Kabaddi at the Asian Games
Kabaddi at 2006 Asian games
Kabaddi made its first appearance as an exhibition sport[1] at the 1982 and became an Asian Games event since 1990 in Beijing, China. Until the 2018 edition, India always dominated the event by winning highest number of gold medals in both men's and women's category.
Summary[]
Men[]
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 1990 |
 Beijing |
 India |
No playoffs |  Bangladesh |
 Pakistan |
No playoffs |   Japan  | ||
| 1994 |
 Hiroshima |
India |
No playoffs | Bangladesh |
Pakistan |
No playoffs | Japan | ||
| 1998 |
 Bangkok |
India |
No playoffs | Pakistan |
Bangladesh |
No playoffs |  Sri Lanka | ||
| 2002 |
 Busan |
India |
No playoffs | Bangladesh |
Pakistan |
No playoffs |  Japan | ||
| 2006 |
 Doha |
India |
35–23 | Pakistan |
Bangladesh |
37–26 |  Iran | ||
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medalists | ||||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | |||||||
| 2010 |
Guangzhou |
India |
37–20 | Iran |
Pakistan |
and | Japan | ||
| 2014 |
 Incheon |
India |
27–25 | Iran |
 South Korea |
and | Pakistan | ||
| 2018 |
 Jakarta–Palembang |
Iran |
26–16 | South Korea |
Pakistan |
and | India | ||
Women[]
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | |||||||
| 2010 |
Guangzhou |
India |
28–14 |  |
Bangladesh |
and | Iran | ||
| 2014 |
Incheon |
India |
31–21 | Iran |
|
and | Bangladesh | ||
| 2018 |
Jakarta–Palembang |
Iran |
27–24 | India |
 |
and | | ||
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India (IND) | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 nations) | 11 | 11 | 17 | 39 | |
Participating nations[]
Men[]
| Team | 1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh |
2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 5th | 8 |
 |
4th | 1 | |||||||
 India |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 8 |
 |
5th | 1 | |||||||
 Iran |
4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4 | ||||
 Japan |
4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | 8 |
 Malaysia |
5th | 7th | 5th | 11th | 4 | ||||
 |
4th | 5th | 7th | 9th | 4 | ||||
 Pakistan |
3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 8 |
 South Korea |
5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3 | |||||
 Sri Lanka |
4th | 6th | 7th | 3 | |||||
 Thailand |
6th | 5th | 9th | 3 | |||||
| Number of teams | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
Women[]
| Team | 2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh |
3rd | 3rd | 7th | 3 |
 |
5th | 7th | 3rd | 3 |
| India |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 3 |
| |
7th | 1 | ||
| Iran |
3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3 |
| |
5th | 9th | 2 | |
| |
7th | 1 | ||
| |
7th | 1 | ||
| |
5th | 5th | 5th | 3 |
| |
5th | 1 | ||
| |
2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3 |
| Number of teams | 8 | 7 | 9 |
List of medalists[]
References[]
- ^ "Driving off the Platform". The Straits Times. 25 November 1982. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
External links[]
Categories:
- Kabaddi at the Asian Games
- Sports at the Asian Games
- Kabaddi at multi-sport events