Football at the National Games of India
| Founded | Men: 1985 Women: 1999 |
|---|---|
| Region | India |
| Current champions | M: Services W: Odisha (2023) |
| Most successful team(s) | M: Punjab & West Bengal (3 titles each) W: Manipur (5 titles) |
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Football has been a sport at the National Games of India since 1985, while the women's tournament was introduced in 1999.[1] Punjab and West Bengal are currently the most successful states in the men's category with 3 gold medals, while Manipur is the most successful women's team with 5 gold medals.[2][3][4][5][6]
Results
[edit]Men's tournament
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold
|
Score |  Silver
|
 Bronze
|
Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1985 | Delhi | Punjab | − | West Bengal | − | − | − | ||
| 1987 | Kerala | Kerala | − | Punjab | Bihar | – | − | ||
| 1994 | Pune | West Bengal | − | Kerala | − | – | − | ||
| 1997 | Bangalore | Kerala | − | Goa | Karnataka | – | – | ||
| 1999 | Manipur | Maharashtra | − | Assam | West Bengal | – | – | ||
| 2001 | Punjab | Punjab | 1−0 | Goa | Maharashtra | 1–0 | Services | ||
| 2002 | Hyderabad | Punjab | 2−1 | West Bengal | Tamil Nadu | 1–1 (5−4 p) |
Services | ||
| 2007 | Guwahati | Assam | 1−1 (6−5 p) |
Tamil Nadu | Meghalaya | 1–0 | West Bengal | ||
| 2011 | Jharkhand | West Bengal | 1−0 | Punjab | Goa | 3–1 | Services | ||
| 2015 | Kerala | Mizoram | 1−0 | Punjab | Maharashtra | 3–1 | Goa | ||
| 2022 | Gujarat | West Bengal | 5−0 | Kerala | Services | 4–0 | Karnataka | ||
| 2023 | Goa | Services | 3−1 | Manipur | Kerala | 0–0 (4–3 p) |
Punjab | ||
Women's tournament
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold
|
Score | Silver
|
Bronze
|
Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1999 | Manipur | Manipur | − | West Bengal | Kerala | – | – | ||
| 2001 | Punjab | Manipur | 3−2 | Punjab | West Bengal | 3–1 | Bihar | ||
| 2002 | Hyderabad | Manipur | 1−0 | West Bengal | Orissa | 4–0 | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| 2007 | Guwahati | Orissa | 0−0 (4−2 p) |
Manipur | West Bengal | 2–1 | Goa | ||
| 2011 | Jharkhand | Orissa | 2−1 | Manipur | West Bengal | 1–0 | Tamil Nadu | ||
| 2015 | Kerala | Manipur | 1−1 (4−2 p) |
Odisha | Haryana | 2–0 | Kerala | ||
| 2022 | Gujarat | Manipur | 2−0 | Odisha | Tamil Nadu | 5–1 | Assam | ||
| 2023 | Goa | Odisha | 1−1 (4−2 p) |
Manipur | Haryana | 1–0 | West Bengal | ||
Beach soccer
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold
|
Score | Silver
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Bronze
|
Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2024 | Diu | Lakshadweep | 5−4 | Maharashtra | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu and Rajasthan |
– | – | ||
Medal table
[edit]Men's
[edit]| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punjab | 3 (1985, 2001, 2003) | 3 (1997, 2011, 2015) | 0 |
| West Bengal | 3 (1994, 2011, 2022) | 2 (1985, 2002) | 1 (1999) |
| Kerala | 2 (1987, 1997) | 2 (1994, 2022) | 1 (2023) |
| Mizoram | 1 (2015) | 0 | 0 |
| Assam | 1 (2007) | 1 (1999) | 0 |
| Maharashtra | 1 (1999) | 0 | 2 (2001, 2015) |
| Services | 1 (2023) | 0 | 1 (2022) |
| Goa | 0 | 2 (1997, 2001) | 1 (2011) |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | 1 (2007) | 1 (2002) |
| Manipur | 0 | 1 (2023) | 0 |
| Bihar | 0 | 0 | 1 (1987) |
| Karnataka | 0 | 0 | 1 (1997) |
| Meghalaya | 0 | 0 | 1 (2007) |
Women's
[edit]| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manipur | 5 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2022) | 3 (2007, 2011, 2023) | 0 |
| Odisha | 3 (2007, 2011, 2023) | 2 (2015, 2022) | 1 (2002) |
| West Bengal | 0 | 2 (1999, 2002) | 3 (2001, 2007, 2011) |
| Punjab | 0 | 1 (2001) | 0 |
| Kerala | 0 | 0 | 1 (1999) |
| Haryana | 0 | 0 | 2 (2015, 2023) |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | 0 | 1 (2022) |
Beach soccer
[edit]| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakshadweep | 1 (2024) | 0 | 0 |
| Maharashtra | 0 | 1 (2024) | 0 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0 | 0 | 1 (2024) |
| Rajasthan | 0 | 0 | 1 (2024) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Games". olympic.ind.in. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the National Games Men's Football Tournament". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the National Games Women's Football Tournament". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "National Games: W Bengal hammer Kerala 5–0 to clinch gold in men's football". wap.business-standard.com. Business Standard India. IANS. 12 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Sarangi, Y. B. (11 October 2022). "National Games: West Bengal routs Kerala 5–0, wins men's football gold medal after 11 years". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women's football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men's volleyball". Sportstar. 10 October 2022. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
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