The first World Cup of Kho-Kho was played at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Delhi. In this tournament, strong play was seen from the Indian women's and men's teams. India became the first world champion in both the categories. Indian women's team won the title by defeating Nepal. At the same time, the final match of Men's Kho-Kho World Cup was also played between the teams of India and Nepal. In this match also the Indian team was successful in winning. But the surprising thing is that even after this historic performance, no prize money was given to both the Indian teams.

Prize money not received even after winning Kho-Kho World Cup

The Indian team remained undefeated in both categories of the Kho-Kho World Cup and won the title. But the bags of both the teams remained empty. Only trophies were given to the Indian teams that became world champions. Apart from this, medals were given to the players included in the team. At the same time, individual awards were also given to the players. But no team received prize money. In fact, even before the start of the Kho Kho World Cup, it was decided that no cash prize would be given to the title winning team. For this reason the Indian team was not given prize money.

Indian women's team won the final in a one-sided manner

Indian women's team defeated Nepal in the final by a huge margin of 38 points. India scored 78 points during this match. At the same time, Nepal women's team could win 40 points. In this match, Indian women maintained their dominance from the very first turn and did not give any chance to Nepal team to make a comeback. In Turn-1 itself, the Indian team had taken a huge lead of 34-0 which remained intact till the end.

On the other hand, the Indian men's team defeated Nepal by a margin of 54-36 in the final match. A total of 20 teams took part in the Men's Kho-Kho World Cup. During this period, the Indian men's team was in Group A with Nepal, Peru, Brazil and Bhutan. She was successful in winning every match. Even in the knockout matches, Team India won in a one-sided manner and became the champion. The first match of the tournament was also played between these two teams. Then Team India had won.