| Affiliation(s) | International Kabaddi Federation |
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Thailand women's national kabaddi team represents Thailand in kabaddi. They've competed at all three kabaddi tournaments at the Asian Games, winning one silver and two bronze medals. [1]
In the 2010 Asian Games, Thailand won all three games in the group stage, and defeated Bangladesh in the semi-finals to advanced to the finals. In the finals, they were defeated 28-14 by India. [2]
In the 2012 Women's Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style), they finished as semi-finalists. In the 2014 Asian Games, they won a bronze medal. In the 2016 Asian Beach Games, they received a silver medal, after being defeated by India in the finals. [3]
In the 2018 Asian Games, they won three out of four games in the group stage, only being defeated by India. [4] They lost the semi-finals to Iran, finishing with a bronze medal.
They have qualified for the 2022 Asian Games. [5] They won against South Korea in their first game, but suffered defeats against India and Chinese Taipei in subsequent games. Thus they finished at the fifth place, winning one out of three games.
| Year | Rank |
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 2012 | Semi-finalists |
| Year | Rank | M | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD |
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 2010 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 178 | 137 | +41 |
 2014 | Third place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
 2018 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Fifth place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 114 | -21 |
| Total | 4/4 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
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