2014 Kabaddi World Cup (circle style) explained

2014 Kabaddi World Cup
Start Date:	7 December
End Date:	20 December
Administrator:	Government of Punjab
Format:	Circle style
Tournament Format:	Round-robin and Knockout
Host:	India
Venues:	13
Participants:	11
Champions:	M: (5th title) W: (2nd title)
Runners-Up1:	M: W:
Runners-Up2:	M: W:
Matches:	29
Stat1 Label:	Best Raider
Stat1:	Sandeep Surkhpuria Shafique Chishti ^[1]
Stat2 Label:	Best Stopper
Stat2:	Yadwinder Singh Surkhpuria
Previous:	2013 (previous)
Next:	2016 (next)

The 2014 World Kabaddi Cup was the fifth edition of the circle style World Kabaddi Cup, held from 7 December to 20 December 2014 with the opening ceremony on 6 December 2014 at the Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. The tournament took place in Punjab, India.

Organization

The tournament is organized by the Government of Punjab, India.^[2] ^[3] The dates of the tournament were first announced publicly on 30 August 2014. The opening and closing ceremonies were telecast live throughout India, with international broadcasting in Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

Participating nations

The 12-day-long event had 11 participating nations in the men's tournament, with 8 participating nations in the women's tournament.

Women's tournament

Venues

The games played at the following venues.

Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur
Multi Purpose Sports Stadium, Dhudike
Nehru Stadium, Rupnagar
A.S. College Stadium, Khanna, Ludhiana
Guru Arjun Dev Sports Stadium, Chohla Sahib, Tarn Taran
Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur
Punjab Public School, Nabha
Multipurpose Sports Stadium, Jalalabad, Fazilka
Shaheed Captain Manjinder Singh Bhinder Stadium, Mehta Chowk Amritsar
Shaheed Bachan Singh Kabaddi Stadium, Dirba
Baba Kala Mehar Stadium, Barnala
Guru Gobind Singh Multipurpose Stadium, Badal Sri Muktsar Sahib

Opening ceremony

On 6 December, the opening ceremony was held in the Evening at Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. Sharry Mann, Harshdeep Kaur, Sonakshi Sinha and Arjun Kapoor appeared at this mega event.

Closing ceremony

On 20 December, the closing ceremony was held before the final match at Guru Gobind Singh Multipurpose Stadium, Badal Sri Muktsar Sahib. Miss Pooja and Gippy Grewal appeared to close the event.

Schedule (Men’s)

Note: All matches' timings are according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30) 14 December matches in Hoshiarpur, Punjab were cancelled due to heavy rain.^[4] 15 December matches in Nabha, Punjab were shifted from Government Ripudaman Stadium to Punjab Public School.^[5]

Group stage

Pool A

width=175	Team	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40
	4	4	0	0	208	129	79	8
	4	3	0	1	192	148	44	6
	4	2	0	2	154	158	-4	4
	4	1	0	3	128	189	-61	2
	4	0	0	4	125	183	-58	0

Qualified for semifinals

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Pool B

width=200	Team	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40
	5	5	0	0	267	131	136	10
	5	4	0	1	229	169	60	8
	5	3	0	2	219	136	83	6
	5	2	0	3	157	237	-80	4
	5	1	0	4	163	218	-55	2
	5	0	0	5	129	273	-144	0