2007 Kabaddi World Cup (standard style)

2007 Kabaddi World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	24 January–26 January
Administrator	International Kabaddi Federation Karnala Sports Academy
Format	Standard style
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Indien
Venue(s)	Panvel, Maharashtra
Participants	14 (List of Participants)
Final positions
Champions	Indien (2nd title)
1st runners-up	Iran
2nd runners-up	Bangladesch Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25

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

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesch
• Indien
• Iran
• Italien
• Japan
• Kirgisistan
• Südkorea
• Malaysia
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Turkmenistan
• Pakistan
• Vereinigtes Königreich
• West Indies

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
Indien Kirgisistan Sri Lanka Pakistan	Iran Südkorea Nepal Vereinigtes Königreich	Afghanistan Bangladesch Italien 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.

Zeitplan

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

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	25 January
	Indien	68
					26 January
	Malaysia	21
					Indien	48
	25 January
					Bangladesch	22
	Bangladesch	30
									26 January
	Nepal	15
									Indien	29
	25 January
									Iran	19
	Iran	34
					26 January
	Thailand	4
					Iran	43
	25 January
					Japan	14
	Sri Lanka	20
	Japan	31

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Quarter-finals

25 January 2007 18:00 Indien 68 – 21 Malaysia Panvel, Maharashtra

25 January 2007 19:00 Bangladesch 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

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Semi-final

26 January 2007 09:00 Indien 48 – 22 Bangladesch Panvel, Maharashtra

26 January 2007 10:00 Iran 43 – 14 Japan Panvel, Maharashtra

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Final

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

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2007 Kabaddi World Cup
1st Runner-up	Champions	2nd Runner-up
Iran	Indien (2nd Title)	Bangladesch	Japan

External links

• Results of Kabaddi World Cup 2007
• Schedule of Kabaddi World Cup 2007