World Beach Kabaddi Championship

{{Short description|International kabaddi competition}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title =

| current_season =

| last_season = 2024

| upcoming_season =

| logo =

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| caption =

| formerly =

| sport = Beach kabaddi

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2024}}

| region = International

| administrator = International Kabaddi Federation

| inaugural = 2024

| teams =

| champion = Iran (1st title)

| most_champs = Iran (1 title)

| current =

}}

The World Beach Kabaddi Championship is an international Beach kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF). In 2024, the first World Beach Kabaddi Championship was held in Iran and was won by the hosts.{{cite web|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/504338/Iran-crowned-champions-of-World-Beach-Kabaddi |title=Iran crowned champions of World Beach Kabaddi |publisher=Tehran Times |access-date=10 October 2024 }}{{cite web|url=https://arynews.tv/pakistan-win-silver-medal-in-world-beach-kabaddi-championship/ |title=Pakistan wnin silver medal in World Beach Kabaddi Championship |publisher=Ary News |access-date=10 October 2024}}

With the return of international kabaddi post COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Asian Games, the IKF in 2024 announced the calendar with start of the World Beach Kabaddi Championship in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.kabaddiikf.com/images/calendar.pdf|title= Sports Calendar of Activities for the year 2024 – 2025|publisher=IKF|accessdate=7 March 2024}}

==Summary==

=Men=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Host

! colspan="3" scope="col" | Final

! colspan="3" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Third place

style="width: 15%;" scope="col" | Champions

! style="width: 8%;" scope="col" | Score

! style="width: 15%;" scope="col" | Runner-up

2024
{{DetailsLink|2024 World Beach Kabaddi Championship}}

| {{flagicon|Iran}}
Anzali

| {{kd-big|IRN}}

| 41–34

| {{kd-big|PAK}}

| {{kd-big|KEN}}

| and

| {{kd-big|IRQ}}

Team appearances

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!Team

!{{flagicon|Iran}}
2024

!Total

align=left|{{kd|Denmark}}

|GS

1
align=left|{{kd|Germany}}

|GS

1
align=left|{{kd|Iran}}

|bgcolor=gold|1st

1
align=left|{{kd|Iraq}}

|bgcolor=cc9966|SF

1
align=left|{{kd|Kenya}}

|bgcolor=cc9966|SF

1
align=left|{{kd|Lebanon}}

|GS

1
align=left|{{kd|Nepal}}

|GS

1
align=left|{{kd|Pakistan}}

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

1
align=left|{{kd|Palestine}}

|GS

1
align=left|{{kd|Turkmenistan}}

|GS

1
Total||10||

Results

=2024=

Source:http://irankabaddi.ir/wbkc/http://irankabaddi.ir/wbkc/results/

A: {{IRI}}/{{IRQ}}/{{NEP}}/{{TKM}}/{{DEN}}/

B: {{PAK}}/{{KEN}}/{{LBN}}/{{PLE}}/{{GER}}/

5 To 8 Mehr 1403

  1. {{LBN}} - {{PAK}}
  2. {{LBN}} - {{GER}}
  3. {{LBN}} - {{KEN}}
  4. {{GER}} - {{PLE}}
  5. {{PAK}} - {{PLE}}

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  1. {{KEN}} 66-14 {{PLE}}
  2. {{PAK}} 75-24 {{GER}}
  3. {{IRQ}} 56-24 {{DEN}}
  4. {{IRI}} 63-31 {{NEP}}
  5. {{PAK}} 45-32 {{KEN}}
  6. {{PLE}} 42-21 {{LBN}}
  7. {{IRI}} 57-27 {{DEN}}
  8. {{IRQ}} 63-16 {{TKM}}
  9. {{NEP}} 76-18 {{DEN}}
  10. {{IRI}} 59-25 {{TKM}}
  11. {{KEN}} 59-31 {{GER}}
  12. {{NEP}} 72-18 {{TKM}}
  13. {{IRI}} 51-27 {{IRQ}}
  14. {{IRQ}} 56-33 {{NEP}}
  15. {{TKM}} 48-24 {{DEN}}

Semifinal:

  1. {{PAK}} 57-22 {{IRQ}}
  2. {{IRI}} 49-30 {{KEN}}

Final:

  1. {{IRI}} 41-34 {{PAK}}

References

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