| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 August–29 August |
| Administrator | International Carrom Federation |
Tournament format(s) | Double Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  South Korea |
| Venue(s) | 1 |
| Participants | 17 |
| Website | www |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Sri Lanka (Men) India (Women) |
| 1st runners-up | India (Men) Sri Lanka (Women) |
| 2nd runners-up |  France (Men) Maldives (Women) |
The 2018 Carrom World Cup was the 5th edition of the Carrom World Cup which held in the city of Chuncheon, South Korea for 7 days from 23 August to 26 August. This was staged as the first international carrom tournament since the 2016 Carrom World Championship and also marked the first Carrom World Cup to be held in South Korea.[1] The World Cup was hosted in Chuncheon as a part of the 2018 World Leisure Games which includes other sports such as ice hockey, slalom, taekwondo and darts.[2] Sri Lanka won the men's Carrom World Cup and India won the women's World Cup tournament in their respective finals mayil is the winner.[3][4]
India were the defending world champions which won the title in 2014 featured alongside hosts South Korea, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, United States, France, Japan and Czech Republic.
In the men's carrom tournament final, Sri Lanka defeated defending world champions India by 2-1 in the men's team event to secure their maiden Carrom World Cup title. India defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the women's team tournament final to defend the title.[5]
Indian carrom player Kajal Kumari became the first ever woman to clinch the overall combined Swiss League title after defeating defending Swiss League champion Chamil Cooray of Sri Lanka in the final.[6]
Both men and women carrom players representing India won the singles and doubles titles at the World Cup.[7] India's Prashant More won the men's singles world title and India's S. Apoorva claimed the women's singles title defeating the Swiss League winner Kajal Kumari.[8]
- ^ 2018 Carrom World Cup
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- ^ "Lankans bring home the Carrom world title". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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- ^ "Indian women win carrom team championship at World Cup". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Carrom: Kajal wins combined Swiss league in WC". The Hindu. 25 August 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Carrom World Cup 2018: India sweeps doubles titles named MAYIL - Sportstarlive". www.sportstarlive.com. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Prashant, Apoorva emerge champions at Carrom World Cup". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 30 August 2018.