| Sport | Kabaddi |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Inaugural season | 2008 |
| Administrator | Olympic Council of Asia |
| Region | Asia |
| Most recent champion(s) | M: Pakistan (1st title)W:  India (5th title) |
| Most titles | M: India  Iran (2 titles each) W: India (5 titles) |
The Beach kabaddi at the Asian Beach Games is a Beach kabaddi competition of the Asian Beach Games. It was first held in 2008. [1]
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2008 |  Bali |  India | 37–32 |  Pakistan |  Bangladesh |  Thailand | ||
| 2010 |  Muscat | India | 32–27 | Pakistan |  Iran |  Oman | ||
| 2012 |  Haiyang | Iran | 39–33 | Pakistan |  Sri Lanka | India | ||
| 2014 |  Phuket | Iran | 40–27 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | India | ||
| 2016 |  Da Nang | Pakistan | 30–28 | India | Sri Lanka |  South Korea | ||
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2008 | Bali | India | 65–38 | Thailand |  Indonesia |  South Korea | ||
| 2010 | Muscat | India | 50–40 | Thailand | Bangladesh | Indonesia | ||
| 2012 | Haiyang | India | 54–25 | Thailand | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | ||
| 2014 | Phuket | India | 61–28 | Thailand | South Korea | Sri Lanka | ||
| 2016 | Da Nang | India | 41–31 | Thailand | Sri Lanka | South Korea | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India (IND) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 |  Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 |  Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  Oman (OMA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
| Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 9th | 7th | 2 | |||
 Bangladesh | 3rd | 5th | 2 | |||
 India | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 5 |
 Indonesia | 5th | 7th | 2 | |||
 Iran | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3 | ||
 Malaysia | 5th | 1 | ||||
 Nepal | 9th | 1 | ||||
 Oman | 3rd | 7th | 2 | |||
 Pakistan | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 5 |
 South Korea | 6th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 5 |
 Sri Lanka | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4 | |
 Thailand | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 5 |
| Number of teams | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 4 | |
| India | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5 |
| Indonesia | 3rd | 3rd | 2 | |||
| Malaysia | 5th | 1 | ||||
| South Korea | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3 | ||
| Thailand | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 5 |
 Vietnam | 5th | 1 | ||||
| Number of teams | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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