2019 Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi)

The 2019 Kabaddi World Cup was the inaugural National (Asian) style tournament held by World Kabaddi. It was originally scheduled to be contested from 2 to 15 April 2019 in Melaka, Malaysia. However, the tournament was postponed and held from July 20–28 with fewer teams participating.

2019 Kabaddi World Cup

Official logo of the Kabbadi World cup 2019
Tournament information
Dates	20–28 July 2019
Administrator	Host: Malaysia Kabaddi Federation (MKF) Sanctioned by: World Kabaddi
Format	Standard style
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Malaysia
Venue	Dewan Bistari, Melaka
Participants	8 teams (Men's) 4 teams (Women's)
Website	https://worldcupkabaddi.org/
Final positions
Champions	India (Men's)  India (Women's)
1st runners-up	Iraq (Men's)  Taiwan (Women's)
2nd runners-up	Taiwan (Men's)  Malaysia (Women's)
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Competition was held for both the men and women's categories. Powerhouse India became double champions, grabbing both the titles at stake.^[1]

The COVID-19 pandemic began after this 2019 event, and World Kabaddi did not hold any additional "World Cup" events until the March 2025 event in West Midlands, England.

Organization

World Kabaddi, formed in 2018, organised this event in 2019. Due to sponsorship and other technical issues, the tournament had to be postponed from April to July of the same year, with a reduced number of participating teams.

The tournament was hosted by the Malaysia Kabaddi Federation (MKF) and was officially launched by the governor of the Melaka state, Dr Mohd Khalil Yaakob, on November 17, 2018.^[2]

Present at the launch with Mohd Khalil at the Temasek Hotel^[3] in Ujong Pasir were World Kabaddi Vice-President Jagjit Singh and State Health and Anti Drug Committee Chairman Low Chee Leong.

The Melaka State Malaysian Indian Youth Council (MYIC) and the Melaka State Malaysian Youth Council were the youth organisations that were also supporters of the event.

Theme song

Composer Balanraj from Malaysia penned the theme song for the event.^[4] Music Arrangements were made by M. Jagathees with Sound Engineering by Boy Ragde and the Song Lyrics and Vocals by Vinz.

Men's competition

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD	Qualification
India	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to the knockout phase
Iraq	7	5	0	2	0	0	0
Malaysia	7	5	0	2	0	0	0
Chinese Taipei	7	5	0	2	0	0	0
Australia	7	3	0	4	0	0	0
Hong Kong	7	1	0	6	0	0	0
Norway	7	1	0	6	0	0	0
New Zealand	7	1	0	6	0	0	0

July 21, 2019 Chinese Taipei  76–25  Australia

July 21, 2019 Iraq  56–30  Malaysia

July 21, 2019 New Zealand  73–42  Hong Kong

July 22, 2019 India  105–15  Norway

July 22, 2019 Chinese Taipei  66–25  New Zealand

July 22, 2019 Malaysia  104–20  Hong Kong

July 22, 2019 Australia  66–49  Norway

July 22, 2019 India  68–26  Iraq

July 22, 2019 Malaysia  40–39  Chinese Taipei

July 23, 2019 Iraq  94–24  Norway

July 23, 2019 Australia  69–45  New Zealand

July 23, 2019 India  74–23  Hong Kong

July 23, 2019 Norway  62–50  New Zealand

July 23, 2019 Iraq  83–19  Hong Kong

July 23, 2019 Malaysia  78–34  Australia

July 23, 2019 India  66–31  Chinese Taipei

July 24, 2019 Hong Kong  58–56  Norway

July 24, 2019 Malaysia  89–37  New Zealand

July 24, 2019 Iraq  48–84  Chinese Taipei

July 24, 2019 Malaysia  27–0 (walkover)  Norway

July 24, 2019 Chinese Taipei  76–16  Hong Kong

July 24, 2019 India  73–22  Australia

July 25, 2019 Chinese Taipei  27–0 (walkover)  Norway

July 25, 2019 India  27–0 (walkover)  New Zealand

July 25, 2019 Iraq  53–19  Australia

July 26, 2019 India  84–19  Malaysia

July 26, 2019 Australia  58–32  Hong Kong

July 26, 2019 Iraq  82–14  New Zealand

Semi-finals

July 26, 2019 India  73–26  Chinese Taipei

July 26, 2019 Iraq  60–33  Malaysia

3rd place match

July 27, 2019 Chinese Taipei  45–21  Malaysia

Final

July 27, 2019 India  57–27  Iraq

Women's competition

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD	Qualification
India	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to the knockout phase
Chinese Taipei	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	0	0	0
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	0	0	0

July 22, 2019  India 50–23  Chinese Taipei

July 23, 2019  Malaysia 74–23  Hong Kong

July 24, 2019  India 59–23  Malaysia

July 25, 2019  India 61–20  Hong Kong

July 25, 2019  Chinese Taipei 66–18  Malaysia

July 25, 2019  Chinese Taipei 68–20  Hong Kong

Semi-finals

July 27, 2019  India 71–33  Hong Kong

July 27, 2019  Chinese Taipei 71–22  Malaysia

3rd place match

July 28, 2019  Malaysia 53–26  Hong Kong

Final

July 28, 2019  India 47–29  Chinese Taipei

Awards

Men

• Best Raider: Ali Sari^[5]
• Best Defensive Player: Sachin
• Best Player: Amarjeet Singh^[6]

Women

• Best Raider: Suman
• Best Defensive Player: Malarvili Balaraman^[7]
• Best Player: Ren Ming Qin^[8]

See also

• 2025 Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi)