2004 Kabaddi World Cup was the first kabaddi

Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...

 world cup and was played in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 won the first ever world cup with a 55-27 scoreline over Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 in the final.

Teams

With last minute withdrawal of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 and Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, 12 teams competed in the tournament.

• West Indies

Pools

The teams were divided into three pools of four teams each.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
West Indies

Competition Format

Nine teams competed in tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into three pools of four teams each, and followed round robin format with each of the team playing all other teams in the pool once.
Following the completion of the league matches, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinals, two semifinal games, and a final.

Pool A

Team
	3	3	0	0	162	85	77	6
	3	2	0	1	161	90	71	4
	3	1	0	2	122	131
2
West Indies	3	0	0	3	77	216
0

Qualified for quarter-finals

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Pool B

Team
	3	3	0	0	165	70	95	6
	3	2	0	1	142	142	0	4
	3	1	0	2	135	130	5	2
	3	0	0	3	85	184
0

Qualified for quarter-finals

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Pool C

Team
	3	3	0	0	204	84	120	6
	3	2	0	1	204	93	0	4
	3	1	0	2	125	140
2
	3	0	0	3	73	281
0

Qualified for quarter-finals

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Knockout Stage

Quarter-Finals

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Semi-Finals

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Final

2007 Kabaddi World Cup
1st Runners-up	Champions	2nd Runner-ups
Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... 1st Title	Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...