Pakistan national kabaddi team

Pakistan national kabaddi team represents Pakistan in international kabaddi. The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation manages the team.

History

 * The Pakistan national Kabaddi team have regularly won medals in the Asian Games and World Cups. In seven previous Asian Games, they won five bronze medals and two silver medals.
 * Since 1985, Pakistan took part in 38 major International Competitions in which they played 25 times as finalists (they won five of those competitions, were runners-up 20 times, and won third place 13 times).

Performance in the Asian Championships

 * Pakistan is the only team besides arch rivals India having managed to win a medal in every Asian Games Kabaddi competition.
 * Pakistan won bronze medals in the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games. In the 1998 edition, Pakistan settled for silver, losing to India in the final. Four years later, Pakistan again won third place before losing gold to India by 35-23 in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. Pakistan came third in the next four editions of Asian Games in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.

Performance in the South Asian Championships

 * Pakistan became champions of South Asia in 1993 by beating archrival India in the final. It was the only time Pakistan became champions of South Asia. After that Pakistani team played as finalists six times and won bronze medals four times but never won another championship.

Circle style performance in the Asian Championships

 * Pakistan became Asian champion in 2012 by beating India in the final of Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup after finishing as runner up in the previous edition.
 * Pakistan became Asian champion for the second time in a row in 2016 after beating India by 50-31 in the final of the Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup.
 * In 2016 Pakistan became Asian champion once again after beating India by 30-28 in the finals. It was the first title of Pakistan in the Asian Beach Games and before that Pakistan finished as runner up for four times in the last four competitions.

Performance in the World Championships

 * In 2020 Pakistan became World Champion of Kabaddi after being runner up four times in the last five World Cup competitions, beating India by 43-41.

Origination
Kabaddi originated in the Pak-Hind sub-continent. Kabaddi is a traditional sport and cultural heritage of the people of Pakistan. It is played in hot countries of Asia. The style of the game varies a little in some countries. It is known by different names in the regional languages. In Pakistan and India, it is known as 'kabaddi' or 'kaudi', in Sri Lanka it is known as 'Guddo', in Indonesia.

Circle Style Kabaddi
This style of game introduced in Pakistan in 1956 Pakistan participate in the below mentioned competitions


 * Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series	1956, India	 (Gold)
 * Canada Kabaddi Cup	1981,	Canada	(Silver)
 * Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series	1982	Lahore, Pakistan	(Gold)
 * Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series	1983	Lahore, Pakistan	(Silver)
 * Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series	1984	Lahore, Pakistan	(Gold)
 * Prime Minister International Gold Cup	1997, Pakistan	(Gold)
 * Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series	1998, India (Silver)
 * Prime Minister International Gold Cup	1999,	Pakistan	(Gold)
 * Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series	2002,	India (Silver)
 * Indo-Pak Games	2004	Patyala, India	(Silver)
 * Takkar Kabaddi Series	2008	Pakistan	afaad (Silver)
 * Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series	2009, India	 (Silver)
 * International Kabaddi Tournament	2009	Kharian, Pakistan	(Gold)
 * Kabaddi Premier League	2013,	Dubai	 (Gold)
 * International Kabaddi Cup	2013	UK	 (Bronze)
 * 37th International Kabaddi Championship	2014	POF Wah	 (Gold)

Notable Players

 * Nasir Ali
 * Wajid Ali
 * Waseem Sajjad
 * Muhammad Khalid
 * Muhammad Arshad
 * Ibrar Hussain
 * Abrar Khan
 * Maqsood Ali
 * Abdul Mukhtar
 * Atif Waheed
 * Akhlaq Hussain
 * Muhammad Ali
 * Shafiq Ahmed Chishti