A Championship event to promote “Kabaddi” in KVO Jain community and to identify as well as nurture talent who can represent the game and community at highest level of competition.
Zones:-
| Zone A – Malad to Virar |
| Zone B – Goregaon to Mahim |
| Zone C – Elphinstone to Churchgate and Parel to CST |
| Zone D – Dadar, Matunga, Sion, Wadala, Chunabhatti |
| Zone E – Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vidyavihar, Chembur, Govandi, Mankhurd |
| Zone F – Navi Mumbai (Vashi to Panvel & Airoli to Sanpada) |
| Zone G – Vikroli to Mulund and Powai |
| Zone H – Thane to Karjat / Kasara |
“Kabaddi” is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a “raider”, to run into the opposing team’s half of a court, tag out as many of their defenders as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders, and in a single breath. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. Players are taken out of the game if they are tagged or tackled, but are brought back in for each point scored by their team from a tag or tackle.
It is popular in the Indian subcontinent and other surrounding Asian countries. Kabaddi , the game was popularised as a competitive sport in the 20th century. It is the state game of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.
Although unverified, theories from various sources state that kabaddi originated from the Vedic period of ancient India.
Each team shall consist of no more than 12 players with only 7 taking to the field at any one time.
Because of the physical nature of Kabaddi, matches are categorized in age and weight categories.
There are six officials looking after each Kabaddi match. The officials comprise of a referee, a scorer, two assistant scorers and two umpires.
The duration of the match is two halves of 20 minutes with a half time break of 5 minutes.
At the start of a Kabaddi match, there is a coin toss with the winner having the choice as to whether to have the first raid or not. In the second half of the match, the team that did not raid first shall begin the second half with a raid.
To win a point when raiding, the raider must take a breath and run into the opposition’s half and tag one or more members of the opposing team and then return to their own half of the pitch before inhaling again.
To prove that another breath hasn’t been taken, the rider must continue to repeatedly yell the word ‘Kabaddi’. Failure to do this, even for just a moment means that the rider must return to their own side of the court without points and the opposite team is awarded a point for a successful defense play.
The team being raided is defending, and the players must prevent the raiders from tagging them and returning back over the halfway line. Whilst in defence, a team may score a point by successfully preventing the raider returning to their own half after tagging them. Raiders may only be grabbed by their limbs or torso, not by their hair, clothes or anywhere else, and defenders are not permitted to cross the centre line.
- Each team will take turns in raiding and defending. Following halftime, the two teams switch sides of the court and the team who defended first in the first half begin the second half by raiding
- The game continues in this way until the time is up, the team with the most points at the end of the match is declared the winner.