2025 Kabaddi World Cup (International Kabaddi Federation)

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2025 Kabaddi World Cup
Tournament information
Administrator International Kabaddi Federation
Format Standard style
Tournament
format(s)
 Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)India
←  2016

The 2025 Kabaddi World Cup is expected to be the fourth edition of the men's Kabaddi World Cup organised by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF). It was announced in April 2024 that it would be hosted in India in January 2025, [1] [2] though it was later reported in January 2025 that it may take place later in the year, possibly in Bangladesh. [3]

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History

This would be the first IKF World Cup edition after the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the three previous editions of the IKF men's World Cup, it was expected to take place in India. [4] [1] [5] The previous IKF men's World Cup events were held in 2004 in Mumbai, in 2007 in Panvel, and in 2016 in Ahmedabad. [2]

Broadcasting

Star Sports was planned to be the host broadcaster of the tournament. [5]

CountriesBroadcaster
Flag of India.svg  India Star Sports

References

  1. 1 2 Rathi, Tejas (18 April 2024). "International Kabaddi Federation announces power-packed schedule for 2024–25 season". Sportskeeda .
  2. 1 2 Chhabria, Vinay (7 May 2024). "Kabaddi World Cup to return after 9 years, India to host mega event in January 2025". Sportskeeda .
  3. ↑ "A Kabaddi World Cup sans Bangladesh". Dhaka Tribune . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Sports Calendar of Activities for the year 2024 – 2025" (PDF). International Kabaddi Federation . Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Kabaddi World Cup set to kickoff in January 2025". Khel Now. 5 April 2024.
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