2023 National Games of India

37th National Games of India

Host city	Goa, India
Motto	Get Set Goa
Teams	37 (expected)
Athletes	10,000+
Sport	43
Opening	25 October 2023 (2023-10-25)
Closing	9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
Opened by	Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India)
Main venue	GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim
Website	37th National Games
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The 2023 National Games of India, also known as the 37th National Games of India and informally as Goa 2023 are held from 25 October to 9 November 2023 in the state of Goa.^[1][2][3]

Goa Olympic Association was given hosting rights by the Indian Olympic Association after the closing ceremony held for the 2022 National Games of India at Surat on 13 October 2022.^[4]

Earlier Goa had been the host for the 36th edition, but due to a surge of COVID-19, Goa declared that it was unable to host the event.

The games will be held across the cities of Mapusa, Panjim, Ponda, Vasco and Margao. While Cycling (Track) and Golf events will be held in Delhi.

Mapusa

• Peddem Sports Complex
  • Badminton hall (Cue sports)
  • Hockey ground (Hockey)
  • Indoor Hall (Boxing and Gymnastics)
• Chapora river (Canoeing and Rowing)
• Mendrem Shooting Range (Shooting)

Panjim

• SPM Indoor Stadium (Badminton, Fencing and Volleyball)
• Campal Indoor Stadium (Netball, Table tennis and Kabaddi)
• Campal Outdoor Grounds (Pencak silat, and Weightlifting)

Ponda

• Ponda Swimming pool
• Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi - Ponda
• Ponda Multi-Purpose Indoor Stadium

Vasco

• Tilak Maidan Football Ground
• Chicalim Multi-Purpose Ground
• Chicalim Squash Facility

Margao

Teams are expected from all 28 states and eight union territories of India as well as a team representing Indian Armed Forces.

The official logo of the games and the mascot, Moga an Indian bison, were unveiled in June 2023.^[5]

43 disciplines will be contested in the 2023 National Games. Several new sports have been added to the event, such as sqay, beach football, roll ball, golf, sepak takraw, kalaripayattu, pencak silat and Mini golf. Additionally, yachting and taekwondo are making a return after their exclusion during the last edition.^[6]

Traditional sports lagori and gatka have been included as demonstration sports.^[6]

2023 National Games medal table ^[7]

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Maharashtra	80	69	79	228
2	Services	66	27	33	126
3	Haryana	62	55	75	192
4	Madhya Pradesh	37	36	39	112
5	Kerala	36	24	27	87
6	Karnataka	32	32	37	101
7	Manipur	30	22	30	82
8	Delhi	29	26	67	122
9	Goa*	27	27	38	92
10	Tamil Nadu	19	26	32	77
11	Punjab	17	26	32	75
12	Assam	14	20	22	56
13	Rajasthan	14	18	33	65
14	Jammu and Kashmir	14	14	18	46
15	Uttar Pradesh	11	24	36	71
16	Odisha	10	18	30	58
17	Gujarat	8	2	21	31
18	West Bengal	7	23	26	56
19	Andhra Pradesh	7	5	15	27
20	Jharkhand	6	5	14	25
21	Arunachal Pradesh	6	2	5	13
22	Telangana	4	10	11	25
23	Chandigarh	4	8	4	16
24	Himachal Pradesh	4	2	5	11
25	Uttarakhand	3	7	14	24
26	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	3	4	1	8
27	Mizoram	2	3	0	5
28	Chhattisgarh	2	2	16	20
29	Nagaland	1	3	4	8
30	Bihar	0	3	5	8
31	Puducherry	0	2	5	7
32	Tripura	0	1	0	1
33	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0	0	2	2
34	Lakshadweep	0	0	1	1
	Sikkim	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		555	546	778	1,879

States/UTs without any medal

• Ladakh
• Meghalaya

• Official website