As India prepares to host the third edition of Kabaddi World Cup in Ahmedabad organised by International Kabaddi Federation, indianexpress.com presents the list of matches that will be held at the mega event from October 7. Tournament will take place at the Arena by TranStadia in the capital city of Gujarat. The tournament will see 12 teams – India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Kenya, Iran, England, USA, Thailand, Bangladesh and Argentina - battling it out for the world title. Team India, seven times Asian Games winner, are the two time champions and will be looking to defend their title which they last won defeating Iran in 2007. Teams are divided into two pools, where the hosts, South Korea, Australia, England, Bangladesh and Argentina are placed in Pool A where as two times- runners-up Iran have Thailand, Japan, the United States, Poland and Kenya in Pool B. Only team which will not be participating in the tournament is Canada. The tournament will be played in a round robin league format, followed by semi-final and final on Saturday, October 22. Live Kabaddi Score, World Cup 2016: India take on South Korea in opener Iran, who is considered to be the title contenders, will not face the defending champions India during the league stage but are likely to play the hosts in the final. India will start the proceedings on October 7, as they play the tournament opener against South Korea. Friday 7 October, 20:00 hrs IST: India vs South Korea Friday 7 October, 21:00 hrs IST: USA vs Iran Saturday 8 October, 19:00 hrs IST: England vs Bangladesh Saturday 8 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Poland vs Kenya Saturday 8 October, 21:00 hrs IST: India vs Australia Sunday 9 October, 19:00 hrs IST: Argentina vs South Korea Sunday 9 October, 20:00 hrs IST: United States vs Japan Sunday 9 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Iran vs Thailand Monday 10 October, 20:00 hrs IST: England vs Australia Monday 10 October, 21:00 IST hrs IST: Poland vs Thailand Tuesday 11 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Iran vs Kenya Tuesday 11 October, 21:00 hrs IST: India vs Bangladesh Wednesday 12 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Australia vs Argentina Thursday 13 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Thailand vs Kenya Thursday 13 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Bangladesh vs South Korea Friday 14 October, 20:00 hrs IST: England vs Argentina Friday 14 October, 21:00 hrs IST: United States vs Poland Saturday 15 October, 19:00 hrs IST: South Korea vs Australia Saturday 15 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Japan vs Iran Saturday 15 October, 21:00 hrs IST: India vs Argentina Sunday 16 October, 19:00 hrs IST: Thailand vs United States Sunday 16 October, 20:00 hrs IST: South Korea vs England Sunday 16 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Japan vs Kenya Monday 17 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Poland vs Iran Monday 17 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Australia vs Bangladesh Tuesday 18 October, 20:00 hrs IST: United States vs Kenya Tuesday 18 October, 21:00 hrs IST: India vs England Wednesday 19 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Bangladesh vs Argentina Wednesday 19 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Thailand vs Japan Semifinals: Friday 21 October, 20:00 hrs IST: TBA vs TBA Friday 21 October, 21:00 hrs IST: TBA vs TBA Final: Saturday 22 October, 21:00 hrs IST: TBA vs TBA
