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Sports

Balachandra B. Jadar
Assistant Director of Physical Education & Sports


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 a 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 Championships 2024-25 Tentative Sports Calendar

Events Dates Venue
First Phase
Table Tennis (M&W) 16-19 Jul 2024 DSPMS
Chess (Mix) 23-24 Jul 2024 DSPMS
Swimming (M&W) 26 Jul 2024 SAG Campal/Ponda
Badminton (M&W) 30 Jul-02 Aug 2024 Campal Indoor Stadium
Taekwondo (M&W) 06-09 Aug 2024 Jubilee Hall, Goa University
Weight lifting (M) 13-14 Aug 2024 Jubilee Hall, Goa University
X-Country (M&W) 17 Aug 2024 Goa University Campus
Judo (M&W) 20-23 Aug 2024 Jubilee Hall, Goa University
Kabaddi (M&W) 27-30 Aug 2024 DSPMS
Best Physique (M) 03 Sep 2024 DSPMS
Football (M&W) 17 Sep 2024 onwards Goa University Ground
Tennikoit (M&W) 24-27 Sep 2024 Jubilee Hall
Second Phase
Athletics (M&W) 11-13 Dec 2024 Athletic Stadium, Bambolim
Cycling (M) 18 Dec 2024 Navelim
Tennis (M) 20-21 Dec 2024 Tennis Court, Fatorda Sports Complex
Powerlifting (M) 02-04 Jan 2025 Jubilee Hall, Goa University
Power Lifting (W) 06-07 Jan 2025 Jubilee Hall, Goa University
Handball (M&W) 14-17 Jan 2025 Goa University Ground
Kho-Kho (M&W) 21-24 Jan 2025 Goa University Ground
Baseball (M&W) 28-31 Jan 2025 Goa University Ground
Basketball (M&W) 04-07 Feb 2025 DSPMS
Hockey (M&W) 11-14 Feb 2025 Hockey Turf, Peddem
Volleyball (M&W) 19-22 Feb 2025 DSPMS
Cricket (M&W) 25 Feb 2025 onwards Goa University Ground


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 2023-24 2022-23 2019-20 2018-19
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
Athletics 520 361 534 365 414 489 478 292
Badminton 251 159 210 164 211 147 207 101
Base Ball 119 92 177 108 181 121 135 106
Basketball 181 74 167 88 199 110 247 137
Best Physique 49 39 57 84
Chess (Mix) 239 240 192 26 217
Cricket 541 213 600 198 489 314 545 186
Cross Country 143 70 119 91 186 82 184 87
Cycling 65 78 69 72
Football 821 425 874 570 786 358 798 407
Handball 273 215 334 222 202 118 180 127
Hockey 141 55 170 78 148 95 192 157
Judo 58 41 71 51 151 120 148 107
Kabaddi 297 127 370 232 274 192 241 181
Kho-Kho 177 150 220 187 132 157 156 96
Power Lifting 143 96 154 131 160
Swimming 39 23 52 16 90 27 74 28
Table Tennis 183 133 191 124 161 105 169 99
Taekwondo 64 40 116 41 163 79 148 71
Tennikoit 157 156 147 166 113 103
Tennis 57 57 34 44
Volleyball 372 282 340 258 422 228 370 324
Weight Lifting 52 54 80 54
Total 4705 2712 5047 2926 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 Championships:

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 (2023-2024)

Event Zone Venue Performance
Kabaddi Men West Zone Devi Ahilya University, Indore Participation
Weightlifting Men South West Zone Adikavi Nannaya Universtiy, Rajamahendravaram Participation (4 athlete qualified for All India
Football Women West Zone ITM University, Gwalior Runners - up
Badminton Men West Zone D.A.V. Indore Participation
Volleyball Men West Zone S.R.M.T University, Nanded Participation
Kabaddi Women West Zone M.C.B.U. Chhatarpur Participation
Hockey Women West Zone ITM University Gwalior Participation (Q.F.)
Beach Volleyball Men All India S.R.M I.S.T, Chennai Participation
Athletics Men North/East/West Zone K.I.I.T. Bhubaneshwar Participation
Athletics Women All India K.I.I.T. Bhubaneshwar Participation
Aquatics Men South West Zone S.R.M.I.S.T. Chennai Participation (1 athlete qualified for All India
Aquatics Women South West Zone S.R.M.I.S.T. Chennai 1 Bronze & 1 Silver Medal (Two athlete qualified for All India)
Hockey Men West Zone R.T.U. Bhopal Participation (Pre-Q.F.)
Football Men West Zone H.S.N.C. University, Mumbai Participation
Football Women All India Vidyasagar University, Midnapore Participation (Qualified for K.I.U.G 2023)
Weight Lifting Men All India C.U. Mohali, Punjab Participation
Kho-Kho Women West Zone A.P.S. University, Rewa Participation
Aquatics Men All India S.R.M I.S.T. Chennai Participation
Aquatics Women All India S.R.M I.S.T. Chennai 1 Bronze and 1 Silver Medal
Cricket Women West Zone A.P.S. University, Rewa Participation
Judo Men South West Zone G.N.D. University, Amritsar Participation
Judo Women South West Zone G.N.D. University, Amritsar Participation (One Student qualified for All India)
Judo Women All India G.N.D. University, Amritsar Participation
Cricket Men West Zone K.B.C.N.M. University, Jalgaon Participation
Cross Country Men All India S.R.T.M. University, Nanded Participation
Cross Country Women All India S.R.T.M. University, Nanded Participation
Powerlifting Men All India T.N.P.E.S.U. Chennai Participation
Powerlifting Women All India T.N.P.E.S.U. Chennai Participation

Khelo-India University Games 2023 (24)

Event Zone Venue Performance
Football - Women Khelo India Guwahati Participation

Indian Universities Selection for 2024 FISU World University Championship (Beach Volleyball)

Name of the Athlete Zone Venue Performance
Tejas P. Gauns Open Selection (All India) S.R.M.I.S.T. Chennai Participation
Prabal V. Sawant Open Selection (All India) S.R.M.I.S.T. Chennai Selected in India Camp


Inter Collegiate Championships Results

  • 2023-24
  • 2022-23
  • 2019-20
  • 2018-19