Ahmedabad to host 2016 Kabaddi World Cup

The Kabaddi World Cup will be held in Ahmedabad from October 7 to October 22, the the International Federation has confirmed.

Published : Aug 22, 2016 18:59 IST , New Delhi

12 teams will participate in the Kabaddi World Cup.
12 teams will participate in the Kabaddi World Cup.
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12 teams will participate in the Kabaddi World Cup.

The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from October 7 to 22, the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF)specified on Monday.

> Read: India to host Kabaddi World Cup in October

Gujarat will play host to 12 kabaddi teams from USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Iran, Poland, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan and Kenya, besides host India.

A special consideration of the International Kabaddi Federation in inviting these teams was to make the World Cup participated by countries from all the five geographies of the world.

The World Cup matches will be held in Ahmedabad’s upcoming state-of-the-art stadium The Arena, a press release said. IKF’s decision to conduct the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup has received strong encouragement from the Gujarat state government.

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