Pakistan national kabaddi team

Pakistan

Association	Pakistan Kabaddi Federation
Confederation	Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF)
Head Coach	Badshah Gul [1]
Captain	Shafique Ahmad Chishti [2]
Most caps	Muhammad Irfan (230)
World Cup
0
Asian Games
9 (first in 1990 )
2nd (1998, 2006)
Asian Championship
3 (first in 2000)
2nd (2005, 2017)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Circle World Cup 1 4 1 Asian Games 0 2 7 Asian Championship 0 2 1 Asian Indoor Games 0 1 0 Asian Beach Games 1 4 0 Circle Asia Cup 2 1 0 World Beach Championship 0 1 0 South Asian Games 1 6 4 Dubai Kabaddi Masters 0 0 1 Total 5 21 14 Circle World Cup 2020 Pakistan 2010 India 2012 India 2013 India 2014 India 2011 India Asian Games 1990 Beijing 1998 Bangkok 1994 Hiroshima 2002 Busan 2006 Doha 2010 Guangzhou 2014 Incheon 2018 Jakarta Asian Championship 2005 Iran 2017 Iran 2000 Sri Lanka Asian Indoor Games 2009 Hanoi Asian Beach Games 2014 Phuket 2010 Muscat 2012 Haiyang 2016 Danang 2008 Bali Circle Asia Cup 2011 Iran 2012 Pakistan 2016 Pakistan World Beach Kabaddi Championship 2022 Iran South Asian Games 1993 Dhaka 1985 Dhaka 1987 Calcutta 1989 Islamabad 1995 Madras 1999 Kathmandu 2004 Islamabad 2006 Colombo 2010 Dhaka 2016 Guwahati 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Dubai Kabaddi Masters 2018 Dubai

The Pakistan national kabaddi team represents Pakistan in international kabaddi. The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation manages the team. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

History

• The Pakistan national Kabaddi team have regularly won medals at the Asian Games and Kabaddi World Cups. In seven previous Asian Games, they have won five bronze and two silver medals.
• Since 1985, Pakistan has taken part in 38 major international competitions in which they have reached the finals 25 times (winning five of those competitions, and being runners-up 20 times) and had third-place finishes 13 times).^{[ citation needed ]}

Performance in the Asian Championships

• Pakistan is the only team besides arch rivals India 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 bagged silver, losing to India in the final. Four years later, Pakistan 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^[7]

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. ^[8]

Tournament records

Standard kabaddi

World Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
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

Asian Games

Year	Rank	M	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
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

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

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2018	Third place	5	2	0	3
Total	1/1	5	2	0	3

Beach kabaddi

World Beach Kabaddi Championship

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2024	Runners-up	6	5	0	1
Total	1/1	6	5	0	1

Asian Beach Games

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
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

Indoor kabaddi

Asian Indoor and Martial Games

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
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

Circle kabaddi

Circle World Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
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

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
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

Current squad

Player	Position	Franchise
Shafiq Chishti (Captain)	All-rounder	Faisalabad Sherdils
Mudassar Ali	All-rounder	Lahore Thunder
Nasir Ali	All-rounder	Gujrat Warriors
Waqas Butt	Raider	Multan Sikandar
Arshad Nadeem	Raider	Sahiwal Bulls
Sohail Akhtar	Raider	Islamabad All Stars
Bilal Irshad	Raider	Gwadar Bahadurs
Imran Butt	Raider	Karachi Zorawar
Mohsin Ali	Raider	Kashmir Janbaaz
Sajjad Gujjar	Left-cover (Defender)	Faisalabad Sherdils
Irfan Malik	Right-corner (Defender)	Peshawar Haiders
Asif Niazi	Right-cover (Defender)	Lahore Thunder
Amir Nawaz	Left-corner (Defender)	Gujrat Warriors
Usman Warraich	Right-corner (Defender)	Karachi Zorawar
Taimoor Khan	Right-cover (Defender)	Kashmir Janbaaz
Naveed Ashraf	Left-cover (Defender)	Multan Sikandar

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Badshah Gul
Assistant coach	(Not publicly detailed)
Coaching staff (additional)	Pakistan Kabaddi Federation staff

International grounds

Iqbal Stadium

Punjab Stadium, Pakistan

Nishtar Park Sports Complex

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Locations of stadiums which have hosted international kabaddi matches in Pakistan

Stadium	City	Province	Capacity	Matches hosted	Notes
Punjab Stadium, Pakistan	Lahore	Punjab	10,000	Kabaddi World Cup, international friendlies	Main kabaddi venue in Pakistan; hosted multiple editions of Kabaddi World Cup (circle style)
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	Punjab	18,000	National finals, exhibition matches	Originally a cricket venue; occasionally used for outdoor kabaddi events
Nishtar Park Sports Complex	Lahore	Punjab	5,000	Asian Kabaddi Championship, training camps	Multi-sport facility with indoor kabaddi arrangements

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
• Ali Warraich

See also

• Kabaddi at the Asian Games
• Pakistan Kabaddi Federation

References

1. "Revive pro league to save kabaddi, says coach" . Retrieved 5 July 2025.
2. "Interview : Shafique Ahmad Chishti, Captain Pakistan Kabaddi Team" . Retrieved 5 July 2025.
3. "Kabaddi struggles for greater recognition". 22 August 2021.
4. "Pakistan Kabaddi Team | Latest News, Schedule, and Updates".
5. https://www.sports.gov.pk/Detail/NGM2MWI3NjMtYTk3Mi00NjlmLWE1MWMtOTJhMGViY2E1MDAx
6. "Pakistan defeat India, win Kabaddi World Cup for the first time". 16 February 2020.
7. AFP, Compiled by Dona Cherian, Web News Editor,Inputs from (2020-02-16). "Look: Pakistan beat arch rivals India in kabaddi World Cup". Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema. Retrieved 2025-04-25.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
8. https://www.sports.gov.pk/Detail/NGM2MWI3NjMtYTk3Mi00NjlmLWE1MWMtOTJhMGViY2E1MDAx

External links

• Official Website
• World Cup 2007 Results
• World cup 2004 Results