The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup has become one of the most successful tournaments in the history of the sport. It is the third edition of the indoor format that is held at the Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

There have few new teams and countries introduced to the sport this year. 12 teams have participated in the tournament. Team India is the defending champion and has won previous World Cup titles in 2004 and 2007.

There are few strong teams that gave heavy competition such as Iran, South Korea, and Bangladesh. For the first time, Thailand has entered the semi-finals but however, their opponent was India which clinched the spot in the Finals. In another semi-final, South Korea fought with Iran but missed the chance of playing finals against team India.

Team India has been the favorite team and it has great support from the audience as India is the host. It is one of the advantages to team India. Team Iran has become one of the toughest team against team India that is why it is playing the finals against India.

Kabaddi World Cup Finals:

Live Score:

India 38 – 29 Iran

India becomes the Champions once again! Ajay Thakur rose to the level of champions and took India by the scruff of their neck to take them to a superb win.

Twitter Reactions:

Yeh Jazba ,yeh Spirit ,Hamka De De Thakur. Ajay Thakur, you are a rockstar. Haar ke Jeetne waale ko Team India kehta hain.Champions#INDvIRN pic.twitter.com/8S8PZ8IA6M

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 22, 2016

India ka game , India ki Zameen , 🏆 kaha jaane waala hey . All the best #IndianKabaddiTeam #kabaddiworldcup2016

— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) October 22, 2016

Congratulations #IndianKabaddiTeam for wonderful display of skills & winning eight World title. We are proud of u🤘👏👌👌👌

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) October 22, 2016

India won the Kabadi World cup for the third consecutive time. 💪🏽👏🏽🏆🎊🎉👍🏽👌🏽 #Kabadi #IndianKabaddiTeam @IamAnupK #FeelingProud

— Vicky (@vickynbs) October 22, 2016

Congratulations to #IndianKabaddiTeam
Epic victory over Iran…
Star player #AjayThakur
Champion of the world pic.twitter.com/D6LozyU1HL

— Ishaan (@ishaanji9799) October 22, 2016

Congratulations #IndianKabaddiTeam for wonderful display of skills & winning eight World title. We are proud of u😍😍😍💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/TN1ZJTb2uR

— மனிதன் (@srinivasan649) October 22, 2016

Congrats #IndianKabaddiTeam pic.twitter.com/lnZzbXFVBa

— Gopikrishnan (@krishhsharmi) October 22, 2016

What a turnaround, had me glued throughout. Ajay Thakur, YOU BEAUTY!! Congratulations #IndianKabaddiTeam, #Champions of @KabaddiWorldCup ’16

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) October 22, 2016

Wah mere shero buraaaah chaaa Gaye.. so proud of you.. love u all..💪👊 Champions! #INDvIRN #kabaddiworldcup2016

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 22, 2016

World champions baby!!! #kabaddiworldcup2016 India, India!!

— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) October 22, 2016

Indian Men’s Kabaddi Team made HISTORY by winning the #KabaddiWorldCup2016 for the 3rd consecutive time. #IndVsIRN pic.twitter.com/0315FpK8JF

— HISTORY TV18 (@HISTORYTV18) October 22, 2016

Woohooo! Well done @IamAnupK – Another Haryana Hurricane about to lift a World Cup! Ajay Thakur, you were sensational #KabaddiWorldCup2016 pic.twitter.com/GMMqmrv3PU

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) October 22, 2016

What a good evening. And a top testimonial for kabaddi. #kabaddiworldcup2016

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 22, 2016