Pro Kabaddi has succeeded to get the public attention and support after the grand success of Pro Kabaddi Leagues in association with Star Sports. This year, Star Sports also conducted a league for the women pro kabaddi players as well, which also was received well by the audience. Overall, the Pro Kabaddi has seen a tremendous and unexpected growth, as its viewership was way more than the Indian Cricket matches at that time.
With the great success of the league tournaments, now India is hosting the World Kabaddi Cup 2016 in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and will start from October 7th, 2016. 2016 IKF World Kabaddi Cup is a tournament held every year by the International Kabaddi federation (IKF). 12 teams from different nations will be seen participating in this tournament.
12 teams from different nations will be seen participating in this tournament and the tournament is structured like the teams from different Olympic geographies are divided into two pools.
Teams Participating in IKF World Kabaddi Cup 216:
- India
- Bangladesh
- Australia
- United States
- Argentina
- England
- Japan
- Iran
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Poland
- Kenya
Star Sports is the official broadcaster for the entire World Cup Tournament. All the matches of the tournament will be exclusively telecasted on Star Sports and Hotstar.
Teams in the divided Pools or groups of the tournament
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Pool A |
Pool B |
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India |
United States |
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Australia |
Iran |
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England |
Japan |
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Argentina |
Thailand |
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Bangladesh |
Kenya |
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South Korea |
Poland |
Captains of Various Teams
So far, only three teams have announced their team captains. The Indian team will be led by Star Indian Kabaddi Player Anup Kumar, whereas Iranian team will be led by one of the star defenders of Pro Kabaddi League, Meraj Sheykh and English Team will be led by Someshwar Kalia.
Fixtures of the matches( Group matches, Semis and Final)
The teams will play in a fortnight-long tournament in a round robin league round format, followed by semi-finals and a super-exciting finale on Oct 22, 2016. All its matches will be held in Ahmedabad at the brand new state-of-the-art stadium, The Arena by TransStadia.
| Date | Matches |
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7th October 2016 |
India vs South Korea (8:00 pm)
United States vs Iran (9:00 pm) |
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8th October 2016 |
England vs Bangladesh (7:00 pm)
Poland vs Kenya (8:00 pm) India vs Australia (9:00 pm) |
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9th October 2016 |
Argentina vs South Korea (7:00 pm)
United States vs Japan (8:00 pm) Iran vs Thailand (9:00 pm) |
| 10th October 2016 | England vs Australia (8:00 pm)
Poland vs Thailand (9:00 pm) |
| 11th October 2016 | Iran vs Kenya (8:00 pm)
India vs Bangladesh (9:00 pm) |
| 12th October 2016 | Australia vs Argentina (9:00 pm) |
| 13th October 2016 | Thailand vs Kenya (8:00 pm)
Bangladesh vs South Korea (9:00 pm) |
| 14th October 2016 | England vs Argentina (8:00 pm)
United States vs Poland (9:00 pm) |
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15th October 2016 |
South Korea vs Australia (7:00 pm)
Japan vs Iran (8:00 pm) India vs Argentina (9:00 pm) |
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16th October 2016 |
Thailand vs United States (7:00 pm)
South Korea vs England (8:00 pm) Japan vs Kenya (9:00 pm) |
| 17th October 2016 | Poland vs Iran (8:00 pm)
Australia vs Bangladesh (9:00 pm) |
| 18th October 2016 | United States vs Kenya (8:00 pm)
India vs England (9:00 pm) |
| 19th October 2016 | Bangladesh vs Argentina (8:00 pm)
Thailand vs Japan (9:00 pm) |
| Semi-Finals – 21st October 2016 | 1st Semi-final (TBA vs TBA)
2nd Semi-Final (TBA vs TBA) |
| Final -22nd October 2016 | TBA vs TBA |
Results of the matches: (Updates)
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