Goa University: Sports

Milton Fernandes

Asst. Director of Physical Education & Sports

Upcoming events calender (2018-19)
Inter-University Championship
Inter Collegiate Championships Results (2018-19)

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

Tentative Sports Calendar

Events	Dates	Venue
Badminton (M & W)	Tue. 17 - 21 Jul 2018	SAG, Campal
Table Tennis (M & W)	Tue. 24 - 27 Jul 2018	SAG, Campal
Chess	Tue. 31 Jul - 01 Aug 2018	University
Swimming	Fri. 03 Aug 2018	SAG, Campal
Weight Lifting (M)	Tue. 07 - 08 Aug 2018	University
Power Lifting (M)	Thu. 09 - 11 Aug 2018	University
Best Physique (M)	Tue. 14 Aug 2018	University
X-Country (M & W)	Tue. 18 Aug 2018	University
Tennikoit (W)	Thu. 21 - 25 Aug 2018	University
Judo (M & W)	Tue. 28 - 31 Aug 2018	University
Taekwondo (M & W)	Tue. 04 - 07 Sep 2018	University
Basketball (M & W)	Tue. 18 - 21 Sep 2018	University
Football (M & W)	Tue. 25 Sep 2018 onwards	University
Tennis (M)	Mon. 15 - 16 Oct 2018	B.P.S. Margao
Baseball (M & W)	Tue. 11 - 14 Dec 2018	University
Kho-Kho (M & W)	Thu. 03 - 05 Jan 2019	University / Margao
Athletics (M & W)	Wed. 09 - 11 Jan 2019	Bambolim Stadium
Kabaddi (M & W)	Tue. 15 - 18 Jan 2019	University
Volleyball (M & W)	Mon. 22 - 25 Jan 2019	University
Hockey (M & W)	Tue. 29 Jan - 02 Feb 2019	University
Handball (M & W)	Tue. 05 - 09 Feb 2019	University
Cycling (M)	Mon. 11 Feb 2019	Navelim, Margao
Cricket (M & W)	Tue. 12 Feb 2019 onwards	University

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

Inter-University tournaments:

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

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