2012 Women's Kabaddi World Cup (International Kabaddi Federation)

2012 Women's Kabaddi World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	1 March–4 March
Administrator	Government of Bihar and Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India Recognised by International Kabaddi Federation
Format	Standard style
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Venue(s)	Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankarbagh, Patna
Participants	16
Final positions
Champions	India
1st runners-up	Iran
2nd runners-up	Japan   Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
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The 2012 Women's Kabaddi World Cup was the first Kabaddi World Cup held for women that was recognised by the International Kabaddi Federation. It was organised by the Government of Bihar and the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India. ^[1] It was held at Patna from 1 to 4 March 2012 at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankarbagh. ^[2] Hosts India won the World Cup defeating Iran in the finals. ^{[3] [4]}

Teams

A total of 16 teams took part in the World Cup. ^[1] The teams are :

•   Bangladesh
•   Canada
•   Chinese Taipei
•   India (Host Nation)
•   Indonesia
•   Iran
•   Italy
•   Japan
•   South Korea
•   Malaysia
•   Mexico
•   Nepal
•   Thailand
•   Turkmenistan
•   United States
•   Sri Lanka

Venue

All the matches were held at Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankarbagh, Bihar. ^[5]

Groups

The teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each: ^[1]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
India	Thailand	Bangladesh	Iran
South Korea	Japan	Sri Lanka	Indonesia
Chinese Taipei	Canada	Italy	Nepal
Mexico	Turkmenistan	Malaysia	United States

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals [1]

Group A

Country	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
India	3	3	0	0	6
South Korea	3	2	1	0	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	0	2
Mexico	3	0	3	0	0

Group B

Country	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
Thailand	3	3	0	0	6
Japan	3	2	1	0	4
Canada	3	1	2	0	2
Turkmenistan	3	0	3	0	0

Group C

Country	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
Bangladesh	3	3	0	0	6
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	4
Italy	3	1	2	0	2
Malaysia	3	0	3	0	0

Group D

Country	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
Iran	3	3	0	0	6
Indonesia	3	2	1	0	4
Nepal	3	1	2	0	2
United States	3	0	3	0	0

^[6]

1.   Iran 53-20   Nepal
2.   Iran 51-37  United States
3.   Iran 57-28   Indonesia

Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 March – Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankerbagh
	India	66
					4 March – Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankerbagh
	Indonesia	20
					India	59
	3 March – Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankerbagh
					Japan	20 [5]
	Japan	17
									4 March – Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankerbagh
	Bangladesh	15
									India	25
	3 March – Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankerbagh
									Iran	19 [7]
	Thailand	30
					4 March – Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankerbagh
	Sri Lanka	18
					Thailand	26
	3 March – Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankerbagh
					Iran	46
	Iran	40or42 [8]
	South Korea	16

Schedule and results

1 March

• 2012 17:00 hours M-01 India V/S Korea Pool – A India won by 38–14 points

2 March 2012

• 08:00 hours M-02 Thailand V/S Turkmenistan Pool – B Thailand won by 64–19 points
• 08:00 hours M-03 Iran V/S Nepal Pool – D Iran won by 53–20 points
• 09:00 hours M-04 Bangladesh V/S Malaysia Pool – C Bangladesh won by 70–30 points
• 09:00 hours M-05 Taipei Vs Mexico Pool – A Taipei won by 88–21 points
• 10:00 hours M-06 Japan V/S Canada Pool – B Japan won by 29–08 points
• 10:00 hours M-07 Sri Lanka V/S Italy Pool – C Sri Lanka won by 75–13 points

EVENING SESSION

2 March 2012

• 15:00 hours M-08 Indonesia V/S USA Pool – D Indonesia won by 78–31 points
• 15:00 hours M-09 Japan V/S Turkmenistan Pool – B Japan won by 51–10 points
• 16:00 hours M-10 Sri Lanka V/S Malaysia Pool – C Sri Lanka won by 74–11 points
• 16:00 hours M-11 India V/S Taipei Pool – A India won by 43–18 points
• 17:00 hours M-12 Korea V/S Mexico Pool – A Korea won by 72–14 points
• 17:00 hours M-13 Thailand V/S Canada Pool – B Thailand won by 44–14 points
• 18:00 hours M-14 Bangladesh V/S Italy Pool – C Bangladesh won by 85–11 points
• 18:00 hours M-15 Indonesia V/S Nepal Pool – D Indonesia won by 60–30 points
• 19:00 hours M-16 Iran V/S USA Pool – D Iran won by 50–38 points

3 March 2012

• 08:00 hours M-17 Iran V/S Indonesia Pool – D Iran won by 57–28 points
• 08:00 hours M-18 Korea V/S Taipei Pool – A Korea won by 33–29 points
• 09:00 hours M-19 Malaysia V/S Italy Pool – C Italy won by 57–55 points
• 09:00 hours M-20 Thailand V/S Japan Pool – B Thailand won by 21–20 points
• 10:00 hours M-21 Bangladesh V/S Sri Lanka Pool – C Bangladesh won by 38–26 points
• 10:00 hours M-22 India V/S Mexico Pool – A India won by 49–23 points
• 11:00 hours M-23 Nepal V/S USA Pool – D Nepal won by 72–50 points
• 11:00 hours M-24 Turkmenistan V/S Canada Pool – B Canada won by 68–27 points

EVENING SESSION

3 March 2012 Quarter-finals

• 16:00 hours M-25 India V/s Indonesia India won by 66–20 points
• 17:00 hours M-26 Japan V/s Bangladesh Japan won by 17–15 points
• 18:00 hours M-27 Thailand V/s Sri Lanka Thailand won by 30–18 points
• 19:00 hours M-28 Iran V/s Korea Iran won by 40–16 points

4 March 2012 Semi-finals

• 15:30 hours M-29 Thailand V/s Iran Iran won by 46–26 points
• 16:30 hours M-30 India V/s Japan India won by 59–20 points

FINAL

• 18:00 hours M-31 winner of match no. 29

Vs India won by 25–19 points Winner of Match No −30 ^[1]

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External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-17)