2011_Kabaddi_World_Cup_(Circle_style)

2011 Kabaddi World Cup (circle style)

2011 Kabaddi World Cup (circle style)

International kabaddi tournament in India


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]

Quick Facts Tournament information, Dates ...

Teams

A total of 14 teams took part in this tournament in matches between 1 and 20 November.[2]

DQ Disqualified during the tournament for doping

Pools

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.

More information Pool A, Pool B ...

Competition format

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.

Venues

The games were played at:[3]

Prize money

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]

Opening ceremony

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.

Schedule

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

Group stage

Pool A

More information Team, Pld ...

Australia expelled from the tournament for doping

  Qualified for semifinals

More information Australia, 68–23 ...

More information Canada, 63–15 ...

More information India, 70–18 ...

More information India, 67–21 ...

More information United Kingdom, 68–13 ...

More information Canada, 51–39 ...

More information Germany, 58–23 ...

More information India, 66–23 ...

More information Canada, 42–34 ...

More information Afghanistan, 48–41 ...

More information India, 58–22 ...

More information Australia, 60–29 ...

More information Australia, 32–45 ...

More information Germany, 62–26 ...

More information India, 51–24 ...

More information Canada, 64–22 ...

More information Australia, 0–1 ...
  • Australia Forfeits. Afghanistan won by walkover because of unavailability of required minimum of players for Australia.

More information United Kingdom, 65–19 ...

More information United Kingdom, 63–18 ...

More information India, 50–17 ...

More information Canada, 58–19 ...

Pool B

More information Team, Pld ...

United States opted out from the tournament

  Qualified for semifinals

More information Norway, 49–35 ...

More information Italy, 68–08 ...

More information Pakistan, 39–43 ...

More information Argentina, 25–62 ...

More information Pakistan, 71–09 ...

More information United States, 56–37 ...

More information Spain, 70–26 ...

More information United States, 71–17 ...

More information Pakistan, 50–37 ...

More information Norway, 63–24 ...

More information Pakistan, 82–11 ...

More information Italy, 52–31 ...

More information Argentina, 53–49 ...

More information Pakistan, 67–15 ...

More information United States, 54–35 ...

More information United States, 76–10 ...

More information Argentina, 15–70 ...

More information Italy, 49–33 ...

More information Italy, 74–16 ...

More information United States, Abandoned ...
  • Match abandoned due to USA's expulsion from the tournament

More information Pakistan, 62–14 ...

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 November – Sports Stadium, Bathinda
 
 
 India74
 
20 November – Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
 
 Italy15
 
 India59
 
18 November – Sports Stadium, Bathinda
 
 Canada25
 
 Pakistan39
 
 
 Canada44
 
Third place
 
 
20 November – Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
 
 
 Italy22
 
 
 Pakistan60

Semi-finals

More information India, 74–15 ...

More information Pakistan, 39–44 ...
  • 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.

Third place

More information Italy, 22–60 ...

Final

More information India, 59–25 ...
  • 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

Closing ceremony

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]

Broadcasting rights

Television
More information Countries, Broadcaster ...

Doping

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]


References

  1. "World Kabaddi cup begins in Punjab". Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. 2nd Kabaddi World Cup Punjab 2011. Kabaddi.org (31 October 2011). Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  3. Devi, Kanchana (2 November 2011). "World Kabaddi cup begins in Punjab today". TruthDive. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. Kabaddi 'WC' touches a new low. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (12 November 2011). Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  5. US players refuse to take dope test. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (15 November 2011). Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  6. US team banned from Kabaddi World Cup. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (16 November 2011). Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  7. "Kabaddi WC 2011 final between Ind-Pak fixed by organisers: US Team". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

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