Goa University: Sports

Balachandra B. Jadar

Assistant Director of Physical Education & Sports

Inter-University Championship
Inter Collegiate Championships Results

All sports activities are organized systematically and in a sporting atmosphere as per the schedule approved by the Sports Council. Students participating in sports are given benefit of marks and attendance as per Goa University Ordinances.

Sports infrastructure:

Goa University has rich sports infrastructure at its campus for post-graduate students at the University campus, besides coaching and intercollegiate tournaments.
Various intra-mural events for post-graduate students are also conducted using this infrastructure.

Infrastructure at a glance:

Outdoor

Cricket ground
Standard 400M Athletics track
Football ground
Volleyball court
Basketball court
Concrete batting pitch for net practices
Kabaddi court
Khokho court

Indoor (Silver Jubilee hall)

Chess
Judo
Weight Lifting
Power Lifting
Best Physique
Tennikoit and Taekwondo

Inter-collegiate championship tournaments

Inter-collegiate Championship tournaments for men and women in various sports are organized every year. The winners and runners-up are awarded with trophies, medals and certificates. Here is the past data of participation:

Sport	2019-20		2018-19		2017-18		2016-17
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Athletics	414	489	478	292	572	381	421	381
Badminton	210	132	139	143	211	147	207	101
Base Ball	408	192	184	119	181	121	135	106
Basketball	191	167	192		199	110	247	137
Best Physique	71		40		57		84
Chess (Open)	230		243		192	26	217
Cricket	591		575	187	489	314	545	186
Cross Country	138	79	134	60	186	82	184	87
Cycling	58		81		69		72
Football	821	418	796	236	786	358	798	407
Handball	307	231	342	190	202	118	180	127
Hockey	124	64	145	79	148	95	192	157
Judo	168	131	102	76	151	120	148	107
Kabaddi	262	259	347	225	274	192	241	181
Kho-Kho	120	120	194	155	132	157	156	96
Power Lifting	124		162		131		160
Swimming	61	22	63	17	90	27	74	28
Table Tennis	176	107	174	101	161	105	169	99
Taekwondo	138	92	105	44	163	79	148	71
Tennikoit	109	126	123	135		113		103
Tennis	58		49		34		44
Volleyball	443	264	437	322	422	228	370	324
Weight Lifting	40		67		80		54
Total	5265	2893	5172	2381	4930	2773	4846	2698

No inter-collegiate activities were organised during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Inter-University tournaments:

Selection trials are conducted to short-list the best players to represent the University at the Inter-University Championships. A coaching camp is organized to raise the quality of participants of the University team.

Inter University Championship Participation and Performance (2019-2020)

Event	Date	Zone	Venue	Performance	Participants
Aquatics - Men	1-4 Nov 2019	All India	Punjab Univ.	Participation	2
Aquatics - Women	6-8 Nov 2019	All India	Punjab Univ.	Participation	1
Athletics - Men	2-6 Jan 2020	All India	Rajiv Gandhi Univ., Mangalore	Participation	10
Athletics - Women	2-6 Jan 2020	All India	Rajiv Gandhi Univ., Mangalore	Participation	4
Badminton - Men	2-5 Jan 2020	West-Zone	Nanded Univ.	Participation	6
Boxing - Men	20-24 Dec 2019	All India	Meerut	Participation	6
Boxing - Women	26 Dec-2 Jan 2020	All India	Meerut	Participation	6
Cricket - Men	23 Dec-7 Jan 2020	West Zone	Gwalior	Participation	16
Cricket - Women	25 Dec-7 Jan 2020	West Zone	Bhopal	Winners	16
Cross Country - Men	6 Oct 2019	All India	Mangalore Univ.	Participation	5
Cross Country - Women	10 Oct 2019	All India	Vishakhapatnam	Participation	6
Football - Men	1-12 Dec 2019	West Zone	Bhopal	Qualifying Round	20
Football - Women	16-21 Dec 2019	West Zone	Jabalpur	Winners	19
Football - Women	9-12 Jan 2020	All India	Bhubaneshwar	3rd Place	19
Handball - Men	30 Dec 2019-3 Jan 2020	West Zone	Gwalior	2nd Round	16
Hockey - Men	23-29 Oct 2019	West Zone	LNIP, Gwalior	Qualifying	16
Judo - Men	26-28 Dec 2019	All India	Kanpur	Participation	4
Judo - Women	22-28 Dec 2019	All India	Kanpur	Participation	5
Kabaddi - Men	18-22 Nov 2019	West Zone	Rajasthan	2nd Round	12
Kho-Kho - Men	2-5 Dec 2019	West Zone	Nanded Univ.	3rd Round	12
Power Lifting - Men	27-31 Jan 2020	All India	Mumbai Univ.	Participation	7
Softball - Men	8-12 Jan 2020	All India	Khadappa Univ.	Participation	16
Table Tennis - Men	20 Oct-2 Nov 2019	West Zone	Indore	3rd Round	5
Volleyball - Men	16-20 Dec 2019	All India	Nagpur Univ.	Participation	12

Khelo-India Inter-University Championship 2019-2020

Event	Date	Zone	Performance	Participants
Football - Women	21 Feb-1 Mar 2020	Khelo-India	4th Place	19
Judo - Women	23-26 Feb 2020	Khelo-India	Participants	1
Swimming - Women	26- 28 Feb 2020	Khelo-India	Participants	1

Inter University Championship Participation and Performance (2018-2019)

Event	Date	Zone	Venue	Performance
Aquatics – Women	28 Oct 2018	All India	Jain Univ., Bangalore	Suman Patil – Bronze in 50M Butterfly
Aquatics – Men	28 Oct 2018	All India	Jain Univ., Bangalore	Aalhad V. Chati - Gold in 3M High Board, a Silver in 3 Mts Spring Board & Bronze in 1 Mts Spring Board Diving
Football - Women	29 Dec 2018	West Zone	ITM Univ. Gwalior	Winner
Football - Women	14 Jun 2019	All India	Guru Nanak Dev Univ. Amritsar	Quarter Finals
Football - Men	11 Dec 2018	West Zone	Mumbai Univ.	Runners Up
Football - Men	23 Dec 2018	All India	Mumbai Univ.	Fourth position

No selection trials were held and Goa University did not participate in west-zone and All-India Inter-University Championships due to the Covid-19 pandemic.