# Kabaddi at the Asian Games

Kabaddi made its first appearance as an exhibition sport at the Asian Games in 1982. Men's kabaddi has been an Asian Games event since 1990, and women's kabaddi since 2010.
India has dominated the sport at the Asian Games, winning the gold medal in both men's and women's events at all editions except for 2018, when Iran won the gold medal in both events.

## Summary
### Men

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 1990 details | Beijing | India | No playoffs | Bangladesh | Pakistan | No playoffs | China Japan Nepal |
| 1994 details | Hiroshima | India | No playoffs | Bangladesh | Pakistan | No playoffs | Japan |
| 1998 details | Bangkok | India | No playoffs | Pakistan | Bangladesh | No playoffs | Sri Lanka |
| 2002 details | Busan | India | No playoffs | Bangladesh | Pakistan | No playoffs | Japan |
| 2006 details | Doha | India | 35–23 | Pakistan | Bangladesh | 37–26 | Iran |
| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Bronze medalists | Bronze medalists | Bronze medalists |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Bronze medalists | Bronze medalists | Bronze medalists |
| 2010 details | Guangzhou | India | 37–20 | Iran | Pakistan | and | Japan |
| 2014 details | Incheon | India | 27–25 | Iran | South Korea | and | Pakistan |
| 2018 details | Jakarta–Palembang | Iran | 26–16 | South Korea | Pakistan | and | India |
| 2022 details | Hangzhou | India | 33–29 | Iran | Pakistan | and | Chinese Taipei |

### Women

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Bronze medalists | Bronze medalists | Bronze medalists |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Bronze medalists | Bronze medalists | Bronze medalists |
| 2010 details | Guangzhou | India | 28–14 | Thailand | Bangladesh | and | Iran |
| 2014 details | Incheon | India | 31–21 | Iran | Thailand | and | Bangladesh |
| 2018 details | Jakarta–Palembang | Iran | 27–24 | India | Chinese Taipei | and | Thailand |
| 2022 details | Hangzhou | India | 26–25 | Chinese Taipei | Nepal | and | Iran |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India (IND) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 13 | 13 | 21 | 47 |

## Participating nations
### Men

| Team | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
| Bangladesh | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 9 |
| China | 4th | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 1 |
| India | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 9 |
| Indonesia | | | | | | | | 5th | | 1 |
| Iran | | | | | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 5 |
| Japan | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | 9th | 9 |
| Malaysia | | | | 5th | | 7th | 5th | 11th | 5th | 5 |
| Nepal | 4th | 5th | 7th | | | | | 9th | | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 9 |
| South Korea | | | | | | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | | | 4th | 6th | | | | 7th | | 3 |
| Thailand | | | 6th | | | | 5th | 9th | 7th | 4 |
| Number of teams | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | |

### Women

| Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
| Bangladesh | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 4 |
| India | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4 |
| Indonesia | | | 7th | | 1 |
| Iran | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4 |
| Japan | | 5th | 9th | | 2 |
| Malaysia | 7th | | | | 1 |
| Nepal | 7th | | | 3rd | 2 |
| South Korea | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | | | 5th | | 1 |
| Thailand | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4 |
| Number of teams | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | |