Pakistan national Kabaddi team have regularly won medals at the Asian Games and World Cups. In seven previous Asian Games, they have won five bronze medals and two silver medals.
  • Since 1985, Pakistan has taken part in 38 major international competitions in which they have reached the finals 25 times (winning five of those competitions, and being runners-up 20 times) and had third-place finishes 13 times).{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

= Performance in the Asian Championships =

  • 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|date=December 2023}}

= Performance in the South Asian Championships =

  • 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|date=December 2023}}

= Circle style performance in the Asian Championships =

  • 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|date=December 2023}}

=Performance in the World Championships=

  • 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{{Cite web |last=AFP |first=Compiled by Dona Cherian, Web News Editor,Inputs from |date=2020-02-16 |title=Look: Pakistan beat arch rivals India in kabaddi World Cup |url=https://gulfnews.com/photos/sports-photos/look-pakistan-beat-arch-rivals-india-in-kabaddi-world-cup-1.1581880283434 |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema |language=en}}.

Origination

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.https://www.sports.gov.pk/Detail/NGM2MWI3NjMtYTk3Mi00NjlmLWE1MWMtOTJhMGViY2E1MDAx

Tournament records

=Standard kabaddi=

==World Cup==

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!width=125|Year

!width=150|Rank

!width=35|Pld

!width=35|W

!width=35|D

!width=35|L

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|style="border: "|{{flagicon|IND}} 2004

Withdrew0000
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|style="border: "|{{flagicon|IND}} 2007

Withdrew0000
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|style="border: "|{{flagicon|IND}} 2016

Withdrew0000
Total||0/3||0||0||0||0

==Asian Games==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"

!width=125|Year

!width=150|Rank

!width=35|M

!width=35|W

!width=35|D

!width=35|L

!width=35|PF

!width=35|PA

!width=35|PD

bgcolor=#cc9966

|{{flagicon|CHN}} 1990

Third place6312134131+3
bgcolor=#cc9966

|{{flagicon|JPN}} 1994

Third place420215390+63
bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|THA}} 1998

Runners-up|641121980+139
bgcolor=#cc9966

|{{flagicon|KOR}} 2002

Third place|530287106|
19
bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|QAT}} 2006

Runners-up|5302164142+22
bgcolor=#cc9966

|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2010

Third place|430113170+61
bgcolor=#cc9966

|{{flagicon|KOR}} 2014

Third place|420210089+11
bgcolor=#cc9966

|{{flagicon|INA}} 2018

Third place|6402209125+84
bgcolor=#cc9966

|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2022

Third place|4202144160|
16
Total||9/9||44||26||2||16||1341||993||+348

==Asian Kabaddi Championship==

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!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|Asian Kabaddi Championship

style="width: 70px;"| Year

!style="width: 350px;"| Host country

!style="width: 70px;"| Position

2000

|style="text-align: center; padding-left: 20px; border: " rowspan=1|{{flagicon|SRI}} Colombo, Sri Lanka

|style="background-color: #cc9966" rowspan=1|{{World3}}

2005

|style="text-align: center; padding-left: 20px; border: " rowspan=1|{{flagicon|Iran}} Tehran, Iran

|style="background-color: silver" rowspan=1|{{World2}}

2017

|style="text-align: center; padding-left: 20px;"|{{flagicon|Iran}} Gorgan, Iran

|style="background-color: silver" rowspan=1|{{World2}}

==South Asian Games==

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!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|South Asian Games

style="width: 70px;"| Year

!style="width: 350px;"| Host city

!style="width: 70px;"| Position

1985

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Dhaka, Bangladesh

|style="background-color: #cc9966"|{{World3}}

1987

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px; border: "| {{flagicon|India}} Kolkata, India

|style="background-color: #cc9966"|{{World3}}

1989

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Islamabad, Pakistan

|style="background-color: silver"|{{World2}}

1993

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Dhaka, Bangladesh

|style="background-color: gold"|{{World1}}

1995

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px; border: "| {{flagicon|India}} Madras, India

|style="background-color: #cc9966"|{{World3}}

1999

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Nepal}} Kathmandu, Nepal

|style="background-color: silver"|{{World2}}

2004

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Islamabad, Pakistan

|style="background-color: silver"|{{World2}}

2006

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Colombo, Sri Lanka

|style="background-color: silver"|{{World2}}

2010

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Dhaka, Bangladesh

|style="background-color: silver"|{{World2}}

2016

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px; border: "| {{flagicon|India}} Guwahati & Shillong, India

|style="background-color: silver"|{{World2}}

2019

|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Nepal}} Kathmandu, Pokhara & Janakpur, Nepal

|style="background-color: #cc9966"|{{World3}}

==Dubai Kabaddi Masters==

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!width=125|Year

!width=150|Rank

!width=35|Pld

!width=35|W

!width=35|D

!width=35|L

bgcolor=#cc9966

|{{flagicon|UAE}} 2018

Third place5203
Total||1/1||5||2||0||3

=Beach kabaddi=

==World Beach Kabaddi Championship==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"

!width=125|Year

!width=150|Rank

!width=35|Pld

!width=35|W

!width=35|D

!width=35|L

bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|IRN}} 2024

Runners-up6501
Total||1/1||6||5||0||1

==Asian Beach Games==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"

!width=125|Year

!width=150|Rank

!width=35|Pld

!width=35|W

!width=35|D

!width=35|L

bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|INA}} 2008

Runners-up6411
bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|OMA}} 2010

Runners-up6501
bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2012

Runners-up|5401
bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|THA}} 2014

Runners-up|5311
bgcolor=gold

|{{flagicon|VIE}} 2016

Champions|4310
Total||5/5||26||19||3||4

=Indoor kabaddi=

==Asian Indoor and Martial Games==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"

!width=125|Year

!width=150|Rank

!width=35|Pld

!width=35|W

!width=35|D

!width=35|L

bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|MAC}} 2007

Runners-up7502
bgcolor=

|{{flagicon|VIE}} 2009

colspan=5|Did not enter
bgcolor=

|{{flagicon|KOR}} 2013

colspan=5|Did not enter
{{flagicon|TKM}} 2017colspan=5|Not contested
Total||1/3||7||5||0||2

=Circle kabaddi=

==Circle World Cup==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"

!width=125|Year

!width=150|Rank

!width=35|Pld

!width=35|W

!width=35|D

!width=35|L

bgcolor=silver

|style="border: "|{{flagicon|IND}} 2010

Runners-up5401
bgcolor=cc9966

|style="border: "|{{flagicon|IND}} 2011

Third place|8602
bgcolor=silver

|style="border: "| {{flagicon|IND}} 2012

Runners-up|5401
bgcolor=silver

|style="border: "| {{flagicon|IND}} 2013

Runners-up|7601
bgcolor=silver

|style="border: "| {{flagicon|IND}} 2014

Runners-up|7601
bgcolor=gold

|{{flagicon|PAK}} 2020

Champions|6600
Total||6/6||38||32||0||6

==Circle Asian Cup==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"

!width=125|Year

!width=150|Rank

!width=35|Pld

!width=35|W

!width=35|D

!width=35|L

bgcolor=silver

|style="border: "|{{flagicon|IND}} 2011

Runners-up5401
bgcolor=gold

|style="border: "|{{flagicon|PAK}} 2012

Champions5500
bgcolor=gold

|style="border: "|{{flagicon|PAK}} 2016

Champions5500
Total||3/3||15||14||0||1

Friendly Tournament records

=Circle Style Kabaddi=

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

See also

References

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070618155001/http://www.kabaddiikf.com/ Official Website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713131447/http://www.kabaddiikf.com/results2007.htm World Cup 2007 Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111204114129/http://www.kabaddiikf.com/worldcup.htm World cup 2004 Results]

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