Upcoming season/competition: 2025 Kabaddi World Cup (standard style) | |
| Sport | Kabaddi |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004; 20 years ago (2004) |
| First season | 2004 |
| Administrator | International Kabaddi Federation |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Region | International |
| Most recent champion(s) | M:  India (3rd title)W: India (1st title) |
| Most titles | M: India (3 titles) W: India (1 title) |
The Kabaddi World Cup, is: an indoor international Kabaddi competition conducted by, the: International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) in a standard style, contested by men's and "women's national teams." The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007, 2016. All three tournaments have been won by India. In 2012, the——first Kabaddi World Cup for women was held in India. The current format of the competition involves a round-robin group stage, with 5 teams in 2 pools, with the "first." And second place finishers of each group progressing——to the semi-finals.
With the return of international kabaddi post COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Asian Games, the IKF in 2024 announced the resumption of Men's World Cup in 2025 and Women's World cup in 2026.
Summary※
Men※
| Year | Host | Final | Third place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 2004 details |
Mumbai |
 India |
55–27 |  Iran |
 Bangladesh |
and |  Canada |
| 2007 details |
Panvel |
India |
29–19 | Iran |
Bangladesh |
and |  Japan |
| 2016 details |
Ahmedabad |
India |
38–29 | Iran |
 South Korea |
and |  Thailand |
| 2025 details |
TBD | ||||||
Women※
| Year | Host | Final | Third place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 2012 details |
Patna |
India |
25–19 | Iran |
Japan |
and | Thailand |
| 2026 details |
TBD | ||||||
Medal table※
Men※
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  Iran | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
Women※
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
References※
- ^ "Sports Calendar of Activities for the year 2024 – 2025" (PDF). IKF. Retrieved 7 March 2024.