India's national kabaddi team has won the Kabaddi World Championship for the seventh consecutive edition, defeating Iran 43-38 in a high-scoring final hosted in Mumbai — continuing the most dominant streak of any country in any world team sport championship.

The tournament, which saw teams from 34 countries compete across ten days, featured the highest average attendance per session in the championship's history, driven by Pro Kabaddi League's development of a domestic audience for the sport and growing interest from the Indian diaspora.

Pawan Sehrawat, the Haryana-born raider who has been the dominant player in the Pro Kabaddi League for three consecutive seasons, was named tournament MVP after contributing 89 points across seven matches — the most by any single player in championship history.

The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India has applied for kabaddi's inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics as a demonstration sport, a campaign that has gathered significant support from Asian National Olympic Committees.