International Kabaddi Federation

The International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) is the international governing body of Kabaddi.^[1] Its membership comprises 31 national associations.^[2] The federation was formed in 2004 and was founded by Ashish Pachori from India who served as the first president.^[3]

International Kabaddi Federation

Sport	Kabaddi
Abbreviation	IKF
Founded	January 2004; 20 years ago (January 2004)
Location	Jaipur, India
President	Vinod Kumar Tiwari (India)
Secretary	R.M. Sunderashan (Malaysia)

Members

The following countries are members of the International Kabaddi Federation:^[4][5]

Affiliated Countries
Country	Continent	Men's team	Women's team
Afghanistan	Asia	Y	N
Argentina	America	Y	N
Australia	Oceania	Y	N
Bangladesh	Asia	Y	Y
China	Asia	Y	N
Denmark	Europe	Y	Y
England	Europe	Y	Y
Hong Kong	Asia	Y	Y
India	Asia	Y	Y
Indonesia	Asia	Y	Y
Iran	Asia	Y	Y
Japan	Asia	Y	Y
Kenya	Africa	Y	Y
Kuwait	Asia	N	N
Malaysia	Asia	Y	Y
Nepal	Asia	Y	Y
Oman	Asia	Y	N
Pakistan	Asia	Y	Y
South Korea	Asia	Y	Y
Sri Lanka	Asia	Y	Y
Chinese Taipei	Asia	Y	Y
Thailand	Asia	Y	Y
Turkmenistan	Asia	Y	Y
United States	America	Y	Y
Provisional Affiliated Countries
Algeria	Africa	N	N
Iraq	Asia	Y	Y
Lebanon	Asia	N	N
Netherlands	Europe	N	N
Palestine	Asia	N	N
Poland	Europe	Y	Y
Senegal	Africa	N	N
Singapore	Asia	N	N
Syria	Asia	N	N
Sweden	Europe	Y	N
Uganda	Africa	N	N

The non-member countries who have their national team are:

Country	Continent	Men's Team	Women's Team
Azerbaijan	Europe	Y	Y
Canada	America	Y	Y
Germany	Europe	Y	N
Italy	Europe	Y	Y
Mexico	America	N	Y
New Zealand	Oceania	Y	Y
Norway	Europe	Y	N
Scotland	Europe	Y	N
Sierra Leone	Africa	Y	N
Spain	Europe	Y	N
Tanzania	Africa	Y	Y
Vietnam	Asia	Y	Y
West Indies	America	Y	N

IKF Confederations

• Asian Kabaddi Federation
• Africa Kabaddi Union

IKF structured tournaments

Includes both men's and women's events

Standard Kabaddi	Events
World	Kabaddi World Cup - Standard style Junior Kabaddi World Cup
Asia	Asian Games Asian Kabaddi Championship
Africa	Africa Kabaddi Championship
Beach Kabaddi	Events
World	World Beach Kabaddi Championship
Asia	Asian Beach Games
Europe	European Beach Kabaddi Championship
Indoor Kabaddi	Events
Asia	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Current title holders

Standard Kabaddi	Men's	Women's
World Cup	India (2016)	India (2012)
Asian Games	India (2022)	India (2022)
Asian Championship	India (2023)	India (2017)
Africa Championship	Kenya (2024)	Uganda (2023)
Junior World Cup	India (2023)
Beach Kabaddi	Men's	Women's
World Championship	Iran (2024)
Asian Beach Games	Pakistan (2016)	India (2016)
European Championship	Poland (2024)	Poland (2024)
Indoor Kabaddi	Men's	Women's
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	(2013)	(2013)

References

1. Ming Li; Eric W. MacIntosh; Gonzalo A. Bravo (15 May 2011). International Sport Management. Human Kinetics 10%. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-4504-2241-3. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
2. John Nauright; Charles Parrish (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
3. "Gehlot to head IKF". The Hindu. 2004-11-22. Archived from the original on 2004-12-24. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
4. "MEMBER COUNTRIES". kabaddiikf.com. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
5. Member Countries Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official Website