Kabaddi World Cup 2016 Points Table, Scores, Team Standings, Match Results
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.
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It is defending champions India is hosting the event and is one of the firm favourites to retain the title. 12 teams are participating in the tournament and they are divided into two groups with each consisting of six.
Team India has won the previous two titles by defeating Iran in both the finals in 2004 and 2007. So Iran has become the favourite team after team India. The Republic of Korea is also one of the favourites along with Iran. Bangladesh team follows the line which finished third in the previous two occasions are also tough competitors.
The remaining eight teams are Australia, England, Japan, Kenya, Poland, Argentina, Thailand and United States.
India, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Iran teams have qualified for semi-finals of Kabaddi World Cup 2016. Putting everyone in the shock, the young Thailand team managed to qualify for their first ever International Semi-Finals in a tournament.
Apart from the competition, each and every team have won the hearts of their country people and the world with their performance and dedication to the game. Hope the teams would get better training for the next world cup and give heavy competition to the big teams like India, South Korea and Iran.
Team Iran has unbelievably won the semi-final-1 match against South Korea. Both the teams fought really well and it was breathtaking every ride the player went. However, Iran clinched the spot in final. Coming to the semi-final-2, team India has comfortably won the match against the young and low-experience team Thailand.
It was a great chance for Thailand to play the semi-finals against the strong team India. However, team India won the match and set the spot in the finals to play against Iran. So, let us see what happens whether India will defend its title or Iran wins the title for the first time.
2016 Kabaddi World Cup Points Table:
| Group A | Mat | Won | Draw | Lost | SD | Points |
| Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 25 |
| India | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 21 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 16 |
| England | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -40 | 10 |
| Australia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -165 | 5 |
| Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -184 | 0 |
| Group B | Mat | Won | Draw | Lost | SD | Points |
| Thailand | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 20 |
| Iran | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 20 |
| Kenya | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 16 |
| Japan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| USA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -211 | 0 |
2016 Kabaddi World Cup Match Results:
Match 1: India 32 – 34 South Korea (South Korea won).
Match 2: Iran 51 – 15 USA (Iran won).
Match 3: Kenya 54 – 48 Poland (Kenya won).
Match 4: India 54 – 20 Australia (India won).
Match 5: England 18 – 52 Bangladesh (Bangladesh won).
Match 6: South Korea 68 – 42 Argentina (South Korea won).
Match 7: Japan 45 – 19 USA (Japan won).
Match 8: Thailand 23 – 64 Iran (Iran won).
Match 9: England 69 – 25 Australia (England won).
Match 10: Poland 25 – 65 Thailand (Thailand won).
Match 11: Iran 33 – 28 Kenya (Iran won).
Match 12: India 57 – 20 Bangladesh (India won).
Match 13: Poland 22 – 33 Japan (Japan won).
Match 14: Australia 68 – 45 Argentina (Australia won).
Match 15: Thailand 53 – 21 Kenya (Thailand won).
Match 16: South Korea 35 – 32 Bangladesh (Korea won).
Match 17: England 68 – 28 Argentina (England won).
Match 18: Poland 75 – 29 USA (Poland won).
Match 19: South Korea 63 – 25 Australia (Korea won).
Match 20: Japan 34 – 38 Iran (Iran won).
Match 21: India 74 – 20 Argentina (India won).
Match 22: Thailand 69 – 22 USA (Thailand won).
Match 23: England 17 – Korea 56 (Korea won).
Match 24: Japan 27 – 48 Kenya (Kenya won).
Match 25: Poland 41 – 25 Iran (Poland won)
Match 26: Australia 8 – 80 Bangladesh (Bangladesh won)
Match 27: United States 19 – 74 Kenya (Kenya won)
Match 28: India 69 – 18 England (India won)
Match 29: Bangladesh 67 – 26 Argentina (Bangladesh won)
Match 30: Thailand 37 – 33 Japan (Thailand won)
Semi-Finals:
South Korea (22) vs (28) Iran
India (73) vs (20) Thailand
Final:
22 October, India vs Iran (India WINS)
Note: The team that wins the match will get 5 points & the loser will score 1 point if the margin of victory is 7 or less than 7 points, otherwise 0.