The 2012 Kabaddi World Championship was the first Kabaddi World Cup held for women. It was organised by The Government of Bihar and the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India ^[1] It was held at Patna from 1 to 4 March 2012 at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankarbagh.^[2] Hosts India won the World Cup defeating Iran in the finals.^[3][4]

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1st Kabaddi World Cup (Women)

Tournament information
Dates	1 March–4 March
Administrator	Government of Bihar Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India
Format	Standard style
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	India
Venue(s)	Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankarbagh, Patna
Participants	16
Final positions
Champions	India
1st runners-up	Iran
2nd runners-up	Japan  Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31

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A total of 16 teams took part in the World Cup.^[1] The teams are :

•  Bangladesh
•  Canada
•  Chinese Taipei
•  India (Host Nation)
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  South Korea
•  Malaysia
•  Mexico
•  Nepal
•  Thailand
•  Turkmenistan
•  United States
•  Sri Lanka

All the matches were held at Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankarbagh, Bihar.^[5]

The teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each: ^[1]

More information Group A, Group B ...

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
India	Thailand	Bangladesh	Iran
South Korea	Japan	Sri Lanka	Indonesia
Chinese Taipei	Canada	Italy	Nepal
Mexico	Turkmenistan	Malaysia	United States

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1 March

• 2012 17:00 hours M-01 India V/S Korea Pool – A India won by 38–14 points

2 March 2012

• 08:00 hours M-02 Thailand V/S Turkmenistan Pool – B Thailand won by 64–19 points
• 08:00 hours M-03 Iran V/S Nepal Pool – D Iran won by 53–20 points
• 09:00 hours M-04 Bangladesh V/S Malaysia Pool – C Bangladesh won by 70–30 points
• 09:00 hours M-05 Taipei Vs Mexico Pool – A Taipei won by 88–21 points
• 10:00 hours M-06 Japan V/S Canada Pool – B Japan won by 29–08 points
• 10:00 hours M-07 Sri Lanka V/S Italy Pool – C Sri Lanka won by 75–13 points

EVENING SESSION

2 March 2012

• 15:00 hours M-08 Indonesia V/S USA Pool – D Indonesia won by 78–31 points
• 15:00 hours M-09 Japan V/S Turkmenistan Pool – B Japan won by 51–10 points
• 16:00 hours M-10 Sri Lanka V/S Malaysia Pool – C Sri Lanka won by 74–11 points
• 16:00 hours M-11 India V/S Taipei Pool – A India won by 43–18 points
• 17:00 hours M-12 Korea V/S Mexico Pool – A Korea won by 72–14 points
• 17:00 hours M-13 Thailand V/S Canada Pool – B Thailand won by 44–14 points
• 18:00 hours M-14 Bangladesh V/S Italy Pool – C Bangladesh won by 85–11 points
• 18:00 hours M-15 Indonesia V/S Nepal Pool – D Indonesia won by 60–30 points
• 19:00 hours M-16 Iran V/S USA Pool – D Iran won by 50–38 points

3 March 2012

• 08:00 hours M-17 Iran V/S Indonesia Pool – D Iran won by 57–28 points
• 08:00 hours M-18 Korea V/S Taipei Pool – A Korea won by 33–29 points
• 09:00 hours M-19 Malaysia V/S Italy Pool – C Italy won by 57–55 points
• 09:00 hours M-20 Thailand V/S Japan Pool – B Thailand won by 21–20 points
• 10:00 hours M-21 Bangladesh V/S Sri Lanka Pool – C Bangladesh won by 38–26 points
• 10:00 hours M-22 India V/S Mexico Pool – A India won by 49–23 points
• 11:00 hours M-23 Nepal V/S USA Pool – D Nepal won by 72–50 points
• 11:00 hours M-24 Turkmenistan V/S Canada Pool – B Canada won by 68–27 points

EVENING SESSION

3 March 2012 Quarter-finals

• 16:00 hours M-25 India V/s Indonesia India won by 66–20 points
• 17:00 hours M-26 Japan V/s Bangladesh Japan won by 17–15 points
• 18:00 hours M-27 Thailand V/s Sri Lanka Thailand won by 30–18 points
• 19:00 hours M-28 Iran V/s Korea Iran won by 40–16 points

4 March 2012 Semi-finals

• 15:30 hours M-29 Thailand V/s Iran Iran won by 46–26 points
• 16:30 hours M-30 India V/s Japan India won by 59–20 points

FINAL

• 18:00 hours M-31 winner of match no. 29

Vs India won by 25–19 points Winner of Match No −30^[1]