Scotland national kabaddi team

Scotland
Nickname(s)	They Shall be Kicked
Association	Kabaddi Scotland
Confederation	International Kabaddi Federation (IKF)
Head Coach	Sukhinder Dhillon
Captain	Junayd Javid
Most caps	Junayd Javid
World Cup
	0
Kabaddi World Cup
	1 (first in 2025)
	3rd (2025)
European Championship
	1 (first in 2019)
	3rd (2019)
Medal record

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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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 Cup
Year	Rank	M	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
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 Championship
Year	Rank	M	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
2019	Third place	5	3	2	0	134	99	+35
2021	Didn’t Participate
2023	Didn’t Participate
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

Emirates Arena

Oriam

Locations of stadiums which have hosted international kabaddi matches in Scotland

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

References

^ "Scotland target semis at first Kabaddi World Cup outside Asia". BBC Sport. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Bajwa, Harpreet (4 December 2012). "Scotland to promote game among its students". The Financial Express. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ Drysdale, Neil (28 November 2012). "Blair Hawthorne leads Scots to India for Kabaddi World Cup". STV Aberdeen City. STV. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ Richard, Winton (30 November 2012). "Meet Scotland's kabaddi team. Repeat, kabaddi". Herald Scotland. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[1] "Scotland target semis at first Kabaddi World Cup outside Asia". BBC Sport. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

[2] Bajwa, Harpreet (4 December 2012). "Scotland to promote game among its students". The Financial Express. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[3] Drysdale, Neil (28 November 2012). "Blair Hawthorne leads Scots to India for Kabaddi World Cup". STV Aberdeen City. STV. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[4] Richard, Winton (30 November 2012). "Meet Scotland's kabaddi team. Repeat, kabaddi". Herald Scotland. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

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