India maintaines its stranglehold on Kabaddi and has won gold medal in all the four successive Asian Game, since the event made its debut in 1990.

Participating nations: Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan, Nepaland Bangladesh

Asian Games Kabaddi Rules

The winning team will gain 2 points, the losing team will gain 0 points and in the events of draw, both teams will gain 1 point. If the two teams have equal total points, their standings will be decided by the following formula.
Z=X/Y
where, X= total number of gained points,
Y= total number of lost points,
Z= ratio of gained points to lost points)

In Busan 2002 Asian Games the Indian kabaddi team defeated Pakistan 37-7 to take the gold.