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{{Infobox sport tournament
| name = 2007 Kabaddi World Cup
| image = 
| caption = 
| start_date = 24 January
| end_date = 26 January
| administrator = [[International Kabaddi Federation]]<br> Karnala Sports Academy
| format = 
| tournament_format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| host = India
| venues = [[Panvel]], [[Maharashtra]]
| participants = 14 ([[#Teams|List of Participants]])
| champions = {{kabaddi|IND}} (2nd title)
| runners-up1 = {{Kabaddi|IRN}}
| runners-up2 = {{Kabaddi|BAN}}<br> {{Kabaddi|JPN}} 
| matches = 25
| stat1_label = Best Raider
| stat1 = 
| stat2_label = Best Stopper
| stat2 = 
| previous = [[2004 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)|2004]] (previous)
| next = (next) [[2016 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)|2016]]
}}

'''2007 Kabaddi World Cup''' was the second edition of the [[Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)|Kabaddi World Cup]] and also the second one hosted by [[India]]. Host [[India]] won the World Cup by defeating [[Iran]] 29-19 in the Final. A total of 14 originally 16 teams took part in the competition out of which 11 were Asian.

==Teams==
* {{Kabaddi|AFG|2013}}
* {{Kabaddi|BAN}}
* {{Kabaddi|IND}}
* {{Kabaddi|IRN}}
* {{Kabaddi|ITA}}
* {{Kabaddi|JPN}}
* <s>{{Kabaddi|KGZ}}</s>
* {{Kabaddi|KOR}}
* {{Kabaddi|MAS}}
* {{Kabaddi|NEP}}
* {{Kabaddi|SRI}}
* {{Kabaddi|THA}}
* {{Kabaddi|TKM}}
* <s>{{Kabaddi|PAK}}</s>
* {{Kabaddi|UK}}
* {{Kabaddi|West Indies}}

==Pools==
The teams were divided into four pools of four teams each.
However, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan never took part in the tournament.
{| class="wikitable" width=80%
|-
!width=20%|Pool A
!width=20%|Pool B
!width=20%|Pool C
!width=20%|Pool D
|-
|
{{Kabaddi|IND}} <br>
{{Kabaddi|KGZ}} <br>
{{Kabaddi|SRI}} <br>
{{Kabaddi|PAK}} <br>
|
{{Kabaddi|IRI}} <br>
{{Kabaddi|KOR}} <br>
{{Kabaddi|NEP}} <br>
{{Kabaddi|UK}} <br>
|
{{Kabaddi|AFG|2013}}<br />
{{BAN}}<br />
{{Kabaddi|ITA}}<br />
{{Kabaddi|THA}}<br />
|
{{Kabaddi|JPN}}<br />
{{Kabaddi|MAS}}<br />
{{Kabaddi|TKM}} <br />
{{Kabaddi|West Indies}} 
|}

==Competition format==
Sixteen teams competed in tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into four pools of four teams each, and followed [[Round-robin tournament|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.

==Schedule==
All matches' timings were according to [[Indian Standard Time]] (UTC +5:30).

===Knockout stage===
{{Round8
<!-- Date-place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- quarter finals -->
|25 January|'''{{Kabaddi|IND}}'''|'''68'''|{{Kabaddi|MAS}}|21
|25 January|'''{{Kabaddi|BAN}}'''|'''30'''|{{Kabaddi|NEP}}|15
|25 January|'''{{Kabaddi|IRN}}'''|'''34'''|{{Kabaddi|THA}}|4
|25 January|{{Kabaddi|SRI}}|20|'''{{Kabaddi|JPN}}'''|'''31'''
<!-- semi finals -->
|26 January|'''{{Kabaddi|IND}}'''|'''48'''|{{Kabaddi|BAN}}|22
|26 January|'''{{Kabaddi|IRN}}'''|'''43'''|{{Kabaddi|JPN}}|14
<!-- final -->
|26 January|'''{{Kabaddi|IND}}'''|'''29'''|{{Kabaddi|IRN}}|19}}

----
===Quarter-finals===
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=25 January 2007
|time=18:00
|team1={{Kabaddi|IND}}
|score= 68 – 21
|team2={{Kabaddi|MAS}}
|stadium=[[Panvel]], [[Maharashtra]]
}}
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=25 January 2007
|time=19:00
|team1={{Kabaddi|BAN}}
|score= 30 – 15
|team2={{Kabaddi|NEP}}
|stadium=[[Panvel]], [[Maharashtra]]
}}
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=25 January 2007
|time=18:00
|team1={{Kabaddi|IRN}}
|score= 34 – 04
|team2={{Kabaddi|THA}}
|stadium=[[Panvel]], [[Maharashtra]]
}}
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=25 January 2007
|time=18:00
|team1={{Kabaddi|SRI}}
|score= 20 – 31
|team2={{Kabaddi|JPN}}
|stadium=[[Panvel]], [[Maharashtra]]
}}
----

===Semi-final===
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=26 January 2007
|time=09:00
|team1={{Kabaddi|IND}}
|score= 48 – 22
|team2={{Kabaddi|BAN}}
|stadium=[[Panvel]], [[Maharashtra]]
}}
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=26 January 2007
|time=10:00
|team1={{Kabaddi|IRN}}
|score= 43 – 14
|team2={{Kabaddi|JPN}}
|stadium=[[Panvel]], [[Maharashtra]]
}}
----

===Final===
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=26 January 2007
|time=18:00
|team1={{Kabaddi|IND}}
|score= 29 – 19
|team2={{Kabaddi|IRN}}
|stadium=[[Panvel]], [[Maharashtra]]
}}
<center>
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{| class="wikitable" width=55%; style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4"|2007 Kabaddi World Cup
|-
|style="background:silver;"|'''1st Runner-up'''
|style="background:gold;"|'''Champions'''
|colspan="4" style="background:#c96;"|'''2nd Runner-up'''
|-
|{{Kabaddi|IRN|size=100px}}
|{{Kabaddi|IND|size=135px}}
<br>'''(2nd Title)'''
|{{Kabaddi|BAN|size=80px}}
|{{Kabaddi|JPN|size=80px}}
|}
</center>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713131447/http://www.kabaddiikf.com/results2007.htm Results of Kabaddi World Cup 2007]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101129050221/http://www.kabaddiikf.com/schedule2007.htm Schedule of Kabaddi World Cup 2007]

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