BSS, Dhaka :
The 2nd Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi tournament will begin from Saturday (March 19) at Shaheed Nur Hossain National Volleyball Stadium in the city. A total of eight countries will take part in the prestigious six-day tournament.
The participating teams are England from Europe, Kenya from Africa, Iraq, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and host Bangladesh from Asia. Bangladesh is the defending champion of the tournament.
Eight countries, split into two groups, will compete in the league basis match. Later the champions and runners-up teams from each group will play the cross semifinals while the top two teams will play the final of the tournament slated for March 24.
The participating countries will start to arrive in Dhaka on March 16 and 17. In this regard a press conference was held on Monday at Bangladesh Kabaddi Stadium to provide all the details of the tournament.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General and Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation President Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Secretary General Syed Shahed Reza, BKF’s General Secretary and DIG of Dhaka Range Habibur Rahman and BKF’s Joint Secretary and Additional DIG Gazi Mozammel Haque were present on the occasion.
BKF’s President Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said five teams took part in the last edition of Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi. Now the numbers of participating countries have increased to eight due to the popularity of the tournament.
