The International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) announced the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup schedule which will be hosted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In the upcoming Kabaddi World Cup, total 12 countries are participating. The tournament is scheduled to start from 7 October 2016 and will end on 22 October 2016. All the matches of 2016 KWC will be held at the Arena by TransStadia, upcoming state-of-the-art stadium in Ahmedabad. Team India will play first match against South Korea in the opening match of the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup on October 7.
Apart from India, other countries who will battle for 2016 Kabaddi World Cup include United States, Canada, UK, Australia, Iran, Poland, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan and Kenya. The Indian Kabaddi team will compete with 11 other countries which listed above. All the 12 international Kabaddi teams will be divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each.
The tournament will play in a round-robin league round format and top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals while final will be played on 22 October 2016. Group A consists of India, Bangladesh, South Korea, Australia, England and Argentina while Group B consist Iran, Thailand, Japan, USA, Poland and Kenya. Here is the complete schedule and match fixtures of Kabaddi World Cup 2016 Schedule.
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