The 71st Senior National Men’s Kabaddi Championship is currently underway with Pawan Sehrawat and Arjun Deshwal among the top PKL stars in action, check out all the 2025 schedule, results and points table
The prestigious tournament is organized by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), and features the country’s top teams.
71st Senior National Men’s Kabaddi Championship 2025 points table, schedule, date, time, results, score and live streaming telecast where to watch
Heading into the tournament, a total of 30 teams will take part, divided into multiple groups. Defending champions Haryana will be looking to retain their title this year again following their triumphant campaign last year.
71st Senior National Men’s Kabaddi Championship dates and venue
The Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha is hosting the ongoing tournament from February 20 to 23, 2025.
National Men’s Kabaddi Championship list of teams participating
Given below is the list of 30 teams taking part in the tournament this year:
- Railway
- Madhya Pradesh
- BSNL
- Maharashtra
- Delhi
- Gujarat
- Goa
- Bihar
- Manipur
- West Bengal
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Tripura
- Uttarakhand
- Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand
- Pondicherry
- Rajasthan
- Chandigarh
- Karnataka
- Chhattisgarh
- Telangana
- Uttar Pradesh
- Kerala
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Vidarbha
- Services
- Punjab
- Andhra Pradesh
- Odisha
71st Senior National Men’s Kabaddi Championship groups
Given below are the different groups in the competition:
| Groups | Teams |
| Pool A | Haryana, Delhi, Telangana |
| Pool B | Indian Railways, Bihar, Manipur |
| Pool C | Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Kerala |
| Pool D | Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh |
| Pool E | Services, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Pool F | Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Odisha, Jharkhand |
| Pool G | Karnataka, Punjab, West Bengal, Uttarakhand |
| Pool H | Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry |
71st Senior National Men’s Kabaddi Championship Squads
Given below are the full squads list of all the teams:
Haryana Men’s Squad
Ashu Malik, Mohit Goyat, Sanjay Dhull, Rajesh Narwal, Sandeep, Aman Antil, Nitin Dhankar, Yogesh Dahiya, Aman Saini, Jatin, Neeraj Narwal & Aman Dalal.
Bihar Men’s Squad
Sandeep Kumar, Prince, Monu, Vikash, Ankit, Prince, Sagar, Ashutosh, Mukesh, Udaykant, Shivam & Rajkumar.
Jharkhand Men’s Squad
Rahul Gope (Captain), Raju Singh, Nawaz Dilshan, Anshu Kumar, Jitender Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Roshan Kumar, Sourav Kumar, Navneet Kumar, Angad Singh, Bhisham Yadav & Jitendra Yadav.
Manipur Men’s Squad
Bidyananda Singh, Chongtham I. Singh, Mayengham M. Singh, Borish M. Maibam, Iliyas Khan, Yumnam R. Singh, Huidrom J. Singh, Sangam, Vishwas, Thounaojam B. Singh & Khundrakpam I. Singh.
Punjab Men’s Squad
Saurabh Nandal, Harmanjeet Singh, Gursahib Singh, Balraj Singh, Dheeraj, Kuldeep Singh, Atmajit Singh, Kuldeep Kumar, Vijay Malik, Sombir Goswami, Ronak & Ashish Narwa.
Andhra Pradesh Men’s Squad
Brahma Reddy, Srikanth Reddy, Gopi Chand, Sasi Kumar, Tejesh, Pawan, Laxman, Samara, Teja, Srikanth, Manohar & Naga Babu.
Pondicherry Men’s Squad
Pravin, Vignesh, Thamiz, Arun, Moham, Ramesh, Vicky, Iyyappan, Ranjith, Sujith, Surya & M. Sriram.
Kerala Men’s Squad
Adarsh T, Muhammad Shihas, Muhammad Mufad, Prasoon Pramod K, Kaushik NK, Rishin AR, Adityan K, Pranav P, Muneez, Sujesh T, Sajin TC & Aswaith A.
Delhi Men’s Squad
Vineet Mavi, Vipin Navi, Shubham Bidhuri, Ashish Chokar, Prashant, Akash Tanwar, Ajay, Prashant Sehrawat, Nikhil Nagar, Praveen Chauhan, Kuldeep Dedha & Sahil.
West Bengal Men’s Squad
Kishor Dandapathak, Lucky Ali Khan, Sekh Surhuh, Yogesh, Gaurav Antil, Abdul Halik, Rosul Akram, Md Sarfaraj Alam, Sauvik Das, Purna Paul, Amit & Vikas.
Odisha Men’s Squad
Rohit Raghav, Vinay Redhu, Sunny Sehrawat, Harsh Kumar, Ajay Nandal, Rinku Yadav, Narender, Santosh, Kunal, Niroj Kumar, Sawan Khatri & Rajesh Kumar.
Assam Men’s Squad
Mojibur Rehman, Ikti Ahmed, Sabdiul Islam, Atikur Rahman, Rahmoni Ahmed, Khampai Wangpan, Gaurav Konvar, Anupam Deka, Aman Newar, Yakub Rehman, Deepjyoti Deka & Nam Ling Hung Tembe.
Karnataka Men’s Squad
Vishwas Gowda, Vinod Naik, Kiran, Sushant Shetty, Vinod Sadamani, Shashank, Ganesh, Sandeep, Rama Krishna, Sandeep, Nuthan Gowda & Satyappa.
Goa Men’s Squad
Mohit Jhakhar, Himanshu Narwal, Naveen Rawal, Jai Hind, Sanchit, Bhargaw, Dhruvik, Rama, Nehal Desai, Sunder Lather, Bhavani Rajput & Hitesh Kadian.
Chandigarh Men’s Squad
Pawan Sehrawat, Ayan Lohchab, Rakesh Sungroya, Gaurav Khatri, Gurdeep Sangwan, Vishal Bhardwaj, Mohit, Ashu Ravish, Ashish Kumar, Manjeet Dhanda, Vishal Rana & Sachin.
Gujarat Men’s Squad
Kishan Pandya (Captain), Sandeep Gujjar (Vice Captain), Vishal Singh, Yatharth Barot, Kuldeep Chaudhary, Aftab Vohra, Hardik Gojiya, Ronak Gamit, Vansh Munjal, Monu Singh, Rahul Dubey & Jay Bapodariya
Uttar Pradesh Men’s Squad
Rahul Chaudhari (Captain), Vinay Tewathia, Sahul Kumar, Nitin Panwar, Shubham Baliyan, Amit Nagar, Harish Singh, Arjun Deshwal, Mohd Amaan, Ashu Singh, Ashwin Pal & Ritik Sharma.
Indian Railways Men’s Squad
Pankaj Mohite, Ajinkya Pawar, Arkam Shaikh, Sunil Kumar, Parvesh Bhainswal, Guman Singh, Nitin Singh, Shubham Shinde, M. Sudhakar, Nitin Rawal, Sumit Sangwan & Abinesh Nadarajan.
Services Men’s Squad
Naveen Kumar (Captain), Devank Dalal, Bharat Hooda, Deepak Rathee, Arjun Rathee, Ashish Bazzad, Ankit Jaglan, Surender, Rinku Sharma, Rahul Sethpal, Jaideep Dahiya & Rohan Ghanghas.
Telangana Men’s Squad
Suresh Oruganti, Shiva Krishna, Raja Shekhar, Santosh, Anil, Sharandeep, Kotesh, Srinath, Ravi, Saddam, Ganesh & Akhil.
Rajasthan Men’s Squad
Jitender Yadav, Jai Bhagwan, Manoj Khokhar, Rahul Choudhary, Vijay Saini, Piyush Jham, Hariom Choudhary, Brijendra Choudhary, Bangaram, Sachin Tanwar, Mahipal Sinwar & Rajiv Rahpurohit
Chhattisgarh Men’s Squad
Dharmendra Maravi, Monendra Rathia, Suraj Gupta, Upendra Dhruw, Phool Chandra, Dipendra Bhuiya, Ajay Maravi, Moolchandra Singh, Sanskar Mishra, Sanskar Mishra, Surendra Kanwar, Prince Patre & Manish Yadav.
Madhya Pradesh Men’s Squad
Ritik Thakare, Anil Gurjar, Santosh Kumar, Ashish Bhalavi, Rashid Ansari, Ganesh Raghuvanshi, Arpit Chouhan, Amit Tomar, Rahul Evne, Ram Kakodiya, Balkrishna Yadav & Ritesh Narwale.
Vidarbha Men’s Squad
Akash Pikalmunde, Javed Pathan, Aditya Pangul, Amit Singh, Parth Dadvi, Abhishek Yadav, Sunil Cote, Yashwant Mokalkar, Aadesh Varkhade, Pawan Deshmukh, Chinmay Shende & Kunal Chavan.
Maharashtra Men’s Squad
Akash Shinde (Captain), Shubham Pathare, Pranay Rane, Shankar Gadai, Akash Rudele, Rushikesj Bhojane, Sambhaji Wabale, Ajit Chouhan, Tejas Patil, Sanket Sawant, Mayur Kadam & Akshay Suryavanshi.
Tamil Nadu Men’s Squad
Sathish Kanan, Dhanasekhar, Mukilan S., Thendral, Easaki, Deepak, Hari, Kesavan, Stuwart Singh, Gowtham Murugam, Jayasurya Nagarajan & Sundarvishwa R.
Himachal Pradesh Men’s Squad
Parveen Thakur, Nitin Chandel, Mayank Saini, Vishal Patiyal, Anil, Sanjeev, Santam Singh, Preet Chandel, Rahul Rana, Shivansh Thakur, Hemraj Choudhary & Naresh Chaudhary.
71st Senior National Men’s Kabaddi Championship schedule and results
Given below are the full schedule and results of the ongoing competition:
February 20 fixtures and results
Time – 4:00 PM Onwards
| Oddisa 57-28 Vidharbha |
| Haryana 50-20 Telangana |
| Indian Railways 59-17 Manipur |
| Maharashtra 39-35 Kerala |
| Chandigarh 40-24 Gujarat |
| Madhya Pradesh 59-35 Andhra Pradesh |
February 21 fixtures and results
Time – 8:00 AM Onwards (Morning Session)
| Services 70-33 Chhattisgarh |
| Goa 38-34 Jammu and Kashmir |
| Rajasthan 61-43 Jharkhand |
| Karnataka 46-26 Uttarakhand |
| Punjab 46-24 West Bengal |
| Uttar Pradesh 35-19 Assam |
| Tamil Nadu 47-35 Pondicherry |
| Haryana 39-19 Delhi |
| Indian Railway 45-27 Bihar |
| Maharashtra 37-24 Himachal Pradesh |
| Madhya Pradesh 32-51 Chandigarh |
| Gujarat 39-40 Andhra Pradesh |
February 21 fixtures and results
Time – 3:00 PM Onwards (Afternoon Session)
| Goa 36-47 Services |
| Chhattisgarh 56-53 Jammu and Kashmir |
| Rajasthan 49-21 Vidarbha |
| Kerala 26-41 Himachal Pradesh |
| Maharashtra 46-36 Tripura |
| Odisha 54-28 Jharkhand |
| Karnataka 37-39 Punjab |
| Uttarakhand 49-18 West Bengal |
| Uttar Pradesh 45-44 Tamil Nadu |
| Assam 17-32 Pondicherry |
| Delhi 28-29 Telangana |
| Bihar 53-31 Manipur |
| Himachal Pradesh 42-40 Tripura |
| Chandigarh 50-42 Andhra Pradesh |
February 22 fixtures and resutls
Time – 8:00 AM Onwards (Morning Session)
| Madhya Pradesh 53-54 Gujarat |
| Services 50-30 Jammu and Kashmir |
| Goa 62-39 Chhattisgarh |
| Vidarbha 25-18 Jharkhand |
| Karnataka 45-18 West Bengal |
| Punjab 58-37 Uttarakhand |
| Uttar Pradesh 67-34 Pondicherry |
February 22 fixtures and results
Time – 3:00 PM Onwards (Afternoon Session)
Match 40: Tamil Nadu vs Assam (Pool H) – Match Abandoned
Match 41: Kerala vs Tripura (Pool C) – Match Abandoned
Match 42: Odisha vs Rajasthan (Pool F) – Match Abandoned
Match 43: Haryana vs Tamil Nadu, Round of 16
Match 44: Madhya Pradesh vs Services, Round of 16
Match 45: Punjab vs Bihar, Round of 16
Match 46: Odisha vs Maharashtra, Round of 16
Match 47: Railways vs Karnataka, Round of 16
Match 48: Himachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan, Round of 16
Match 49: Uttar Pradesh vs Telangana, Round of 16
Match 50: Goa vs Chandigarh, Round of 16
Knockout rounds
Pre-quarterfinal
| Haryana vs Tamil Nadu |
| Madhya Pradesh vs Services |
| Punjab vs Bihar |
| Odisha vs Maharashtra |
| Indian Railway vs Karnataka |
| Himachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan |
| Uttar Pradesh vs Telangana |
| Goa vs Chandigarh |
February 23
Time – 3:00 PM Onwards (Afternoon Session)
Semi-final and Final
National Men’s Kabaddi Championship matches how to watch live
Sadly, the live telecast of the 71st Senior National Men’s Kabaddi Championship is not available on any TV channel. However, fans can watch all the matches of the tournament for free on the official Odisha Kabaddi YouTube channel.
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