The 19th edition of the Asian Games is going to start on 23rd September 2023, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990 (later hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics) and Guangzhou in 2010. Asia’s most popular game Kabaddi was introduced for the first time in the 1990 Asian Games held in Beijing China only. Till now men’s kabaddi team of India won seven times gold medals in Asian games while Iran won only one time. Iran is defending champion in Asian Games Men’s and women’s Kabaddi categories.

Originally scheduled to take place from 10 to 25 September 2022, the event was announced to be postponed to the year 2023 on 6 May 2022 due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic in China, amid the potential threat of new COVID-19 variants. On 19 July 2022, the new dates were announced to be from 23 September to 8 October 2023.

The Kabaddi event in the 19th edition of the Asian Games is scheduled to take place from October 1st to October 6th, 2023. The official schedule for the Kabaddi events in the Asian Games 2023 has been announced. Similar to previous editions, all participating nations will be divided into two groups, Group A and Group B, in both the Men and Women categories.

The Indian Kabaddi Team has been the most successful team in the history of the Asian Games. They have secured 9 Gold medals in the men’s category and 7 Gold medals in the women’s category. In the previous edition, Iran emerged victorious in both the men’s and women’s category matches.

The Asian Games 2023 will witness a significant milestone for Kabaddi, as it will be the first time that 11 teams will compete in the men’s category, while the women’s category will feature 9 teams.

Kabaddi Games Category for both Men’s and Women’s

Here is the Kabaddi Games Category for both Men’s and Women. Iraq from the men’s category has annulled its participation in the competition.

Men’s Kabaddi Team

Group A	Group B
India South Korea Bangladesh Thailand Sri Lanka	Iran Pakistan Indonesia Japan Malaysia Nepal

Women’s Kabaddi team

Group A	Group B
India Thailand Japan Sri Lanka Indonesia	Chinese Taipei Iran South Korea Bangladesh

Asian Games 2023 Kabaddi Schedule

The schedule for the Kabaddi Games in Asian Games 2023 released. Check the Time Table of Kabaddi games in the Asian Games 2023 below.

All timings are prior to the Indian Standard Time (IST).

Sunday 01st October (Men’s Category)

Time: 12:30 PM
Match: Group A – India Vs. Bangladesh

Time: 01:30 PM
Match: Group B – Iran Vs. Japan

Time: 02:30 PM
Match: Group A – South Korea vs. Thailand

Time: 03:30 PM
Match: Group B – Pakistan vs. Malaysia

Time: 04:30 PM
Match: Group A – Nepal vs. Indonesia

Time: 05:30 PM
Match: Group B – India vs. Sri Lanka

Sunday 01st October (Women’s Category)

Time: 7:30 AM
Match: Group A – India vs. Japan

Time: 8:20 AM
Match: Group B – Iran vs. South Korea

Time: 9:10 AM
Match: Group A – Thailand vs. Sri Lanka

Time: 10:00 AM
Match: Group B – Bangladesh vs. Chinese Taipei

Time: 10:50 AM
Match: Group A – Japan vs. Indonesia

Time: TBD
Match: Group B – Game 3

Monday 02nd October (Women’s Category)

Time: 7:30 AM
Match details: Group A – Sri Lanka vs. Indonesia

Time: 8:20 AM
Match details: Group B – South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei

Time: 9:10 AM
Match details: Group A – India vs. Thailand

Time: 10:00 AM
Match details: Group B – Iran vs. Bangladesh

Time: 10:50 AM
Match details: Group A – Japan vs. Sri Lanka

Time: TBD
Match details: Group B – Game 6

Monday 02nd October (Men’s Category)

Time: 12:30 PM
Match details: Group A – Bangladesh vs. Thailand

Time: 01:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Japan vs. Malaysia

Time: 02:30 PM
Match details: Group A – India vs. South Korea

Time: 03:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Iran vs. Pakistan

Time: 04:30 PM
Match details: Group A – Thailand vs. Sri Lanka

Time: 05:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Indonesia vs. Japan

Tuesday 03rd October (Men’s Category)

Time: 12:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Malaysia vs. Indonesia

Time: 01:30 PM
Match details: Group A – Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka

Time: 02:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Japan vs. Nepal

Time: 03:30 PM
Match details: Group A – India vs. Thailand

Time: 04:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Iran vs. Malaysia

Time: 05:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Pakistan vs. Indonesia

Tuesday 3rd October (Women’s Category)

Time: 7:30 AM
Match details: Group A – India vs. Sri Lanka

Time: 8:20 AM
Match details: Group B – Iran vs. Chinese Taipei

Time: 9:10 AM
Match details: Group A – Thailand vs. Japan

Time: 10:00 AM
Match details: Group B – Bangladesh vs. South Korea

Time: 10:50 AM
Match details: Group A – India vs. Indonesia

Wednesday 4th October (Men’s Category)

Time: 12:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Iran vs. Nepal

Time: 01:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Pakistan vs. Japan

Time: 02:30 PM
Match details: Group A – South Korea vs. Bangladesh

Time: 03:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Malaysia vs. Nepal

Time: 04:30 PM
Match details: Group B – Iran vs. Indonesia

Thursday 5th October (Men’s Category)

Time: 07:30 AM
Match details: Group A – South Korea vs. Sri Lanka

Time: 08:30 AM
Match details: Group B – Pakistan vs. Nepal

Time: 03:30 PM
Match details: Winner Group A vs. Runners Up Group B

Time: 04:30 PM
Match details: Winner Group B vs. Runners Up Group A

Thursday 05 October (Women’s Category)

Time: 09:30 AM
Match details: Group A – Thailand vs. Indonesia

Time: 01:30 PM
Match details: Winner Group A vs. Runners Up Group B

Time: 02:20 PM
Match details: Winner Group B vs. Runners Up Group A

Friday 06th October

Time: 01:30 PM
Match details: (Women’s) Winner SF 1 vs. Winner SF 2 Gold Medal Match

Time: 03:30 PM
Match details: (Men’s) Winner SF 1 vs. Winner SF 2 Gold Medal Match

India is one of the strongest teams in these Asian games and it is expected that India will get the Gold in both categories (Men & Women).

Above is the schedule for the Kabaddi Games in the Asian Games 2023.

Probable Men’s Kabaddi Players for 19th Asian Games 2023:

Rakesh (Chandigarh), Vijay (Chandigarh), Durgesh Kumar (Chhattisgarh), Mohit (Goa), Nitesh Kumar (Goa), Shubham Kumar (Goa), Surrender Gill (Goa), Meetu (Haryana), Mohit (Haryana), Mohit Goyat (Haryana), Pardeep (Haryana), Surrender Nada (Haryana), Saurabh (Haryana), Vishal Bhardwaj (Haryana), Sagar B Krishan (Kerala), Akash Shinde (Maharashtra), Aslam Inamdar (Maharashtra), Shankar Gadai (Maharashtra), Pankaj Mohite (Maharashtra), Shubham (Maharashtra), Siddharth Desai (Maharashtra), Maninder Singh (Punjab), Abhishek Nadarajan (Tamilnadu) Abhishek Manokaran (Tamilnadu), Abhishek (Uttar Pradesh), Rohit Tomar (Uttar Pradesh), Sachin (Rajasthan), Deepak Hooda (Rajasthan), Arjun Deshwal (Services), Mahender Singh (Services), Manjeet (Services), Naveen Kumar (Services), Surjeet (Services), Nitin Rawal (Railways), Parvesh Bhainswal (Railways), Pawan Kumar (Railways), Ravinder Pahal (Railways), Sunil Kumar (Railways) & Vikash Singh (Railways).

Coaches For The Team:

1) Ashan Kumar

2) E. Bhaskaran

3) Sanjeev Baliyan