Inter IIT Sports Meet
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 14 different Inter collegiate sports |
| Location | India |
| Established | 1961 |
| Administrator | Indian Institutes of Technology |
| Participants | 3500 athletes |
| Website | Official Website |
| Current champion | |
| IIT Madras (2025) | |
Inter IIT Sports Meet is the annual sports tournament of the Indian Institutes of Technology. It is organized in December, with the Aquatics events held separately in October. It is the longest-running Inter-collegiate meet where all IITs participate, having been held since 1961. In 2024, the event was held at IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore jointly and for 2025, it was held at IIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras and IIT Tirupati.
Tournaments are held in 15 different sports, namely:
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Chess
- Kho kho
- Football
- Hockey
- Lawn tennis
- Squash
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
All the 23 IITs participating in the Inter-IIT Sports Meet:
- Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneshwar
- Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad
- Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
- Indian Institute of Technology Goa
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
- Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
- Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
- Indian Institute of Technology Patna
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
- Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
History
The proposition for an Inter IIT Sports Meet was brought up in 1961, and IIT Bombay hosted the first ever Inter IIT Sports Meet. Only five IITs were in existence then, namely IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi; who competed in five sports only.[1]
History and winners
| Year | Edition | Held at | Champions | Year | Edition | Held at | Champions | Year | Edition | Held at | Champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | Bombay | Kharagpur | 1989 | 26 | Kanpur | Kharagpur | 2015 | 51 | Madras | Cancelled due to flooding in Chennai | ||
| 1963 | 2 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 1990 | 27 | Delhi | Delhi | 2016 | 51 | Kanpur | Kanpur | ||
| 1964 | 3 | Madras | Kharagpur | 1991 | 28 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2017 | 52 | Madras | Bombay | ||
| 1966 | 4 | Bombay | Bombay | 1993 | 29 | Bombay | Bombay | 2018 | 53 | Guwahati | Delhi | ||
| 1967 | 5 | Delhi | Kharagpur | 1994 | 30 | Madras | None - last 3 days rained out | 2019 | 54 | Kharagpur and Bhubaneswar | Kharagpur | ||
| 1968 | 6 | Kanpur | Kharagpur | 1995 | 31 | Kanpur | Bombay | 2020 | 55 | Delhi and Roorkee | Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic | ||
| 1969 | 7 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 1996 | 32 | Delhi | Madras | 2021 | 55 | Delhi and Roorkee | Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic | ||
| 1970 | 8 | Madras | Madras | 1997 | 33 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2022 | 55 | Delhi and Roorkee | Roorkee | ||
| 1972 | 9 | Kharagpur | Madras | 1998 | 34 | Bombay | Bombay | 2023 | 56 | Bombay and Gandhinagar | Madras | ||
| 1973 | 10 | Bombay | Madras | 1999 | 35 | Madras | Madras | 2024 | 57 | Kanpur and Indore | Bombay | ||
| 1974 | 11 | Delhi | Madras | 2000 | 36 | Kanpur | Bombay | 2025 | 58 | Hyderabad, Madras and Tirupati | Madras | ||
| 1975 | 12 | Kharagpur | Madras | 2001 | 37 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2026 | 59 | TBA | TBA | ||
| 1976 | 13 | Kanpur | Madras | 2002 | 38 | Delhi | Delhi | ||||||
| 1977 | 14 | Madras | Madras | 2003 | 39 | Bombay | Madras | ||||||
| 1978 | 15 | Bombay | Madras | 2004 | 40 | Madras | Madras | ||||||
| 1979 | 16 | Delhi | Madras | 2005 | 41 | Roorkee | Kharagpur | ||||||
| 1980 | 17 | Kanpur | Madras | 2006 | 42 | Guwahati | Madras | ||||||
| 1981 | 18 | Kharagpur | Bombay | 2007 | 43 | Bombay | Bombay | ||||||
| 1982 | 19 | Bombay | Madras | 2008 | 44 | Madras | Bombay | ||||||
| 1983 | 20 | Madras | None - last 2 days rained out (Bombay was ahead) | 2009 | 45 | Kanpur | Bombay | ||||||
| 1984 | 21 | Kanpur | Bombay | 2010 | 46 | Delhi | Madras | ||||||
| 1985 | 22 | Delhi | Bombay | 2011 | 47 | Kharagpur | Madras | ||||||
| 1986 | 23 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2012 | 48 | Roorkee | Bombay | ||||||
| 1987 | 24 | Bombay | Bombay | 2013 | 49 | Guwahati | Kanpur | ||||||
| 1988 | 25 | Madras | Madras | 2014 | 50 | Bombay | Kanpur |
Note: Before 1978, the meet numbering was not consistent. For example, IIT Madras annual reports record the 1977 meet as the 13th and the 1975 meet as the 11th [2]
IITs with most overall wins
| IIT | First win | Last win | Wins in last 10 editions | Total wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Madras | 1970 | 2025 | 2 | 21 |
| IIT Bombay | 1966 | 2024 | 2 | 15 |
| IIT Kharagpur | 1961 | 2019 | 1 | 13 |
| IIT Kanpur | 2013 | 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| IIT Delhi | 1990 | 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| IIT Roorkee | 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
Cancellations and Postponements
The meets of 1965 and 1971 were cancelled due to the India-Pakistan wars, while the one in 1992 was to be held at IIT Bombay but was cancelled owing to the communal riots in Mumbai. The 2015 meet that was supposed to be held at IIT Madras was washed out due to unpredictable rains. The 2020 and 2021 meets were cancelled due to COVID.
Unlike the above events which were cancelled / re-scheduled in entirety, the meets of 1983 and 1994, both hosted at IIT Madras, were abandoned after the meet started as scheduled. In both cases, heavy rains made continuation of the meet unviable and the meets were abandoned part way.