GROUNDS

 Grounds shall be consist of a semi-soft or grassy level land. The boundary shall be drawn into a 75 Ft. semi-circle of an oval shape from the mid point for out door fields. Grounds for indoor stadiums could be adjusted accordingly with the prior approval from federation.

 The boundary and mid-line shall be distinctly drawn in white by Three inch thick lines except the portion of mid line between the two posts which would be Four inch thick line.
 A clear space of Thirty (30) feet shall be provided all around the play area no one will be allowed to enter during the play off

 In the Centre of mid - line, a Four inch thick line measuring 20 feet from inside at equal distance from both ends of the mid - line shall be demarcated to be called a ‘Pala’ or ‘Gate-Line’.
 Two posts, round in shape of soft or playable material with a radius of Six to Nine inches in white color shall be placed at each end of Pala or Gate-Line and these posts will not be a part of Gate-Line.
Raiders must stand at the side corner at the end of their respective half near the center line and opposite to their opponent team as shown in the diagram. Stoppers must stand on the top front of the field from the center line as shown in the diagram.
Attached is a diagram showing measurements of the outdoor ground and positions for both Raiders & Stoppers

CONDUCT OF PLAY

A Kabbadi match shall be decided on the basis of points of each team. The team scoring the highest points at the end of a game shall be declared winner..
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 The team winning the Toss, shall have a choice either of the court (Home) side or the first raid. In the second half of the match, the court shall be changed..
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 Arrangements for water shall be made in the clear space on the off side beyond the playing ground on the mid-line, but no player would be permitted to cross the boundary line..
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A raider shall be allowed to touch any designated stopper player of the opposing team. All participating teams must warn their players (raiders) standing in the field that if upon touching any player of the opponent team, raider returns to his court, the raid shall be considered a successful raid and a point shall be awarded to the raider..
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 If in the opinion of the Umpire, a raider is coughed by any of the defenders of the opposing team and is un-able to get out of his grip and raider signals his inability to struggle further, the Umpire shall give the point to the defender’s team. 25f. If during a raid or struggle, or if there is no contact, a raider or any of the defenders goes out of the ground, the one who goes out first loses a point. If both of them go out simultaneously, no point shall be scored by any of the teams..
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During a raid, no raider shall be cautioned by any of his own team players, otherwise the Umpire shall award a point to the defenders team. No coaching from outside shall be allowed by coaches or outside players during a play..
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The officials of federation, one Coach and one Manager of each participating team and medical team shall be allowed inside, but at a distance of 20 feet from the boundary of the ground during the course of the game..
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 If a raider having been touched or held by any of the defenders fails to reach his court or fails to touch the mid-line inside the pala within a struggle the defending team shall score a point..
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 No team shall delay any raid. A team taking more than 5 seconds to send raider when asked to do so by the Umpire, shall be liable to concede one point to opposing team at the discretion of the Umpire..
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 A raid having been commenced before the end of half time or close of the play shall be completed even if the time runs out during the raid..
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In case of struggle between a raider and any of the player of the opposing team, the remaining players shall be passive temporarily and keep themselves out of the raider’s way until the point is decided. If any other player of the defending teal causes any obstruction, the raider’s team shall be awarded a point..
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 No other member of the federation of both participating teams in the game shall be allowed to enter in the field during the play off until the match completed..
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 First point shall be considered to be a One and a Half (1.5) point awarded to a successful raider or stopper to prevent for extra time to be given at the end of the match to decide a winner..
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 Before the end of the entire match, the Umpires will announce Two final raids from each club..
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 All Raiders from both teams must stand in the designated area for the Raiders as described in the Sketch of Kabaddi Ground..
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A Raider must only raid on the designated stoppers as designated in the Sketch of Kabaddi Ground..
Any raider may also play as a stopper, as long as he joins the designated stoppers of his own team prior to the opponent raider reaches the area for designated stoppers.

BEST RAIDER AND BEST STOPPER

One best Raider and One best Stopper will be selected for the Ontario League who could be any (local or outsider) player And One best Raider and One best Stopper will be selected from the local players. To select a best raider and a best stopper for the season and to qualify for the merit of best raider and best stopper, a player must have participated and played 75% of all tournaments organized under the supervision of the federation in Ontario only.
 The average + percentage (%) of all points (successful raids out of total attempted raids by a raider or successful stops out of total attempted stops by a stopper as described in 38d & 38e) attained in all matches in all tournaments by an individual player will be calculated. Conduct, Behavior, Discipline and Co-Operation of all participating players towards the fellow Players, Umpires, Federation and the Organizing Committee will be judged by federation executive committee during the whole season and will be awarded Merit and De-Merit points and reflect the total percentage points to qualify a player to be announced the Best Raider and Best Stopper.
 The Raiders shall be divided into Three (A, B & C) Categories. The Raider who is successful to earn more than 80% points from his total raids, will be designated as a "A" player. The Raider who is successful to earn 50% to 79.99% points from his total raids, will be designated as a "B" player.

The Raider who is successful to earn under 50% points from his total raids, will be designated as a "C" player.
 The attainder of higher percentage points aggregated out of maximum successful raids and (16) the conduct of play during whole season in all tournaments shall be declared the Best Raider.
 The Stopper who make successful stops to "A" raider will be awarded with Five (5) points, and successful stops to "B" raider will be awarded with Three (3) points and successful stops to "C" raider will be awarded with One (1) point. The attainder of higher percentage points aggregated out of maximum successful stops to the Raiders and the conduct of play during the whole season in all tournaments shall be declared the Best Stopper.
The Best Raider will receive a Plaque and Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) from the Federation

WEIGHING THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS

All players participating in "B" or "C" team must take their weight at 11 a.m. in presence of Federation Officials on the day of the tournament. It is the responsibility of all participating players and their Two clubs officials to be present at that timeIf any player is late to take weight, he must pay $50.00 per hour late fine to the federation to have his weight taken after the originally scheduled time. First time, all "B" and "C" team players will take their weights in the First tournament and second time their weight will be taken on the Fourth (4th) tournament regardless of any circumstances.
e.g. : out of total Eight (8) tournaments, weight will be taken on First (1st) and Fourth (4th) tournament only. In the event any player joins the team/club after these scheduled weight days, OR did not qualify on these dates and wishes to play in the next tournament, his weight will be taken on the tournament day at 11 a.m. and fine will apply to him if he shows up later than 11 a.m. on the tournament day.

QUALIFICATION FOR LOCAL PLAYERS:

In order to qualify as a local player, he must live permanently in Ontario for at least Eleven (11) months in a fiscal year, except the time he was out of country or in India. If any objection arises about his residency, and the player claims that he was out of country, he must provide a proof of Immigration Stamps on his passport and/or a used airline ticket, along with proof of address in Ontario, Banking Records, Work Records, Tax Return, Health Card, Driving Licence etc..
If any player brake this rule, his parent club will be fined up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00) and the player will not be allowed to play in Ontario unless the player pays the fine of $5000.00 to his club which was paid by his club to the federation.

Any person of any race or color could participate as a player in any tournament in Ontario.
Refugee claimants in Quebec will be considered as local players in Ontario.
If any player played as a local player in B.C. or anywhere in Canada or in U.S.A., he will be considered as a outsider player. Ontario Federation will correspond with B.C. Sports Federation to obtain/confirm the list of their local players.
Junior Team: The player of the junior team could be up to 12 years of age in the currency of the same year when he wishes to participate as a player. e.g.: to participate in year 2002, the player must be born in 1990 or after. Each player’s weight must not exceed 100 Lbs. to qualify to participate.

TOURNAMENT EVENTS:

To hold a tournament event, the organizing committee must receive entries from at least Three (3) teams for that particular event. If Three teams wishes to participate in a tournament, the tournament committee must organize that event. If there are less than Three teams, then that event will not take place during that tournament. Any teams who wishes to participate in tournaments, must inform the Federation by the end of April of the fiscal year.

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT:

To qualify to hold International Tournament, the Club must have participated in 51% of tournaments with "A" or "B" team from the time of applying for the tournament. This 51% condition is in effect after year 2004.
Ticket price and Prizes for International tournament in Ontario must be discussed every year with the Ontario Federation of Sports. Organizing tournament committee must provide reasonable proof to the federation to set the ticket price.
Coach / Manager will not be selected from the same club, for the International tournament in Ontario, who is hosting the International Tournament in the same year.
International Tournament Committee must provide light Refreshments, Soft Drinks (Juice, Gatorade etc.), Tea, Fruit, Submarines at about 5 p.m. to the team Manager / Coach . Team (18)
Manager/Coach must provide a list of Food / Drink items to the tournament committee by 11 a.m. on the day of tournament.