World Kabaddi League

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World Kabaddi League

Current season, competition or edition: 2014 World Kabaddi League
Sport	Kabaddi
Founded	2014
First season	2014
President	Sukhbir Singh Badal
Commissioner	Pargat Singh
No. of teams	8
Country	India United States Canada United Kingdom
TV partner(s)	Sony SIX
Sponsor(s)	Li Ning (company)
Official website	worldkabaddileague.net

The World Kabaddi League is a professional Circle style Kabaddi League in India, USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is the first worldwide circle style kabaddi league.

League Organization

Their will be 9 international teams that will play in 13 cities throughout 4 different countries. The World Kabaddi League will feature 144 international players with over Rs 15 crore in players’ salaries. The regular season will be four months long then a elimination tournament will take place in Mohali, India for the top four teams to determine a champion.

Teams

Teams - Owners

• Speedy Singhs - Akshay Kumar
• Yo Yo Tigers - Honey Singh
• Vancouver Lions - Gurjit Singh Purewal
• Punjab Thunder - Thind Properties and Rajat Bedi
• Haryana Focus - R and AAR Communication
• United Singhs - Sonakshi Sinha
• California Eagles - Tut Group
• Royal Kings -

Venues

13 Venues

• London, United Kingdom
• Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Toronto, Canada
• Vancouver, Canada
• New York City, USA
• Sacramento, USA
• Stockton, USA
• Dubai, UAE
• Delhi, India
• Mohali , India
• Jalandhar, India
• Ludhiana, India
• Bathinda, India

Sponsorships

Li Ning (company) signed on to be the Leagues clothing partner.

Tv Broadcast

Sony SIX has signed on to broadcast the league around the world.

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