2010 Kabaddi World Cup (circle style)

2010 Kabaddi World Cup
	Logo of the 2010 Kabaddi World Cup
Tournament information
Dates	3 April–12 April
Administrator	Government of Punjab
Format	Circle Style
Tournament; format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Venue(s)	8 venues in 8 cities (List of Venues)
Participants	9 (List of Participants)
Final positions
Champions	India
1st runners-up	Pakistan
2nd runners-up	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Best Raider	Kuljeet Singh Malsian
Best Stopper	Mangat Singh Mangi
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Pearls Kabaddi World Cup 2010 was the first international circle style kabaddi world cup and was held in Punjab, India.

Teams

With the last-minute withdrawal of Norway, nine teams competed for the Prize Money Pearls World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010 hosted by the Punjab Government at different venues of the state from 3 to 12 April.

Pools

Announcing the draw, Organising Secretary Pargat Singh said that the teams would be divided into two pools. Hosts India were placed in Pool A while their traditional rivals Pakistan were in Pool B.

Pool A	Pool B
India United States Australia Italy Iran	Pakistan United Kingdom Spain Canada

Competition format

Nine teams competed in the tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of five and four teams, and followed round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once.

Following the completion of the pool games, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, a third place play-off and a final.^[1]

Venues

World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010 was held at various districts of Punjab from 3–12 April 2010.^[2] The venues were as follows:

Yadvindra Public School Stadium, Patiala
War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur
Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur
Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur
Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar
Sports Stadium, Bathinda
Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Prize money

The winning team received a cash award of ₹1 crore besides a glittering rolling trophy. Runners-up took ₹51 lakh and third-place winners ₹21 lakh.^[3]

The fourth position were worth ₹10 lakh. Besides, individual awards (tractors) and other prizes were also given among the winners. Each team also got a sum of Rs 5 lakh as appearance money.^[4]

Schedule

All matches' timings are according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).

Group stage

Pool A

Team	Matches Played	Won	Lost	Points
India	4	4	0	8
Italy	4	3	1	6
United States	4	2	2	4
Australia	4	1	3	2
Iran	4	0	4	0

Qualified for semifinals

3 April 2010
21:40

India	62 - 26	United States

YPS Stadium, Patiala

4 April 2010
14:50

Italy	63 - 24	Iran

War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

5 April 2010
16:00

United States	47 - 43	Australia

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

5 April 2010
17:00

India	61 - 29	Italy

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

6 April 2010
14:50

United States	62 - 24	Iran

Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

6 April 2010
17:00

India	58 - 29	Australia

Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

7 April 2010
14:50

Italy	47 - 43	Australia

Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

7 April 2010
16:00

Iran	28 - 62	India

Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

8 April 2010
14:50

Iran	26 - 57	Australia

Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

8 April 2010
16:00

United States	43 - 45	Italy

Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

Pool B

Team	Matches Played	Won	Lost	Points
Pakistan	3	3	0	6
Canada	3	2	1	4
United Kingdom	3	1	2	2
Spain	3	0	3	0

Qualified for semifinals

4 April 2010
16:00

Pakistan	47 - 38	Canada

War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

4 April 2010
17:00

United Kingdom	47 - 28	Spain

War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

5 April 2010
14:50

Canada	66 - 28	Spain

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

6 April 2010
16:00

Pakistan	61 - 31	Spain

Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

7 April 2010
17:00

United Kingdom	29 - 49	Canada

Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

8 April 2010
17:00

Pakistan	50 - 23	United Kingdom

Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

10 April – Sports Stadium, Bathinda

Pakistan	57
		12 April – Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
Italy	33
		Pakistan	24
10 April – Sports Stadium, Bathinda
		India	58
India	51

Canada	36
		Third place

		12 April – Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

		Italy	22

		Canada	66

Semi-finals

10 April 2010
15:05

Pakistan	57 - 33	Italy

Sports Stadium, Bathinda

10 April 2010
16:35

India	51 - 36	Canada

Sports Stadium, Bathinda

Third-place playoff

12 April 2010
17:30

Italy	22 - 66	Canada

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Final

12 April 2010
19:30

Pakistan	24 - 58	India

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

2010 Kabaddi World Cup
1st Runners-up	Champions	2nd Runners-up
Pakistan	India Third Title	Canada

Broadcasting rights

India: Punjab Television Channel (PTC) had the broadcasting rights in India and Asia.^[5] ^[6]

Winners

India won the Kabaddi World Cup by defeating Pakistan in an interesting match on 12 April 2010 at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana and won ₹1 Crore as a Prize money and a glittering Golden World Cup Trophy. Pakistani team was paid ₹51 lakh as prize money and a Silver Cup Trophy. The best stopper award was won by Indian Captain Mangat Singh Manga and Best Raider award won by Kulwinder Singh Kinda of Canada. Both players were given tractors as an award. Mr. Parkash Singh Badal was heard to pay ₹5,000 to each player for every point but in the end this amount was reduced to ₹2,000. A government job was also announced for each Indian player.^[7]

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "kabaddi world cup 2010 in Punjab : Kabristan - The Graveyard". Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
^ http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/24695/38/
^ http://www.sportzpower.com/?q=content/parle%E2%80%99s-world-cup-kabaddi-punjab-scoops-rs60mn-sponsorship
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ India crushes Pakistan in final match of World Cup Kabaddi 2010

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "kabaddi world cup 2010 in Punjab : Kabristan - The Graveyard". Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

[4] ttp://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/24695/38/

[5] ttp://www.sportzpower.com/?q=content/parle%E2%80%99s-world-cup-kabaddi-punjab-scoops-rs60mn-sponsorship

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] India crushes Pakistan in final match of World Cup Kabaddi 2010

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