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Kabaddi World Cup 2025: Full Schedule, Fixtures, Match Date, Time and More

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March 18, 2025

The top kabaddi players from men’s and women’s teams from the five World Kabaddi member continents—Africa, Asia, Oceania, Pan America, and Europe—will compete in the Kabaddi World Cup (KWC) – West Midlands 2025 in March 2025. Teams from India, China, Iran, and Pakistan as well as home teams from England and Scotland will compete in the World Cup, the first time the competition has been hosted outside of Asia.

The second edition of the Kabaddi World Cup to be organized under World Kabaddi’s authority is the 2025 Kabaddi World Cup. It will take place from March 17–23, 2025, in the West Midlands of England. The tournament will feature both women’s and men’s competitions.

The leading Kabaddi competition, the World Cup Kabaddi 2025, will be held in the United Kingdom for the second time after the 2019 tournament in Melaka, Malaysia. We look at the schedule for the competition below. The event will begin on March 17 and go through March 23, 2025.

The event is sponsored by the WMCA Commonwealth Games Major Events Legacy Fund and is organized by World Kabaddi and the British Kabaddi League (BKL) on behalf of the England Kabaddi Association. The event is primarily hosted by the City of Wolverhampton Council, with support from the councils of Birmingham, Coventry, and Walsall.

Birmingham, Coventry, Walsall, and Wolverhampton will host more than 60 matches throughout the course of the seven-day competition. With over 250 million spectators across Europe and easy access for more than half of the UK population within a two-hour travel time, this strategic location offers exceptional connectivity.

The Kabaddi World Cup 2025 seeks to attract a large audience, emphasizing both local and international viewers through business collaborations, tourism, and streaming.

Through streaming, travel, and corporate collaborations, the Kabaddi World Cup 2025 seeks to draw a wide audience, with an emphasis on both home and foreign viewers.

In more than 50 nations now, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Canada, the United States, Kenya, Poland, and Mexico, Kabaddi has transcended national boundaries.

Kabaddi is the sport with the highest rate of growth in South Asia, and past results from comparable competitions indicate that there is a sizable potential audience for the sport on a global level.

According to Pro Kabaddi League statistics, this event drew one billion viewers in just the 2014 and 2019 seasons. Furthermore, 1.2 billion social media impressions were recorded throughout the 2019 PKL season, demonstrating the strength of the already-established Kabaddi fan base around the world. This should be a partial focus for collaborations aiming at promoting the event.

All the Information You Need for the 2025 Kabaddi World Cup

Teams from five continents will travel to the UK to battle for the coveted crown in what is expected to be the biggest international Kabaddi tournament Kabaddi World Cup ever. The defending champions, India, are once again among the favorites to win the women’s and men’s titles.

Birmingham, Coventry, Walsall, and Wolverhampton are the four cities where more than 60 matches will be contested over seven days. With more than 250 million potential viewers around Europe and more than half of the UK’s population within two hours’ travel time, the central position provides convenient connectivity.

The league-cum-knockout format of the tournament Kabaddi World Cup will see teams placed in groups, with the top two clubs from each group moving on to the competition’s knockout stages. Following the Kabaddi World Cup, the following individuals will receive individual awards:

Best Raider
Best Defensive Player
Best Player (Overall)
MVP (Each Match)

The top players in each category will also be recognized by the selection of the Team of the Tournament, and the team that best demonstrates sportsmanship during the competition Kabaddi World Cup will receive a Fairplay award.

2025 Kabaddi World Cup: Schedule

Day 1: Wolverhampton

Group	Time	Category	Teams
A	11:00 AM	Men	England vs Cameroon
X	12:00 PM	Women	England vs Tanzania
B	1:00 PM	Men	Hong Kong China vs Scotland
C	3:00 PM	Men	India vs Tanzania
Y	4:00 PM	Women	India vs Kenya
C	5:00 PM	Men	China vs USA
B	6:00 PM	Men	Sri Lanka vs Egypt
A	7:00 PM	Men	Malaysia vs Poland

Day 2: Wolverhampton

Group	Time	Category	Teams
Y	10:00 AM	Women	Egypt vs Cameroon
D	11:00 AM	Men	Germany vs Italy
A	12:00 PM	Men	England vs Poland
A	1:00 PM	Men	Malaysia vs Cameroon
B	3:00 PM	Men	Sri Lanka vs Scotland
B	4:00 PM	Men	Hong Kong China vs Egypt
X	5:00 PM	Women	Hong Kong China vs Poland
D	6:00 PM	Men	Pakistan vs Kenya

Day 3: Coventry

Group	Time	Category	Teams
A	9:30 am	Men	Poland vs Cameroon
X	9:30am	Women	England vs Poland
11:30 am	10:30am	Men	Pakistan vs Italy
D	11:30am	Men	Germany vs Kenya
A	1:00 PM	Men	England vs Malaysia
C	2:00 PM	Men	China vs Tanzania
C	3:00 PM	Men	India vs USA
Y	4:00 PM	Women	India vs Cameroon

Day 4: Birmingham

Group	Time	Category	Teams
Y	10:00 AM	Women	Egypt vs Kenya
B	11:00 AM	Men	Scotland vs Egypt
D	12:00 PM	Men	Italy vs Kenya
C	1:00 PM	Men	USA vs Tanzania
C	3:00 PM	Men	India vs China
D	4:00 PM	Men	Pakistan vs Germany
X	5:00 PM	Women	Hong Kong China vs Tanzania
B	6:00 PM	Men	Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong China

Day 5: Walsall

Group	Time	Category	Teams
X	10:30 am	Women	Poland vs Tanzania
Y	11:30 pm	Women	Cameroon vs Kenya
X	12:30 pm	Women	England vs Hong Kong China
Y	12:30pm	Women	India vs Egypt
3:30 pm	2:15pm	Men	TBC vs TBC
Q2*	4:45 pm	Men	TBC vs TBC
Q3*	4:45pm	Men	TBC vs TBC
Q4*	6:00 PM	Men	TBC vs TBC