Women's Kabaddi Challenge was a Kabaddi league in India started like
Pro Kabaddi League for women. Three teams took part in inaugural season in 2016 and the league was played across seven cities in India. It was a test event and only one season was organised.
Season 1
The first season was played in 2016, from 28 June to 31 July and was broadcast by
Star Sports Star Sports refers to several current or former Asian sports networks owned by The Walt Disney Company:
* Star Sports (East Asian TV channel)
* Star Sports (Indian TV network)
* Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network)
Fox Sports (formerly ESPN ...
in India. The final was scheduled along with men's version on 31 July.
Final was conducted between Storm Queen and Fire Birds. Storm Queens produced a last second turnaround to defeat Fire Birds 24-23 in the final.
Venues and Teams
Three teams will take part in first season
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Fire Birds
''Fire Birds'' (released under the alternative title ''Wings of the Apache'') is a 1990 American military action film directed by David Green and produced by William Badalato, Keith Barish and Arnold Kopelson. The storyline was conceived by retir ...
- Captain:
Mamatha Poojari
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Ice Divas - Captain:
Abhilasha Mhatre
Abhilasha Mhatre is an Indian professional kabaddi player and was the Captain of Indian National Women's Kabaddi Team. She has won the Arjuna Award of Government of India in 2015. Known for her elegant footwork she is regarded as one of the fi ...
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Storm Queens - Captain:
Tejaswini Bai
There will be seven venues for first edition
Bangalore
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Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
,
Jaipur,
Kolkata,
Mumbai and
Pune
See also
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Women's Kabaddi League
References
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