Asian Kabaddi Championship

Asian Kabaddi Championship
Sport	Standard style kabaddi
Founded	1980
First season	M: 1980; W: 2005;
Most recent season	M: 2023; W: 2025;
Administrator	Asian Kabaddi Federation
No. of teams	10
Region	Asia
Most recent; champion(s)	M: India (8th title); W: India (5th title)
Most titles	M: India (8 titles); W: India (5 titles)

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]

Men

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
1980	Kolkata, India	India	Bangladesh	Nepal	^[3]
1988	Jaipur, India	India	Bangladesh
2000	Colombo, Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
2001	Bangkok, Thailand	India	Thailand
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

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
2005	Hyderabad, India	India	Japan	Sri Lanka Bangladesh	^[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]
2025	Tehran, Iran	India	Iran	Nepal Bangladesh	^[13]

Performance by nations

Men


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	8	0	0	8
2	Iran	1	1	2	4
3	Pakistan	0	2	1	3
4	Bangladesh	0	2	0	2
5	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
6	Japan	0	1	0	1
6	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
8	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Nepal	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	8	7	24

Women

References

^ "History Of Kabbadi". Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023: India beat Iran 42-32 to lift champions' title for eighth time". Sports Tiger. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
^ "Going international: How kabaddi, a quintessential Indian sport, became an Asian Games discipline". Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "کبدی قهرمانی آسیا/ ایران به مقام سوم دست یافت". IRNA. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "رقابت های کبدی قهرمانی اسیا/ تیم ایران قهرمان شد". IRNA. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "نتایج مسابقات قهرمانی بزرگسالان کبدی آسیا به میزبانی ایران" (in Persian). Iran Kabaddi Federation. Archived from the original on 19 February 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "India thump Pakistan, South Korea to win Asian Kabaddi Championship 2017 titles". The Indian Express. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ Irshad (2023-05-11). "Asian Kabaddi Championship to be held in South Korea as international kabaddi returns after 6 years ahead of Asian Games 2023". www.insidesport.in. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
^ "India won the Final". Sports Tiger. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
^ "Indian eves win Asian kabaddi championship". The Tribune. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ ""کفاش":به اهداف خود درمیزبانی مسابقات کبدی قهرمانی بانوان اسیا رسیدیم". IRNA. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "Asian Kabaddi Championships 2017: Indian women's team defeats Korea 42-20 in final to win gold medal". Sportskeeda. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "Asian Women's Kabaddi Championship 2025: All match results, scores and points table". Olympics.com. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

[akfi-1] "History Of Kabbadi". Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[2] "Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023: India beat Iran 42-32 to lift champions' title for eighth time". Sports Tiger. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

[3] "Going international: How kabaddi, a quintessential Indian sport, became an Asian Games discipline". Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[4] "کبدی قهرمانی آسیا/ ایران به مقام سوم دست یافت". IRNA. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[5] "رقابت های کبدی قهرمانی اسیا/ تیم ایران قهرمان شد". IRNA. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[6] "نتایج مسابقات قهرمانی بزرگسالان کبدی آسیا به میزبانی ایران" (in Persian). Iran Kabaddi Federation. Archived from the original on 19 February 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[2017M-7] "India thump Pakistan, South Korea to win Asian Kabaddi Championship 2017 titles". The Indian Express. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[ACC_2023-8] Irshad (2023-05-11). "Asian Kabaddi Championship to be held in South Korea as international kabaddi returns after 6 years ahead of Asian Games 2023". www.insidesport.in. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

[9] "India won the Final". Sports Tiger. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

[2005W-10] "Indian eves win Asian kabaddi championship". The Tribune. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[11] ""کفاش":به اهداف خود درمیزبانی مسابقات کبدی قهرمانی بانوان اسیا رسیدیم". IRNA. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[2017W-12] "Asian Kabaddi Championships 2017: Indian women's team defeats Korea 42-20 in final to win gold medal". Sportskeeda. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[2025W-13] "Asian Women's Kabaddi Championship 2025: All match results, scores and points table". Olympics.com. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

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