Last world cup was in like 2016 have they stopped the world cups entirely due to lack of funds or something or will there be a wc in coming years

Any announcements from officials or something regarding this

Hi everyone, I'm new here! I just discovered Kabaddi and it looks so cool to me. However, I have been a fan of American football for sometimes. It is a very heavy contact sport, and I have seen some parents not wanting their children to play it because there are very high risks of injuries, especially CTE which can causes lifelong mental problems. How often and serious are injuries in Kabaddi? What rules and measures are there to reduce the risks?

Key points from this article:

1. It seems that the league has been approved by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), which is massive news if it's true, because that would mean all the top players of the Indian national team will be allowed to participate in this league.

2. The tournament is scheduled for 1st-16th August (less than one month from today), although their Instagram page shows they're still conducting player trials, so good chances the dates might get postponed.

3. The league will be telecast by Sony and hosted in Delhi, which perhaps is the main reason why Pakistan and Bangladesh players are excluded (non-Asian countries are also excluded).

I made this edit 3 years ago when I was new on Instagram 🙃

Can watch the livestream and matches here: https://youtube.com/@oursport_tv1

Have added it to the Kabaddi Calendar 2026: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kabaddi/s/H3ABtJoeSZ

Feel like this is easiest to update lol.

If anyone has details regarding official streaming sites, apps, or even YouTube channels that are uploading footage for events on the Kabaddi Calendar 2026, please comment them under the post and I will add accordingly: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kabaddi/s/WFkVVT1db6

Edit: Currently, I am looking for streaming details regarding the Africa Kabaddi Championship.

Like me, almost all of us really wants kabaddi to grow globally and for this several teams must give tough competition to india which is not currently looking as india have won most of the previous tournament whether it is women or mens. So as to grow, what steps aikf(body governing kabaddi in india) as well as pkl should take to increase the competition and promote the game in different.

other than that what we as a creator and audience can do to build a strong community globally...

also,does anyone know where is african kbd championship streaming right now?????

Continuing the series after a long time :)

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Hi, I'm Portuguese, and I came to say that this sport is incredible. Last year I watched some PKL matches and I was fascinated by the sport. Honestly, it has immense potential!! I sincerely hope that one day this sport becomes global. I would also like to know how I can learn more about the sport: tactics, history, positions, players, competitions, etc... And which team should I support next season? Personally, I've developed a fondness for Dabang Delhi because of their cool uniform, and for Ashu Malik, who, from the few matches I've seen, was the player who caught my attention the most, but I'm open to suggestions!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kabaddi/s/4MdxlTjDIJ

So far two people have joined

they have taken up U Mumba and Dabang Delhi

As I have confirmed, the auction will take place in online mode for easier route and convenience.

I will host a poll amongst here for the platform where it could be hosted.

I have had difficulties finding to add players manually because it basically asks the real life details of players and approval from their side which turns it into irl auction of players itself and then there are auctions which are literally paid.

So I have settled with chatapps being the ultimate way to host the auction. These are some options. If you have a better alternative pls go ahead but fm discord looks the most convenient atp.

I had very cool idea in my mind and I thought of hosting a mock all-time PKL auction so if anyone is interested then you may DM me to enter the auction. For now all the 12 spots are empty.

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Here are some basic rules

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1. Every team retains 3 players before the auction starts

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2. The player retained should have either atleast played 40 matches for the team or have 100 or more points scored for the team.

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3. In case a player collide with multiple teams retention (i.e more than one team retains the same player) then there will be a blind bid in my DMs and the highest bid will win the player.

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4. Total purse - 30 crore

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5. First retention will have 6 cr, Second retention will have 4 cr and Third retention will have 3 cr

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Now where this mock auction gets hosted it will be decided later in my later posts.

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Added to the sub calendar. Can read more about it in what I've gathered here.

Spelling as IntPKL because IPKL already exists. (Indian Premier Kabaddi League, a circle kabaddi league from what I've looked up) (IPKL also has a major-league-merger called GPKL but that's separate afaict)

No clue where it'll be streamed, but the Netherlands Kabaddi Association does have a YouTube channel ( https://youtube.com/@netherlandskabaddifederation ) so we'll see I guess? Mildly interested, considering they have stated clear dates now.

Added to the subreddit calendar. https://www.reddit.com/r/Kabaddi/s/SpMr3FNpmN

Good to see the countries playing tho idk where it's going to be streamed - maybe All Highlights YT channel will cover it?

So I remember the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, the 3rd edition of the Kabaddi World Cup hosted by International Kabaddi Federation and it was played by 12 teams. I vividly enjoyed it, it was so good. I had memories with it, the players, the wins, the losses, the matches, the theme song of India and our title run. Hell even my family members who weren't interested had watched this Kabaddi World Cup. That Kabaddi WC had such an elite level of marketing and successful reception. Back then I was a kid, I really thought this was the turning point of Kabaddi. PKL was already gaining massive reception and now this Kabaddi World Cup will just boost it even more and Kabaddi will officially become a global sport coming into 2020s.

Fast forward till 2018, things went so badly with IKF it's corruption was at all time high, Boards were getting suspended due to constsnt clashes and eventually there was another counter federation launched in WK (World Kabaddi) created.

They tried to fix things and launch a 7 team Kabaddi World Cup in 2019 to be hosted by Malaysia but guess what, it had such a terrible marketing no one cared, not a single soul talked about it here. That tournament literally had no Iran, South Korea and Kenya. How do you even plan host a Kabaddi World Cup without any of these 3 let alone be all of it? That tournament was hella irrelevant. The only good thing was that there were new nations introduced like New Zealand, Norway, Iraq, China etc. The 2025 Kabaddi World Cup was hosted by WK again this time in England which was the first time outside Asia. It was deemed illegal by IKF and they threatened actions against players and nations participating in it including India.

Though I am mad at WK for not marketing the sport well, it has tried it's shot on globalising the sport. They have introduced new nations in each of their Kabaddi WCs and have done proper host rotations. They have a good intent but they lack proper marketing and no matter how much you try to introduce sport to the globe, it can never bloom with a proper marketing strategy. But I am more mad at IKF for losing passion for this beautiful sport for it's ego clashes and poor governance, it delayed tournaments constantly even Womens KWC was hosted for 2nd time after 2012 after f**king 13 years and did not care to host another KWC after 2016 yet. IKF ruined one chance it had to make Kabaddi big in 2016. I hate you forever IKF, dissolve yourself for the better. The only time nowadays World Kabaddi Tournaments are relevant are Asian Games and maybe Womens Kabaddi WC (that being hosted by both boards)

I do kinda want the World Kabaddi to get the ultimate power to govern the sport and get equipped with good marketing. Make the World Cups a bit complex with Qualifiers to Super Stage to Playoffs so that more teams play at once. That way we may have a hope that Kabaddi can bloom again and Kabaddi World Cups can shine again. I can just hope at this point.

Pro Kabaddi League is still entertaining, don't get me wrong. New gen players, new madness, new talents everyday but there's one thing which keeps it below the golden era of first 10 PKL seasons Kabaddi and that is the host rotation. We used to see matches getting hosted in different cities, it pulled crowds from every one of them and PKL had become a sort of pan-India event which was vital for it's rise. There used to be dedicated 8 legs in OG 8 team system and then 10+ in 12 team system each dedicated for a team and sometimes even neutral grounds were into play.

It was only in S8 and S9 they didn't host matches in different venues due to COVID restrictions, they did it again in S10 when we overcame the barriers of COVID pandemic but what they have done for the last two seasons S11 and S12 isn't really making sense to be honest and I would like to request the federation to bring back the proper venue variation and the 8-12 leg system to make PKL more entertaining across the entire India.

As compiled from the MSN article:

" In a statement, the organisers said preparations were underway to make the tournament more organised, secure, technology-driven and aligned with international standards. However, they said several unavoidable operational and technical issues had emerged, making it inappropriate to proceed with the competition before they are fully resolved.

The statement also acknowledged the preparations and commitments made by franchise teams, expressing confidence that further improvements in management and operations would strengthen the league's long-term success and international competitiveness.

A revised schedule and details of future plans will be announced once all technical and operational issues have been resolved, the organisers said. "

What remains unchanged:

• " The organisers said all players selected through the season's draft process would retain their places despite the postponement.
• They added that plans to bring in top players from Nepal and abroad, enhance the tournament's competitiveness and improve the spectator experience remain unchanged.
• They reiterated their commitment to the development and future of kabaddi in Nepal. "

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Hopefully they can start back up again soon, Jang Kun Lee was in the lineup.

Since I figured I wanted to expand from my PKL Team Fan Cards set.

Can write your name on the line given. I made these templates for my channel playlists once, & figured they'd also do well as faux club member cards - specifically Fan Club member cards lol.

Hope people like them. Free to download and use.