2011 Kabaddi World Cup (circle style)

Pearls Kabaddi World Cup 2011 was the second edition of the circle style Kabaddi World Cup played in Punjab, India and overall fourth Kabaddi World Cup. It was played in various cities of the province from 1 to 20 November 2011 with teams from 14 countries.^[1]

2011 Kabaddi World Cup

Logo of the 2011 Kabaddi World Cup
Tournament information
Dates	1 November–20 November
Administrator	Government of Punjab
Format	Circle Style
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Venue(s)	16 venues in 16 cities (List of Venues)
Participants	14 (List of Participants)
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
1st runners-up	Canada
2nd runners-up	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Best Raider	Gagandeep Singh Kheerawali
Best Stopper	Mangat Singh Mangi
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A total of 14 teams took part in this tournament in matches between 1 and 20 November.^[2]

•  Afghanistan
•  Argentina
•  Australia^DQ
•  Canada
•  Germany
•  India
•  Italy
•  Nepal
•  Norway
•  Pakistan
•  Spain
•  Sri Lanka
•  United Kingdom
•  United States^DQ

^DQ Disqualified during the tournament for doping

The teams were divided into two pools of seven teams each. Hosts India were placed in Pool A while their traditional rivals Pakistan were in Pool B.

Fourteen teams competed in tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of seven teams each, and followed round-robin format with each of the team playing all other teams in the pool once. Following the completion of the league matches, 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.

The games were played at:^[3]

• Sports Stadium, Bathinda
• Nehru Stadium, Faridkot
• Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur
• Dhudike, Moga
• Nehru Stadium, Rupnagar
• War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur
• Chohla Sahib, Tarn Taran
• Yadvindra Public School Stadium, Patiala
• Guru Nanak Sports Stadium, Kapurthala
• Doda, Muktsar
• Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar
• Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium, Ferozepur
• Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur
• NM Govt. College, Mansa
• Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
• Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

The teams vied for the title as well as the total prize money of ₹ 4.11 crore. According to Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and tournament's chairman Sukhbir Singh Badal, the prize money of this edition of the event been doubled to ₹ 2 crore for the winning team. The runners-up earned ₹ 1 crore, while the team finishing in third place received ₹ 51 lakhs. In addition, the deputy Chief Minister said each participating team would get ₹ 10 lakhs. The best raider and stopper of the tournament were awarded with Preet Tractors.^[4]

The event got off to an elaborate start on the evening of 1 November at Sports Stadium, Bathinda with performances by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, Sukhwinder Singh and other Punjabi artists, as well as a laser and fireworks show.

All matches' timings were according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).^[3]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD	Pts
India	6	6	0	0	362	125	237	12
Canada	6	5	0	1	301	180	121	10
United Kingdom	6	4	0	2	354	201	153	8
Germany	6	2	0	4	206	301	-95	4
Afghanistan	6	2	0	4	119	284	−165	4
Nepal	6	0	0	6	148	368	−220	0
Australia	6	2	0	4	222	215	7	4

Australia expelled from the tournament for doping

  Qualified for semifinals

2 November 2011 14:00  Australia 68–23  Nepal Nehru Stadium, Faridkot

2 November 2011 15:00  Canada 63–15  Afghanistan Nehru Stadium, Faridkot

2 November 2011 16:30  India 70–18  Germany Nehru Stadium, Faridkot

4 November 2011 14:00  India 67–21  Nepal Sports Stadium, Dhudike, Moga

4 November 2011 15:00  United Kingdom 68–13  Afghanistan Sports Stadium, Dhudike, Moga

4 November 2011 16:30  Canada 51–39  Australia Sports Stadium, Dhudike, Moga

6 November 2011 14:00  Germany 58–23  Nepal War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

6 November 2011 15:00  India 66–23  Australia War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

6 November 2011 16:30  Canada 42–34  United Kingdom War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur

8 November 2011 19:00  Afghanistan 48–41  Nepal Yadvindra Sports Stadium, Patiala

8 November 2011 20:00  India 58–22  United Kingdom Yadvindra Sports Stadium, Patiala

8 November 2011 21:30  Australia 60–29  Germany Yadvindra Sports Stadium, Patiala

10 November 2011 14:00  Australia 32–45  United Kingdom Sports Stadium, Doda, Muktsar

10 November 2011 15:00  Germany 62–26  Afghanistan Sports Stadium, Doda, Muktsar

10 November 2011 16:30  India 51–24  Canada Sports Stadium, Doda, Muktsar

12 November 2011 13:30  Canada 64–22  Nepal Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium, Ferozepur

12 November 2011 14:30  Australia 0–1  Afghanistan Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium, Ferozepur

• Australia Forfeits. Afghanistan won by walkover because of unavailability of required minimum of players for Australia.

12 November 2011 16:30  United Kingdom 65–19  Germany Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium, Ferozepur

15 November 2011 14:35  United Kingdom 63–18  Nepal NM Govt. College, Mansa

15 November 2011 15:35  India 50–17  Afghanistan NM Govt. College, Mansa

15 November 2011 16:45  Canada 58–19  Germany NM Govt. College, Mansa

Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD	Pts
Pakistan	6	5	0	1	371	129	242	10
Italy	6	4	0	2	314	194	120	8
Norway	5	3	0	2	222	200	22	6
Spain	6	2	0	4	255	258	-3	4
Argentina	6	1	0	5	129	402	−273	2
Sri Lanka	6	0	0	6	134	407	−273	0
United States	5	5	0	0	300	138	162	10

United States opted out from the tournament

  Qualified for semifinals

3 November 2011 19:00  Norway 49–35  Spain Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

3 November 2011 20:00  Italy 68–08  Argentina Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

3 November 2011 21:30  Pakistan 39–43  United States Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur

5 November 2011 14:00  Argentina 25–62  Norway Nehru Stadium, Rupnagar

5 November 2011 15:00  Pakistan 71–09  Sri Lanka Nehru Stadium, Rupnagar

5 November 2011 16:30  United States 56–37  Italy Nehru Stadium, Rupnagar

7 November 2011 14:00  Spain 70–26  Sri Lanka Chohla Sahib, Tarn Taran

7 November 2011 15:00  United States 71–17  Argentina Chohla Sahib, Tarn Taran

7 November 2011 16:30  Pakistan 50–37  Italy Chohla Sahib, Tarn Taran

9 November 2011 14:00  Norway 63–24  Sri Lanka Guru Nanak Sports Stadium, Kapurthala

9 November 2011 15:00  Pakistan 82–11  Argentina Guru Nanak Sports Stadium, Kapurthala

9 November 2011 16:30  Italy 52–31  Spain Guru Nanak Sports Stadium, Kapurthala

11 November 2011 19:00  Argentina 53–49  Sri Lanka Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

11 November 2011 20:00  Pakistan 67–15  Norway Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

11 November 2011 22:30  United States 54–35  Spain Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar

14 November 2011 13:30  United States 76–10  Sri Lanka Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

14 November 2011 14:30  Argentina 15–70  Spain Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

14 November 2011 16:30  Italy 49–33  Norway Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur

16 November 2011 19:05  Italy 74–16  Sri Lanka Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

16 November 2011  United States Abandoned  Norway Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

• Match abandoned due to USA's expulsion from the tournament

16 November 2011 21:15  Pakistan 62–14  Spain Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 November – Sports Stadium, Bathinda
	India	74
					20 November – Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Italy	15
					India	59
	18 November – Sports Stadium, Bathinda
					Canada	25
	Pakistan	39
	Canada	44
					Third place
					20 November – Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
					Italy	22
					Pakistan	60

18 November 2011 19:15  India 74–15  Italy Sports Stadium, Bathinda

18 November 2011 21:15  Pakistan 39–44  Canada Sports Stadium, Bathinda

• Canada had lesser players(8) to play with and as a result 2 points were awarded to Pakistan before the start of match and the start of the 2nd half.

20 November 2011 17:15  Italy 22–60  Pakistan Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

20 November 2011 22:15  India 59–25  Canada Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

• Canada had lesser players(8) to play with and as a result 2 points were awarded to India before the start of match and the beginning of the 2nd half.

2011 Kabaddi World Cup
1st Runners-up	Champions	2nd Runners-up
Canada	India Fourth Title	Pakistan

The closing ceremony of the Kabaddi World Cup was held at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on 20 November.

On this occasion Pakistan's former prime minister Chaudhary Sujaat Hussain, former information and sports minister Chaudhary Nisar Hussain, Pakistan Punjab's former education minister Mian Imran Masood, acting ambassador of Germany Ford Millard, Indian Punjab's chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, deputy chief minister and state's sports minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, Punjab cabinet minister Tikshan Sud along with his several cabinet colleagues, were also present.

The closing ceremony also included the appearances of Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangda Singh and performances by RDB from Canada, Punjabi singers Harbhajan Mann and Satinder Satti. .^[5]

Television

Countries	Broadcaster
India	PTC Punjabi (Opening & Closing ceremonies) PTC News (Day matches and All night matches) PTC Chak De (Day matches 16:30)
Canada  United States	PTC Punjabi
Pakistan	GEO Super

National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) was responsible for ensuring that second World Cup Kabaddi tournament is dope free. It was mandatory that in each match four players, two each from both playing teams go for dope test and the players were selected on the spot and he/she could be tested again.

On 12 November 2011, the number of players tested positive for drugs touched 25 from over 100 samples.^[6]

Teams from Australia (6), UK (5), US (4), Canada (4), Spain (4), Italy (3), Norway (2) Germany (1), Argentina (1), India (1) lost players on account of doping. Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Afghanistan and Nepal remained dope-free. The tournament was plunged into a new controversy when four members of the US team refused to give samples to the National Anti-Doping Agency officials for dope tests at Hoshiarpur.^[7] Taking a serious note of the refusal by the players, the technical committee of World Cup kabaddi held a meeting and decided to impose ban on the US team for rest of the matches.^[8]

The US team players claimed that they believed it was a well thought-out plan to target their team in doping tests as the organisers were keen on an India-Pakistan final clash.^[9][10]