The Scotland national kabaddi team was established in 2012, and represents the country in the National Kabaddi Association. It participated in the 2012 Kabaddi World Cup with a team including some rugby players from the University of Strathclyde, losing all three group matches.
In 2019, Scotland hosted the European Championships for the first time in their history where the Scotland kabaddi team got to the Semi Finals and were put out by Poland who went on to win the 2019 European Championships.
Tournament history Standard kabaddi
World Cup (IKF) World CupYearRankMWDLPFPAPD 2004 Didn’t Participate 2007 2016 2025 TBD Total – 5 2 0 3 137 155 −18
World Cup (World Kabaddi) Kabaddi World Cup Year Rank M W D L PF PA PD 2019 Didn’t participate 2025 Third place 7 5 2 1 140 115 +25 Total – 7 5 2 1 140 115 +25
European Kabaddi Championship European Kabaddi ChampionshipYearRankMWDLPFPAPD 2019 Third place 5 3 2 0 134 99 +35 2021 Didn’t Participate 2023 Total 1/3 5 3 2 0 134 99 +35
Current squad No Player Role 1 Junayd Javid (Captain) All-rounder 2 Ryan McGallagly All-rounder 3 Suraj Johal All-rounder 4 Jai Patel All-rounder 5 Dilux Nagenthiram All-rounder 6 Surya Muthu All-rounder 7 Tayyib Majumder All-rounder 8 Vijay Chahal All-rounder 9 Ranjit Singh Raider 10 Jinson Raju Raider 11 Pargat Singh Raider 12 Dushyant Kadian Raider 13 Jashanpreet Singh Raider
Coaching staff Position Name Head coach Sukhinder 'Skip' Dhillon Team manager vacant
International grounds
Stadium City Region Capacity Matches hosted Notes Emirates Arena Glasgow Scotland 6,000 European Kabaddi Championship, exhibition matches One of the largest indoor venues in Scotland; hosted international kabaddi fixtures Oriam Edinburgh Scotland 500 National team training, friendly matches Scotland’s national sports training center; used for kabaddi camps and indoor matches
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