Dear Friends of Kabaddi
We celebrated the first ever Kabaddi League Championship in all the three disciplines in Siddharthanagar Lumbini, Nepal from 11th – 14th September 2009 with slogan ” Play Kabaddi for Peace and Harmony” The IKL Championship aimed to offer good opportunity to all the Kabaddi clubs, Associations and Federations to represent from their respective countries to participate and demonstrate their skills in all the three disciplines. We are happy to record that 269 players and officials from 20 teams availed the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and exchanged friendship and brotherhood by participating the championship.
We expected 27 Kabaddi teams of Men, Women and Youths to participate in all the three disciplines ( National Style Kabaddi, Circle Style Kabaddi and Beach Style Kabaddi ) from Nepal, India, Malaysia, Norway, Australia, Thailand, USA, Canada, Argentina, Sweden, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, but due to some obstacles many of these countries could not attend the championship.
How ever 20 teams representing Nepal, India, America, Sweden and Norway participated the IKL Champion in all the three disciplines. Team representing Pakistan is dropped from the fixtures at last minute due to delay in getting visa on time. The results of the Championship is as given below:
National Style Kabaddi (Men)
- Shere Punjab INDIA BT BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd. Delhi INDIA 42 – 20
- Indian Kabaddi INDIA BT Sunshine Kabaddi NEPAL 77 – 19
- Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA BT Sunshine Kabaddi NEPAL 66 – 10
- Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA BT All Sports Fed.Jarkhand INDIA 50 – 5
- Indian Kabaddi INDIA BT All Sports Fed.Jarkhand INDIA 94 – 17
- Sunshine Kabaddi NEPAL BT All Sports Fed.Jarkhand INDIA 33 – 15
- Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA BT Indian Kabaddi INDIA 54 – 27
- 3rd Placing:BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd. Delhi INDIA BT Indian Kabaddi INDIA 32 – 16
- Final: Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA BT Shere Punjab INDIA 53 – 28
- Champion: Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA
- Runner up: Shere Punjab INDIA
- Third: BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd. Delhi INDIA
- Fourth: Indian Kabaddi INDIA
- Fifth: Sunshine Kabaddi NEPAL
- Sixth: All Sports Fed. Jarkhand INDIA
National Style Kabaddi (Women)
- Girls Kabaddi Academy NORWAY BT Shere Punjab INDIA 76 – 17
- Shere Punjab INDIA BT Nav Kiran NEPAL 66 – 25
- Girls Kabaddi Academy NORWAY BT Nav Kiran NEPAL 107 – 23
- Final: Girls Kabaddi Academy NORWAY BT Shere Punjab INDIA 59 -12
- Champion: Girls Kabaddi Academy NORWAY
- Runner up: Shere Punjab INDIA
- Third: Nav Kiran NEPAL
National Style Kabaddi (Youth U-23 Men)
- Nav Kiran NEPAL BT Karnala Sports Club Mumbai INDIA 34 – 31
- Nav Kiran NEPAL BT Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA 34 – 25
- Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA BT Karnala Sports Club Mumbai INDIA 35 – 32
- Final Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA BT Nav Kiran NEPAL 37 – 27
- Champion: Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA
- Runner up: Nav Kiran NEPAL
- Third: Karnala Sports Club Mumbai INDIA
Beach Style Kabaddi (Men)
- Final: Indian Kabaddi INDIA BT Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA 30 – 28
- Third placing: Shere Punjab INDIA BT Nav Kiran NEPAL 51 – 49
- Champion: Indian Kabaddi INDIA
- Runner up: Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA
- Third: Shere Punjab INDIA
- Fourth: Nav Kiran NEPAL
Beach Style Kabaddi (Women)
- Final: Girls Kabaddi Academy NORWAY BT Nav Kiran NEPAL 73 -21
- Champion: Girls Kabaddi Academy NORWAY
- Runner up: Nav Kiran NEPAL
Circle Style Kabaddi (Men)
- Nirmal Singh Nimma club Punjab INDIA BT Delhi Tigers INDIA by 2 points
- Sarjeet Sports Club Faridabad INDIA BT Shere Punjab INDIA by 28 points
- Sarjeet Sports Club Faridabad INDIA BT Delhi Tigers INDIA by 19 points
- Nirmal Singh Nimma club Punjab INDIA BT Shere Punjab INDIA by 12 points
- Third placing Delhi Tigers INDIA BT Shere Punjab INDIA 23 – 15
- Final: Nirmal Singh Nimma club Punjab INDIA BT Sarjeet Sports Club Faridabad INDIA 52-35
- Champion: Nirmal Singh Nimma club Punjab INDIA
- Runner up: Sarjeet Sports Club Faridabad INDIA
- Third: Delhi Tigers INDIA
- Fourth: Shere Punjab INDIA
Circle Style Kabaddi (Women)
- Girls Kabaddi Academy NORWAY BT Shere Punjab INDIA 36 -12
- Sweden Kabaddi Club SWEDEN walkover Shere Punjab INDIA
- Champion: Girls Kabaddi Academy NORWAY
- Runner up: Shere Punjab INDIA
Circle Style Kabaddi (Youth U-23 Men)
- Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA BT Knight Riders INDIA by 12 points
- Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA BT Eleven Punjab INDIA by 23 points
- Knight Riders INDIA walkover Eleven Punjab INDIA
- Champion: Nirvair Khalsa Sports Academy AMERICA
- Runner up: Knight Riders INDIA
- Third: Eleven Punjab INDIA
We appreciate and extend our thanks to WKF Technical Director Mr.S.T.Arasu and Mr.Anbarasu Letchumanan of Malaysia who travelled all the way from Kuala Lumpur to take the technical responsibilities during the Championship. We also thank Mr.Keshav Raj Gautam our technical consultant and technical officials from Nepal and India who assisted us in conducting the IKL Championship smoothly. Special thanks also goes to all the officials and the players of the teams who has participated the IKL Championship 2009 Nepal.
Like wise we would like to thank all the print and electronic media personals for their sincere coverage of the news during the IKL Championship for the promotion of the Kabaddi game.
We do take the opportunity to thank for the support and cooperation rendered by the local administration including the Police, Armed Force Police and Army, the local organizations and the public of Rupandehi , the Advisory Committee and the Organising committee of IKL Championship Rupandehi under the leadership of Mr.Gyandev Hatuwal who has contributed with dedication to make this Championship a grand success.
With warm regards
L.Dorji Lama and Madan Mohan
On behalf of Int’l Kabaddi League Championship 2009 Nepal