The 2020 National Games of India, also known as Goa 2020, were to have been held between 20 October and 4 November 2020 in Goa.
In May 2020, it was announced that games would be indefinitely postponed as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. They were ultimately cancelled with the next national games scheduled to be held between 27 September and 10 October 2022 in Gujarat.
Expected teams Teams were expected from all 28 states and eight union territories of India as well a team representing Indian Armed Forces. The new union territories of Ladakh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were expected to have made their National Games debut at these games.
Marketing The official logo of the games and the mascot, Rubigula the Flame-Throated Bulbul, were unveiled in January 2020.
Venues
Venues that were to have been used during the 2020 National Games included: GMC Athletic Stadium – athletics Campal Swimming Pool – aquatics Campal Indoor Complex – boxing, table tennis, wrestling Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium – basketball, volleyball Fatorda Stadium – opening and closing ceremonies Miramar Beach – beach handball, beach volleyball Peddem Indoor Stadium – badminton Tilak Maidan Stadium – football
Sports The games would have featured 37 sports as follows: Sports event Number of medals Aquatics 50 Archery 15 Athletics 44 Badminton 7 Baseball 2 Basketball 2 Beach handball 2 Beach volleyball 2 Billiards and snooker 5 Canoeing and kayaking 36 Cycling 20 Fencing 12 Football 2 Gymnastics 20 Handball 2 Field hockey 2 Judo 14 Kabaddi 2 Kho-kho 2 Lawn bowls 8 Modern pentathlon 16 Netball 2 Rowing 18 Rugby sevens 2 Shooting 38 Squash 2 Sepak takraw 4 Table tennis 7 Taekwondo 16 Tennis 7 Triathlon 4 Volleyball 2 Weightlifting 15 Wrestling 24 Wushu 15 Yachting 4
See also Khelo India Youth Games
References
External links
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