The Pakistan national Kabaddi team have regularly won medals in the Asian Games and World Cups. In seven previous Asian Games, they won five bronze medals and two silver medals .
Since 1985, Pakistan took part in 38 major International Competitions in which they played 25 times as finalists (they won five of those competitions, were runners-up 20 times, and won third place 13 times).[citation needed]
Performance in the Asian Championships
Pakistan is the only team besides arch rivals India having managed to win a medal in every Asian Games Kabaddi competition.
Pakistan won bronze medals in the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games. In the 1998 edition, Pakistan settled for silver, losing to India in the final. Four years later, Pakistan again won third place before losing gold to India by 35-23 in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. Pakistan came third in the next four editions of Asian Games in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 .[citation needed]
Performance in the South Asian Championships
Pakistan became champions of South Asia in 1993 by beating archrival India in the final. It was the only time Pakistan became champions of South Asia. After that Pakistani team played as finalists six times and won bronze medals four times but never won another championship.[citation needed]
Circle style performance in the Asian Championships
Pakistan became Asian champion in 2012 by beating India in the final of Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup after finishing as runner up in the previous edition.
Pakistan became Asian champion for the second time in a row in 2016 after beating India by 50-31 in the final of the Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup.
In 2016 Pakistan became Asian champion once again after beating India by 30-28 in the finals. It was the first title of Pakistan in the Asian Beach Games and before that Pakistan finished as runner up for four times in the last four competitions.[citation needed]
Performance in the World Championships
In 2020 Pakistan became World Champion of Kabaddi after being runner up four times in the last five World Cup competitions, beating India by 43-41.[citation needed]
Origination
Kabaddi originated in the Pak-Hind sub-continent. Kabaddi is a traditional sport and cultural heritage of the people of Pakistan. It is played in hot countries of Asia. The style of the game varies a little in some countries. It is known by different names in the regional languages. In Pakistan and India, it is known as 'kabaddi' or 'kaudi', in Sri Lanka it is known as 'Guddo', in Indonesia.[citation needed]
