World Kabaddi League

World Kabaddi League

Sport	Kabaddi
Founded	2014
Inaugural season	2014
President	Sukhbir Singh Badal
Commissioner	Pargat Singh
No. of teams	8
Country	India  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Pakistan
TV partner(s)	Sony SIX (India) PTC Punjabi (International)
Sponsor(s)	Li Ning (company)
Official website	www.worldkabaddi.in

The World Kabaddi League (WKL) is a professional Circle style Kabaddi League in India, United States, Canada, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. It is the first worldwide circle style kabaddi league.

League organization

There will be 8 international teams that will play in 14 cities throughout 4 different countries. The World Kabaddi League will feature 144 international players with over ₹15 crore in players' salaries. The regular season will be four months long then an elimination tournament will take place in Mohali, Punjab, India for the top four teams to determine a champion. This is the first season World Kabaddi League, 2014 World Kabaddi League.

Teams

Club Name	Country	Host City	Owner
Khalsa Warriors	United Kingdom	London, England, United Kingdom	Akshay Kumar [1]
Yo Yo Tigers	Canada	Toronto, Canada	Honey Singh [2]
Vancouver Lions	Canada	Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada	Gurjit Singh Purewal
Punjab Thunder	Canada	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada	Thind Properties and Rajat Bedi
Lahore Lions	Pakistan	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan	Government of Punjab, Pakistan
United Singhs	United Kingdom	Birmingham, England, United Kingdom	Sonakshi Sinha [3]
California Eagles	United States	Stockton, California, United States	Tut Group
Royal Kings	United States	Sacramento, California, United States	Thiara Company

Schedule

Playing technique (style)

The game goes thus*: Two teams of seven players face each other in a circle and take turns sending a "raider" into the other team. To win a point, the raider must take a breath, run into the opposing half, tag one member of the opposite team, then return to his home . The raider will have 30 seconds only for touch the opponents and come back to his home. The game is played with 20-minute halves and a five-minute half-time break during which the teams exchange sides

Venues

The following are venues of World Kabaddi League.^[6]

City	Country	Venue	Image
Abbotsford	Canada	Abbotsford Arena
Amritsar	India	GNDU Hockey Stadium
Birmingham	United Kingdom	LG Arena
Bathinda	India	Bhatinda Hockey Stadium
Delhi	India	Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium
London	United Kingdom	The O2 Arena [7]
Lahore	Pakistan	Punjab Stadium
Jalandhar	India	Burlton Park Hockey Stadium
Ludhiana	India	Hockey Ground, Punjab Agricultural University
Mohali	India	International Hockey Stadium
New York City	United States	Nassau Coliseum
Sacramento	United States	Sleep Train Arena
Stockton	United States	SMG Stockton Arena
Hamilton	Canada	FirstOntario Centre
Vancouver	Canada

Sponsorships

Sonakshi Sinha promoting WKL

WAVE Group Title Sponsor for World Kabaddi League 2014

Sonalika International Official Partner for World Kabaddi League 2014

Li Ning (company) signed on to be the Leagues clothing partner.

Television broadcasters

Sony SIX has signed on to broadcast the league in India. PTC Punjabi has signed on to broadcast the league around the world.

Nation/Territory	Broadcaster
India	Sony SIX
United States of America	PTC Punjabi
United Kingdom	PTC Punjabi
Canada	PTC Punjabi
Australia	PTC Punjabi
Pakistan	Geo Super

References