Asian Games 2026: Full India schedule for cricket, hockey, badminton, athletics and other events |
Asian Games 2026: Full India schedule for cricket, hockey, badminton, athletics and other events
India’s top athletes are set to compete across a packed lineup at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, running from September 17 to October 3. Here is the complete Indian fixture list, spanning major events in athletics, shooting, hockey, cricket, badminton, wrestling, tennis, and beyond.
New Delhi: The Indian contingent is heading into the 20th Asian Games determined to cross the 100-medal mark again in Aichi-Nagoya. India won 107 medals in Hangzhou three years ago, making a big jump from 70 in Jakarta-Palembang in 2018. India became the first country to reach the three-figure haul at an Asiad, barring China, Japan and South Korea.
The action for India has already started with teqball on September 17. The women’s cricket team will face Japan in the quarter-final, followed by soft tennis on September 18. Several major team sports will dominate the Asian Games 2026 schedule, with badminton, hockey, kabaddi and table tennis expected to attract significant attention, alongside a packed athletics programme.
Track and field competition will begin from September 24 to 29, with shooting, boxing, swimming, rowing and wrestling creating several medal opportunities for India. In the final week, the spotlight will be on archery, golf, tennis, hockey, volleyball, wrestling and cricket. The country will also have strong individual medal hopes in weightlifting, led by Mirabai Chanu, Gyaneshwari Yadav, Seram Nirupama Devi and Harjinder Kaur.
“Our target is 2036 – by the time we host the Olympics, we need to be firmly established on the world stage. I have complete faith that our contingent will perform well at the Asian Games and increase the pride of the country,” sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya said last week.
Asian Games 2026 full India schedule
Teqball: Men’s doubles; Women’s singles; Mixed doubles.
Cricket: India vs Japan, women’s quarter-final. Soft tennis: Men’s team, preliminary round; Men’s team, quarter-final, subject to qualification. Teqball: Women’s singles qualification, repechage; Mixed doubles qualification, repechage
Teqball: Women’s single, mixed doubles, men’s doubles – semi-finals.
Badminton: Men’s team, preliminary round; Women’s team, preliminary round. Cricket: Women’s semi-final, subject to qualification. Hockey: India vs Indonesia, men’s Pool A; India vs Uzbekistan, women’s Pool B. MMA: Men’s traditional MMA -77kg; Women’s traditional MMA -60kg. Shooting: Women’s 10m air rifle individual and team, qualification; Women’s 10m air rifle individual, final. Soft tennis: Men’s team, semi-final and final, subject to qualification. Swimming: Men’s 100m freestyle heats, final; Men’s 100m backstroke heats, final. Table tennis: Men’s team, group stage; Women’s team, group stage. Teqball: Men’s doubles final; Women’s singles final; Mixed doubles final. Wushu: Men’s changquan, final; Men’s sanda 56kg, preliminary round; Men’s sanda 75kg, preliminary round; Women’s sanda 52kg, preliminary round; Women’s sanda 60kg, preliminary round.
Badminton: Men’s team Round of 16. Boxing: Men’s 70kg, Round of 32. Hockey: India vs Indonesia, women’s Pool B. Kabaddi: Japan vs India, men’s Group A; Bangladesh vs India, women’s Group A. MMA: Men’s traditional MMA -77kg; Women’s traditional MMA -60kg. Rowing: Men’s quadruple sculls, heats; Lightweight men’s double sculls, heats. Shooting: Men’s 10m air rifle individual and team, qualification; Men’s 10m air rifle individual, final; Men’s skeet, qualification; Women’s skeet, qualification. Soft tennis: Mixed doubles, quarter-final and medal rounds. Swimming: Men’s 50m freestyle; Men’s 50m backstroke; Men’s 100m breaststroke; Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. Table tennis: Men’s team, group stage and knockout rounds; Women’s team, group stage and knockout rounds; Women’s doubles, opening round. Wushu: Women’s changquan, final; Men’s and women’s sanda, elimination rounds.
Artistic gymnastics: Women’s all-around qualification. Badminton: Men’s team, quarter-finals; Women’s team, quarter-finals. Boxing: Women’s 51kg, preliminary rounds; Women’s 54kg, preliminary rounds; Men’s 55kg, preliminary rounds. Equestrian: Eventing individual and team, cross-country. Fencing: Men’s foil individual; Women’s Epee individual. Hockey: India vs Sri Lanka, men’s Pool A. Kabaddi: Republic of Korea vs India, men’s Group A. Karate: Women’s kumite -55kg, elimination and medal contests; Men’s kumite -84kg, elimination and medal contests. MMA: Men’s traditional MMA -77kg medal rounds; Women’s traditional MMA -60kg medal rounds. Rowing: Indian rowing events, heats. Shooting: 10m air rifle mixed team, qualification and medal rounds; Men’s skeet, qualification; Women’s skeet, qualification. Swimming: Men’s 1500m freestyle; Men’s 4x100m medley relay. Table tennis: Men’s team, round of 16 and quarter-finals; Women’s team, round of 16 and quarter-finals; Mixed doubles, opening rounds. Wushu: Women’s nanquan and nandao, final; Men’s and women’s sanda, quarter-finals.
Artistic gymnastics: Women’s all-around, final, subject to qualification. Badminton: Men’s team, semi-finals; Women’s team, semi-finals. Boxing: Men’s 60kg, preliminary........