Good news for the viewers of Kabaddi as the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) has announced that the 2016 World Cup will be held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

The Kabaddi tournament is set to take place from October 7 to October 22.

The Federation also informed that Gujarat will play host to 12 teams from around the world counting India, USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Iran, Poland, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan and Kenya.

A special consideration of the Federation in appealing these countries is to make the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup representative of all the five geographies of the Olympic Games.