Asian Kabaddi Championship

Asian Kabaddi Championship is a standard style Kabaddi tournament. It was first held in 1980.[1] The 9th tournament was held in Republic of Korea and won by India and secured its 8th medal.[2]

Asian Kabaddi Championship
SportKabaddi
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
First season1980
AdministratorAsian Kabaddi Federation
No. of teams10
RegionAsia
Most recent
champion(s)
M:  India (8th title)
W:  India (4th title)
Most titlesM:  India (8 titles)
W:  India (4 titles)
Current sports event 2023 Asian Kabaddi Championship

Men

YearHostGoldSilverBronzeRef
1980 Kolkata, India
India

Bangladesh

Nepal
[3]
1988 Jaipur, India
India

Bangladesh
2000 Colombo, Sri Lanka
India

Sri Lanka

Pakistan
2001 Bangkok, Thailand
India
2002 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
India

Japan

Iran
[4]
2003 Kangar, Malaysia
Iran

Malaysia

Sri Lanka
[5]
2005 Tehran, Iran
India

Pakistan

Iran
[6]
2017 Gorgan, Iran
India

Pakistan
 Iran
 South Korea
[7]
2023 Busan, South Korea
India

Iran

Chinese Taipei
[8][9]

Women

YearHostGoldSilverBronzeRef
2005 Hyderabad, India
India

Japan

Sri Lanka
[10]
2007 Tehran, Iran
India

Iran
 Sri Lanka
 Thailand
[11]
2008 Madurai, India
India

Iran
 Japan
 Thailand
2016 Busan, South Korea
South Korea

Thailand
 Iran
 Sri Lanka
2017 Gorgan, Iran
India

South Korea
 Iran
 Sri Lanka
[12]

References