The 2013 World Kabaddi Cup was the fourth edition of the circle style World Kabaddi Cup, held from 1 to 14 December 2013 with the Opening Ceremony on 30 November 2013 at

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. The tournament took place in

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Organization

The tournament was organized by the

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. The dates of the tournament were first announced publicly on 12 July 2013. Approving of the 20 crore budget for the 4th World Cup Kabaddi, the opening and closing ceremonies were telecast live throughout the country, with international broadcasting in Canada, the United States, India and the United Kingdom.

Participating nations

The 14-day-long event had 11 participating nations in the men's tournament, with 8 participating nations in the women's tournament.

Men's Tournament

* * * * * ^DNP * * * * * * * ^DNP Did not play.

Venues

The games played at the following venues. * Guru Nanak Stadium,

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* Multi-Purpose Sports Stadium,

* Sports Stadium,

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* Government College Stadium,

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* Lajwanti Stadium,

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* N.M. Government College Stadium,

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* Yadvindra Public School Stadium,

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* Nehru Stadium,

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* War Heroes Stadium,

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* Sen. Sec. School Stadium, Doda,

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* Guru Arjun Dev Sports Stadium,

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, Tarn Taran

Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony was held at

. Many Celebrities Of

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and

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Performed at this mega event. Those who performed were actress

Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra Jonas (; ; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is one of India's highest-paid actresses and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awar ...

Gippy Grewal Rupinder Singh "Gippy" Grewal (born 2 January 1983), is an Indian actor, singer, film director and producer whose works span over Punjabi and Hindi film industry. His single "Phulkari" was very successful in the Punjabi music industry. He mad ...

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and

Miss Pooja Gurinder Kaur Kainth, popularly known by her stage name Miss Pooja is an Indian singer and actress who primarily sings Punjabi songs in Bhangra, Pop and Folk genres. Personal life Miss Pooja was born to Inderpal Kainth and Saroj Devi, a fam ...

Closing Ceremony

Closing Ceremony was held at

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Mian

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was the chief guest for the ceremony. Many Indian and Pakistani Celebrities Of

and

performed at this mega event like actor

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, Bir Khalsa

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Group,

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, Prince Dance Group,

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. There was interruption in

's Performance by young supporter of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa who is on

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for release of Sikh Prisoners who have completed their full terms in jail and not even released yet.

Schedule

Note: All matches' timings are according to

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(UTC +5:30).

Group stage

Pool A

: Qualified for semifinals ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Pool B

: Qualified for semifinals ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

----

Third place

Final match

Women's Tournament

* * * * * * * *

Schedule

Note: All matches' timings are according to

(UTC +5:30).

Group stage

Pool A

: Qualified for semifinals ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Pool B

: Qualified for semifinals ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

----

Third place

Final match

Doping

Issuing strict instructions for ensuring dope free tournament, he said that every participant player would have to undergo dope test as prescribed by NADA and sanctioned Rs 100 crore budget for it.

Song

On 14 November 2013, prominent actor/director

Harpreet Sandhu (Actor) Harpreet Sandhu (born 8 January 1979) is an Indian actor, director, writer, music director, editor, cinematographer and poet. His debut Punjabi film '' Work Weather Wife'' was the first ever Punjabi and only Canadian film to get shortlisted at 87 ...

release a song based on Kabaddi world cup called 2013 World Cup sung by Dilbag Brar and produced by ArtGauge Films Inc.

Broadcasting

;Television

References

{{International Kabaddi Kabaddi World Cup Kabaddi competitions in India 2013 in Indian sport