Kabaddi at the 2014 Asian Games
Kabaddi at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Songdo Global University Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea from 28 September to 3 October 2014.India's both men's and women's team won two kabaddi gold medals by defeating the same opponent Iran in the finals where Iran won silver in both the categories.[1] Bronze was given to South Korea and Pakistan in men's draw and while women's team of Bangladesh and Thailand clinched it after their respective defeats in semifinals.[2]
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |
 India (IND)Jasvir Singh Anup Kumar Manjit Chillar Ajay Thakur Rakesh Kumar Gurpreet Singh Navneet Gautam Surjeet Kumar Parveen Kumar Nitin Madane Surjeet Singh Rajaguru Subramanian |
 Iran (IRI)Fazel Atrachali Meraj Sheikh Mehdi Mousavi Hadi Oshtorak Gholam Abbas Korouki Farhad Rahimi Mohammad Maghsoudloo Meisam Abbasi Hadi Tajik Reza Kamali Moghaddam Abolfazl Maghsoudloo Meisam Ghajar |
 South Korea (KOR)Kim Ki-dong Eom Tae-deok Park Hyun-il Lee Jang-kun Hong Dong-ju Yook Sang-min Ahn Hwan-gi Jung Kwang-soo Kim Seong-ryeol Seo Dea-ho Kim Gyung-tae Heo Youn-chan |
 Pakistan (PAK)Nasir Ali Muhammad Kashif Atif Waheed Wajid Ali Waseem Sajjad Ibrar Hussain Muhammad Rizwan Aqeel Hassan Muhammad Nisar Muhammad Shahbaz Anwar Shabbir Ahmed Hassan Ali | |||
| Women |
India (IND) Kavita Kavita Devi V. Tejeswini Bai Abhilasha Mhatre Pooja Thakur Priyanka Anita Mavi Lakshman Singh Jayanthi Sumitra Sharma Mamatha Poojary Sushmita Pawar Kishore Dilip Shinde |
Iran (IRI) Salimeh Abdollahbakhsh Zahra Masoumabadi Marzieh Eshghi Maliheh Miri Sedigheh Jafari Ghazal Khalaj Farideh Zarifdoust Mojgan Zare Hengameh Bourghani Sahar Ilat Saeideh Jafari Tahereh Tirgar |
 Thailand (THA)Alisa Limsamran Namfon Kangkeeree Chonlada Chaiprapan Kamontip Suwanchana Alisa Thongsook Sai Jaemjaroen Atchara Puangngern Nuchanart Maiwan Nantharat Nantakitkosol Rattana Rueangkoet Wattakan Kammachot Naleerat Ketsaro |
 Bangladesh (BAN)Shahnaz Parvin Maleka Kazi Shahin Ara Sharmin Sultana Rima Farzana Akhter Baby Fatema Akhter Poly Juni Chakma Shila Akhter Rupali Akhter Suma Akhter Mita Khatun Tuktuki Akhter Azmira Khatun Dola |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | India (IND) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Draw
A draw ceremony was held on 21 August 2014 to determine the groups for the men's and women's competitions. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2010 Asian Games.[3]
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Final standing
Men
For more details on this topic, see Kabaddi at the 2014 Asian Games – Men.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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India | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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Iran | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
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Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Women
For more details on this topic, see Kabaddi at the 2014 Asian Games – Women.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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Iran | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
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Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Thailand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
References
- ↑ "Asian Games 2014: India Win Two Kabaddi Golds". "NDTV sports". Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Medalists by evnt in kabaddi at 2014 Asian Games". Official website of Asiad 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Press Release: Incheon Asian Games draw ceremony". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
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