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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Both men and women carrom players representing India won the singles and doubles titles at the World Cup. 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.
Participating teams
Sri Lanka sent 8 players including four men and four women for the event including former carrom world championNishantha Fernando and 2 time Swiss League winner Chamil Cooray. This is the first World Cup appearance for Sri Lanka since 2010 after skipping the 2014 World Cup which was held in United States. The United States Carrom Association has selected a men's team of 4 led by Shibu Jose. Czech Republic national level champion Horst Šimunský will lead the Czech Republic delegation at the event.
Controversy
On 22 June 2018, the International Carrom Federation earlier rejected the entry list of India for the World Cup as the entry list was alleged to have approved by a member of the ad hoc committee appointed by India's High Court instead of a regular executive committee member of All India Carrom Federation. However on 3 July 2018, the ICF later accepted India's entry list for the World Cup as it was later confirmed by the secretary of All India Carrom Federation.
Men's teams
Final (Team)
Sri Lanka beat India 2-1 to win the first Carrom World Cup title in men's team event. The men's team final was held on 26 August. Zaheer Pasha beat Shaheed Hilmy 25-22 & 25-11 Nishantha Fernando beat K Sagayabharati 25-22 & 25-7 Chamil Cooray beat Prashant More 3-25, 25-15 & 25-21
US Team result: The US team became the 5th best team in the Korea World Cup. 18 countries participated in Korea... Sri Lanka India France Maldives USA US Swiss League ranking Deep Joshi Murali Balasbramanyam Shibu Jose Dr Shivaram Gowdegere US Singles notables Deep Joshi and Shibu Jose qualified for the Pre-Quarter-Finals stage of the singles event
Women's teams
Final (Team)
India beat Sri Lanka 3-0 to win their fifth Carrom World Cup title in women's team event. Rashmi Kumari beat Roshita Joseph 19-15 & 25-23 Kajal Kumari beat Chalani Lakmali 25-11 & 25-12 S Apoorva beat Yasika Rahubaddha 25-12 & 25-23
