International Kabaddi Federation

The International Kabaddi Federation (IKF), is an international governing body of the sport of kabaddi.^[1] Its membership comprises 31 national associations.^[2] The federation was formed in 2004 and was founded by Ashish Pachori from India who served as the first president.^[3]

International Kabaddi Federation

Sport	Kabaddi
Membership	31 members
Abbreviation	IKF
Founded	January 2004; 21 years ago (January 2004)
Location	Jaipur, India
President	Vinod Kumar Tiwari (India)
Secretary	Sathasivam Munisami (Malaysia)
Other key staff	Tulsi Thapa (Treasurer)

Members

The following countries are members of the International Kabaddi Federation:^[4][5]

Affiliated countries
Country	Continent	Men's team	Women's team
Afghanistan	Asia	Y	N
Argentina	America	Y	N
Australia	Oceania	Y	N
Bangladesh	Asia	Y	Y
China	Asia	Y	N
Denmark	Europe	Y	Y
England	Europe	Y	Y
Hong Kong	Asia	Y	Y
India	Asia	Y	Y
Indonesia	Asia	Y	Y
Iran	Asia	Y	Y
Japan	Asia	Y	Y
Kenya	Africa	Y	Y
Kuwait	Asia	N	N
Malaysia	Asia	Y	Y
Nepal	Asia	Y	Y
Oman	Asia	Y	N
Pakistan	Asia	Y	Y
South Korea	Asia	Y	Y
Sri Lanka	Asia	Y	Y
Chinese Taipei	Asia	Y	Y
Thailand	Asia	Y	Y
Turkmenistan	Asia	Y	Y
United States	America	Y	Y
Provisional affiliated countries
Algeria	Africa	N	N
Iraq	Asia	Y	Y
Lebanon	Asia	N	N
Netherlands	Europe	N	N
Palestine	Asia	N	N
Poland	Europe	Y	Y
Senegal	Africa	N	N
Singapore	Asia	N	N
Syria	Asia	N	N
Sweden	Europe	Y	N
Uganda	Africa	Y	Y

Confederations

• Asian Kabaddi Federation
• Africa Kabaddi Union

Tournaments

Kabaddi
World	Kabaddi World Cup Junior Kabaddi World Cup
Asia	Asian Games Asian Kabaddi Championship
Africa	Africa Kabaddi Championship
Beach kabaddi
World	World Beach Kabaddi Championship
Asia	Asian Beach Games
Europe	European Kabaddi Championship European Beach Kabaddi Championship
Indoor kabaddi
Asia	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Current champions

Standard kabaddi	Men's	Women's
IKF World Cup	India (2016)	India (2012)
Asian Games	India (2022)	India (2022)
Asian Championship	India (2023)	India (2025)
Africa Championship	Kenya (2024)	Uganda (2023)
European Championship	Poland (2023)	Italy (2023)
Junior World Cup	India (2023)
Beach kabaddi	Men's	Women's
World Championship	Iran (2024)
Asian Beach Games	Pakistan (2016)	India (2016)
European Beach Championship	Poland (2024)	Poland (2024)
Indoor kabaddi	Men's	Women's
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	(2013)	(2013)