Sixteen teams including Pakistan and India will participate in the week-long tournament starting March 17
\nBIRMINGHAM
\nEngland is set to host the 2025 men\u2019s and women\u2019s Kabaddi World Cup. The week-long tournament will take place in the West Midlands region in March this year. Sixteen teams including Pakistan, India and host England will lock horns in the tournament which is being held for the first time outside of Asia.
\nFor the men\u2019s competition, sixteen teams have been divided into four groups while the women\u2019s competition will have two groups. Matches will be played at four venues in Birmingham, Walsall, Coventry and Wolverhampton from 17 to 23 March. Kabaddi-playing nations from Asia, Africa, America and Europe will participate in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions, with a total of over 60 matches will be played in the tournament.
\nIn the men\u2019s competition, the Pakistan team is placed into \u201cGroup D\u201d along with Taiwan, Italy and Kenya. Host England is in \u201cGroup A\u201d with Malaysia, Poland and Cameroon. Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Scotland and Egypt are placed in \u201cGroup B\u201d while former world champion India is \u201cGroup C\u201d with China, USA and Tanzania.
\nFor the women\u2019s competition England, Hong Kong, Poland and Tanzania are in \u201cGroup A\u201d while India, Egypt, Scotland and Kenya are in \u201cGroup B\u201d.
\nThe tournament will commence on March 17 with hosts England taking on Cameroon. Before that, a brief opening ceremony will also take place.
\nPakistan will play the first match of the tournament against Kenya on March 18. On March 19, the teams will then travel to Coventry for the second round of group stage matches where Pakistan will be up against Italy at Coventry Arena. The following day Birmingham\u2019s Nechells Wellbeing Centre will host the teams for the remaining group stage matches in men\u2019s competition. On 21st March remaining matches of the Women\u2019s groups stage will be played at the University of Wolverhampton, Walsall campus followed by men\u2019s quarter finals. The tournament will then head back to Wolverhampton where Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s semi-finals are scheduled to take place on March 22. Matches for third place as well as the finals of both men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams will also be staged in Wolverhampton on March 23.
\nThe Kabaddi World Cup 2025 has received \u00a3500,000 of funding from the UK Government\u2019s Commonwealth Games Legacy Enhancement Fund following a joint bid by City of Wolverhampton Council and World Kabaddi. The funding will not only ensure that the Commonwealth Games\u2019 positive and enduring legacy will continue to benefit the entire region but also help increase access to sport and culture, boosting the West Midlands region\u2019s reputation as a world-class host for major events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sixteen teams including Pakistan and India will participate in the week-long tournament starting March 17 BIRMINGHAM England is set to host the 2025 men\u2019s and women\u2019s Kabaddi World Cup. The week-long tournament will take place in the West Midlands region in March this year. Sixteen teams including Pakistan, India and host England will lock horns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-464260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n