India’s kabaddi teams head into the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 in Japan with a familiar target but a tougher challenge: retaining both the men’s and women’s gold medals. Kabaddi will be played from September 21 to 26, with the Indian men beginning against hosts Japan and the women opening their campaign against Bangladesh.
India’s dominance in Asian Games kabaddi is difficult to match. The men have won gold in eight editions, while the women have collected three gold medals since their event was introduced in 2010. Overall, India has won 11 of the 13 Asian Games kabaddi gold medals available so far.
