Kabaddi World Cup in UK not authorised by International Kabaddi Federation

The OCA, IKF, AKF, and the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) clarify they have no dealings or engagement with the World Kabaddi Federation or any of its activities 

New Delhi: The International Kabaddi Federation informed on Wednesday that the Kabaddi World Cup 2025 in the United Kingdom, conducted under the aegis of the so-called World Kabaddi Federation has not been authorised by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF).

The OCA, the IKF, and the AKF also oversee and supervise the conduct of the medal competition of kabaddi for men and women at the Asian Games since 1990, and other international kabaddi tournaments.

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Furthermore, the OCA, IKF, AKF, and the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) have no dealings or engagement with the so-called World Kabaddi Federation or any of its activities.

IKF has also pointed out that every National Sport Federation (NSF) for kabaddi that has affiliation or association with the National Olympic Federation of their respective country is a member-affiliate of IKF and AKF.

These authorized NSF’s with formal recognition of the Olympics system in their respective countries are not participating in the so-called Kabaddi World Cup 2025 in the United Kingdom.

Thus, no national kabaddi federation that participates in the kabaddi medal discipline at the Asian Games is participating in this event. The teams allegedly (mis)representing such countries at the ongoing so-called Kabaddi World Cup in the United Kingdom do not have any sanction from the relevant NSFs for Kabaddi.

IKF has been communicated by AKFI, the so-called India team at the so-called Kabaddi World Cup in the United Kingdom does not have any sanction or recognition from the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), that is the officially recognized custodian body of the sport of kabaddi in India.