2004 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)

2004 Kabaddi World Cup
Tournament information
Dates	19 November–21 November
Administrator(s)	Sachin Batale Koliwada Club
Tournament; format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Venue(s)	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Participants	12 (List of Participants)
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
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2004 Kabaddi World Cup was the first ever Kabaddi World Cup and was hosted by India. India won the title defeating Iran 55-27 in the final.^[1]

Teams[edit]

With last minute withdrawal of Pakistan and Afghanistan, 12 teams competed in the tournament.^[2]

Pools[edit]

The teams were divided into three pools of four teams each.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
India Canada Thailand West Indies	Japan Malaysia South Korea United Kingdom	Bangladesh Germany Iran Nepal

Competition format[edit]

Nine teams competed in tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into three pools of four teams each, and followed round-robin format with each of the team playing all other teams in the pool once. Following the completion of the league matches, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinals, two semifinal games, and a final.

Schedule[edit]

All matches' timings were according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).^[3]

Group stage[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	SD	Pts	Qualification
India	3	3	0	162	85	77	6	Advance to knockout phase
Canada	3	2	1	161	90	71	4	Advance to knockout phase
Thailand	3	1	2	122	131	-9	2
West Indies	3	0	3	77	216	-139	0

19 November 2004	Canada	93 – 09	West Indies	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(52 – 03)

19 November 2004	Thailand	63 – 26	West Indies	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(39 – 06)

19 November 2004	India	51 – 14	Canada	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(31 – 07)

20 November 2004	India	60 – 42	West Indies	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(36 – 23)

20 November 2004	Canada	54 – 30	Thailand	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(26 – 18)

20 November 2004	India	51 – 29	Thailand	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(33 – 14)

Pool B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	SD	Pts	Qualification
Japan	3	3	0	165	70	95	6	Advance to knockout phase
Great Britain	3	2	1	142	142	0	4	Advance to knockout phase
South Korea	3	1	2	135	130	5	2
Malaysia	3	0	3	85	184	-99	0

19 November 2004	Great Britain	60 – 37	Malaysia	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(34 – 19)

19 November 2004	Japan	43 – 28	South Korea	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(25 – 06)

19 November 2004	Great Britain	54 – 49	South Korea	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(30 – 17)

20 November 2004	Japan	66 – 14	Malaysia	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(25 – 07)

20 November 2004	Japan	56 – 28	Great Britain	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(30 – 13)

20 November 2004	South Korea	58 – 34	Malaysia	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(28 – 17)

Pool C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	SD	Pts	Qualification
Iran	3	3	0	204	84	120	6	Advance to knockout phase
Bangladesh	3	2	1	204	93	0	4	Advance to knockout phase
Nepal	3	1	2	125	140	-15	2
Germany	3	0	3	73	281	-208	0

19 November 2004	Nepal	78 – 19	Germany	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(52 – 07)

19 November 2004	Iran	53 – 41	Bangladesh	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(35 – 17)

19 November 2004	Iran	96 – 19	Germany	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(56 – 13)

20 November 2004	Bangladesh	56 – 23	Nepal	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(35 – 10)

20 November 2004	Iran	65 – 24	Nepal	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(28 – 12)

20 November 2004	Bangladesh	107 – 35	Germany	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(67 – 17)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

21 November

India	Bye
		21 November

		India	39
21 November
		Bangladesh	19
Japan	24
				21 November
Bangladesh	33
				India	55
21 November
				Iran	27
Canada	66
		21 November
United Kingdom	28
		Canada	28
21 November
		Iran	54
Iran	Bye

Quarter-finals[edit]

21 November 2004	Japan	24 – 33	Bangladesh	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(11 – 12)

21 November 2004	Canada	66 – 28	Great Britain	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(32 – 11)

Semi-finals[edit]

21 November 2004	India	39 – 19	Bangladesh	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(12 – 05)

21 November 2004	Canada	28 – 54	Iran	Mumbai, Maharashtra
		(09 – 31)

Final[edit]

21 November 2004	India	56 – 28	Iran	Chennai, Tamilnadu
		(27-12)

2004 Kabaddi World Cup
Champions	1st Runners-up	2nd Runners-up
India (1st Title)	Iran	Bangladesh	Canada

References[edit]

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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