Bangabandhu Cup to be held from today
Bangabandhu Cup is an International Kabaddi Tournament organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation in Bangladesh. The second season of this tournament will commence from today at National Kabaddi Stadium & Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium.
The tournament took place for the very first time in 2021. It was major boost to International Kabaddi in the Covid times. Also it was notable success of Bangadesh whose National Sport is Kabaddi.
The first edition of Banglabandhu Cup tournament saw host country Bangladesh winning the title while Kenya team stood as runner up. Poland, Nepal & Srilanka were the other three teams who also appeared in the competition.
A total of eight teams will fight for the glorious trophy. Along with Bangladesh, Nepal, Kenya, Srilanka new teams such as England, Iraq, Indonesia & Malaysia will participate in this tournament.
Poland had participated in the tournament in 2021. But this time they skipped their participation due to ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Argentina could not participate due to lack of sponsorship to their team.