World Cup Kabaddi

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2019 Kabaddi World Cup
2019 Kabaddi World Cup Melaka Logo.jpg
Official logo of the Kabbadi World cup 2019
Tournament information
Dates20–28 July 2019
AdministratorHost: Malaysia Kabaddi Federation (MKF) Sanctioned by: World Kabaddi
FormatStandard style
Tournament
format(s)
Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
VenueDewan Bistari, Melaka
Participants8 Teams (Men)
4 teams (Women)
Website https://worldcupkabaddi.org/
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of India.svg  India (Men)
Flag of India.svg  India (Women)
1st runners-upFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (Men)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (Women)
2nd runners-upFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (Men)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Women)
2025  

The 2019 Kabaddi World Cup was the inaugural National (Asian) style tournament held by World Kabaddi (not to be confused with the World Kabaddi Federation or the International Kabaddi Federation). [1] It was originally scheduled to be contested from 2 to 15 April 2019 in Melaka, Malaysia. However, the tournament was postponed and held from July 20–28 with fewer teams participating.

Contents

Competition was held for both the men and women's categories. Powerhouse teams from India became doubles champions, [2] grabbing both titles at stake.

Organization

World Kabaddi, formed in 2018, undertook organisation of their showcase event for the first time in 2019.

MKF LOGO.png

Due to sponsorship and other technical issues, the tournament had to be postponed from April to July of the same year, with a reduced number of participating teams.

The tournament was hosted by the Malaysia Kabaddi Federation (MKF) and was officially launched by the governor of the Melaka state, Dr Mohd Khalil Yaakob, on November 17, 2018. [3]

Present at the launch with Mohd Khalil at the Temasek Hotel [4] in Ujong Pasir were World Kabaddi Vice-President Jagjit Singh and State Health and Anti Drug Committee Chairman Low Chee Leong.

The Melaka State Malaysian Indian Youth Council (MYIC) and the Melaka State Malaysian Youth Council were the youth organisations that were also supporters of the event.

Theme Song

Composer Balanraj from Malaysia penned the theme song for the event. [5] Music Arrangements were made by M. Jagathees with Sound Engineering by Boy Ragde and the Song Lyrics and Vocals by Vinz.

Men's Competition

Preliminary round

TeamPldWDLSFSASDQualification
Flag of India.svg  India 7700000Advanced to the knockout phase
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 7502000
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 7502000
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 7502000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7304000
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 7106000
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7106000
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7106000
July 21, 2019
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg76–25Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
July 21, 2019
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg56–30Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
July 21, 2019
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg73–42Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 22, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg105–15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
July 22, 2019
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg66–25Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
July 22, 2019
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg104–20Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 22, 2019
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg66–49Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
July 22, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg68–26Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
July 22, 2019
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg40–39Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
July 23, 2019
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg94–24Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
July 23, 2019
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg69–45Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
July 23, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg74–23Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 23, 2019
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg62–50Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
July 23, 2019
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg83–19Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 23, 2019
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg78–34Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
July 23, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg66–31Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
July 24, 2019
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg58–56Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
July 24, 2019
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg89–37Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
July 24, 2019
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg48–84Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
July 24, 2019
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg27–0 (walkover)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
July 24, 2019
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg76–16Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 24, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg73–22Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
July 25, 2019
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg27–0 (walkover)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
July 25, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg27–0 (walkover)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
July 25, 2019
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg53–19Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
July 26, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg84–19Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
July 26, 2019
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg58–32Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 26, 2019
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg82–14Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Semi-finals

July 26, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg73–26Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
July 26, 2019
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg60–33Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia

3rd place match

July 27, 2019
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg45–21Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia

Final

July 27, 2019
India  Flag of India.svg57–27Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq

Women's Competition

Preliminary round

TeamPldWDLSFSASDQualification
Flag of India.svg  India 3300000Advanced to the knockout phase
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3201000
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3102000
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3003000
July 22, 2019
Flag of India.svg  India 50–23Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
July 23, 2019
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 74–23Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 24, 2019
Flag of India.svg  India 59–23Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
July 25, 2019
Flag of India.svg  India 61–20Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 25, 2019
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 66–18Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
July 25, 2019
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 68–20Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

Semi-finals

July 27, 2019
Flag of India.svg  India 71–33Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
July 27, 2019
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 71–22Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia

3rd place match

July 28, 2019
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 53–26Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

Final

July 28, 2019
Flag of India.svg  India 47–29Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei

Awards

Men

Best Raider: Flag of Iraq.svg Ali Sari [6]

Best Defensive Player: Flag of India.svg Sachin

Best Player: Flag of India.svg Amarjeet Singh [7]

Women

Best Raider: Flag of India.svg Suman

Best Defensive Player: Flag of Malaysia.svg Malarvili Balaraman [8]

Best Player: Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ren Ming Qin [9]

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