2007 Kabaddi World Cup was the second edition of the Kabaddi World Cup held by the

International Kabaddi Federation The International Kabaddi Federation (IKF), is an international governing body of the sport of kabaddi Kabaddi (, ) is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players. It is one of the traditional games of South Asia. In t ...

(IKF). It was organised by Karnala Sports Academy in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. Host

won the World Cup a second time by defeating

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

29-19 in the final. A total of 14 originally 16 teams took part in the competition out of which 11 were Asian.

Teams

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Pools

The teams were divided into four pools of four teams each. However, Pakistan and

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

never took part in the tournament.

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 A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...

round consisting of four quarterfinals, two semifinal games, and a final.

Schedule

All matches' timings were according to

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(UTC +5:30).

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-final

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Final

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References

External links

Results of Kabaddi World Cup 2007

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