Asian Kabaddi Championship

Asian Kabaddi Championship

Sport	Standard style kabaddi
Founded	1980;45 years ago (1980)
First season	M: 1980 W: 2005
Most recent season	M: 2023 W: 2025
Administrator	Asian Kabaddi Federation
No. of teams	10
Region	Asia
Most recent champion(s)	M:  India (8th title) W:  India (5th title)
Most titles	M:  India (8 titles) W:  India (5 titles)

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	India	Bangladesh	Nepal	[3]
1988	Jaipur, India	India	Bangladesh
2000	Colombo, Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
2001	Bangkok, Thailand	India	Thailand
2002	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India	Japan	Iran	[4]
2003	Kangar, Malaysia	Iran	Malaysia	Sri Lanka	[5]
2005	Tehran, Iran	India	Pakistan	Iran	[6]
2017	Gorgan, Iran	India	Pakistan	Iran   South Korea	[7]
2023	Busan, South Korea	India	Iran	Chinese Taipei	[8] [9]

Women

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
2005	Hyderabad, India	India	Japan	Sri Lanka   Bangladesh	[10]
2007	Tehran, Iran	India	Iran	Sri Lanka   Thailand	[11]
2008	Madurai, India	India	Iran	Japan   Thailand
2016	Busan, South Korea	South Korea	Thailand	Iran   Sri Lanka
2017	Gorgan, Iran	India	South Korea	Iran   Sri Lanka	[12]
2025	Tehran, Iran	India	Iran	Nepal   Bangladesh	[13]

Performance by nations

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	8	0	0	8
2	Iran	1	1	2	4
3	Pakistan	0	2	1	3
4	Bangladesh	0	2	0	2
5	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
6	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
8	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Nepal	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	8	7	24

Women

Rank	yes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	5	0	0	5
2	South Korea	1	1	0	2
3	Iran	0	3	2	5
4	Thailand	0	1	2	3
5	Japan	0	1	1	2
6	Sri Lanka	0	0	4	4
7	Bangladesh	0	0	2	2
8	Nepal	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	12	24

References

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12. "Asian Kabaddi Championships 2017: Indian women's team defeats Korea 42-20 in final to win gold medal". Sportskeeda . 26 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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