Kabaddi was contested by six teams at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China from September 23 to September 28 at the Teachers College of Physical Education.

India won the gold medal in a round robin competition.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	India Raju Bhavsar Krishan Kumar Godara Anil Kumar Ashan Kumar Tirath Raj S. Rajarathinam Ashok Shinde Hardeep Singh Randhir Singh	Bangladesh Nazir Ahmed Shah Alam Amjad Hossain Rabiul Islam Tariqul Islam Abul Qasem	Pakistan Nisar Ahmed Pervaiz Ahmed Muhammad Farooq Muhammad Hussain Mubashir Iqbal Muhammad Mansha Sultan Mehmood Talat Mehmood Abdul Razaq Muhammad Sarwar Rana Saif Ullah Tahir Waheed

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	India	5	5	0	0	234	84	+150	10
2	Bangladesh	5	3	1	1	116	121	−5	7[a]
3	Pakistan	5	3	1	1	116	112	+4	7[a]
4	China	5	1	0	4	89	148	−59	2
4	Japan	5	1	0	4	84	130	−46	2
4	Nepal	5	1	0	4	97	141	−44	2

23 September Pakistan  26–14  Japan Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

23 September Bangladesh  23–19    Nepal Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

23 September China  15–46  India Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

24 September Nepal    21–43  India Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

24 September Pakistan  23–23  Bangladesh Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

24 September China  17–20  Japan Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

25 September China  12–35  Bangladesh Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

25 September India  45–18  Japan Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

25 September Nepal    16–24  Pakistan Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

27 September India  48–13  Pakistan Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

27 September Nepal    17–34  China Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

27 September Japan  15–18  Bangladesh Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

28 September Japan  17–24    Nepal Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

28 September China  11–30  Pakistan Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

28 September India  52–17  Bangladesh Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

• Since both Pakistan and Bangladesh were tied on points, a play-off game was played to decide the 2nd team.

28 September Pakistan  18–19  Bangladesh Teachers College of Physical Education, Beijing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	India	5	5	0	0
	Bangladesh	6	4	1	1
	Pakistan	6	3	1	2
4	China	5	1	0	4
4	Japan	5	1	0	4
4	Nepal	5	1	0	4

• New Straits Times, September 24–29, 1990

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