2010 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)

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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 runners-up|  Pakistan
2nd runners-up|  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 20
Best Raider|  Kuljeet Singh Malsian
Best Stopper|  Mangat Singh Mangi

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

## Teams[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Pool A  | Pool B

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India
United States
Australia
Italy
Iran

Pakistan
United Kingdom
Spain
Canada

## Competition format[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

### Group stage[edit]

#### Pool A[edit]

Team  | Matches Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Points

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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

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YPS Stadium, Patiala

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| 4 April 2010
14:50

Italy | 63 - 24  |  Iran

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War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

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| 5 April 2010
16:00

United States | 47 - 43  |  Australia

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Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

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| 5 April 2010
17:00

India | 61 - 29  |  Italy

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Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

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| 6 April 2010
14:50

United States | 62 - 24  |  Iran

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Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

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| 6 April 2010
17:00

India | 58 - 29  |  Australia

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Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

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| 7 April 2010
14:50

Italy | 47 - 43  |  Australia

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Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

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| 7 April 2010
16:00

Iran | 28 - 62  |  India

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Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

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| 8 April 2010
14:50

Iran | 26 - 57  |  Australia

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Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

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| 8 April 2010
16:00

United States | 43 - 45  |  Italy

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Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

#### Pool B[edit]

Team  | Matches Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Points

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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

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War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

* * *

| 4 April 2010
17:00

United Kingdom | 47 - 28  |  Spain

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War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

* * *

| 5 April 2010
14:50

Canada | 66 - 28  |  Spain

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Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

* * *

| 6 April 2010
16:00

Pakistan | 61 - 31  |  Spain

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Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

* * *

| 7 April 2010
17:00

United Kingdom | 29 - 49  |  Canada

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Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

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| 8 April 2010
17:00

Pakistan | 50 - 23  |  United Kingdom

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Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

### Knockout stage[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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[edit]

| 10 April 2010
15:05

Pakistan | 57 - 33  |  Italy

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Sports Stadium, Bathinda

* * *

| 10 April 2010
16:35

India | 51 - 36  |  Canada

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Sports Stadium, Bathinda

#### Third-place playoff[edit]

| 12 April 2010
17:30

Italy | 22 - 66  |  Canada

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Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

#### Final[edit]

| 12 April 2010
19:30

Pakistan | 24 - 58  |  India

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Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

2010 Kabaddi World Cup

1st Runners-up | Champions | 2nd Runners-up

Pakistan

India
First title

Canada

## Broadcasting rights[edit]

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

## Winners[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ "PunjabNewsline.com - India meet USA in World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010 opener at Patiala". Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^ "kabaddi world cup 2010 in Punjab : Kabristan - The Graveyard". Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
4. ^ "PunjabNewsline.com - India meet USA in World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010 opener at Patiala". Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
5. ^ "Home | SportzPower".
6. ^ "5th Kabaddi World Cup 2014 - Schedule, Watch Live Streaming, Live Scores, Matches". Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
7. ^ India crushes Pakistan in final match of World Cup Kabaddi 2010

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