# Kabaddi at the 1998 Asian Games

The Kabaddi event was contested by six teams at the 1998 Asian Games in Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand from 13 to 16 December.
India won the gold medal in a round robin competition by winning all six matches. Pakistan, who won four matches and drew one finished second and won the silver medal. Bangladesh won the bronze medal.

## Schedule

| ● | Round | ● | Last round |
| Event↓/Date → | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 16th Wed |
| Men | ● | ● | ● | ● |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | India C. Honappa Sanjeev Kumar Virender Kumar Muruga Nantham Biswajit Palit B. C. Ramesh Rambir Singh Sangwan Kiranpal Singh Ram Mehar Singh Shamsher Singh | Pakistan Zubair Ahmed Muhammad Akram Muhammad Ghulam Badshah Gul Mehmood Hussain Iqbal Javid Abdul Majeed Muhammad Mansha F. Muhammad Muhammad Sarwar | Bangladesh |

## Results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | India | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 119 | +176 | 12 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 219 | 80 | +139 | 9 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 169 | 97 | +72 | 8 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 207 | −66 | 7 |
| 5 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 166 | −30 | 4 |
| 6 | Thailand | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 258 | −160 | 2 |
| 7 | Nepal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 204 | −131 | 0 |
* 13 December
| India | 17–9 (HT: 10–6) | Pakistan |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 13 December
| Nepal | 6–17 (HT: 4–12) | Sri Lanka |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 13 December
| Japan | 8–25 (HT: 1–3) | Bangladesh |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 13 December
| Thailand | 28–41 (HT: 8–18) | Sri Lanka |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 13 December
| India | 36–10 (HT: 14–5) | Bangladesh |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 13 December
| Nepal | 13–52 (HT: 4–26) | Japan |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Pakistan | 16–16 (HT: 2–10) | Bangladesh |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Thailand | 14–28 (HT: 12–7) | Japan |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 14 December
| India | 57–40 (HT: 37–21) | Nepal |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Sri Lanka | 31–16 (HT: 3–1) | Japan |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Pakistan | 58–14 (HT: 24–3) | Nepal |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Thailand | 22–50 (HT: 7–31) | India |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Bangladesh | 10–0 | Nepal |
| | Walkover | |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Sri Lanka | 13–76 (HT: 8–36) | India |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Pakistan | 55–11 (HT: 26–6) | Thailand |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Japan | 25–59 (HT: 8–34) | India |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Bangladesh | 84–13 (HT: 44–6) | Thailand |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Sri Lanka | 15–57 (HT: 6–24) | Pakistan |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Nepal | 0–10 | Thailand |
| | Walkover | |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Japan | 7–24 (HT: 6–7) | Pakistan |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Bangladesh | 24–24 (HT: 5–8) | Sri Lanka |
* Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | India | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pakistan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| | Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Thailand | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Nepal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |