DHAKA, Dec 18, 2024 (BSS)- The Victory Day Kabaddi Competition will begin 
tomorrow (Thursday) at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball 
Stadium in the capital.

General Secretary of Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation (BKF) SM Newaz Sohag and 
its Organizing Secretary Abdul Haque gave the details about the competition 
at a press conference held at Dutch Bangla Auditorium of Bangladesh Olympic 
Association (BOA) on Wednesday.

The organisers informed that Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Ansar, Border 
Guard Bangladesh, Narail District, Faridpur District and Joypurhat District 
teams are participating in the women's section while Bangladesh Army, 
Bangladesh Air Force, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Jail and 
Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense are taking part in the men's 
section.

The preliminary round of both the [women's and men's] sections would be held 
on group basis. The top two teams from the two groups will play the semi-
finals. The semi-final winners of the two sections would qualify for the 
finals which will be held on December 24.

SM Newaz Sohag said: "The selection process will be completed through the 
Victory Day Kabaddi competition. In future, we want to organise Tests series 
(5 match series) and discussions are going on with Sri Lanka and Nepal in 
this regards... Bangladesh will also play Tests against India in the future."

"We are going to start the "Youth Festival" through the Victory Day Kabaddi 
competition. You know that the youth festival is going to be organised in the 
country. We are proud to be the part in this festival. Bangladesh will 
prepare for the Youth World Cup by selecting players through the youth 
festival," he added.

Grouping 

Women's section: 

Group A - Bangladesh Police, Faridpur District and Narail District 

Group B - Bangladesh Ansar and VDP, Border Guard Bangladesh and Joypurhat 
district

Men's section:

Group A - Bangladesh Police, Fire Service and Civil Defense and Bangladesh 
Army.

Group B - Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force and Bangladesh Jail.