6th Asian Women's Kabaddi Championship: Schedule, results, pools & teams

The Asian Women’s Kabaddi Championship 2025 will run for three days in Iran.

The Asian Kabaddi Federation announced the schedule for the 6th Asian Women’s Kabaddi Championship 2025. The tournament, which will be held after eight years, will take place from March 6 to 8 and will be hosted by Tehran, Iran. Seven teams were split into two groups for the three-day competition.

Defending champions India are in Pool A with Thailand, Malaysia, and Bangladesh. Hosts Iran are drawn in Pool B with Iraq and Nepal. Having won the title in four of the five editions, India will start as favorites. They will begin their campaign on March 6 against their eastern neighbors Bangladesh and conclude the first day by playing Thailand.

They will start the proceedings on the second day with their final group game against Malaysia. India’s primary challenger will be Iran, they will play their first game against their traditional rival, Iraq. They will play the second game against Nepal on the second day.

The semi-finals will take place in the latter part of the day, while the final will be held on March 8. The eighth team of the tournament, Chinese Taipei, pulled out of the competition earlier this week, and the organisers haven’t been able to find a replacement. Therefore, they organized the competition as seven teams.

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Chinese Taipei, the 2022 Asian Games Silver medalist, and their pulling out has made life easier for Iran. The Hosts failed to make it to the finals in the last two editions, and they will look to make amends for the same and have a shot at the Gold Medal.

The tournament serves as a perfect launching pad for the players to prepare for the Women’s Kabaddi World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in Bihar later this year. India will be led by the comeback girl Sonali Vishnu Shingate, with the usual suspects, Pushpa Rana, Jyoti Thakur, and Sakshi Sharma, rallying together to win their fifth title.

Pools:

Pool A: India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia.

Pool B: Iran, Iraq, Nepal.

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Schedule:

March 6, 2025

Day 1 Morning Session Results:

• Match 1: Iran 58-13 Iraq
• Match 2: Thailand 45-24 Malaysia
• Match 3: India 64-23 Bangladesh

Day 1 Evening Session Results:

• Match 4: Bangladesh 52-12 Malaysia
• Match 5: Nepal 68-06 Iraq
• Match 6: India 76-21 Thailand

March 7, 2025

• Match 7: India 73-19 Malaysia
• Match 8: Iran 47-14 Nepal
• Match 9: Bangladesh 42-27 Thailand

March 7, 2025

Semi-finals

• Match 10: Semifinal 1 – India 56-18 Nepal
• Match 11: Semifinal 2 – Iran 41-18 Bangladesh

March 8, 2025

Final

Match 12: Final – India 32-25 Iran

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