The 2012 Kabaddi World Championship was the first Kabaddi World Cup held for women. It was organised by The Government of

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and the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India It was held at

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from 1 to 4 March 2012 at the Patliputra Sports Complex,

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. Hosts

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

won the World Cup defeating

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in the finals.

Teams

A total of 16 teams took part in the World Cup. The teams are : * * * * (Host Nation) * * * * * * * * * * * *

Venue

All the matches were held at

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, Bihar.

Groups

The teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each:

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stages

Schedule and results

1 March *2012 17:00 hours M-01 India V/S Korea Pool – A India won by 38–14 points 2 March 2012 *08:00 hours M-02 Thailand V/S Turkmenistan Pool – B Thailand won by 64–19 points *08:00 hours M-03 Iran V/S Nepal Pool – D Iran won by 53–20 points *09:00 hours M-04 Bangladesh V/S Malaysia Pool – C Bangladesh won by 70–30 points *09:00 hours M-05 Taipei Vs Mexico Pool – A Taipei won by 88–21 points *10:00 hours M-06 Japan V/S Canada Pool – B Japan won by 29–08 points *10:00 hours M-07 Sri Lanka V/S Italy Pool – C Sri Lanka won by 75–13 points EVENING SESSION 2 March 2012 *15:00 hours M-08 Indonesia V/S USA Pool – D Indonesia won by 78–31 points *15:00 hours M-09 Japan V/S Turkmenistan Pool – B Japan won by 51–10 points *16:00 hours M-10 Sri Lanka V/S Malaysia Pool – C Sri Lanka won by 74–11 points *16:00 hours M-11 India V/S Taipei Pool – A India won by 43–18 points *17:00 hours M-12 Korea V/S Mexico Pool – A Korea won by 72–14 points *17:00 hours M-13 Thailand V/S Canada Pool – B Thailand won by 44–14 points *18:00 hours M-14 Bangladesh V/S Italy Pool – C Bangladesh won by 85–11 points *18:00 hours M-15 Indonesia V/S Nepal Pool – D Indonesia won by 60–30 points *19:00 hours M-16 Iran V/S USA Pool – D Iran won by 50–38 points 3 March 2012 *08:00 hours M-17 Iran V/S Indonesia Pool – D Iran won by 57–28 points *08:00 hours M-18 Korea V/S Taipei Pool – A Korea won by 33–29 points *09:00 hours M-19 Malaysia V/S Italy Pool – C Italy won by 57–55 points *09:00 hours M-20 Thailand V/S Japan Pool – B Thailand won by 21–20 points *10:00 hours M-21 Bangladesh V/S Sri Lanka Pool – C Bangladesh won by 38–26 points *10:00 hours M-22 India V/S Mexico Pool – A India won by 49–23 points *11:00 hours M-23 Nepal V/S USA Pool – D Nepal won by 72–50 points *11:00 hours M-24 Turkmenistan V/S Canada Pool – B Canada won by 68–27 points EVENING SESSION 3 March 2012 Quarter-finals *16:00 hours M-25 India V/s Indonesia India won by 66–20 points *17:00 hours M-26 Japan V/s Bangladesh Japan won by 17–15 points *18:00 hours M-27 Thailand V/s Sri Lanka Thailand won by 30–18 points *19:00 hours M-28 Iran V/s Korea Iran won by 40–16 points 4 March 2012 Semi-finals *15:30 hours M-29 Thailand V/s Iran Iran won by 46–26 points *16:30 hours M-30 India V/s Japan India won by 59–20 points FINAL *18:00 hours M-31 winner of match no. 29 Vs India won by 25–19 points Winner of Match No −30

References

{{reflist International sports competitions hosted by India Kabaddi competitions in India 2012 in Indian women's sport