2025 Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17–23 March 2025 |
| Administrator | England Kabaddi, Scottish Kabaddi and the British Kabaddi League |
| Format | Standard style |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) | England |
| Venue(s) | Nechells Wellbeing Centre, Birmingham
Centre AT7, Coventry WV Active Aldersley, Wolverhampton Walsall Campus Sports Centre [1] |
| Participants | 16 |
| Website | https://kabaddiworldcup2025.com/ |
The 2025 Kabaddi World Cup is the second edition of the Kabaddi World Cup held under the authority of World Kabaddi (WK), the same organisation that held the 2019 Kabaddi World Cup.[2][3] It will be hosted in the West Midlands, England, during 17–23 March 2025.[4][2][5] It will be the first time World Kabaddi has hosted its World Cup tournament outside of Asia (out of two times total since the tournament series began in 2019).[3][6] There will be a men's and women's edition of the event.[7][8]
History
[edit]The 2019 Kabaddi World Cup tournament was held in Malacca, Malaysia. A 2020 edition of the tournament was scheduled, but then was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision to award the 2025 World Cup to the West Midlands region of England was in part due to its hosting of the British Kabaddi League and the 2022 Commonwealth Games,[9] as well as its significant South Asian community.[10]
Teams
[edit]16 teams will participate:[11]
Asia:
- India
- Pakistan
- Hong Kong
- Malaysia
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- China
Europe:
- England
- Scotland
- Italy
- Poland
Africa
- Tanzania
- Kenya
- Cameroon
- Egypt
Americas:
- USA
References
[edit]- ^ Case, Charlie (20 December 2024). "The 'World's Craziest Sport' Is Holding Its World Cup In The West Midlands In March". Secret Birmingham. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ a b Murray, Keir (7 December 2024). "Kabaddi World Cup 2025: West Midlands gearing up to host tournament". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ a b "2025 Kabaddi World Cup To Be Hosted By West Midlands". Outlook. PTI.
- ^ Sankar, Vimal (12 November 2022). "West Midlands region named host of 2025 Kabaddi World Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "UK's West Midlands Region to Host 2025 Kabaddi World Cup". News18. IANS. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "West Midlands to host Kabaddi World Cup in 2025". ThePrint. ANI. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Traub, Matt (16 November 2022). "2025 Kabaddi World Cup Heading to West Midlands". SportsTravel. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "West Midlands to host Kabaddi World Cup in 2025". The Times of India. PTI. 11 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Vukmirovic, James (12 November 2022). "Best of Kabaddi world set to come to West Midlands". Express & Star. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Will the Kabaddi World Cup 2025 boost the sport's popularity?". The Phoenix Newspaper. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Patel, Priyanka (9 December 2024). "Coventry to host Kabaddi World Cup 2025 at CBS Arena". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 16 December 2024.