2010 Kabaddi World Cup Circle style

Template:Infobox sport tournament Pearls Kabaddi World Cup 2010 was the first international circle style kabaddi world cup and was held in Punjab, India.

Teams

With the last-minute withdrawal of Norway, nine teams competed for the Prize Money Pearls World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010 hosted by the Punjab Government at different venues of the state from 3 to 12 April.

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Pools

Announcing the draw, Organising Secretary Pargat Singh said that the teams would be divided into two pools. Hosts India were placed in Pool A while their traditional rivals Pakistan were in Pool B.

Pool A	Pool B
Template:IND Template:USA Template:AUS Template:ITA Template:IRN	Template:PAK Template:UK Template:ESP Template:CAN

Competition format

Nine teams competed in the tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of five and four teams, and followed round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once.

Following the completion of the pool games, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, a third place play-off and a final.

Venues

World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010 was held at various districts of Punjab from 3–12 April 2010. The venues were as follows:

• Yadvindra Public School Stadium, Patiala
• War Heroes Stadium, Sangrur
• Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
• Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur
• Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur
• Guru Nanak Stadium, Amritsar
• Sports Stadium, Bathinda
• Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Prize money

The winning team received a cash award of Template:INR1 crore besides a glittering rolling trophy. Runners-up took Template:INR51 lakh and third-place winners Template:INR21 lakh.

The fourth position were worth Template:INR10 lakh. Besides, individual awards (tractors) and other prizes were also given among the winners. Each team also got a sum of Rs 5 lakh as appearance money.

Schedule

All matches' timings are according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).

Group stage

Pool A

Team	Matches Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Template:IND	4	4	0	0	8
Template:ITA	4	3	0	1	6
Template:USA	4	2	0	2	4
Template:AUS	4	1	0	3	2
Template:IRN	4	0	0	4	0

Template:Color box Qualified for semifinals

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Pool B

Team	Matches Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
Template:PAK	3	3	0	0	6
Template:CAN	3	2	0	1	4
Template:UK	3	1	0	2	2
Template:ESP	3	0	0	3	0

Template:Color box Qualified for semifinals

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Knockout stage

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Final

2010 Kabaddi World Cup
1st Runners-up	Champions	2nd Runners-up
Template:Flagicon Pakistan	Template:Flagicon India Third Title	Template:Flagicon Canada

Broadcasting rights

Template:IND: Punjab Television Channel (PTC) had the broadcasting rights in India and Asia.

Winners

India won the Kabaddi World Cup by defeating Pakistan in an interesting match on 12 April 2010 at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana and won Template:INR1 Crore as a Prize money and a glittering Golden World Cup Trophy. Pakistani team was paid Template:INR51 lakh as prize money and a Silver Cup Trophy. The best stopper award was won by Indian Captain Mangat Singh Manga and Best Raider award won by Kulwinder Singh Kinda of Canada. Both players were given tractors as an award. Mr. Parkash Singh Badal was heard to pay Template:INR5,000 to each player for every point but in the end this amount was reduced to Template:INR2,000. A government job was also announced for each Indian player.