Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)
| Founded | 2004 |
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| Region | International (IKF) |
| Number of teams | 12 (current) |
| Related competitions |
Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) Asia Kabaddi Cup (Circle style) |
| Current champions |
 India (3rd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |
India (3 titles) |
| Television broadcasters |
Star Sports  Sky Sports  Commonwealth Broadcasting Network  Fox Sports  OSN Sports hotstar.com |
 2016 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style) | |
The standard style Kabaddi World Cup, is an indoor international kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF),contested by men's and women's national teams. The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016. All the tournaments have been won by India.
The current format of the competition involves a round robin group stage, with 6 teams in 2 pools, with the first and second place finishers of each group progressing to the semi-finals.
Summary
India men's national Kabaddi team has been the most dominating team in the world so far. All the three world cups has been won by India so far.
| Year | Host | Final | Third place | ||||
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| Champions | Score | Runner-up | 2nd Runners-up | ||||
| 2004 |
Mumbai |
India |
55-27 |  Iran |
 Bangladesh |
and | Canada |
| 2007 |
Panvel |
India |
29-19 | Iran |
Bangladesh |
and |  Japan |
| 2016 |
Ahmedabad |
India |
38-29 | Iran |
 South Korea |
and |  Thailand |
Medal table
*Canada, the second runner's up in 2004 did not participate in the 2016 World Cup. The Ranking of nations are given by considering the points. Points are calculated by the formula: 10*(total number of kabaddi nations - rank of the opponent)+(score difference)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Iran | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 |  Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Total | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
ranking
The Ranking of nations are given by considering the points. Points are calculated by the formula:
10*(total number of kabaddi nations - rank of the opponent)+(score difference)
| rank | Team | Points |
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| 1 | India |
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| 2 | Iran |
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| 3 | South Korea |
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| 4 | Thailand |
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| 5 | Bangladesh |
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| 6 | Australia |
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| 7 | Poland |
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| 8 | England |
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| 9 | United States |
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| 10 | Japan |
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| 11 |  Argentina |
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| 12 | Kenya |
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