World Kabaddi League Teams

World Kabaddi League Teams

Yo Yo Tigers Team Admin   1:07 PM

This year World Kabaddi League (WKL) will have 8 teams. World Kabaddi League(WKL) has announced couple of the team owners which includes Rapper and musician Yo Yo Honey Singh , Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. The tournament will span over 18 weekends, starting in England and ending in India.

For the first year, the franchise fee for the team owners has been fixed at Rs 1 crore. The player fee cap on teams, however, is significantly higher in the case of WKL at Rs 1.5 crore as opposed to Rs 60 lakh in case of WKL. In case of WKL, the teams also have a spending limit of Rs 2.5 crore on marketing and promotions, making the total spending cap on each team at Rs 5 crore for the first season.

Teams

Yo Yo Tigers Team

Yo Yo Honey Singh will have a team in World Kabadd league with name of Yo Yo Tigers, because he feels it will help people relate to it.

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Khalsa Warriors

Akshay Kumar buys Punjab team for World Kabaddi League. Akshay Kumar himself is big sports lover, is now promoting kabaddi by urging fans to watch the World Kabaddi League when it begins in August.

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United Singhs Team

The Dabangg actress Sonakshi Sinha has bought the UK team and has named it the 'United Kings'.She will be co-owner with team along with Britain’s Hayre Group. Given that her favourite colour is orange, it was a given that the colour of her jersey would be the same, but it is not confirmed yet.

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Vancouver Lions

Vancouver Lions is owned by Gurjit Singh Purewal;

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Lahore Lions

 

Punjab Thunders

Punjab Thunders is owned by Thind Properties and co-owned by Bollywood actor Rajat Bedi.

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California Eagles

California Eagles is owned by the Tut Group.

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Royal Kings USA

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We will be updating this post with information about other teams as release. Keep watching this space.

World Kabaddi League

World Kabaddi League

Yo Yo Honey Singh Admin   12:43 PM

Kabaddi is set for a major facelift with the launch of World Kabaddi League (WKL), a venture of the Punjab government.The league follows the Formula 1 touring sports format and will be played across four continents starting from August to December.

The official website of the World Kabaddi League was launched by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Pargat Singh, sports administrator and ex-Olympian. Pargat Singh,  who has been closely involved in the daily scope of operations of the league commenting on the momentous occasion said, "After successfully executing four editions of Kabaddi World Cup in Punjab, we realised the need for a professional kabaddi league which connects South Asians across the world with their traditional heritage. By adding more action-oriented elements to this original Indian contact team sport, we are making it viewer-friendly."



The World Kabaddi League (WKL) will see participation by 10 teams from India, Canada, the US, the UK and Pakistan.WKL has announced two of the 10 team owners - rapper and musician Yo Yo Honey Singh and Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar. The tournament will span over 18 weekends, starting in England and ending in India. During the course of the tournament, the teams will travel from England to Italy, the United Arab Emirates, the US, Canada and India.
For the first year, the franchise fee for the team owners has been fixed at Rs 1 crore. This is marginally less than the Rs 1.5 crore forked out by the franchise owners in the Anand Mahindra- and Charu Sharma-promoted Pro Kabaddi League. The player fee cap on teams, however, is significantly higher in the case of WKL at Rs 1.5 crore as opposed to Rs 60 lakh in case of Pro Kabaddi League. In case of WKL, the teams also have a spending limit of Rs 2.5 crore on marketing and promotions, making the total spending cap on each team at Rs 5 crore for the first season.

The total prize money in the WKL is Rs 3.5 crore with Rs 1.7 crore going to the first-place holder, Rs 80 lakh to the second-place holder and the rest would be equally split between third- and fourth-place holders.

The total prize money in the Pro Kabaddi League is Rs 1 crore.