Kabaddi

BEACH KABADDI
REFEREES BOARD

The Organizing Secretary and Convener of the Beach
Kabaddi Sub-Committee will look after Beach Kabaddi
Referees Board Activities, till the President of AKFI
constitutes the separate Referees Board after conduct of the
Refresher Course for the Beach Kabaddi Technical Officials

AMATEUR KABADDI
FEDERATION OF INDIA

NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
KABADDI LEAGUE

RULES & REGULATIONS

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The aim of the National Professional Kabaddi League [NPKL]
is to involve the participation of each and every Government
Department, Govt. of India undertaking, Productive and Non-
Productive institutions, Industry, Company, Corporate Body,
Bank and Airline in the National Professional Kabaddi League
and to give equal opportunity to the players working in the
said organizations for selection and participation in the
International Kabaddi Competitions. Further, the participating
team/organization will get more mileage through publicity
on Media & TV coverage.

The National Professional League also envisages the
following

™ Bringing Kabaddi up to the levels of other popular
sports through vide spread advertisement and
electronic media coverage.

™ This will attract the attention of big business houses
and the corporate sector to advertise their product
through Kabaddi

™ This will also serve the purpose of employment
generation to young and talented Kabaddi players,
who will take up Kabaddi as a professional sport.

™ To make Kabaddi a joint venture between the A K F
I and the corporate sector

™ To generate funds for the development of Kabaddi
which will help attract vast number of talented
players

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™ To promote Kabaddi and bring it to the limelight,
especially to the urban population as a modern &
popular sporting event.

™ To increase the number of competitions and
infrastructure

ELIGIBILITY

Kabaddi teams of the following organizations
1. Govt. Departments
2. Govt. of India undertakings
3. Corporations
4. Oil & Petroleum Companies
5. Nationalized and Private Banks
6. Major Port Trust
7. All India Police
8. All India Road Transport
9. All India Central Enterprises
10. All India Electricity Boards
11. Major Industries
12. Insurance Companies
13. Sports Authority of India
14. All India Postal

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15. BSNL

16. Air India

17. FCI

Note: AII those who are not covered in the above sectors but belong
to organizations which have nation wide network are also
eligible to be affiliated as members of the Amateur Kabaddi
Federation of India and are eligible to participate in the
National Professional Kabaddi League. The AKFI will be
the sole authority to recognize or de-recognize such
organizations.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• The National Professional Kabaddi League will be
named as (Sponsor’s Name) National Professional
Kabaddi League.

• The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India will
constitute a sub-committee called the National
Professional Kabaddi League Sub-Committee to
look after the affairs & organization of National
Professional Kabaddi League.

• Apart from the sub-committee, a local organizing
committee will also be constituted by the organizing
unit for the conduct of the Championship.

• The Competition Director, Jury of appeal and
Technical Officials will be nominated by A.K.F.I.
for the National Professional Kabaddi League.

• The Competition is exclusive to the teams that are

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affiliated to the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of
India.

• The National Professional Kabaddi League
Championship will be played as per the Rules and
Regulations prescribed by the Amateur Kabaddi
Federation of India.

• The National Professional Kabaddi League will be
organized once in a year.

• The Participating teams should bear their boarding,
lodging and traveling expenses. The Amateur
Kabaddi Federation of India will provide Railway
Travel Concession Certificate only.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ORGANIZING UNIT

• The organizing unit will obtain prior approval of
the AKFI to organize the Championship and fulfill
the required formalities.

• Arrange required Venue and infrastructure including
Playfields, Spectators seating, Press & Media
coverage, Technical support, Medical support and
Ceremonial support in consultation with the AKFI.

• Arrange local transportation for the teams and
Technical officials

• Remuneration to the Technical officials including
TA, DA and officiating allowances as per the AKFI
norms.

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• TA/DA to the Federation Officials and Competition
Director

• Arrangement for the stay & boarding of the
Federation Officials, Competition Director and
Technical Officials

• Arrange for Merit & Participation Certificates, Prize
Money, Medals and Trophies.

TROPHIES & PRIZES
• The Winners of the National Professional Kabaddi

League will be awarded Cash Prizes & Trophies.
(a) Winners: Gold Medal, Cash Prize & Trophy
(b) Runners: Silver Medal, Cash Prize & Trophy
(c) Loosing
Semi Finalists: Bronze Medals, Cash Prize & Trophy
(d) Best Raider of the Championship
(e) Best Catcher of the Championship
(f) Best Player of the Championship
• The Trophy of the Winner will be in the name of the
Sponsor of the Championship.

ELIGIBILITY & REGISTRATION OF PLAYERS
• A Player will register to the Department / Institution

where he is working permanently or on contract basis

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• Incase of contract employees minimum six months
service is required for eligibility to register with the
concerned Department / Institution

• The applications for Registration of players Fresh/
Renewal/Change will be entertained from 1st April to
30th June of every year. The new Registration will come
into effect from 1st July. Once a player is registered with
a department/institution

• The period of Registration will be from 1st July to 30th
June of the succeeding year

• Change in Registration on change of Department will
be entertained on production of a No-objection certificate
from the previous Department requisition letter for
Registration from the new Department with a copy of
the photo ID card and a fee of Rs. 200/- for change of
Registration

• The participating team must submit their Final 12
Member Team before the commencement of the
championship. The Final 12 once registered cannot be
changed

• Players will be issued an Identity Card with latest
photographs.

• Players without I.D. Card will not be allowed to
participate in the National League.

FEE STRUCTURE

Annual Affiliation Fee Rs. 10,000/- (per year for each unit)

Players Registration Fee Rs. 50/- (per player)

Change in Registration Rs. 200/- (per player)

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DRESS CODE - COLORS & NUMBERS

• The players will wear the uniform as prescribed by the
Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India

• The out fits i.e. the Uniform should display the number
of the player prominently [4" in dimension] in the Front
and [6" in dimension] on the Back.

• Colours of the numbers should be in contrast with the
Colours of the player’s outfit and should be clearly legible
to the spectators in the stadium as well as to the television
viewers.

• It is compulsory for the numbers on the attire to range 1
to 12 and the players will wear the same numbered
outfit declared in the official list through out the
competition.

• Any team or player found violating the Dress Code will
be subject to Disciplinary Action.

IMPORTANT TOURNAMENTS

• Federation Cup

• National Kabaddi Championship

• Gold Cup, Mumbai

• P & T Cup

• All India Inter-varsity Championship

• National inter School Tournaments

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SPORTS PERSONALITIES
1. Shadanand Shetty
2. Bholanath Guddan
3. Shakuntla Khatarkar
4. Shanta kumar Jadhav
5. Monika nath
6. Maya Kanshinath
7. Miss Rama Sarkar
8. Hardeep Singh
9. Raja Ratnam
10. Ashok Sinde
11. P. Ganeshan
12. Randhir Singh
13. Assan Kumar
14. Vishwajeet Patil
15. Teerth Raj
16. Balwinder Singh
17. C. Honappa
18. B.C. Ramesh
19. Ram Mehar Singh

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20. E. Prasad Rao.
21. Pooja Sharma
22. Sana Hanbi
23. Suman
24. Krishna

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