Bangabandhu Cup winners list: Bangladesh national kabaddi team dominates with four titles

The Bangabandhu Cup is an International kabaddi tournament held in Bangladesh.

Started in 2021, the Bangabandhu Cup is named after Bangladesh's father of the nation - Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. 

Organised by the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, the first edition of the Bangabandhu Cup witnessed five countries from three continents participate in the prestigious kabaddi tournament.

Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka from Asia, Kenya from Africa and Poland from Europe competed in the inaugural Bangabandhu Cup kabaddi tournament.

Hosts Bangladesh won the first Bangabandhu Cup after defeating Kenya 34-28 in the 2021 final in Dhaka.

The second edition of the Bangabandhu Cup took place in Dhaka in 2022. As many as eight teams from three continents competed in the tournament.

Iraq, Indonesia, Malaysia and England were the four new teams that participated in the Bangabandhu Cup kabaddi tournament in 2022. Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Kenya were the other teams that battled for the Bangabandhu Cup 2022.

Poland was the only team that didn’t participate in the second edition because of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

As per the Bangabandhu Cup 2022 format, these eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each.

The Bangladesh national kabaddi team later won the Bangabandhu Cup for the second time after they pipped Kenya 34-31 in a nail-biting final.

The third edition of the Bangabandhu Cup began on March 13, 2023 and concluded on March 21, 2023.

A total of 12 teams from four continents participated in the Bangabandhu Cup 2023.

Argentina, Thailand and Chinese Taipei took part in the Bangabandhu Cup for the first time in the 2023 edition.

Apart from these three teams, Bangladesh, England, Iraq, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Kenya, Poland and Sri Lanka were the other teams that participated in this edition.

These participating teams were split into two groups of six teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Later in the 2023 final, Bangladesh beat Chinese Taipei 42-28 to win the Bangabandhu Cup three times in a row.

Bangladesh continued their dominance in 2024 as they defeated Nepal 45-31 in the final to clinch their fourth Bangabandhu Cup. Get Bangabandhu Cup winners list.

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