The Pakistan national kabaddi team represents Pakistan in international kabaddi. The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation manages the team.
History The Pakistan national Kabaddi team have regularly won medals at the Asian Games and Kabaddi World Cup (circle style) but is yet to compete at the Kabaddi World Cup (standard style). In Asian Games, they have won seven bronze and two silver medals. Pakistan won the silver medal in men's kabaddi at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games in Macau, China, after losing to India in the final by a score of 35–17. Since 1985, Pakistan has taken part in 38 major international competitions in which they have reached the finals 25 times, winning five of those competitions, and being runners-up 20 times and had third-place finishes 13 times.
Performance in the World Beach Kabaddi Championship Pakistan secured a silver medal at the inaugural World Beach Kabaddi Championship 2024 in Bandar Anzali, Iran, after losing to the hosts in the final.
Performance in the Asian Games
Pakistan had won a medal in every Asian Games kabaddi competition until the 2026 edition, where it failed to finish on the podium. Pakistan won bronze medals in the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games. In the 1998 edition, Pakistan bagged silver, losing to India in the final. Four years later, Pakistan won third place in 2002 Asian Games before losing gold to India by 35-23 in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. Pakistan came third in the next four editions of Asian Games in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.
Performance in the Asian Championship Pakistan has won three medals at the Asian Kabaddi Championships, including two silver medals in 2005 at Tehran and in 2017 at Gorgan and one bronze medal in 2000 at Colombo.
Performance in the South Asian Games
Pakistan became champions of South Asia in 1993 by beating archrival India in the final. It was the only time Pakistan became champions of South Asia. After that Pakistani team played as finalists six times and won bronze medals four times but never won another championships.
Performance in the Cricle Asia Cup
Pakistan became Asian champion in 2012 by beating India in the final of Circle Kabaddi Asia Cup after finishing as runner up in the previous edition. Pakistan became Asian champion for the second time in a row in 2016 after beating India by 50-31 in the final of the Circle Kabaddi Asian Cup.
Performance in the Asian Beach Games In 2016, Pakistan became Asian champion after beating India by 30-28 in the finals. It was the first title of Pakistan in the Asian Beach Games and before that Pakistan finished as runner up for four times in the last four competitions. Pakistan also won a bronze medal at the 2026 Asian Beach Games.
Performance in the World Cup (circle style)
In 2020 Pakistan became World Champion after being runner up four times in the last five World Cup competitions, beating India by 43-41 at the Punjab Stadium in Lahore.
Origination
Kabaddi is a traditional sport that originated in India and is part of the region's cultural heritage. The game is played across Asia and is known by various names: 'kabaddi' or 'kaudi' in Pakistan and India, 'Guddo' in Sri Lanka, and other names in Indonesia. Its rules also vary slightly between countries.
Tournament records
Standard kabaddi
World Cup
YearRankPldWDL 2004Withdrew0000 2007Withdrew0000 2016Withdrew0000Total0/30000
Asian Games
YearRankMWDLPFPAPD 1990Third place6312134131+3 1994Third place420215390+63 1998Runners-up641121980+139 2002Third place530287106-19 2006Runners-up5302164142+22 2010Third place430113170+61 2014Third place420210089+11 2018Third place6402209125+84 2022Third place4202144160-16 2026 4000---Total9/944262161341993+348
Asian Kabaddi Championship
Asian Kabaddi Championship Year Host country Position2000 Colombo, Sri Lanka 2005 Tehran, Iran 2017 Gorgan, Iran
South Asian Games
South Asian Games Year Host city Position1985 Dhaka, Bangladesh 1987 Kolkata, India 1989 Islamabad, Pakistan 1993 Dhaka, Bangladesh 1995 Madras, India 1999 Kathmandu, Nepal 2004 Islamabad, Pakistan 2006 Colombo, Sri Lanka 2010 Dhaka, Bangladesh 2016 Guwahati & Shillong, India 2019 Kathmandu, Pokhara & Janakpur, Nepal
Dubai Kabaddi Masters
YearRankPldWDL 2018Third place5203Total1/15203
Beach kabaddi
World Beach Kabaddi Championship YearRankPldWDL 2024Runners-up6501Total1/16501
Asian Beach Games
YearRankPldWDL 2008Runners-up6411 2010Runners-up6501 2012Runners-up5401 2014Runners-up5311 2016Champions4310 2026Third place4202Total6/6302136
Indoor kabaddi
Asian Indoor and Martial Games
YearRankPldWDL 2007Runners-up7502 2009Did not enter 2013Did not enter 2017Not contestedTotal1/37502
Circle kabaddi
Circle World Cup
YearRankPldWDL 2010Runners-up5401 2011Third place8602 2012Runners-up5401 2013Runners-up7601 2014Runners-up7601 2020Champions6600Total6/6383206
Circle Asian Cup
YearRankPldWDL 2011Runners-up5401 2012Champions5500 2016Champions5500Total3/3151401
Current squad Player Position Franchise Shafiq Chishti (Captain) All-rounder Faisalabad Sherdils Mudassar Ali All-rounder Lahore Thunder Nasir Ali All-rounder Gujrat Warriors Waqas Butt Raider Multan Sikandar Arshad Nadeem Raider Sahiwal Bulls Sohail Akhtar Raider Islamabad All Stars Bilal Irshad Raider Gwadar Bahadurs Imran Butt Raider Karachi Zorawar Mohsin Ali Raider Kashmir Janbaaz Sajjad Gujjar Left-cover (Defender) Faisalabad Sherdils Irfan Malik Right-corner (Defender) Peshawar Haiders Asif Niazi Right-cover (Defender) Lahore Thunder Amir Nawaz Left-corner (Defender) Gujrat Warriors Usman Warraich Right-corner (Defender) Karachi Zorawar Taimoor Khan Right-cover (Defender) Kashmir Janbaaz Naveed Ashraf Left-cover (Defender) Multan Sikandar
Coaching staff Position Name Head coach Badshah Gul Assistant coach (Not publicly detailed) Coaching staff (additional) Pakistan Kabaddi Federation staff
International grounds
Stadium City Province Capacity Matches hosted Notes Punjab Stadium, Pakistan Lahore Punjab 10,000 Kabaddi World Cup, international friendlies Main kabaddi venue in Pakistan; hosted multiple editions of Kabaddi World Cup (circle style) Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad Punjab 18,000 National finals, exhibition matches Originally a cricket venue; occasionally used for outdoor kabaddi events Nishtar Park Sports Complex Lahore Punjab 5,000 Asian Kabaddi Championship, training camps Multi-sport facility with indoor kabaddi arrangements
Friendly Tournament records
Circle Style Kabaddi
This style of game introduced in Pakistan in 1956 Pakistan participate in the below mentioned competitions
Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1956, India (Gold) Canada Kabaddi Cup 1981, Canada (Silver) Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1982 Lahore, Pakistan (Gold) Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1983 Lahore, Pakistan (Silver) Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1984 Lahore, Pakistan (Gold) Prime Minister International Gold Cup 1997, Pakistan (Gold) Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 1998, India (Silver) Prime Minister International Gold Cup 1999, Pakistan (Gold) Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 2002, India (Silver) Indo-Pak Games 2004 Patyala, India (Silver) Takkar Kabaddi Series 2008 Pakistan afaad (Silver) Pak Vs India Kabaddi Series 2009, India (Silver) International Kabaddi Tournament 2009 Kharian, Pakistan (Gold) Kabaddi Premier League 2013, Dubai (Gold) International Kabaddi Cup 2013 UK (Bronze) 37th International Kabaddi Championship 2014 POF Wah (Gold)
Notable players Nasir Ali Wajid Ali Waseem Sajjad Muhammad Khalid Muhammad Arshad Ibrar Hussain Abrar Khan Maqsood Ali Abdul Mukhtar Atif Waheed Akhlaq Hussain Muhammad Ali Shafiq Ahmed Chishti Ali Warraich
See also Kabaddi at the Asian Games Pakistan Kabaddi Federation
References
External links Official Website World Cup 2007 Results World cup 2004 Results