2007 Kabaddi World Cup
Tournament information
Dates24 January–26 January
AdministratorInternational Kabaddi Federation
Karnala Sports Academy
Tournament
format(s)
Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)India
Venue(s)Panvel, Maharashtra
Participants14 (List of Participants)
Final positions
Champions India (2nd title)
1st runners-up Iran
2nd runners-up Bangladesh
 Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played25

2007 Kabaddi World Cup was the second edition of the Kabaddi World Cup and also the second one hosted by India. Host India won the World Cup by defeating Iran 29-19 in the Final. A total of 14 originally 16 teams took part in the competition out of which 11 were Asian.

Teams

Pools

The teams were divided into four pools of four teams each. However, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan never took part in the tournament.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

 India
 Kyrgyzstan
 Sri Lanka
 Pakistan

 Iran
 South Korea
   Nepal
 United Kingdom

 Afghanistan
 Bangladesh
 Italy
 Thailand

 Japan
 Malaysia
 Turkmenistan
 West Indies

Competition format

Sixteen teams competed in tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into four pools of four teams each, and followed round-robin format with each of the team playing all other teams in the pool once. Following the completion of the league matches, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinals, two semifinal games, and a final.

Schedule

All matches' timings were according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
25 January
 
 
 India68
 
26 January
 
 Malaysia21
 
 India48
 
25 January
 
 Bangladesh22
 
 Bangladesh30
 
26 January
 
   Nepal15
 
 India29
 
25 January
 
 Iran19
 
 Iran34
 
26 January
 
 Thailand4
 
 Iran43
 
25 January
 
 Japan14
 
 Sri Lanka20
 
 
 Japan31
 

Quarter-finals

25 January 2007
18:00
 India 68 – 21  Malaysia
Panvel, Maharashtra
25 January 2007
19:00
 Bangladesh 30 – 15    Nepal
Panvel, Maharashtra
25 January 2007
18:00
 Iran 34 – 04  Thailand
Panvel, Maharashtra
25 January 2007
18:00
 Sri Lanka 20 – 31  Japan
Panvel, Maharashtra

Semi-final

26 January 2007
09:00
 India 48 – 22  Bangladesh
Panvel, Maharashtra
26 January 2007
10:00
 Iran 43 – 14  Japan
Panvel, Maharashtra

Final

26 January 2007
18:00
 India 29 – 19  Iran
Panvel, Maharashtra

2007 Kabaddi World Cup
1st Runner-up Champions 2nd Runner-up
 Iran  India


(2nd Title)

 Bangladesh  Japan


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