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With 12 nations’ as many teams participating for one global title, the International Kabaddi Federation, announced to kick off the Kabaddi World Cup 2016 on Friday in Ahmedabad where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to be present during the Finals on October 22.
This is the first time that the 12 captains from across Olympic geographies have gathered in their national jerseys in Ahmedabad, host city of the mega event. Teams from India, US, UK,Australia, Iran, Poland, Thailand, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan, Argentina and Kenya will vie for the global title in this sport demonstrative of strength, skill and technique.
Organisers said Kabaddi World Cup 2016 would be the biggest Kabaddi extravaganza ever, with representation from all Olympic geographies. All the matches will be held at the brand new state-of- the-art stadium, The Arena, developed by TransStadia in the city.
Janardan Singh Gehlot, President, International Kabaddi Federation said, “This is the watershed moment for the sport of Kabaddi globally. The Federation has been working to develop Kabaddi as a competitive discipline. With the Kabaddi World Cup 2016, the sport is all set to get a breakthrough on a global stage.
The Kabaddi World Cup 2016 will be played in a round robin league round format, followed by semi-finals and an exciting final on Oct 22. The 12 teams will be divided into 2 pools of 6 teams each. The round robin league round format will narrow down the number of contenders in the next two weeks.
Star Sports will be the official broadcaster of the 2016 edition. All matches will be telecast exclusively on the Star Sports network and Hotstar. Broadcaster and partner Star Sports has packed in cutting-edge graphics, dense camera set-up around the playing area as well as an enhanced sound production system to capture action of the tournament. The event is expected to reach out to significant clusters of populations through broadcast in four languages, i.e., English, Hindi, Kannada and Telugu. It will also be broadcast globally to audience in 120-plus territories.
Hosts India will be facing South Korea on the first match on Friday, the opening day of the event.
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