Kabaddi originated from India has now become a major international sports, it is also the national sport of Bangladesh, know the international world rankings of teams in 2021
The sports has its own World Cup and is also part of the multinational games Asian Games and many other big events like Junior Kabaddi World Cup, Asian Kabaddi Championship, Kabaddi Masters, European Kabaddi Championship and also to forgot one of the most famous league Pro Kabaddi League. The game is basically played between two teams consisting of seven players each, each player is a given either a raider, defender or all rounder tag.
Pro Kabaddi League may not be an international event but the league is considered to be the most famous Kabaddi championship. So below here we discuss about List Of Top 10 Rankings Of Teams In Kabaddi and Some major kabaddi events.
List Of Top 10 Rankings Of International World Teams In Kabaddi 2021 And Points
Ranking – 1.) India
Points – 7127.6
Ranking – 2.) Iran
Points – 5674.4
Ranking – 3.) Pakistan
Points – 4235.04
Ranking – 4.) South Korea
Points – 3511.9
Ranking – 5.) Bangladesh
Points – 2795.68
Ranking – 6.) Sri Lanka
Points – 2086.38
Ranking – 7.) Kenya
Points – 1384
Ranking – 8.) Nepal
Points – 688.54
Ranking – 9.) Thailand
Points – 685.08
Ranking – 10.) Indonesia
Points – 681.62
How Points Are Calculated For The Ranking
Points are calculated after every match by the formulae :
10*(total number of kabaddi nations – (rank of the opponent)+(score difference)
Kabaddi World Cup
The Kabaddi World Cup is conducted by International Kabaddi Federation for both the men’s and for women’s national teams. The competition has been held three time in the year 2004, 2007 and 2016 and in all three India has an absolute dominance with winning the cup each time. The second most successful team is Iran who have been runners up at every event.
Kabaddi At The Asian Games
Kabaddi has been a regular sports at Asian Games since its appearance at 1990, Beijing. Just like the World Cup India has it’s hand all over at each edition whether it be the men’s team or women’s team except the 2018, Jakarta Games where Iran emerged as the gold medalist. Bangladesh has been the third most successful nation at the game with 3 silvers and 4 bronze after their name.