Bangabandhu Cup 2023 (Kabaddi)

Bangabandhu Cup 2023
বঙ্গবন্ধু কাপ ২০২৩
Tournament information
Dates	13–21 March 2023
Format	Standard style
Tournament; format(s)	Single Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Bangladesh
Venue(s)	Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium, Paltan, Dhaka
Participants	12
Final positions
Champions	Bangladesh (3rd Titles)
1st runners-up	Chinese Taipei
2nd runners-up	Thailand; Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Best Raider	Mijanur Rahman
Best Catcher	Tuhin Tarafder
Player of the Tournament	Mijanur Rahman
	← 2022 2024 →

The Bangabandhu Cup 2023 International Kabaddi Tournament is an International Kabaddi Tournament organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation in Bangladesh. The third season of Bangabandhu Cup (Kabaddi) this tournament will be commenced from 13th to 21st March 2023. The event will take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A total of 12 teams across several continents (Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America) are set to participate in the Bangabandu Kabaddi Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Bangladesh are the previous champions of the Bangabandhu Cup (Kabaddi). They won the title for the 2nd time in 2022, defeating Kenya in the final.

Participating nations

No.	Team	Apps.
1	Bangladesh (Host)	3rd
2	Argentina	1st
3	Chinese Taipei	1st
4	England	2nd
5	Iraq	2nd
6	Indonesia	2nd
7	Malaysia	2nd
8	Nepal	3rd
9	Kenya	3rd
10	Poland	2nd
11	Thailand	1st
12	Sri Lanka	3rd

Venues

The all games were played at the following venues. Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium, Paltan, Dhaka.

Dhaka	Dhaka
Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium
Capacity: 5,000

Group stage

Group A	Group B
Bangladesh(H) Argentina Poland Iraq England Nepal	Chinese Taipei Indonesia Kenya Sri Lanka Thailand Malaysia

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners & runners-ups teams will advance to the Knockout-stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SD	Pts
1	Bangladesh (H)	5	5	0	139	10	Qualification to semi finals
2	Iraq	5	4	1	29	8	Qualification to semi finals
3	Nepal	5	3	2	46	6
4	England	5	2	3	-47	4
5	Poland	5	1	4	28	2
6	Argentina	5	0	5	-167	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

13 March 2023
16:30

Bangladesh	50–22	Poland
	Match 1

13 March 2023
17:30

Iraq	56–28	Argentina
	Match 3

14 March 2023
17:00

Bangladesh	72–23	Argentina
	Match 6

14 March 2023
18:00

Iraq	49–48	Nepal
	Match 7

14 March 2023
17:00

England	38–35	Poland
	Match 8

15 March 2023
15:00

Nepal	39–24	England
	Match 9

15 March 2023
16:00

Iraq	38–31	Poland
	Match 10

16 March 2023
16:00

Bangladesh	40–24	Nepal
	Match 16

17 March 2023
14:00

Bangladesh	55–27	England
	Match 18

17 March 2023
16:00

Argentina	28–62	Nepal
	March 20

18 March 2023
16:00

Bangladesh	49–33	Iraq
	Match 24

18 March 2023
17:00

England	41–37	Argentina
	March 25

18 March 2023
18:00

Nepal	49–35	Poland
	Match 26

19 March 2023
15:00

Iraq	47–36	England
	Match 27

19 March 2023
16:00

Poland	86–34	Argentina
	Match 28

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SD	Pts
1	Chinese Taipei	5	4	1	76	8	Qualification to semi finals
2	Thailand	5	4	1	61	8	Qualification to semi finals
3	Kenya	5	3	2	61	6
4	Sri Lanka	5	3	2	37	6
5	Indonesia	5	1	4	-90	2
6	Malaysia	5	0	5	-167	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 March 2023
18:30

Kenya	40–45	Chinese Taipei
	Match 2

14 March 2023
15:00

Malaysia	23–36	Indonesia
	Match 4

14 March 2023
16:00

Sri Lanka	32–36	Thailand
	Match 5

15 March 2023
17:00

Kenya	42–47	Thailand
	Match 11

15 March 2023
18:00

Indonesia	22–38	Chinese Taipei
	Match 12

15 March 2023
19:00

Sri Lanka	45–26	Malaysia
	Match 13

16 March 2023
14:00

Malaysia	24–59	Thailand
	Match 14

16 March 2023
15:00

Kenya	65–33	Indonesia
	[Match 15]

16 March 2023
17:00

Sri Lanka	41–39	Chinese Taipei
	Match 17

17 March 2023
15:00

Kenya	81–26	Malaysia
	Match 19

17 March 2023
17:00

Thailand	28–40	Chinese Taipei
	March 21

17 March 2023
18:00

Sri Lanka	47–21	Indonesia
	Match 22

18 March 2023
15:00

Malaysia	34–79	Chinese Taipei
	Match 23

19 March 2023
17:00

Indonesia	26–55	Thailand
	Match 29

19 March 2023
18:00

Kenya	40–34	Sri Lanka
	Match 30

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

A1	Bangladesh	45

B2	Thailand	26
			SF1	Bangladesh	42

			SF2	Chinese Taipei	28
B1	Chinese Taipei	52

A2	Iraq	44

Semi-Finals

20 March 2023
17:00

Bangladesh	45–26	Thailand
	SF 1

20 March 2023
18:00

Chinese Taipei	52–44	Iraq
	SF 2

Final

21 March 2023
17:00

Bangladesh	42–28	Chinese Taipei
	Final Match

Broadcasting

T Sports served as host broadcaster of the tournament. And, Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation will broadcast all matches on YouTube & Facebook .

Television

Countries	TV	Streaming
Bangladesh	T Sports	Toffee

References

^ "Bangabandhu Cup 2023 to kick off from March 11". Khel Now. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "Bangabandhu Cup Int'l Kabaddi to be held next year". Daily Sun. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ "Bangabandhu Cup Kabaddi: Bangladesh, Argentina and England in same group".
^ "Bangladesh crowned the Bangabandhu Cup Int'l Kabaddi".

[1] "Bangabandhu Cup 2023 to kick off from March 11". Khel Now. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[2] "Bangabandhu Cup Int'l Kabaddi to be held next year". Daily Sun. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

[3] "Bangabandhu Cup Kabaddi: Bangladesh, Argentina and England in same group".

[4] "Bangladesh crowned the Bangabandhu Cup Int'l Kabaddi".

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