| 2004 Kabaddi World Cup | |
| Start Date: | 19 November |
| End Date: | 21 November |
| Administrator: | International Kabaddi Federation South Canara Sports Club |
| Format: | Standard style |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host: | India |
| Venues: | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Participants: | 12 (List of Participants) |
| Champions: | (1st title) |
| Runners-Up2: | |
| Matches: | 23 |
| Next: | (next) 2007 |
2004 Kabaddi World Cup was the first ever Kabaddi World Cup and was hosted by India. India won the title defeating Iran 55–27 in the final.[1]
With last minute withdrawal of Pakistan and Afghanistan, 12 teams competed in the tournament.[2]
The teams were divided into three pools of four teams each.
| width=20% | Pool A | width=20% | Pool B | width=20% | Pool C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Twelve teams competed in tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into three pools of four teams each, and followed round-robin format with each of the team playing all other teams in the pool once.Following the completion of the league matches, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinals, two semifinal games, and a final.
All matches' timings were according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).[3]
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 85 | 77 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | ||
 Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 90 | 71 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 131 | -9 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 216 | -139 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 70 | 95 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 142 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 130 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 184 | -99 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 84 | 120 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 93 | 111 | 4 | |||
 Nepal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 140 | -15 | 2 | ||
 Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 281 | -208 | 0 |
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| 2004 Kabaddi World Cup | ||||
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| Champions | 1st Runners-up | 2nd Runners-up | ||
(1st Title) | Canada | |||
Afghanistan