The Kabaddi World Cup Schedule has been announced. The tournament will be played from 7th October to 22nd October at Ahmedabad. The teams are divided into 2 groups. In Group A USA, Kenya, Poland, Iran, Japan and Thailand. While in the 2nd group India are placed with South Korea, Australia, Bangladesh, Argentina and England.
India will face a tough opening match against South Korea on the opening day of the competition. Next, they will take on Australia, followed by Bangladesh, Argentina and in the final match, they will face England.
The top two teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The Indian men’s Kabaddi team have the Kabaddi World Cup 10 times and will be looking to perform well in the upcoming Kabaddi World Cup.
“I am extremely happy to see Kabaddi going global across Olympic geographies through the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup”, he added.
He further added, “Indian Kabaddi players made their name in domestic league but winning a World Cup is the ultimate dream of a sportsperson. 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be a platform where every player and every country is giving their best to prove their mettle. The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will provide our players an opportunity to not only display their talent to the entire world but also take the sport itself to heights it hasn’t experienced before.”
This Kabbadi World Cup will be a chance for the Indian players to showcase their talent and make a name for them. The matches of World Cup Kabbadi World Cup will be shown on Star Sports and also Hotstar.
Anup Kumar , Kashiling Adake , Rajesh Mondal ,Pardeep Narwal Rishank Devadiga , Rajesh Narwal Ajay Thakur , Deepak Niwas Hooda , Jasvir Singh, Rahul Chaudhari Ajay Kumar ,Rohit Kumar , Sandeep Dhull , Surender Nada , Nilesh Shinde , Sachin Shingade , Vishal Mane , Girish Maruti Ernak , Surjeet, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Manjeet Chhillar , Mohit Chillar, Amit Hooda, Nitin Tomar , Sandeep Narwal and K. Prapanjan will take part in the tournament.