Asian Kabaddi Championship Explained

Region:	Asia
Sport:	Kabaddi
Administrator:	Asian Kabaddi Federation
Inaugural:	1980
Teams:	10
Champion:	M: (8th title) W: (4th title)
Most Champs:	M: (8 titles) W: (4 titles)
Current:	2023 Asian Kabaddi Championship

Asian Kabaddi Championship is a standard style Kabaddi tournament. It was first held in 1980.^[1] The 9th tournament was held in Republic of Korea and won by India and secured its 8th medal.^[2]

Men

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
1980	Kolkata, India				^[3]
1988	Jaipur, India
2000	Colombo, Sri Lanka
2001	Bangkok, Thailand
2002	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia				^[4]
2003	Kangar, Malaysia				^[5]
2005	Tehran, Iran				^[6]
2017	Gorgan, Iran				^[7]
2023					^[8] ^[9]

Women

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
2005	Hyderabad, India				^[10]
2007	Tehran, Iran				^[11]
2008	Madurai, India
2016	Busan, South Korea
2017	Gorgan, Iran				^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: History Of Kabbadi . Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India . 12 December 2019 . 20 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200220150814/http://indiankabaddi.org/history-of-kabaddi . dead .
2. Web site: Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023: India beat Iran 42-32 to lift champions’ title for eighth time. June 30, 2023 . Sports Tiger.
3. Web site: Going international: How kabaddi, a quintessential Indian sport, became an Asian Games discipline. 22 April 2020.
4. Web site: کبدی قهرمانی آسیا/ ایران به مقام سوم دست یافت . . 2 May 2022.
5. Web site: رقابت های کبدی قهرمانی اسیا/ تیم ایران قهرمان شد . . 2 May 2022.
6. Web site: نتایج مسابقات قهرمانی بزرگسالان کبدی آسیا به میزبانی ایران . Iran Kabaddi Federation . 2 May 2022 . Persian . https://web.archive.org/web/20070219031826if_/http://www.kabaddi-ir.com/3.asp . 19 February 2007 . dead.
7. Web site: India thump Pakistan, South Korea to win Asian Kabaddi Championship 2017 titles . . 2 May 2022 . 27 November 2017.
8. Web site: Irshad . 2023-05-11 . Asian Kabaddi Championship to be held in South Korea as international kabaddi returns after 6 years ahead of Asian Games 2023 . 2023-06-09 . www.insidesport.in . en-US.
9. Web site: India won the Final . June 30, 2023 . Sports Tiger.
10. Web site: Indian eves win Asian kabaddi championship . . 2 May 2022 . 11 July 2005.
11. Web site: "کفاش":به اهداف خود درمیزبانی مسابقات کبدی قهرمانی بانوان اسیا رسیدیم . . 2 May 2022.
12. Web site: Asian Kabaddi Championships 2017: Indian women's team defeats Korea 42-20 in final to win gold medal . . 2 May 2022 . 26 November 2017.