KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships

KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships is conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, annually since 2008. This kabaddi tournament includes teams representing cities in Asia and worldwide, and is conducted by the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur as part of its development and promotional programme.

2008

The inaugural championships was officially launched by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi on December 11, 2008. The championships was held at the Pulapol Stadium, Police Training Centre in the city from December 26–28. A total of five cities took part in the men's competition: Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Colombo, New Delhi and Patialla. There were four teams in the women's competition, namely Kuala Lumpur, Patialla, Colombo and Triconmalee. Competition were held as round robin competition with the top teams playing the final.

The preliminary results:

MEN

Team

Team

Result

Punjab

Colombo

41-41

Delhi

Putrajaya

62-33

Punjab

Kuala Lumpur

63-59

Colombo

Delhi

36-9

Colombo

Putrajaya

68-8

Kuala Lumpur

Colombo

37-34

Punjab

Putrajaya

65-52

Kuala Lumpur

Delhi

49-29

Punjab

Delhi

walkover

Kuala Lumpur

Putrajaya

walkover

WOMEN

Team

Team

Result

Colombo

Kuala Lumpur

74-14

Punjab

Triconmalee

50-36

Colombo

Triconmalee

47-41

Punjab

Kuala Lumpur

70-19

Punjab

Colombo

24-11

Triconmalee

Kuala Lumpur

87-14

The men's final was played between Patialla and Kuala Lumpur, with Patialla edging out Kuala Lumpur 61-59 in a closely fought competition. Third place was won by Colombo, who received a walkover from Delhi.

Kuala Lumpur's K. Siva picked up two individual awards for his efforts – Top Scorer and Best Player of the tournament. Punjab’s Vijay Kumar was adjudged as the Best Raider. Colombo’s KS Meegastanne was given the Best Defence award.

Punjab won the women's competition ahead of Colombo. Punjab’s Navneet K took the Best Player and Best Defence awards while another Punjab player Parveen K took the Top Scorer Award. Colombo’s Lakmali was adjudged as the Best Raider.

2010

The second championships was held from March 5–7 at the Stadium Titiwangsa in Kuala Lumpur. This championships saw an increased number of teams. The men's competition saw a total of eight teams taking part: Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Patialla, Chennai, Oslo, Kuala Lumpur Presidents XII, New Delhi and Kapurthala. Oslo, Jagatpura, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya took part in the women's competition. New Delhi were forced to withdraw after failing to produce sufficient players.

Results of the preliminary round matches:

MEN

TEAM

TEAM

RESULT

KL Presidents

Delhi

42-37

Kuala Lumpur

Oslo

39-29

Kuala Lumpur

KL Presidents

36-32

Chennai

Patialla

39-25

Patialla

Kapurthala

36-17

Kapurthala

Putrajaya

38-28

Chennai

Putrajaya

34-27

Patialla

Putrajaya

31-21

Kuala Lumpur

Delhi

64-13

Chennai

Kapurthala

23-4

Oslo

KL Presidents

51-6

WOMEN

TEAM

TEAM

RESULT

Oslo

Putrajaya

113-19

Kuala Lumpur

Putrajaya

55-17

Jagatpura

Kuala Lumpur

81-24

References

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