2010 Kabaddi World Cup

Logo of the 2010 Kabaddi World Cup
Tournament information
Dates	3 April–12 April
Administrator	Government of Punjab
Format	Circle Style
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Venue(s)	8 venues in 8 cities (List of Venues)
Participants	9 (List of Participants)
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
1st runners-up	Pakistan
2nd runners-up	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Best Raider	Kuljeet Singh Malsian
Best Stopper	Mangat Singh Mangi

Pearls Kabaddi World Cup 2010 was the first international circle style kabaddi world cup and was held in Punjab, India.

Teams

With the last-minute withdrawal of Norway, nine teams competed for the Prize Money Pearls World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010 hosted by the Punjab Government at different venues of the state from 3 to 12 April.

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  India
•  Iran
•  Italy
•  Pakistan
•  Spain
•  United Kingdom
•  United States

Pools

Announcing the draw, Organising Secretary Pargat Singh said that the teams would be divided into two pools. Hosts India were placed in Pool A while their traditional rivals Pakistan were in Pool B.

Competition format

Nine teams competed in the tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of five and four teams, and followed round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once.

Following the completion of the pool games, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, a third place play-off and a final.^[1]

Venues

World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010 was held at various districts of Punjab from 3–12 April 2010.^[2] The venues were as follows:

• Yadvindra Public School Stadium, Patiala
• War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur
• Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
• Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur
• Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur
• Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar
• Sports Stadium, Bathinda
• Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Prize money

The winning team received a cash award of ₹1 crore besides a glittering rolling trophy. Runners-up took ₹51 lakh and third-place winners ₹21 lakh.^[3]

The fourth position were worth ₹10 lakh. Besides, individual awards (tractors) and other prizes were also given among the winners. Each team also got a sum of Rs 5 lakh as appearance money.^[4]

Schedule

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

Group stage

Pool A

Team	Matches Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
India	4	4	0	0	8
Italy	4	3	0	1	6
United States	4	2	0	2	4
Australia	4	1	0	3	2
Iran	4	0	0	4	0

  Qualified for semifinals

3 April 2010 21:40  India 62 - 26  United States YPS Stadium, Patiala

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4 April 2010 14:50  Italy 63 - 24  Iran War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

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5 April 2010 16:00  United States 47 - 43  Australia Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

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5 April 2010 17:00  India 61 - 29  Italy Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

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6 April 2010 14:50  United States 62 - 24  Iran Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

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6 April 2010 17:00  India 58 - 29  Australia Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

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7 April 2010 14:50  Italy 47 - 43  Australia Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

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7 April 2010 16:00  Iran 28 - 62  India Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

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8 April 2010 14:50  Iran 26 - 57  Australia Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

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8 April 2010 16:00  United States 43 - 45  Italy Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

Pool B

Team	Matches Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Pakistan	3	3	0	0	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	4
United Kingdom	3	1	0	2	2
Spain	3	0	0	3	0

  Qualified for semifinals

4 April 2010 16:00  Pakistan 47 - 38  Canada War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

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4 April 2010 17:00  United Kingdom 47 - 28  Spain War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

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5 April 2010 14:50  Canada 66 - 28  Spain Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

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6 April 2010 16:00  Pakistan 61 - 31  Spain Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

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7 April 2010 17:00  United Kingdom 29 - 49  Canada Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

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8 April 2010 17:00  Pakistan 50 - 23  United Kingdom Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 April – Sports Stadium, Bathinda
	Pakistan	57
					12 April – Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Italy	33
					Pakistan	24
	10 April – Sports Stadium, Bathinda
					India	58
	India	51
	Canada	36
					Third place
					12 April – Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
					Italy	22
					Canada	66

Semi-finals

10 April 2010 15:05  Pakistan 57 - 33  Italy Sports Stadium, Bathinda

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10 April 2010 16:35  India 51 - 36  Canada Sports Stadium, Bathinda

Third-place playoff

12 April 2010 17:30  Italy 22 - 66  Canada Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Final

12 April 2010 19:30  Pakistan 24 - 58  India Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

2010 Kabaddi World Cup
1st Runners-up	Champions	2nd Runners-up
Pakistan	India First title	Canada

Broadcasting rights

 India: Punjab Television Channel (PTC) had the broadcasting rights in India and Asia.^{[5] [6]}

Winners

India won the Kabaddi World Cup by defeating Pakistan in an interesting match on 12 April 2010 at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana and won ₹1 Crore as a Prize money and a glittering Golden World Cup Trophy. Pakistani team was paid ₹51 lakh as prize money and a Silver Cup Trophy. The best stopper award was won by Indian Captain Mangat Singh Manga and Best Raider award won by Kulwinder Singh Kinda of Canada. Both players were given tractors as an award. Mr. Parkash Singh Badal was heard to pay ₹5,000 to each player for every point but in the end this amount was reduced to ₹2,000. A government job was also announced for each Indian player.^[7]

References