World Cup Kabaddi

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2019 Kabaddi World Cup

Official logo of the Kabbadi World cup 2019
Tournament information
Dates	20–28 July 2019
Administrator	Host: Malaysia Kabaddi Federation (MKF) Sanctioned by: World Kabaddi
Format	Standard style
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Malaysia
Venue	Dewan Bistari, Melaka
Participants	8 Teams (Men) 4 teams (Women)
Website	https://worldcupkabaddi.org/
Final positions
Champions	India (Men)   India (Women)
1st runners-up	Iraq (Men)   Chinese Taipei (Women)
2nd runners-up	Chinese Taipei (Men)   Malaysia (Women)
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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.

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

The COVID-19 pandemic began after this 2019 event, and World Kabaddi has not held any additional "World Cup" events since then, but is planning to hold one in March 2025 in West Midlands, England.

Organization

World Kabaddi, formed in 2018, organised this event in 2019. 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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD	Qualification
India	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to the knockout phase
Iraq	7	5	0	2	0	0	0
Malaysia	7	5	0	2	0	0	0
Chinese Taipei	7	5	0	2	0	0	0
Australia	7	3	0	4	0	0	0
Hong Kong	7	1	0	6	0	0	0
Norway	7	1	0	6	0	0	0
New Zealand	7	1	0	6	0	0	0

July 21, 2019 Chinese Taipei   76–25   Australia

July 21, 2019 Iraq   56–30   Malaysia

July 21, 2019 New Zealand   73–42   Hong Kong

July 22, 2019 India   105–15   Norway

July 22, 2019 Chinese Taipei   66–25   New Zealand

July 22, 2019 Malaysia   104–20   Hong Kong

July 22, 2019 Australia   66–49   Norway

July 22, 2019 India   68–26   Iraq

July 22, 2019 Malaysia   40–39   Chinese Taipei

July 23, 2019 Iraq   94–24   Norway

July 23, 2019 Australia   69–45   New Zealand

July 23, 2019 India   74–23   Hong Kong

July 23, 2019 Norway   62–50   New Zealand

July 23, 2019 Iraq   83–19   Hong Kong

July 23, 2019 Malaysia   78–34   Australia

July 23, 2019 India   66–31   Chinese Taipei

July 24, 2019 Hong Kong   58–56   Norway

July 24, 2019 Malaysia   89–37   New Zealand

July 24, 2019 Iraq   48–84   Chinese Taipei

July 24, 2019 Malaysia   27–0 (walkover)   Norway

July 24, 2019 Chinese Taipei   76–16   Hong Kong

July 24, 2019 India   73–22   Australia

July 25, 2019 Chinese Taipei   27–0 (walkover)   Norway

July 25, 2019 India   27–0 (walkover)   New Zealand

July 25, 2019 Iraq   53–19   Australia

July 26, 2019 India   84–19   Malaysia

July 26, 2019 Australia   58–32   Hong Kong

July 26, 2019 Iraq   82–14   New Zealand

Semi-finals

July 26, 2019 India   73–26   Chinese Taipei

July 26, 2019 Iraq   60–33   Malaysia

3rd place match

July 27, 2019 Chinese Taipei   45–21   Malaysia

Final

July 27, 2019 India   57–27   Iraq

Women's Competition

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD	Qualification
India	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to the knockout phase
Chinese Taipei	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	0	0	0
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	0	0	0

July 22, 2019   India 50–23   Chinese Taipei

July 23, 2019   Malaysia 74–23   Hong Kong

July 24, 2019   India 59–23   Malaysia

July 25, 2019   India 61–20   Hong Kong

July 25, 2019   Chinese Taipei 66–18   Malaysia

July 25, 2019   Chinese Taipei 68–20   Hong Kong

Semi-finals

July 27, 2019   India 71–33   Hong Kong

July 27, 2019   Chinese Taipei 71–22   Malaysia

3rd place match

July 28, 2019   Malaysia 53–26   Hong Kong

Final

July 28, 2019   India 47–29   Chinese Taipei

Awards

Men

Best Raider: Ali Sari ^[6]

Best Defensive Player: Sachin

Best Player: Amarjeet Singh ^[7]

Women

Best Raider: Suman

Best Defensive Player: Malarvili Balaraman ^[8]

Best Player: Ren Ming Qin ^[9]

See also

• 2025 Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi)

References

1. "Home of Kabaddi". theworldkabaddi. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
2. "World Cup winning Indian kabaddi teams felicitated in Chennai". News Today. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
3. Ching, Michael (19 November 2018). "Melaka to host World Cup Kabaddi" . The Star . Retrieved 15 June 2024.
4. Puvaneswary, S. "Travel players swoop in on new markets arriving in Melaka for World Cup Kabaddi 2019 | TTG Asia". www.ttgasia.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
5. "World Cup Kabaddi 2019 Official Theme Song". Sony Music MY. Retrieved 11 July 2019– via YouTube.
6. "Kabaddi not football, is the choice for Iraq's Ali Sari". GoSports. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
7. "Amarjeet: Stepping into his father's shoes". GoSports. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
8. "All in the family". GoSports. 2019-09-16. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
9. "Curiosity makes a star of Ming Qin". GoSports. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2021-02-07.^{[ dead link ‍]}

External links

• Official website