Kabaddi World Cup in Dubai not official yet, IKF to discuss budget with UAE
Kabadi World Cup is set to move out of India as a vibrant Dubai was today unanimously chosen as host city for the next edition in 2019...
Kabaddi being an Asian sport, eight teams from the continent will compete and four will earn the automatic qualification from Asian Games while the remaining will play qualifiers in December Two each from Europe, Africa and America will join the host nation and another from Oceania.Hosting World Cup in Dubai was one of the points of discussion at IKF's annual general council meeting that took place here with 23 member nations who unanimously elected Janardan Singh Gehlot as the president for a fourth consecutive term.The annual congress was held on the sidelines of the six-nation Kabaddi Masters, a brainchild of the IKF.
The IKF will work in tandem with the Dubai Sports Council to form a federation that will develop a team for the World Cup.
"We have to ensure that the host nation competes with pride so our next objective is to prepare a team here. I will next travel to the African nations to ensure the development of the sport there," he said.IKF has also decided to provide kabaddi mats and coaches to the developing nations like Argentina who competed in the six-nation meet here."To compete in Olympics is a far-fetched dream now. We must first ensure that kabaddi is played among 40 countries then we can stake the claim for an IOC membership," Chaturvedi signed off.
IKF Executive Body President: Janardan Singh Gehlot Vice Presidents: Akhtar Abbas Khawaja, Abbas Khajeh Avarseji, Huang Chung Jeng, Oriff Buharakov, Laventer Ateino Oguta, Allan Bo Jakobsen, Ricardo Acuna.Secretary-General: Yeong Hak Yoon
Treasurer: Amir Hussain Patwary Joint Secretaries: Yoji Kawai, Somprach Phonchoo, A D Anura Pathirana, Prashant Chaturvedi, Satasivam.Executive Members: Ahmad Fardin, Rajesh Singh, Ibrahim, Gunarto Lowito, Tulsi Thapa.