Another exciting month of Sports ahead of us! There are numerous World Championships scheduled.
Cricket
Indian Men’s team will be playing 5 T20s against West Indies and 3 T20s against Ireland.
India v West Indies T20 Series: 3 Aug, 6 Aug, 8 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug
India v Ireland T20 Series: 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug
Badminton
Big month for Badminton as World Championships is scheduled in August.
Australian Open (BWF 500): 1-6 August
2023 World Championships: 21-27 August (Denmark)
Table Tennis:
3 events scheduled on the World Table Tennis Tour:
WTT Contender Lima: 31 Jul – 6 Aug
WTT Contender Rio de Janerio: 7-13 Aug
WTT Contender Almaty: 29 Aug – 3 Sept
Hockey:
India will be hosting Men’s Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai.
Asian Champions Trophy: 3-12 August
Track Cycling
Indian Track Cyclists will be taking part in the World Championships.
2023 Track Cycling World Championships: 3-13 August (Scotland)
Shooting
2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships: 17-31 August (Baku)
This is an Olympic qualification event. Quotas will be given at this event. Check Shooting Qualification system for Paris Olympics here.
Sailing
2023 Sailing World Championships: 10-20 August (Netherlands).
This is an Olympic qualification event. Quotas will be given at this event. Check Sailing Qualification system for Paris Olympics here.
Athletics
2023 World Athletics Championships: 19-27 August (Budapest)
Gymnastics
2023 World Rhytmic Gymnastics Championships: 23-27 August. This is an Olympic qualification event.
Tennis
Tennis action will move to North America for the US Open swing.
Canadian Open: 7-13 Aug
Cincinnati Masters: 14-20 Aug
Winston-Salem Open: 21-27 Aug
US Open: 28 Aug – 10 Sept
Archery
2023 World Archery Championships: 31 July – 6 August (Germany).
This is an Olympic qualification event. Quotas will be given at this event. Check Archery Qualification event for Paris Olympics here.
After World Championships, the 4th & final World Cup of 2023 will take place in Paris between 15-20 August.
Basketball
2024 FIBA Men’s Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Asia will take place place in Syria between 12-20 August. Winner of the tournament will qualify for World Olympic Qualifier. 8 teams are part of Asian qualifier.
Format: 2 pools of 8 -> Top 2 qualify for Semis -> Final. India is drawn in pool A with Chinese Taipei, Korea and Bahrain.
Handball
Asian Women’s qualifier for Women’s Handball is scheduled between 17-23 August in Japan. Six Teams will be vying for qualification – China, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea & Uzbekistan. Top team after round robin qualifies for Paris Olympics. 2nd ranked team goes to World qualification tournament.
Indian Team Schedule:
17 August: South Korea v India
18 August: India v Japan
20 August: China v India
21 August: India v Uzbekistan
23 August: Kazakhstan v India
Sports Climbing
2023 World Championships: 1-12 August. This is an Olympic qualification event.
Golf
The final Golf Major of the year is scheduled to take place in England.
Women’s British Open: 10-13 August
Volleyball
Asian Men’s Volleyball Championships is scheduled to take place in Iran between 19-26 August.
A jam packed month for Indian Sports fans. Wishing all Indian athletes success.
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