Pakistan national kabaddi team explained

Sport:	Kabaddi
Region:	Asian Kabaddi Federation
Affiliations:	International Kabaddi Federation, National Olympic Committee of Pakistan, Pakistan Sports Board

Pakistan national kabaddi team represents Pakistan in international kabaddi. The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation manages the team.

History

The Pakistan national Kabaddi team have regularly won medals in the Asian Games and World Cups. In seven previous Asian Games, they won five bronze medals and two silver medals .
Since 1985, Pakistan took part in 38 major International Competitions in which they played 25 times as finalists (they won five of those competitions, were runners-up 20 times, and won third place 13 times).

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tournament records

Asian Games

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1990	Third place	6	3	1	2	134	131	+3
1994	Third place	4	2	0	2	153	90	+63
1998	Runners-up		6	4	1	1	219	80	+139
2002	Third place		5	3	0	2	87	106	-19
2006	Runners-up		5	3	0	2	164	142	+22
2010	Third place		4	3	0	1	131	70	+61
2014	Third place		4	2	0	2	100	89	+11
2018	Third place		6	4	0	2	209	125	+84
2022	Third place		4	2	0	2	144	160	-16
Total	9/9	44	26	2	16	1341	993	+348

Asian Kabaddi Championship

Asian Kabaddi Championship
Year	Host country	Position
2000	Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005	Tehran, Iran
2017	Gorgan, Iran

World Cup

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2004	Withdrew	0	0	0	0
2007	Withdrew	0	0	0	0
2016	Withdrew	0	0	0	0
Total	0/3	0	0	0	0

Circle World Cup

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2010	Runners-up	5	4	0	1
2011	Third place		8	6	0	2
2012	Runners-up		5	4	0	1
2013	Runners-up		7	6	0	1
2014	Runners-up		7	6	0	1
2020	Champions		6	6	0	0
Total	6/6	38	32	0	6

Circle Asian Cup

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2011	Runners-up	5	4	0	1
2012	Champions	5	5	0	0
2016	Champions	5	5	0	0
Total	3/3	15	14	0	1

Asian Beach Games

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2008	Runners-up	6	4	1	1
2010	Runners-up	6	5	0	1
2012	Runners-up		5	4	0	1
2014	Runners-up		5	3	1	1
2016	Champions		4	3	1	0
Total	5/5	26	19	3	4

Asian Indoor Games

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2007	Runners-up	7	5	0	2
2009	Did not enter
2013	Did not enter
2017	Not contested
Total	1/3	7	5	0	2

South Asian Games

South Asian Games
Year	Host city	Position
1985	Dhaka, Bangladesh
1987	Kolkata, India
1989	Islamabad, Pakistan
1993	Dhaka, Bangladesh
1995	Madras, India
1999	Kathmandu, Nepal
2004	Islamabad, Pakistan
2006	Colombo, Sri Lanka
2010	Dhaka, Bangladesh
2016	Guwahati & Shillong, India
2019	Kathmandu, Pokhara & Janakpur, Nepal

Dubai Kabaddi Masters

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2018	Third place	5	2	0	3
Total	1/1	5	2	0	3

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

- - - - Nasir Ali Wajid Ali Waseem Sajjad Muhammad Khalid Muhammad Arshad Ibrar Hussain Abrar Khan
      - Maqsood Ali Abdul Mukhtar Atif Waheed Akhlaq Hussain Muhammad Ali
Shafiq Ahmed Chishti